EditorialFarmers in a field with corn sheaves CXXXI. Upon seeing a Maeyer, sharpening his Zein with the whetstone (title on object), A farmer is sharpening his mowing tools. On the left in the background a second figure binds a grain sheaf. Pent from a book in ...
EditorialModel of a Lifting Screw, Model of a screw sleeve between stern and stern, with part of the keel and the rear apostles. The screw light device consists of a loose frame with a screw that can be hoisted up and down in the sleeve on a rope that runs over...
EditorialModel of a Lifting Screw, Model of a screw duct in a stern with elliptical stern. The screw light device consists of a loose frame with a two-blade screw, which can be lifted up and down in the tube by a rope that runs over two discs at the top of the ...
EditorialModel of a Lifting Screw, Model of a screw sleeve between the stern and the stern, with a part of the keel and the rear apostles. The screw light device consists of a loose frame with a screw that can be hoisted up and down in the sleeve on a rope that...
EditorialModel of a Lifting Screw, Model of a screw sleeve between stern and stern, with part of the keel. The screw light device consists of a loose metal frame with a normal two-blade screw, which can be lifted up and down in the tube by a rope that runs over...
EditorialModel of a screw-propeller lifting gear Model of a Lifting Screw, Model of a screw sleeve between stern and rudder, with part of the keel. The screw light device consists of a loose frame with a normal two-blade screw, which can be lifted up and down i...
EditorialModel of an Oscillating Steam Engine, Sketch model of the transmission of the movement of two oscillating cylinders on the shaft, mounted on an upright shelf. The shaft is set in motion with a crank on the rear of the board, so that the pistons and two...
EditorialTivoli. A. Temple SIBILLIE B. slipping Tiveronis rivers, Tivoli, Temple of the Sibyl and Waterfalls, Fig. 40, p. 190, 1640, Martin Zeiller: Itinerarium Italiae nov-antiquae oder Raiss-Beschreibung durch Italien: darinn nicht allein viel underschiedlich...
EditorialAn emblematical miniature set in a garden hedged with red and white roses. The lover, his eyes blindfolded, is trying to catch one of the ladies who, far from slipping away, seems to be waiting for him. Another lady is trying to mislead him by tapping ...
EditorialA hydrus, or water serpent, killing a crocodile by slipping into its mouth and then bursting out from its side; below, decorated initial 'A' with text. Bestiary. England (Durham?); 1200-1210. Source: Royal 12 C. XIX, f.12v. Language: Latin.
EditorialThe Poet Sojo Henjo (816?890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman?s Sleeve, from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen), ???????? ????, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1798, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and...
EditorialScandinavia. Horseshoes. High Middle Ages. Crampon. Driven into the horseshoe to prevent slipping on ice. Norway. Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.