15 September 2007

The Most Singular Bibliographic Curiosity

From The Kircher society comes an interesting article about a book whose letters were individually cut out of vellum. The Most Singular Bibliographic Curiosity

The Sultan’s Elephant

From the Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society, comes two videos of a street show featuring giant marionettes operated by dozens of people: The Sultan’s Elephant.

12 September 2007

7 amazing holes

From deputydog's blog, comes 7 amazing holes showing massive holes created in the earth while mining.