XEE4143661: The lime tree of Fribourg: a soldier of the Helvetic Confederation came to Fribourg to announce the victory of Switzerland against Charles the Temeraire in the Battle of Morat on 22 June 1476 with a branch of linden from the battlefield. The soldier died after announcing his message, and a linden tree grew there. Engraving from 1885 in “” Les arts et metiers illustres”” by Adolphe BITARD., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4143739: Art of glass: discovered vitrification according to Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD). In Antiquite, merchants failed on a beach fire with Kali plants among the fuels. These vegetables provide enough soda to produce glass by mixing with sand. Engraving from 1885 in “” Les arts et metiers illustres”” by Adolphe BITARD., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4144034: Marriage of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild (1827-1905) and Leonora de Rotschild (1837-1911). The Mary learnt to throw a drink on the floor, the last stage of a Jewish marriage called the “broken glass”. Engraving In “” The Illustrated London News”” of March 14, 1857., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4136702: Portraits of scientists Georges Cuvier (1764-1832), Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827), Alexander Von Humboldt (Alexandre de Humboldt, 1769-1859), Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) and Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Engraving from 1856 in “” Le Musee Des Sciences””, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images