Torpedo rays in antiquity Man 1936 Jaguar SS100

1936 Jaguar SS100

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

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

' Inscribed in pencil lower right: 'Butterworth Savoy House 115 Strand' Drawn for an article by Herbert Rix (1850-1906)

holds the cap of liberty aloft on a staff while Bull restrains the crowds

Torpedo rays in antiquity Man 1936 Jaguar SS100Representations 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