Plan of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich mb-code 00477241 Figure 1 shows the eardrum

Figure 1 shows the eardrum at natural size

The other part relates to a story in the French journal Le Sport alleging that Britain was planning to present an exhibition of ballet girls

showing figures and traffic on the street

and to cut crime

One of Punch's favourite targets was the absurdity of the crinoline

Plan of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich mb-code 00477241 Figure 1 shows the eardrumPlan of the old Royal Observatory building (now known as Flamsteed House) designed by Christopher Wren (1632 1723) showing rooms, with a key to their use and various details. These include a reflecting telescope tube of 60 feet in length (centre); a 120 foot deep stairwell for parallax observation (top right); and the star chamber, or octagon room (right). Scale: 1 inches to 30 feet. Plate 1 from Ichnographia speculae Regiae Grenovici exquisite facta