Monday, July 20, 2009

East Africa 1860-1960






Women of Zanzibar. Link…

Friday, July 17, 2009

Spicilegia Zoologica (1767)











Peter Simon Pallas 1741-1811. Beautiful illustrations. Link…

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Birmingham Proton Synchrotron 1947








"Under the supervision of Professor Marcus Olipahnt, F.R.S., members of the Physics Department of the University of Birmingham are constructing what will be one of the largest proton synchrotrons in the world. It will be used for accelerating protons to an energy of 1,300,000,000 electron-volts for use as projectiles in the study of nuclear structure." Link…

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Flavius Vegetius
















Military machinery and siege engines. Link…

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Max und Moritz






Inspiration for the Katzenjammer Kids by Wilhelm Busch. Link…

Friday, July 10, 2009

Scottish History











These pages are from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1851-2002. Link…

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Military Costumes in Old Japan






This is a small selection from a book of photographs by Kazumasa Ogawa, 1895. The captions are worth reading too. Link…