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Picture of the Month (December 2008)

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1. only the first orderers of this revolutionary portable micro grill will be delivered with that legendary hand-knitted pot cloth - call us now!

2. Gimli, wo bist Du? (by Gollum)

3. untitled

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Alpine equipment: lantern, ice axe, mitten

This still life was probably created in the context of an expedition to the Monte Rosa in 1894. The Italian physiologist Angelo Mosso (1846 - 1910) headed this expedition to examine the energetic economy of the human organism in an alpine environment. Mainly respiration experiments had been carried out.

Related Items:

Mosso, Angelo. 1894. Spedizione Scientifica al Monte Rosa [Photographic album]. 42 Photographs. (Università di Torino, Biblioteca Angelo Mosso)
see different respiration apparatuses in the technology section
the image is taken from our digital version of the Biblioteca Angelo Mosso
Keeping Track. On Alpine Metrology, an article by Philipp Felsch

Picture Source:
Anonymous. n.d. [Alpine equipment: lantern, ice axe, mitten]. Photograph. (Università di Torino, Biblioteca Angelo Mosso - [Envelope containing photographs])

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