Things: A Volume of Objects Devised by Man's Genius which are the Measure of His CivilizationGeoffrey Grigson, Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Hawthorn Books, 1957 - 466 Seiten |
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... ILLUSTRATION : Pages 212 and 213 . Materia medica DRUGS from plants , or rather plants as drugs , are so widely ... illustrated with drawings of the individual species of plant . Neither herbal nor drawings survive , though a century ...
... ILLUSTRATION : Pages 212 and 213 . Materia medica DRUGS from plants , or rather plants as drugs , are so widely ... illustrated with drawings of the individual species of plant . Neither herbal nor drawings survive , though a century ...
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... illustration what is and what is not a flute . Very early on in the development of instruments it was discovered that by binding two small pieces of cane together a so - called ' reed ' could be made which , fixed in the end of a pipe ...
... illustration what is and what is not a flute . Very early on in the development of instruments it was discovered that by binding two small pieces of cane together a so - called ' reed ' could be made which , fixed in the end of a pipe ...
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... ILLUSTRATION : Page 127 . Power from the wind WINDMILLS were developed much later than the water - mill ; they are first mentioned by the Arab geographer Al - Mas'udi in his Meadows of Gold and Mines of Precious Stones , an encyclo ...
... ILLUSTRATION : Page 127 . Power from the wind WINDMILLS were developed much later than the water - mill ; they are first mentioned by the Arab geographer Al - Mas'udi in his Meadows of Gold and Mines of Precious Stones , an encyclo ...
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GROTTO at Painshill Park Surrey SirènChina | 186 |
Kircher Ars magna lucis | 294 |
Mavungu Pitt Rivers Museum | 399 |
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