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Background imageContinually Collection: BABBAGEs ENGINE (1)

BABBAGEs ENGINE (1)
Babbages Difference Engine - he was continually modifying the design, as with modern computers, so it is not possible to date this precisely

Background imageContinually Collection: Hare (Bewick)

Hare (Bewick)
lepus timidus Harmless and inoffensive... fearful of every danger and attentive to every alarm, the Hare is continually upon the watch

Background imageContinually Collection: Fighting the Sioux

Fighting the Sioux
The U.S. government finds itself continually having to fight the Sioux, who fail to see that the white mens intentions are for their good

Background imageContinually Collection: Louis Xi Enters Paris Events France 30 August

Louis Xi Enters Paris Events France 30 August
louis, xi, enters, paris, events, france, 30, august, 1461, death, charles, vii, reign, will, troubled, one, continually, threatened, duc, de, bourgogne, history, historical, 10188997

Background imageContinually Collection: Etna Crater in 1834

Etna Crater in 1834
The crater of Mount Etna, Sicily, is continually being modified by eruptions : this is how it appears in 1834, before the massive 1869 eruption changes it again. Date: 1834

Background imageContinually Collection: Court of Serendip

Court of Serendip
At the court of Serendip (an old name for Sri Lanka) whose princes continually made happy but unexpected discoveries, according to Horace Walpole. Hence serendipity

Background imageContinually Collection: Lady Tourist and Touts

Lady Tourist and Touts
A lady tourist riding on a donkey is continually assailed by touts offering her their merchandise. Date: 1908

Background imageContinually Collection: Switzerland - The Rhine Bridge at Constance

Switzerland - The Rhine Bridge at Constance
Coloured lantern slide of a view across the Old Rhine Bridge in Konstanz, Germany. The modern day bridge is a combined road and railway bridge and was built in 1938

Background imageContinually Collection: A Relief Party making their way up the trenches

A Relief Party making their way up the trenches. On reverse of postcard - This shows the relief party making their way up to the trenches along the shell-holed and muddy roads

Background imageContinually Collection: Belarus Mahilyow

Belarus Mahilyow
City on the Dnieper which has changed hands continually through history between Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Russia, to say nothing of the Germans 1941 to 1944. Date: 18th century

Background imageContinually Collection: Breda Recaptured

Breda Recaptured
Breda is continually taken and re-taken by Spaniards and Dutch in turn : Spinolas Spanish took it in 1625 but now it is retaken by Frederik Henrik after a long siege. Date: 1637

Background imageContinually Collection: Robert Merry

Robert Merry
ROBERT MERRY - dilettante poet and playwright, for some time in Florence but quarrelled continually, much mocked by Walpole and others : married actress Ann Brunton. Date: 1755 - 1798

Background imageContinually Collection: Woolley Earns Vc / Hill 60

Woolley Earns Vc / Hill 60
2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley of the Queen Victorias Rifles, a territorial regiment, earns the Victoria Cross on Hill 60 by continually throwing bombs

Background imageContinually Collection: Kalergis Feted London

Kalergis Feted London
Greek minister Demetrios Kalergis is not over-popular with his king because he is continually seeking reform : but when he visits London he is feted at the London Tavern

Background imageContinually Collection: HELL

HELL
A number of sinners are subjected to a variety of punishments for the naughty things they did during their earthly lives...and fresh victims arrive continually

Background imageContinually Collection: War with Turks - 1

War with Turks - 1
Montenegro is continually at war with the Ottoman empire to ensure its independence : the Montengran camp at mount Kerstatz, near Cattaro

Background imageContinually Collection: Turkish Troops

Turkish Troops
Turkish troops in the field : besides defending their European conquests they are continually obliged to protect their borders with Russia

Background imageContinually Collection: Cody Biplane Dismantled

Cody Biplane Dismantled
Codys biplane - British Army Aeroplane No 1 - was continually being modified 1908-9, and re-named each time; here it is dismantled for transportation

Background imageContinually Collection: Charles Bold in Action

Charles Bold in Action
CHARLES LE TEMERAIRE (Charles the Bold) duke of Burgundy, leading a cavalry charge, circa 1467. He was continually at war with Louis XI of France

Background imageContinually Collection: Lionel Duke of Dorset

Lionel Duke of Dorset
ARTHUR MAYNWARING statesman and wit, continually getting into hot water with his political writings : he lived with the celebrated actress Ann Oldfield


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