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17th-Century Siege Artillery Tactics
Image by Deutsche Fotothek

17th-Century Siege Artillery Tactics

An early 17th-century illustration by Johann Jacob von Wallhausen showing the tactics of batteries of siege artillery to fire upon a specific point in the defensive fortifications.
18th-Century Alcohol Thermometer
Image by Science Museum, London

18th-Century Alcohol Thermometer

An 18th-century alcohol thermometer. Made in the Netherlands between 1720 and 1750. (Science Museum, London)
Family Tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE
Image by David Grant

Family Tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE

Family tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE. From Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great. Grant (2019) p76. Used with permission from Pen & Sword Books.
View of Edo Castle in the 17th Century
Image by Unknown Artist

View of Edo Castle in the 17th Century

View of Edo on a pair of six-panel folding screens, 17th century.
The South China Sea in the 18th Century
Image by R. Bonne & G. Raynal

The South China Sea in the 18th Century

A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal
Rank Badge with Qilin (Late 17th Century)
Image by Unknown Artist

Rank Badge with Qilin (Late 17th Century)

Rank badge with qilin, silk and metallic thread embroidery on plain-weave silk patterned in gauze, by an unknown artist, China, late 17th century China. This embroidered rank badge is from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and was used to indicate...
18th-Century Microscope
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18th-Century Microscope

An early 18th-century microscope designed and made by John Marshall. It is a compound microscope, that is, it uses three lenses. Made of brass, wood, and other materials. (Science Museum, London)
18th-Century Advertisement for Virginia Tobacco
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18th-Century Advertisement for Virginia Tobacco

An 18th-century woodcut advertisement for Virginia tobacco. The image shows child slaves working on a tobacco plantation. (British Museum, London)
Monte Cassino in the 15th Century
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Monte Cassino in the 15th Century

Illustration of Monte Cassino in the 15th-century Nuremberg Chronicle. Published in Nuremberg, Germany, 1493.
20th-Century Sepoy
Image by Major A.C. Lovett

20th-Century Sepoy

An early-20th-century painting by Major A.C. Lovett of a sepoy in the British Indian Army. (From The Armies of India, 1911)
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