The ocean liner RMS 'Queen Mary', Clydebank, Glasgow Denali The illustration appeared as plate

The illustration appeared as plate 10 and 11 of the published paper 'Account of several phaenomena observed during the Ingress of Venus into the solar disc' by William Hirst

llustration from Wonderful London

Ajanta is a village in the hills of central Maharashtra

Side view of a compound non-achromatic microscope with fittings including hand held lenses with a turned ivory handle

The ocean liner RMS 'Queen Mary', Clydebank, Glasgow Denali The illustration appeared as plateThe ocean liner RMS 'Queen Mary', Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934 (1935). Built by John Brown & Co on Clydeside for the Cunard White Star Line, the 81,000 ton Queen Mary was the largest ocean liner in the world when she was launched in 1934. Apart from an interlude as a troopship during World War II, she dominated the transatlantic route, together with her sister, the 'Queen Elizabeth', until she was retired from service in 1967. Since then she has been a