Chronological Table on the History of Incunabula | Incunabula

Chronological Table on the History of Incunabula 2nd half of 4th century The form of books shifted from scroll to codex. In Europe, Coptic binding came into use. 2nd half of 7th century Celtic manuscripts, The Book of Durrow and The Lindisfarne Gospels were produced. End of 8th century The Carolingian script started to be used. Around this time, raised band binding came into use. 12th century Paper was first brought to Europe. Around this time, Gothic type began to be used. ...

electrical current source

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 current source (thing) See all of current source, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by rootbeer277 Mon Feb 09 2004 at 0:45:01 In circuit analysis, an ideal current source is an active circuit element which maintains a constant current through its terminals. Its behavior is independent of any other element in the circuit. An ideal current source is generally represented as: /----- | ^ | arrow indicates direction | | ...

Childhood, Youth, Dependency

The story I wanted to write this week is not ready. Originally, it was part of last week's story Thomas Thomas. But that story grew too complex, so I stripped it back to its narrative essentials and pushed the difficult parts into this week. This week, those difficult parts have expanded and grown even more complex. So much so that finishing it in time for today's newsletter was an impossibility. Parkinson's law - the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its ...

Prophetic Mazzaroth of Adam

Tesseract diagram

American Bestiary

Home » Lifestyle on a Budget » The American Bestiary: The Most Famous Mythical Creature of Every US State, Illustrated By Barbara DavidsonPosted on March 20, 2019 The American Bestiary: The Most Famous Mythical Creature of Every US State, IllustratedA bestiary is a catalog of animals, birds, and other natural (or imaginary) phenomena. Intended not as a textbook but as an inspirational (and often scientifically dubious) compendium, the bestiary first appeared in ancient Greece, but the ...

Chart of the End Times

Archigrams and Instapoetry

Abraham's Family Tree Chart

Abraham's Family Tree ChartQuestions?    -    Our Newsletter View Larger ImageAbraham, who begins the above family tree, was originally named Abram (Genesis 17:1-5). He left his home in Ur of the Chaldees to live in Haran, but soon moved from there to live in the land of Canaan. He is considered the 'father' of those who are faithful to God (Romans 4:16).Sarah, whose original name was Sarai, was the wife of Abraham. After God healed her so that she could have a family, she gave b...

Radio telescop diagram

The Map of Mathematics | Quanta Magazine

PhysicsMathematicsBiologyComputer ScienceAll Articles40Read LaterCopied!* 40CommentsRead LaterRead LaterKevin HartnettSenior WriterFebruary 13, 2020Comment on this articleQuanta Magazine moderates comments to facilitate an informed, substantive, civil conversation. Abusive, profane, self-promotional, misleading, incoherent or off-topic comments will be rejected. Moderators are staffed during regular business hours (New York time) and can only accept comments written in English. Show commentsA...

Natural Numbers: The Sacks Number Spiral

NATURAL NUMBERS   exploring the undesigned intelligence of the numberverse         home   Direction and Location in the Number Spiral The compass points are a convenient way to understand orientation in the spiral. Direction in the spiral has particular significance because it determines the distribution of every number in the spiral. If you know a number, you know its location. The hemispheres o...

SimpC - Authors similar to Italo Calvino

Literature-MapItalo Calvino ? What else do readers of Italo Calvino read? The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. Click on any name to travel along. Italo Calvino Jorge Luis Borges T. S. Eliot Umberto Eco Jose Saramago Paul Auster Julio Cortazar Oguz Atay Milan Kundera Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar Orhan Pamuk James Joyce Haruki Murakami Vladimir Nabokov Mann Thomas Pynchon Don Delillo İhsan Oktay Anar Georges Perec Salman Rushdie Mikhail...

Fake Britain map

Outline of the Odyssey in Ulises