off which are located the wider monastic quarters. It was built in the reign of Dom Dinis (probably finished in around 1311) and is a beautiful space – indeed, it’s one of the largest cloisters in Europe. In the sixteenth century a Manueline upper storey was ...
Roberts, L. (2007). Devices without borders: What an eighteenth-century display of steam engines can teach us about ‘public’ and ‘popular’ science. Science & Education, 16 , 561–572.Roberts, L. (in press). Devices without borders: What an eighteenth-century display of steam engines ...
This event, which will run from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. both days, is designed to be part colonial festival and part “living history” since it will feature not only authentic 18th-century reenactors, but also colonial craft demonstrators and military encampment activities (1777 style). Visitors ...
whensomeone invented the circular saw blade. Historians typically credit Samuel Miller, who was awarded a British patent for the blade in 1777. Others claimthe Dutchdeveloped it in the 17th century or that it was the American Shaker Sister Tabitha Babbitt. Whoever invented it, the bandsaw’s ...
Montgomery County, part of suburban Philadelphia, is home toValley Forge, the site of the 1777 and 1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington. Its largest municipality is Lower Merion Township. Other historical sites:The Peter Wentz Farmstead, an 18th century Pen...
Finally, the last, but not least, criterion: these are clandestine philosophicalmanuscripts, even if the term “philosophy” is not meant here in the clas-sical sense of the major systems of the seventeenth century. Rather, it is a philosophy opposed to most metaphysical systems because it ...
, three paintings from the XVII century (i. e. Greuze 1777; Hogarth 1742; c.1743), three Baroque art paintings (i. e. Domenichino c.1615, c.1617, c.1635), three history paintings from the XIV century (i. e. Lorenzetti 1341; Lorenzetti 1332, 1339), and three pages without words ...
Graeme Park is a 42-acre historic park, featuring the Keith House, the only surviving residence of a Colonial Pennsylvania Governor. The mansion has remained virtually intact since the late 18th century. The historic site in eastern Montgomery County will be open for free self-guided tours starti...
the South West of the country, known in Roman times as Movidurium, it’s possibly the arena that’s furthest west from Rome. Only half of the original structure is visible nowadays, but built in the 2nd century ACE it was an elliptical shape with the capacity for 4500 – 5000 ...
What is Juneteenth? The holiday, observed on June 19, is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, and has been celebrated by communities across the country for more than a century. But Juneteenth didn't become federally-recognized until 2021, when President Biden signed legislation ...