Beneath the Eiffel Tower Finish:none Celestial planisphere showing the signs

Celestial planisphere showing the signs of the zodiac

with the piles for laying the foundations of the new bridge and boats on the River Thames

the common eel

furrows in ice-flakes (Fig

'The Grand Old Janus'

Beneath the Eiffel Tower Finish:none Celestial planisphere showing the signsBeneath 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).