Images Dated 10th August 2017

Tartars of Kohonor, China

Tartars of Kohonor, China -- Lama or Priest (left), man and woman (centre), taken from Johann Grueber, an Austrian Jesuit missionary and astronomer who visited China and Tibet in the 1650s.
circa 1760

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1650s, 17th, 18th, Astronomer, Austrian, Century, China, Chinese, East, Grueber, Jesuit, Johann, Kohonor, Lama, Man, Missionary, Oriental, People, Priest, Tartar, Tartars, Tibet, Woman

French Railway Alphabet - N

French Railway Alphabet - N for Nivellement (levelling, surveying).
19th century

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19th, Alphabet, Century, Equipment, France, French, Level, Levelling, Man, Measure, Measurement, Men, Nivellement, Optical, Precision, Rail, Railroad, Railway, Survey, Surveying, Surveyor, Surveyors, Technical, Transport, Work, Working

French Railway Alphabet - E

French Railway Alphabet - E for Enregistrement des colis (registration of packages).
19th century

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19th, Alphabet, Century, Colis, Counter, Des, Enregistrement, France, French, Package, Packages, Parcel, Pigeonholes, Post, Postal, Rail, Railroad, Railway, Registration, Service, Transport