EditorialMorgan Schneider, a doctoral student at the University of Oklahoma who hopes to pursue a career in research meteorology, and her team launch a weather balloon near Hyannis, Neb. on June 6, 2022. (Erinn Springer/The New York Times)
EditorialThird voyage of the Montgolfier balloon le Flesselles at Lyon, 1784. Woodblock engraving by Lafage after Lara from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.
EditorialChristie's Unveils Major Banksy Work as Part Of 20th/21st Century: Evening Sale Including Thinking Italian, London Auction - Christie's, London
EditorialSide Chair, 1760?90, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, white oak, white pine, 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (97.8 x 62.2 x 55.2 cm), Furniture, These chairs, from an original set of twelve, along with a settee and a c...
EditorialSide Chair, 1760?90, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, white oak, white pine, 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (97.8 x 62.2 x 55.2 cm), Furniture, These chairs, from an original set of twelve, along with a settee and a c...
EditorialSaucer with large floral scrolls, diaper pattern and flower sprays, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, black and gold. On the flat large flower vines with a flower-shaped medallion with flower sprays (peony, aster, balloo...
EditorialBottle vase with flowering plants and butterflies, Bottle shaped vase of stoneware with a plate shoulder and a narrow, slightly spreading neck, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green and gold. On the belly a group of flowering plants (balloon clocks)...
EditorialFolding fan with black tulle leaf on which large red poppies are painted on and silk colored lovers fixed, on a frame of black painted wood and plastic, Folding fan with black tulle leaf on which large red poppies are guoache on silk painted and secure...
EditorialLantern Slide - Weather Balloon Experiment on the Discovery, BANZARE Voyage 1, Antarctica, 1929-1930, Lantern slide of a scientific party aboard the ship Discovery using a theodolite to measure the inflow of air at high elevations over the Polar region...
EditorialSide Chair, 1760?90, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, white oak, white pine, 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (97.8 x 62.2 x 55.2 cm), Furniture, These chairs, from an original set of twelve, along with a settee and a c...
EditorialSide Chair, 1760?90, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, white oak, white pine, 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (97.8 x 62.2 x 55.2 cm), Furniture, These chairs, from an original set of twelve, along with a settee and a c...