Beneath the Eiffel Tower Finish:none A Shelton compound pendulum regulator

A Shelton compound pendulum regulator carried on the second of James Cook's three voyages around the world for use in astronomical observations

according to Punch was that 'it [was] the Independent Liberals who habitually save the country by making Government impossible'

'The Grand Old Janus'

Celestial planisphere showing the signs of the zodiac

Beneath the Eiffel Tower Finish:none A Shelton compound pendulum regulatorBeneath the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832 1923), the Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition staged in Paris in 1889 to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. Constructed from iron, it was the tallest building in the world until 1930. From L'Album de l'Exposition 1889 by Glucq, (Paris 1889).