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From a descriptive text on Germany's 1950s industrial reconstruction a rather fine view of the post-war reconstruction of the Germania Colliery in Dortmund-Marten, that belonged to the post-war grouping of the G.B.A.G. that had been spun out of the pre-war giant Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG. The company was one of the true giants of the deep coal mining business and operated some large collieries in the Ruhr district around Essen and Gelsenkirchen, shafts being organised so as to best utilise reserves that were both relatively easy to 'win' along with ones that were of more meager output.
I probably need some one with local knowledge but I'm wondering of one of the structures we see here is the headframes now relocated to the German Mining Museum at Bochum when the Germania complex closed in 1971?
The Museum's headframes. that stood over the main shaft of the Germania mine complex in Dortmund-Marten. Designed by renowned industrial architects, Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer, this solid-walled double headframe was constructed in 1943-44.
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Dry Falls has historically gone by other names such as Upper Cullasaja Falls, although “dry” is rather more descriptive of this waterfall. That’s not because it’s a shriveled up drip of a waterfall however. Dry Falls plunges 65-feet from a rock ledge that juts over a rock facing… you can actually walk behind this waterfall and remain relatively dry. This image was taken roughly 22 hours after the storm system that ripped through North Carolina with some 23 tornados in tow also let loose a huge volume of water as it went. “Relatively dry” was very relative on this particular day... drip-dry, perhaps, but not dry. Dry Falls is located between Highlands and Franklin on NC Highway 64.
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Scenes from Madison Historical Society's summer Exhibition, "Over Here Over There - Madison In World War I". Sponsored by the Madison Historical Society, the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, Inc., and cthumanities, the exhibit opened July 30 at the Lee Academy (see madisonhistory.org/current-exhibitions/). It features many of the images and artifacts in the Albums shown at right, plus many many more along with informative research and commentary.
This panel is dedicated to Paul Pavelka, a Madison adventurous resident who served in the Lafayette Escadrille.
The color painting insert is "Nieuports of Lafayette Escadrille", displayed here with permission of the artist Robert Karr (www.facebook.com/Robert.Karr.Artist/). It is
Number 7 of 79 limited edition prints by Artist Rober Karr, © 2010. Please do not copy it.
See other scenes from the Exhibit at flic.kr/s/aHskEaskZU
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen - www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
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Title: A manual of human anatomy [electronic resource] : descriptive, practical, and general
Creator: Knox, Robert, 1791-1862
Creator: Westmacott, Richard, 1775-1859
Creator: Phillips, John, Sir, 1855-1928, former owner
Creator: Blandford, G. Fielding, (George Fielding) 1829-1911 former owner
Creator: King's College London
Publisher: London : Renshaw
Sponsor: Jisc and Wellcome Library
Contributor: King's College London, Foyle Special Collections Library
Date: 1853
Language: eng
Description: "Illustrated by 250 highly finished wood engravings, from drawings by Dr. Westmacott." -- title page
Includes index
This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London
King’s College London
If you have questions concerning reproductions, please contact the Contributing Library.
Note: The colors, contrast and appearance of these illustrations are unlikely to be true to life. They are derived from scanned images that have been enhanced for machine interpretation and have been altered from their originals.
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Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
Descriptive Title: Dissection of the head and neck, cranial, spinal and sympathetic nerves.
Actual Title: Tome 3. Pl. 93
Artist: Jacob, Nicolas Henri, 1781-1871
Technique: lithography, with hand-colouring
Dimensions: 36 x 23 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI077-0268
Scope and Content: Dissection of the head and neck, cranial and sympathetic nerves, shown in situ. Neck muscles, salivary glands, carotid artery also shown. Lateral view.
General: Plate drawn by N.H. Jacob; transferred to the stone by Léveillé. Printed by Lemercier.
Artist: Léveillé
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme
Author: Bourgery, Marc Jean, 1797-1849
Published: Paris : C. Delaunay, 1831-1854
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Please be cautious: This is a gruesome, descriptive story.
Okay, enjoy.
My eyes widen and flit to the door as the knob turns and opens, letting in a slit of light. I squint against the gleam shining from the metal carelessly tossed about the small, low-ceilinged room. My heartbeat quickens and pounds; feels like it’s about to burst out of my chest. I wriggle and try to scream as he walks toward the table, but silver duck tape stops the yell at my my throat; metal chains restrain my legs and arms. Still, I fight against the rusted iron and tears slip from my eyes in frustration.
An amused glint shines in his eyes as he slowly cranks a lever that tightens my arms against the cool surface. He grabs a sharp, silver object I can’t name from a small shelf that lies against the wall. I try to shake my legs free to no avail. He takes his time walking around the table until he comes to a stop above my right my arm. More tears fall from my eyes as I stare into his cold, silver irises. I know I need to calm down, but another scream that feels like it rises from my feet, tries to tear through my closed lips.
My hands hang limp at the edge of the table from lack of blood, and he presses the sharp object against my arm, sliding it down the slick skin until he reaches the edge of my palm. He stays there for a few minutes, letting me take in my surroundings. My eyes flit from his face, the sharp object, around the darkness, and back. I can see the outline of an old lamp by a glazed window from the corner of my eye. I start to turn my head to the left, but stop in a sudden shock of pain that radiates from my wrist and scream a muffled scream.
He carves a deformed F into the thick skin, sending waves of pain that makes me thrash around with silenced screams. My thoughts scatter as my mind focuses on that one point of reality.
His lips form a smirk while he continues to tear apart my skin, shoving the infected metal deep with brute force. I try to sit still; moving is just making myself get worse wounds. Tears pool around the unyielding tape covering my mouth. Seconds, minutes of unbearable pain passes, feeling like a century. Why am I not passing out? Please. Let me pass out, I think.
But before my prayer can be granted, he stops and laughs. My screams turn into whimpers, and I look from his disgust-filled eyes to my arm. My eyes widen as I take in the word, the scars that will always be with me; FREAK. He throws the blood-stained metal piece onto my chest and walks to the door with heavy thumps. He turns and looks at me with those silver eyes I once thought were kind, caring, beautiful.
“Freak.”
And with that, he shuts the door and leaves me alone in the damp room. I lay there, resisting the dark that threatens to over take me. But as the seconds pass, I get weaker and weaker from loss of blood. So I let the burning pain and cold silence drag me into the uncaring darkness. I let my mind go numb and the tears spill over with a wretched sob..
I stay there, laying in a world of black pain.
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Don't worry, I don't think I'm a freak and I don't usually write things like this.
But, this was a dream I had a few nights ago. I guess you can call it a nightmare lol
It felt real though, and even though I usually forget everything, I remembered this with perfect clarity. So I decided to write it up as a story and share it with the Flickr community.
Hope I didn't creep you out too much ;) ♥
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Quaglino's is, of course, still with us in St James's, London - as an upmarket restaurant and bar. The company has its origins in 1929 when founded by Giovanni Quaglino and over the next few years it became highly fashionable - with a clientele list that included HM Quuen Elizabeth in the 1950s, thee time when this charming little booklet describing the various enterprises run by the company was produced. Printed at the Curwen Press it shows the attention to detail one would expect from them at this time.
A descriptive catalogue of choice vegetable, flower, and agricultural seeds /.
Boston, MA :Curtis & Cobb..
Possible/probable descriptive text associated with 107P-KSC-66P-300:
"Lift off of Saturn Mission SA-203, the second in the up-rated Saturn I development mission series, was accomplished from the Cape's Launch Complex 37 at 10:53 a.m., July 5, 1966.
The up-rated Saturn I - consisting of an S-IB stage, S-IVB stage, and an instrument unit - boosted an unmanned payload into an original orbit of 185 by 189 kilometres. The inboard engine cut-off of the first stage occurred after 2 minutes 18 seconds of flight and the outboard engine cut-off was 4 seconds later. The S-IVB engine burned 4 minutes 50 seconds. No recovery was planned and the payload was expected to enter the earth's atmosphere after about four days."
An absolutely stunning photograph.
In the Prague ZOO there are descriptive labels of the birds living in nature in Czech republic. While I was waiting to take a picture of another bird, this small tit arrived close to me and sat exactly on its own descriptive label. Just a case or maybe they are smarter than we can imagine? :)
Descriptive catalogue of flowering, ornamental trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbs, climbers, fruit trees, &c., &c., &c. /.
Yokohama, Japan :Yokohama Nursery Co..
Title: Union Pacific Locomotive X-20
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20988316
Date: Ca. 1961
Creator: Switchmen's Union of North America (SUNA)
Image ID: 5003pb62f091
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Taken 19/08/13: A useful laminated descriptive card is handed to you as you enter Donegal Castle, but you hand it in on the way out. Therefore these notes rely on a combination of my failling memory and my sketchy knowledge of Irish history, with some help from the net.
As a starting point, this is probbaly not the first fortification or castle built on this site, the protection afforded by the River Eske making it an obvious location for both the local population and invaders, including the Vikings. The keep on the right of the picture dates from the 15th Century, being built by the elder Sir Hugh O’Donnell. Broadly the O'Donnell Clan were the Chieftans of Donegal. To put this in context, although since the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1171 English Kings had been Lords of Ireland, they exercised little power or influence outwith the Dublin Pale. So at the time of the castle's construction through to the end of the 16th Century, the O'Donells held power in Donegal, or to be accurate the area then known as Tyrconnel
English attempts to extend their infuence beyond the Dublin Pale led to the Nine Years' War of 1594-1603, in which the O'Donnells along with the Ulster O'Neils were the main Irish participants. With the Spanish never arriving to support their fellow Catholics, the English prevailed at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601. Although in 1603 the pragamatic James 1 granted pardons, subject to conditions, to the O'Donnells and the O'Neils effectively this was the end of the Gaelic order and Brehon Laws in Ireland, Dimished in status (and I am precising hugely here and merging successive O'Donnells into one) the Earl of Tyrconnell set fire to Donegal Castle and joined the Flight of the Earls in 1607 to mainland Europe, which directly led to Tyrconnell being colonised in the Plantation of Ulster (and bear in mind here that the term Ulster has not always been used to denote the 'six counties' that make up the current Northern Ireland).
In the Plantation era the Castle was rebuilt in the Jacobean style by Sir Basil Brooke and the 'manor house' wing that appears on the left of the picture was built. The Brooke family owned the castle for many generations until it fell into a ruinous state in the 18th century. In 1898 the then owner, the Earl of Arran, donated the castle to the Office of Public Works. When I first saw the Castle in circa 1985, it was in poor repair and, I think, roofless. However, in recent years the castle has been renovated; the keep has had new roofing and flooring added, in keeping with the original styles and techniques used in the 15th and 17th centuries. The stonework has been restored and the manor wing has been partially roofed. The oak timbers used came from the Brookeborough Estate in County Fermanagh. The castle is now open to the public.
A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and figures of all the species
Darlington,H. Penney, Printer,1858.
Descriptive Title: Brain cyst.
Actual Title: Plate XIII.
Artist: Kirtland, G.
Technique: stipple engraving, colour-printed
Dimensions: 33 x 25 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI071-0014
Scope and Content: Brain cyst, shown in isolation. Brain shown with large cyst on the inferior surface of the temporal lobe. Cyst has been dissected to removed liquid contents. Some cranial nerves and carotid arteries also shown. Inferior view.
General: Plate signed by the artist, G. Kirtland; and the engraver J. Wedgewood. Dated Jany. 1826.
Artist: Wedgewood, J.
Subject: Brain
Subject: Cysts
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Morbid anatomy of the human brain
Author: Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835
Published: London : Printed for the author; and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1828
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania /
Sydney :F.W. White, general printer,1889.
Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company :.
London :Parbury, Allen,1828-1829..
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Cactus illustrations from Iconographie Descriptive des Cactées by Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871), French botanist and botanical author. Lemaire developed his botanical interest and published numerous papers on cacti and succulents. We have digitally enhanced illustrations from his notable cactus book into high resolution quality. They are free to download and use for either personal or commercial purpose under the CC0 license.
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A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and figures of all the species
Darlington,H. Penney, Printer,1858.
From a descriptive text on Germany's 1950s industrial reconstruction a rather fine view of the post-war reconstruction of the Nordstern Colliery in Gelsenkirchen-Horst, that belonged to the post-war grouping of the G.B.A.G. that had been spun out of the pre-war giant Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG. The company was one of the true giants of the deep coal mining business and operated some large collieries in the Ruhr district around Essen and Gelsenkirchen, shafts being organised so as to best utilise reserves that were both relatively easy to 'win' along with ones that were of more meager output. Nordstern had a long history running roughly from 1868 to 1982 and in its it later years with was connected with the Zollverein colliery in Essen. The complex seen here was later preserved, the buildings designed by architect Fritz Schupp, now forming the wonderful Nordstern Complex.
Descriptive Title: Skeleton.
Actual Title: T. 87 [octuagesimaseptima tabula]
Artist: Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711
Technique: engraving/etching
Dimensions: 44 x 27 cm.
Digital ID: RBAI023-0090
Scope and Content: Skeleton, anterior view.
Part of the digital collection Anatomia 1522-1867 located at link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm
General: Figure shown in a landscape. Memento mori: Skeleton shown with a sarcophagus, holding an hourglass.
This plate is taken from the book:
Title: Anatomia humani corporis
Author: Bidloo, Govard, 1649-1713
Published: Amstelodami [Amsterdam] : Sumptibus viduæ J. a Someren , 1685
Title: Industrial siding, Victor Gasket Co
Descriptive Information: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/20432897
Date: Ca. 1961
Photographer: Redmond, James B.
Creator: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (BLF&E)
Image ID: 5003pb53f020
Collection: U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs (#5003 P)
Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood Library unit that collects, preserves, and makes accessible special collections documenting the history of the workplace and labor relations. catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel
Collection Information: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html
Copyright: The content in the "U.S. President's Railroad Commission Photographs Collection" (Kheel Center collection: #5003 P) is believed to be in the public domain, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [www.library.cornell.edu/about/inside/policies/public-domain]. These images have been digitized from items in the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives at Cornell University Library. More information about the physical collection can be found here: rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05003p.html. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
Scenes from Madison Historical Society's summer Exhibition, "Over Here Over There - Madison In World War I". Sponsored by the Madison Historical Society, the Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, Inc., and cthumanities, the exhibit opened July 30 at the Lee Academy (see madisonhistory.org/current-exhibitions/). It features many of the images and artifacts in the Albums shown at right, plus many many more along with informative research and commentary.
See other scenes from the Exhibit at flic.kr/s/aHskEaskZU
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen - www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Descriptive catalogue of ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, flowering plants, &c..
Rochester, N.Y. :Ellwanger & Barry,1875..
Descriptive Title: Gangrene of the toes and foot, gangrene caused by heart disease. Actual Title: Plate II. Artist: Carswell, Robert, Sir, 1793-1857 Technique: lithography, with hand-colouring ift.tt/2g2N8cw
This incompletely diagnosed taxon falls within the descriptive parameters of Mantella marojejy, but outside of the Marojejy National Park area. Current work on Mantella manery, M viridis, and M ebenaui may sort out these species or possibly lump all of them under one taxon as phenotypic variants.
The animals imaged here were at higher altitude than the more common M ebenaui with no apparent overlap of the populations.
Donk - a strange term.
Used in Australia as a slang term for a car engine, Donk is a whole sub-culture of vehicle modification in the US focusing on overly large wheels.
The term 'Donk' refers directly back to the original donor vehicle, popularly, the Chevrolet Impala. It has been said that the leaping Impala logo looks somewhat like a donkey!
The cars are also known by the more generic term of 'Hi-riser' - somewhat more descriptive, but less colourful name.
Hi-Risers are a type of highly customized automobile, typically a traditional, full-size, body on frame, V8 powered, rear wheel drive American-built sedan modified by significantly increasing the ground clearance and adding large-diameter wheels with low-profile tires. Depending on the model and style of body, autos customized in this manner can be labeled "donk," "box," or "bubble."
Hi-risers originally grew out of the Dirty South subculture, but the trend has spread across the United States. Vehicles customized in the hi-riser style are distinguished by their oversized (even disproportionate) wheels, ranging from 20 inches to 30 inches or more in diameter (largest being 50 inch), as well as fanciful custom paint-jobs and expensive audio equipment. Suspension modifications similar to those employed on lifted pickup trucks are made to give adequate clearance for the large wheels. Often the suspension is modified so the front end sits slightly higher than the rear end, giving the car a swaggering appearance. Because of the exaggerated look gained from installing a lifted suspension and enormous wheels, donks are also known as "hi-risers" or "sky-scrapers."
The most popular vehicles for these types of modifications are late 20th century, full-size, rear wheel drive sedans and coupes manufactured by General Motors (Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac), namely the Impala, Caprice, Buick Roadmaster, Oldsmobile 98, and Cadillac Fleetwood/Fleetwood Brougham, as well as mid-sized models such as the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. However, similar full-size Ford models (Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car, Mercury Grand Marquis) are also popular, largely due to the ability to cheaply buy former police service Crown Victorias. There are three main sub-types of hi-riser, although the distinctions are blurred and open to debate. Most hi-riser enthusiasts agree that a "donk" traditionally is a 1971 to 1976 Impala. They were given this name because the "Impala" symbol was referred to as a "donkey" by owners or "donk" for short.[citation needed] To complement the sloping rear, the suspension of donks are frequently higher in the front end than the rear, resulting in a nose-up stance. Other hi-risers are usually raised evenly, resulting in a more or less level stance. A box is another sub-type of hi-riser, usually a 1977-1990-era Impala or Caprice with a boxy or squared-off front and rear end. Other models that are frequently made into hi-risers include the G-body Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass, Chevrolet El Camino, Pontiac Grand Prix, and Pontiac Bonneville.
Other vehicles gaining in popularity as hi-risers are the Cadillac DeVille and Seville, as well as the Buick Roadmaster. Also gaining in popularity are the Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis, and Lincoln Town Car sedans. These three are the last full sized, body-on-frame, RWD sedans of which the Lincoln Town Car is the only one still being sold for 2011. In fact, the Grand Marquis in particular is enjoying a slight sales surge due to the increasing popularity of buying them new and turning them into hi-risers. Several rappers have alluded to the Grand Marquis in their music, such as Dorrough's "Ice Cream Paint Job": "Grand Marquis, paint job grape jelly
[Text from Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Riser_(automobile)
A key enabler for many of these vehicles is the use of the longitudinal powertrain, driving the rear wheels, and also the use of separate chassis (body-on-frame), decoupling the chassis forces from suspension from the body structure. The BOF layout also allows simpler modification of the vehicle, adopting parts and design solutions from the similarly configured Light Truck, e.g. Ford F150 or similar.
The 1971 Chevrolet Impala Hardtop used here as the base vehicle offers these features and more. Notably engines not restricted by vehicle emissions standards, which had such a detrimental effect on engine output, staring from 1972. The 1971 Impala (the first year of this 5th generation Impala platform), was fitted with engines up to 454 CID (7.4 litres) rated at 365 hp. In 1976, the last year of this 5th generation vehicle, the 454 CID output had fallen to only 225 HP.
For interest, this 1971 Impala Donk is named 'Turkish Delight'. This name reflects the rich colour scheme used for the interior and exterior colour, along with the large gold wheels.
This Lego miniland scale Chevrolet 1971 Impala Hardtop Donk has been created for Flickr LUGNuts' 96th Build Challenge - The 8th Birthday, titled - 'Happy Crazy Eight Birthday, LUGNuts' - where all previous build challenges are available to build to. This model is built to the LUGNuts 90th Build Challenge, - "Fools Rush In!", - to the subtheme - "BaDONKadonk!". The 90th build challenge presenting 13 different subthemes to choose to build to.