EditorialStrata et Prata Elysii, Sequere virorem, venies aurulentum ad rorem, Fig. 2, after p. 191, 1666, Reconditorium ac reclusorium opulentiae sapientiaeque numinis mundi magni, cui deditur in titulum chymica vannus, obtenta quidem & erecta auspice mortale c...
EditorialDrainage of Wetness, caused by Mineral Strata, Drainage of wet soils due to mineral layers, Fig. 46, Pl. XLVI, to p. 332, R.W. Dickson: Practical agriculture, or, a complete system of modern husbandry: with the methods of planting, and the management o...
EditorialEcphora, Print, Ecphora is the common name for a group of extinct predatory marine gastropod mollusks within the family Muricidae, the rocks snails or murexes. The common name is based on the first officially described genus, Ecphora. The entire lineag...
EditorialStudy for the Sculpture Glass Strata with Mulch and Soil. Robert Smithson; American, 1938-1973. Date: 1969. Dimensions: 200 x 251 mm. Graphite, with erasing and fiber-tipped pen (faded to yellow), on ivory wood-pulp laminate board. Origin: United States.
EditorialIllustration of people walking over Devil's bridge in Cardiganshire. A Descriptive Account of the Devil’s Bridge, Hafod, Strata Florida Abbey, and other scenery in that district of Cardiganshire . Gloucester, England. Glocester: D. Walker, 1802. Sour...
EditorialFirst Geological map. A delineation of the Strata of England and Wales,. London; J. Cary; 1815. Source: Maps.K.Top.5.76.6.TAB,. Language: English.
EditorialWilliam Smith's geological map of 1815, called A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. It was the first geological map of this type. A delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland; exhibiting t...
EditorialIllustration of people walking over Devil's bridge in Cardiganshire. A Descriptive Account of the Devil’s Bridge, Hafod, Strata Florida Abbey, and other scenery in that district of Cardiganshire . Gloucester, England. Glocester: D. Walker, 1802. Sour...
EditorialBust of a bearded man in a cap, mid-19th century, Italian, Rome, Onyx, gold mount, Visible cameo: 44.6 x 34.2 mm, Lapidary Work-Gems, Luigi Saulini (Italian, 1819?1883), Luigi Saulini first drew his subjects? portraits, sometimes after sending them to ...
EditorialThe Theater of Marcellus, from the Piazza Montanara, by 1858, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 41.9 x 27.4 cm (16 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.), Photographs, Robert Macpherson (British, Tayside, Scotland 1811?1872 Rome), Like geological strata la...
EditorialOintment jar, Late Middle Kingdom or early second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 12, late?13, ca. 1850?1640 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Mastaba of Senwosretankh, Surface burial 34-37, 1932?33, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), h. 3.5 c...
EditorialEdaphosaurus (Naosaurus) from Permian strata of Texas. Model restored by C. R. Knight. Photograph from H. N. Hutchinson's "Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days," Chapman and Hall, London, 1894.