EditorialPsychrometer, Humidity meter of the psychrometer type, with two thermometers in a standard, incomplete. The scale of both thermometers ranges from -12 ? to 44 ? Celsius. One thermometer has a sock around the mercury ball that is made moist. From the di...
EditorialNegative - Manangatang, Victoria, 1928, Using a horse drawn roller to roll a tennis court on 'Pine Grove' farm. The roller is weighted behind and in front of the rolling wheel. A man and a dog kneel beside the roller.
EditorialModel of a submarine, Model of a Submarine, Copper model of a submarine on a wooden stand, with a separate wooden box with tools. Drop-shaped hull with flat edge around it, on which a guard rail. The upper dome has a number of lights, a cockpit and a w...
EditorialCandlestick with foot in lobe style, Foot, stem, fat trap and pin are cast separately. The triangular lobe-style base is made up of three S-volutes, which are connected by three cartouches, and which bear the triangular base for the trunk. This consist...
EditorialIron with uprights handle in the shape of female herms, The object internally weighted with a piece of cast iron consists of an iron bolt, a decorative plate and two cast parts of yellow copper and a handle of beech wood. The bolt has a valve on the ba...
EditorialModel of an Oscillating Pump, Model of a pendulum pump, on a tripod. It is a double-acting pump with two square pump tubes, which are connected below with a single, round pump tube. The pump pistons consist of a metal plate that is placed diagonally in...
EditorialOvoid covered jar with three figures and a deer in a landscape, Egg-shaped porcelain covered pot, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall three men in a landscape with trees and rocks: two dancing with a deer between them, one with a vase in his hands....
EditorialAzimuth Compass, Azimuth compass in cardanus ring in a wooden box, the lid of which is missing. The cardan ring can be turned for bearing. The compass has a fixed pelorus, the boiler is weighted with a lead weight at the bottom. The rose is made of mic...
EditorialAzimuth Compass in Wooden Box, Azimuth Compass in a wooden box. The compass has a fixed level device. The eyepiece consists of a prismatic visor to read the rose, combined with a slit visor with a black and green black-out glass, the wire visor on the ...
EditorialShip Compass, Compass in a compass house. The glass has disappeared. The cylindrical copper compass boiler is weighted with a lead ring around it, which can be adjusted in height. The cardan ring has been replaced by an unusual suspension: the entire b...
EditorialAzimuth Compass with Tripod, Azimuth compass in a wooden box. The compass has a fixed level device. The eyepiece consists of a prismatic visor to read the rose, combined with a slit visor with a black and green black-out glass, the wire visor on the ot...
EditorialModel of a French Pilot Cutter, Model of a French pilot cutter, with a weighted keel, France, anonymous, France (possibly), c. 1810 - c. 1870, wood (plant material), h 82 cm ? l 54 cm ? w 16 cm h 20.5 cm ? w 60.5 cm ? d 23 cm.
EditorialDrilling Apparatus for Metal, Beautifully ornamented drill stand on wooden ground board. The drill is driven by hand with a crank, the transmission is 5: 1. The drill shank can be pushed down with a lever, which can also be weighted. A fork-shaped leve...
EditorialWedding dress with standing collar Wedding gown made of silk crepe de chine, consisting of a body with v-neck and wrap filled with a silk voile trimmed with bobbin lace on a running skirt with drag, Wedding gown made of silk crepe de chine, consisting ...
EditorialCandlestick with foot in lobe style, Foot, stem, fat trap and pin are cast separately. The triangular lobe-style base is made up of three S-volutes, which are connected by three cartouches, and which bear the triangular base for the trunk. This consist...
EditorialDipping Needle Compass, Inclination compass in cardanus ring in a wooden box. The compass boiler is weighted with a lead weight at the bottom. The rose has a hole in the middle, over which runs a brass bridge with the suspension point for the pin, the ...
EditorialSun Compass, Compass in cardan ring in a wooden box with handles. The square wooden compass boiler is weighted with a lead weight at the bottom. A tilting sundial has been erected on one side: it consists of a circle divided into two times twelve hours...
EditorialCandlestick with foot in lobe style, foot, stem, fat trap and pin are cast separately. The triangular lobe-style base is made up of three S-volutes, which are connected by three cartouches, and which bear the triangular base for the trunk. This consist...
EditorialCandlestick with foot in lobe style, Foot, stem, fat trap and pin are cast separately. The triangular lobe-style base is made up of three S-volutes, which are connected by three cartouches, and which bear the triangular base for the trunk. This consist...
EditorialHydrometer, Moisture Weigher for determining the specific gravity of liquids, consisting of a float in a glass with sawdust and cotton. The float consists of a glass body weighted with a mercury ball at the bottom, which is sealed with lacquer, in the ...
EditorialHydrometer Float in a Case, Float of a moisture scale for determining the specific gravity of liquids, in a leather case filled with flax and sawdust, damaged. The float consists of a glass body weighted with a mercury ball at the bottom, which is seal...
EditorialModel of an Anchor, Model of a mushroom anchor. It consists of a shaft with a harp at the end, while the arms are replaced by the section of a sphere, weighted to the center. Another eye is attached to this. Scale 1:10 (estimate)., Grofsmederij Leiden,...
EditorialModel of a Made Mast, Round mast with square top, ears and driving shell. The mast itself consists of a square king and four cheeks, which are connected to the king with link welding. The ears are connected to the king with dovetail joints and weighted...
EditorialWhite ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely dressed woman is spinning woollen thread; she holds a distaff in her left hand, and draws out a strand of wooll with her right. The wooll is attached to a hook at the top of...
EditorialRelief of a Retiarius, type of Roman gladiator. Equipment: Weighted net (rete), trident (tridens), dagger (Pugio), arm guard (manica), Shoulder guard (galerus), and loincloth (subligaculum). Aphrodisias. Anatolia, Turkey.
EditorialRelief of a Retiarius, type of Roman gladiator. Equipment: Weighted net (rete), trident (tridens), dagger (Pugio), arm guard (manica), Shoulder guard (galerus) and loincloth (subligaculum). Aphrodisias. Anatolia, Turkey.
EditorialMaid Bringing a Hookah to a Lady (recto); Krishna Weighted against Precious Objects (?) (verso), 1800s. India, Calcutta, Kalighat painting, 19th century. Black ink, watercolor, and tin paint on paper; secondary support: 48.6 x 30.1 cm (19 1/8 x 11 7/8 ...
EditorialKrishna Weighted against Precious Objects (?), 1800s. Shri Gobinda Chandra Roy. Black ink and hand-colored with green, yellow and red on paper; secondary support: 30 x 48.7 cm (11 13/16 x 19 3/16 in.); painting only: 28.5 x 45 cm (11 1/4 x 17 11/16 in.).
EditorialRegency gamblers playing French Hazard in the gambling hell, Fishmongers Hall. A gambler claims the dice are weighted. The Interior of Modern Hell, vide the Cogged Dice. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English ...
EditorialScribe copying from an exemplar. L'Estoire del Saint Graal. France (Picardy?); early 14th century (1300-1315?). (Miniature only) A scribe, holding quill and pen knife, seated on a chair with desk attachment and ink horn, copies from an exemplar weighte...
EditorialHaman hanging from elaborately counter-weighted gallows. The Fall of Princes , abridged. England, S. E. (probably Suffolk, possibly Bury St Edmunds); c. 1450 - c. 1460. Source: Harley 1766, f.141v. Language: English.
EditorialWhite ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely dressed woman is spinning woollen thread; she holds a distaff in her left hand, and draws out a strand of wooll with her right. The wooll is attached to a hook at the top of...
EditorialWeighted Fastener, Central Javanese period, second half of the 8th?second half of the 10th century, Indonesia (Java), Gold, H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Diam. (top) 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Diam. of base 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm), Jewelry.
EditorialRegency gamblers playing French Hazard in the gambling hell, Fishmongers Hall. A gambler claims the dice are weighted. The Interior of Modern Hell, vide the Cogged Dice. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English ...
EditorialWhite ground jug, attributed to the Brygos painter, around 490 BCE. The finely dressed woman is spinning woollen thread; she holds a distaff in her left hand, and draws out a strand of wooll with her right. The wooll is attached to a hook at the top of...