Torpedo rays in antiquity Man Charles Rolls at the wheel

Charles Rolls at the wheel of a 1904 Royce car

ill and dying in the background show clearly how even a short disruption in income for poorer families could precipitate them into destitution

England v Brazil international at Wembley

holds the cap of liberty aloft on a staff while Bull restrains the crowds

Torpedo rays in antiquity Man Charles Rolls at the wheelRepresentations of the Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo) and the Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata) from classical sources. Figures 1 5 show the Common torpedo as drawn or painted on amphorae, a pinax (votive tablet) and a patera (libation bowl). Figure 6 shows the Marbled electric ray from a small pinax. Plate 3 from the monograph Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen antiquarischen Beziehungen [The natural history and antiquarian