[Post. 6-8-1966], Lisbon (Portugal) 1 black and white photo, paper; 23,2×16,0 cm Portuguese National Archive of Torre do Tombo Ref Code: PT/TT/SNI/ARQF/DO-014-002B/52478 The city of Lisbon lies on the banks of the vast estuary of the river Tagus. Lisbon occupied the northern (right) side of the river for many centuries, while the sparsely populated south …
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A Stamping and Dyeing factory in Lisbon
s/d, Lisbon, (Portugal) 1 sheet hand-colored drawing on paper; 111,5×62,0 cm Portuguese National Archive of Torre do Tombo Ref Code: PT/TT/MR/1/123 Industrialisation during the mid-19th century had a significant impact on city landscapes. The document here illustrates the effects that new industrial facilities had on the urban environment. The document is part of the administrative …
A priestly project to fly
[17–], Lisbon, (Portugal) 1 page of a bound volume of 204 pages, paper; dimension of the design: 21,6 x 30,0 x cm; book: 22,5×47,0×2,0 cm Portuguese National Archive of Torre do Tombo Ref Code: PT/TT/MSLIV/1011 The idea of human flight has fired our imagination since antiquity. A constant theme for writers and artists, it also …
Energy and Industry
Machines to enhance and increase the power of the human body have been used since remotest antiquity. The simplest of machines, the lever, seems to have emerged independently in many different cultures, millennia ago. Simple systems of pulleys and cranks have been used all around the world for many centuries. Understanding the advantage of machines …