Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita mb-code 00427654 D a brass ball held

D a brass ball held at a distance of two or three inches from the prime conductor by an assistant

A Shelton compound pendulum regulator carried on the second of James Cook's three voyages around the world for use in astronomical observations

Punch always highlighted Disraeli's Jewish features

inscribed above in pencil: 'A Fish Taken in the Latitude of 36 degrees NE & N [

Interior view of the House of Commons showing Members of Parliament from both sides of the house sitting on the benches and standing in the foreground

Rama sending his signet-ring to Sita mb-code 00427654 D a brass ball heldRama sending his signet ring to Sita, 1913. A scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Hamuman, the greatest of the vanaras, a monkey race, prepares to go in search of Rama's wife, Sita, who has been abducted by the evil Ravana. Upon finding her, he gives Sita Rama's ring as a sign of good faith. Illustration from Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita and Ananda Coomaraswamy, 1st edition, 1913. From a private collection.