120mm gun tank T110The 120mm gun tank T110 was a series of designs for a heavy tank armed with a hull mounted main gun, developed as an alternative to the Heavy Tank T43 and its long term replacements.The T110 emerged from the Question Mark III conference of June 1954, one of a series of meeting between tank users and designers that were meant to identify the type of tanks that would be needed in the future.
The Tribal Hidage set out the number of households living in different kingdoms and sub-kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. Has any work been done to map this data, in particular comparing it to the
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
Who was responsible for the correct production of a Mesopotamian 'cubit rod' and whose fingers where used as the standard? Wikipedia notes that the standards changed but gives no source of these cl…
Close Title: Boileau reading his poem from the Lutrin in front of Louis XIV, in the presence of Madame de Montespan and various figures of the Court Author: LEVACHEZ Charles-François-Gabriel (- 1841) Creation date: 1820 Date represented: Technique and other indications: water- forte, produced by Charles-François-Gabriel Levachez and Nicolas Édouard Lerouge, after Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Place of Conservation: National Museum of Port-Royal-des-Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) website Contact copyright: © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée de Port-Royal-des-Champs) / Gérard Blot Image reference: 08-521824 / PRG 437 Boileau reading in front of Louis XIV his poem from the Lectern, in the presence of Madame de Montespan and various characters de la Cour © RMN - Grand Palais (Musée de Port-Royal-des-Champs) / Gérard Blot Date of publication: June 2015 Historical context This print, sold at Noël, Bance Aîné, C.
Gliders flying over the D-Day Fleet Here we see a force of gliders heading towards Normandy, flying over part of the British fleet. In the foreground is a modern destroyer (J class or later judging by the single funnel).
Today, Manhattan is one of the iconic locations of the United States of America. It is also the place where New York was born. However, the origins of Manhattan are often forgotten these days.
