Qubbat al-Sakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem); Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.; Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Caliph, 642-705
This thesis provides a hypothesis as to why the Dome of the Rock
was built. I examine various scholarly theories concerning the
construction of the first notable work of Islamic architecture, which was
built in Jerusalem during the last decade of...
Heat pipes; Solar heating--Passive systems; Solar heating--Research; Solar energy--Research
The one dimensional heat transfer, thermal diode effect of heat pipes makes
them ideal for passive solar applications. Gains in a heat pipe passive solar wall are not
lost during cloud cover or periods of low irradiation. An experimental model was...
Exterior view of High Rock Ginger Ale Company building, Northwestern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. Signs on buildings: "High Rock Kola; High Rock Lime & Lithia, Mixes Well in Good Company; High Rock Pale Dry, Mixes Well in Good...
Lengthwise view of a man sitting beneath Mantel Rock, a bridge like rock formation with a partially connected vertical rock wall blocking its right side.
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men; Posing
Portrait of three men wearing three-piece suits and ties. They appear to be signing a document, so they crouch to reach the low table, but keep their eyes on the camera. Actor Billy B. Van (left) wears a bow tie; actor and boxer James J. Corbett...
Train approaching from the left on a set of railroad tracks with steep, tall rock walls on either side. To the right, in front of the rock is the Arkansas River. There is an iron fence between the land with the railroad tracks and the water. Title:...
Location: Montgomery and 31st Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Cobblestone roads lead up to the High Rock distribution buildings. Three delivery trucks are parked next to the building and a network of utility lines crisscross the sky above trolley...
Mantel Rock is a 30-foot high natural sandstone bridge, spanning 188 feet. It is wooded above and with a faint road in front. The formation is like a rock terrace, but the center is hollowed out until it reaches a deeper wall.
A fallen tree rests against a large rock cliff which is adjacent to a clearing. An indentation at the base of the cliff makes a "rock house." Green trees are in the background. Location may possibly be in Laurel County, Kentucky.
View of large rock known as "The Sphinx" along the Emory River in Tennessee. The rock is poised between the river and the railroad tracks. On the other side of the tracks is a large rock cliff with a cross visible at the top. Picturesque...
Hand-tinted image of Chimney Rock along the Kentucky River in Kentucky. Four people stand on top of the rock formation and one man stands leaning against its base. A ladder is in the foreground leaning against the adjoining cliff face. The...
Plymouth Rock, bearing date 1620. Part of the rock's enclosure can be seen. Postage requirements date this card to before 1952. Published by Smith News Store; printed by Tichnor Brothers, number 61534.
"Because precision in dating is impossible for the Paleolithic era, art historians usually can be no more specific than assigning a range of several thousand years to each artifact. But probably later in date than the Venus of Willendorf is...
A woman places sliced apples on a cloth on top of a large rock. A lean-to of forked branches and lumber is set up over the rock. The rock platform has a space underneath where some wood sits. A child looks on and a dog stands near the woman who has...
A rock cliff curves around a plunge pool. The rock cliff is very high on the left side and has trees visible above the right side. A light stream of water falls from the center of the cliff into the pool. At the foreground of the photograph, a...
Man with an axe sitting on Log Rock, a natural sandstone bridge that is 80 feet long, on Pine Mountain in Bell County, Kentucky, now part of Kingdom Come State Park.
National parks & reserves; Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887; Rock formations
Rock formation shaped like a chair. Named "Jenny Lind's Armchair" in honor of the opera singer Jenny Lind, known as the Swedish Nightingale. Lind once sat in this chair at Mammoth Cave Park, Kentucky. A woman wearing a sweater, skirt, and...
Jean Thomas, wearing a long dress with ruffled skirt, sits on a large rock in a forested area among trees and ferns. A hat lies beside her on the rock. Title supplied by cataloger.
