Cool History Stuff

[Meat Grinder]

Concrete "cures", steel does not. I would guess that the old-school US-made hammer was heat-treated better or longer.

Barry, @Nort knows that, lol.

 

[Rico]

one for @Hedgehog

This limestone hedgehog, mounted on four wheels, was discovered near the temple of Inshushinak in Susa, Iran, dating to the Middle Elamite period, circa 1500-1200 BC.
The piece is currently on display at the Louvre Museum.

 

[chiquichops]

one for @Hedgehog

This limestone hedgehog, mounted on four wheels, was discovered near the temple of Inshushinak in Susa, Iran, dating to the Middle Elamite period, circa 1500-1200 BC.
The piece is currently on display at the Louvre Museum.

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What an odd piece! Scale?

 

[Rico]

What an odd piece! Scale?

Hard to say ... probably was a child's toy?

Edit: 6.8 cm high, and 5.5 cm long.

8. Hedgehog on Wheels — Portrait of a Plaything

www.portraitofaplaything.com

 

[Hedgehog]

I've been looking for that @Rico

 

[mTk]

Ted played with it when he was a kid.

 

[Rico]

Space Shuttle Enterprise on top of the Shuttle Carrier (Boeing 747), Concorde taking off in the background.
One of the greatest photos in aviation history, 1986.

 

[Nathangun]

One of the greatest photos in aviation history, 1986.

Can't argue with that.
Back then, people might be forgiven thinking that in 2024 air & space travel will have come along way.

 

[Rico]

The first documented transaction from 1526 when master gun-barrel maker Bartolomeo Beretta from Gardone sold 185 arquebus barrels to Venetian Arsenal for 296 ducats!
Since mid-17th century there has not been a major war in Europe for which Beretta has not supplied weapons.

The contract deed is still stored in Arzenale's records archive to this day.

 

[steve]

Some interesting stuff here, including a Merc owned by Hitler...