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Chinese Abacus 1814A man uses a " swan-pen" - a Chinese version of the abacus
BOOKMAKERSKendall and McManus bookmakers stand by their blackboards as the race commences. Top tips include No.2, Westcroft
Chinese Pharmacy 1864Traditional Chinese dispensaries have changed little over time. Herbs are weighed out in daily doses, and patients receive bags of herbs to last the treatment. Date: 1864
Japanese man counting on an abacus
Barnardo's KindergartenInterior of an unidentified Barnardo's kindergarten. A large abacus stands at the centre. Date: circa 1908
Italy. Sicily. Archaeological site of Agrigento. Temple of JItaly. Sicily. Vallery of the Temples. Archaeological site of Agrigento. Temple of Juno Lacinia. 450 BC. Measuring 15 x 16.90 m. Doric style, peripteros 6 columns. Date:
Chinese swan pan or abacus, and pottery shop, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Toy shop assistantPeople You See. Toy shop assistant. From Teddy Bear (15 August 1964). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1964
At the Toy Shop - People You See. From Teddy Bear (23 December 1967). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1967
Papyriform column. EgyptPapyriform column of grey granite. The abacus has the name of King Amenhotep III and the axis shows the name of Merneptah of the 19th Dynasty
Hans the Clever HorseHans a horse of singular mathmatical skill, with his handler, and his tutor Wilhelm von Osten, who was convinced that animals possessed an intelligence equal to humans
Italy. Paestum. Ruins. Campania. Southern Italy
Italy. Paestum. Temple of NeptuneGreek art. Magna Grecia. Italy. Paestum. Temple of Neptune, actually dedicated to the goddess Hera. Built around 450-460 BC. Doric style. Front
Temple on Aegina. Doric capital from the cella of the templeGreek art. Aphaia Temple on Aegina. Doric capital from the inner room (cella) of the temple. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany
Abacus, also called a counting frame. Cesis. Latvia
Greek Art. Sanctuary of Olympia. Doric column at the Palaestra. Hellenistic period. 3rd century B.C. Greece
Greek Art. Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus. Doric column. GreecGreek Art. Nymphaeum of Herodes Atticus. Built around the year 160. Doric column. Altis. Sanctuary of Olympia. Greece
Greek Art. Temple of Zeus. Ruins (471-456 BC). Altis. Olympia. Greece
Greek Art. Parthenon (447-438 BC). Entablature. Acropolis. AGreek Art. Parthenon. Was built between 447-438 BC. in Doric style under leadership of Pericles. The building was designed by the architects Ictinos and Callicrates
Man with abacus, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
A Street Hardware Stall, Japan - selling a wide array of goods including scissors, tongs, trowels, pans, hinges and metal rods. Date: circa 1910s
99% Ape cover illustration
Birds on a Wire
The red snappers dream: Ebisu using an abacus. Print shows a red snapper in a basket dreaming that Ebisu, one of the seven lucky gods of Japan, is using an abacus. Date 1805
Thames Street, Oamaru, South Island, New ZealandOld historic buildings in Thames Street, in the business district of Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand
Settling the Bargain- Fishmongers shop in St. PetersburgFreezing conditions at a market stall showing fish being weighed and the fishmonger totting up the total on an abacus
AN ABACUSAn abacus adding machine
Dolls at SchoolA smart little girl in a pretty dress with matching red shoes, ribbons and alice band, plays teacher with her blackboard and chalk. Her doll and teddy are the pupils