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.
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...
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 The cardan ring has been replaced by an unusual suspension: the entire b...
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.
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 ...
EditorialAzimuth Compass, Azimuth compass in cardanus ring in a wooden box. The compass boiler is weighted with a lead weight at the bottom. The rose is hung in a peculiar way: a small cardan ring is mounted in the boiler, in which a vertical axis with weight h...
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...
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 ...