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Lamp with Ganymedes, taken to Britain by the author.

Tags: Ancient pottery / Vase painting, Art and antiquities, Crete, Greece, Lamps, Mythology

Lighting device similar to a lantern, belonging to the Count of Alcantara in Portugal. The hydraulic mechanism of the lantern greatly impressed the author, and the Count gave it to him as a gift.

Tags: Alcântara, Lamps, Lisbon, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Physics, Portugal, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

Lighting device similar to a lantern, belonging to the Count of Alcantara in Portugal. The hydraulic mechanism of the lantern greatly impressed the author, and the Count gave it to him as a gift.

Tags: Alcântara, Lamps, Lisbon, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Physics, Portugal, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

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