tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post2554237394650358794..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Cleopatra's NeedleGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-66953530085380167282014-11-17T22:49:23.335+13:002014-11-17T22:49:23.335+13:00Thank you Rob - and it was really nice to finally ...Thank you Rob - and it was really nice to finally meet. Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-85299400754101846332014-11-17T14:56:14.677+13:002014-11-17T14:56:14.677+13:00Wonderful piece. Growing up, we had a book called ...Wonderful piece. Growing up, we had a book called 'The Civil War in Pictures'- all drawings published in newspapers of the time. The idea of an artist with a sketch-pad trudging through mud, camp-life, and pitched battles to turn out illustrations for engraving/etching is other-worldly. The pictures were mostly very very good - yet you knew that the artist had imagined a lot, framed robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-59193695728405409882014-11-11T18:18:18.647+13:002014-11-11T18:18:18.647+13:00I win the joy of knowing that chess puzzles used t...I win the joy of knowing that chess puzzles used to be soluble. Makes me feel a bit less dumb when I can't solve any of them nowadays.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-21987969993203478482014-11-11T13:51:43.634+13:002014-11-11T13:51:43.634+13:00You win... nothing. Other than my deleting your co...You win... nothing. Other than my deleting your comments signed "fuzzo". Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-62362553539581246172014-11-11T11:37:19.268+13:002014-11-11T11:37:19.268+13:001. Kt-g2 P-c3 (forced)
2. B-e3 P-h6 (forced)
3. Kt...1. Kt-g2 P-c3 (forced)<br />2. B-e3 P-h6 (forced)<br />3. Kt-f4 P-h5 (forced)<br />4. Kt-d3 mate.<br /><br />...but any path for the Kt to d3 would do. I can count about 8 paths that would have worked identically. There are also 2 paths through to b3 for a very similar mate position. You get those kind of options when you're up by 3 pieces in the end game.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-87513461705041523172014-11-11T10:04:40.634+13:002014-11-11T10:04:40.634+13:00"aka Ozymandias, who, ironically for Shelley,..."aka Ozymandias, who, ironically for Shelley, ensured that plenty of the sculptural works of his reign survived"<br /><br />Wonderful!Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-18300626741294226212014-11-11T10:04:15.251+13:002014-11-11T10:04:15.251+13:00There is an archive of all issues from 1842, but i...There is an archive of all issues from 1842, but it's only available through university accounts. Except for the world war I issues, those I think are free to all-comers.<br /><br />I had been wondering about the New Zealand content, many of the classic 19th century engravings were commissioned by the magazine. Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-7860182278844807612014-11-11T09:59:51.749+13:002014-11-11T09:59:51.749+13:00Pages of the ILN with New Zealand content have bee...Pages of the ILN with New Zealand content have been digitized by the University of Waikato library and area available online. I have spent a lot of time looking at and thinking about the engravings from the first NZ War which include a sketch of the battlefield at Ruapekapeka and images of British soldiers and Maori warriors, an officers hut and a Mann MortarJononoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-65713037738494953942014-11-11T09:48:07.107+13:002014-11-11T09:48:07.107+13:00The London obelisk itself was created under Thutmo...The London obelisk itself was created under Thutmose III, but the inscriptions were added some 200 years later, by Rameses II (aka Ozymandias, who, ironically for Shelley, ensured that plenty of the sculptural works of his reign survived!) The needle's inscription commemorate military victories.Steve Bellhttp://tinyurl.com/3e7mow8noreply@blogger.com