XEE4163682: Florin Perier making experiment of Torricelli at summit of the Puy de Dome, september 19, 1648 (atmospheric pressure, barometer) - Florin Perier measuring the height of the Barometre (mercury tube) by Evangelista Torricelli or Toricelli during the experiment on the gravity of the air by Blaise Pascal, at the summit of Puy de Dome (1648) - Engraving in “Sciences” put a the reach of all - popular physics and chemistry”” by Alexis Clerc. Late 19th century. Private collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4170005: The arrival of Pope Pius IX (Pius IX or Pio IX), whose name was Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti (1792-1878) in Civita Vecchia (Civita-Vecchia) on the Tenare River. Engraving in “Histoire des Papes-Rois-Queen and Empereurs a travers les centuries”” by Maurice Lachatre, 1863., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4172213: French Revolution - Fete de la Federation in Strasbourg, 12 May 1790: two children, one Catholic and the other Protestant, were baptized together by a parish priest and a priest. After the ceremony, the two religious took their hands as a sign of fraternity. Engraving from 1889. Private collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4169827: The beautiful Marozie (Mariuccia, Mariozza or Marousie of Tusculum, ca. 890-932/937) incestuous mother of two generations of popes. Engraving in “Histoire des papes-kings-queens-et-empereurs a travers les centuries”” by Maurice Lachatre, 1863., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images