Archaeologists in northern Poland have uncovered a finely crafted, 500‑year‑old navigational instrument that may once have sat in the hands of Nicolaus Copernicus, the astronomer who moved Earth from ...

The opportunity to get a rare glimpse into the world of brass restoration was the draw at a Thursday afternoon event at the Germantown Historical Society. What a dozen eager attendees saw there was a ...

Dividers and compasses are drawing instruments that have been used since antiquity to measure distances, transfer lengths from one drawing to another, and draw circles. The Greek mathematician, Euclid ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Anthony Lamb (1703-1784) was born in ...