The animation on that Soviet rouble really makes the rays beneath the globe "pop".
Which certainly piques one's curio- ... solitae? [ATTACH]
These (and the more bizarre biga/quadriga-towing critter combinations) were first brought to my attention by @TIF. Fun stuff! The ones posted...
African, or European? [MEDIA]
Nice big bronze from an interesting reign. I like the models in that image you used, too, and that bit of broken temple frieze on the ground...
Awesome, as usual.
When I went to the Wikipedia page on stationary steam engines, it was the Corliss that looked the most similar to me, but I discounted that since...
That much is highly probable.
While certainly not conclusive, that's more plausible than anything else I've come up with so far.
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Looks like it could still rip a finger off! I'll bet it's been sitting down there all this time ... hungry ... waiting ...
No, this is not likely transportation-related. It's a stationary engine that would have been used in a mill of some kind, to run machinery. Like...
Given the period, and the New Orleans mintmark on the (pre-1861) host coin, I'm thinking Southern ... which makes me think cotton mill ...
Well, here's an animated GIF from Wikipedia that looks markedly similar - note that it has that little twirley-doohickey* with the balls on the...
Could be, but I very much doubt it. One, he was born and died in England. Two, he was a quite bit younger than one would expect our A.F. Barnes...
Thank you for posting this. Eh, phooey. I tried using that "mobile friendly checker", but the "analyzer" only runs up to 60%, and then the page...
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