Torpedo rays in antiquity Man Charles Rolls at the wheel

Charles Rolls at the wheel of a 1904 Royce car

cutting a record

Interior view of St Paul's Cathedral when Richard Hunne was hanged as a heretic

A neat play on words as Punch illustrates the popularity of golf in Scotland as well as increasing meteorological knowledge

England v Brazil international at Wembley

Torpedo rays in antiquity Man Charles Rolls at the wheelRepresentations of the Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo) and the Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) from classical sources. Figures 1 5 show the Common torpedo as drawn or painted on amphorae, a pinax (votive tablet) and a patera (libation bowl). Figure 6 shows the Marbled electric ray from a small pinax. Plate 3 from the monograph Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen antiquarischen Beziehungen [The natural history and antiquarian