EditorialTrivet, ring-shaped with three pointed legs bent down, ring-shaped with three pointed legs bent down. A trivet is a coaster for a pan but can also mean a roasting grid. Tripping or tripping means etymological tripod, Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem ...
EditorialCoaster, 1832?39, Made in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States, American, Pewter, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Metal, Oliver Trask (1792?1847).
EditorialThe roller coaster at Belleville with its five cars riding a distance of 600 feet in 9 or 10 seconds. A fashionable woman in plumed bonnet, shawl and parasol watches from the terrace. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, P...
EditorialRoller coaster at the Barriere du Roule (Place de Ternes, Paris). Fashionable women in bonnets and shawls riding cars down the rollercoaster. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.