Distinctive ornamental (but functional) thermometer utilises 17th century astronomer Galileo Galilei`s discovery that the density of liquids varies with temperature. Carefully weighted glass globes are suspended in a liquid-filled tube, where they sedately sink or float as the surrounding air gets hotter or colder. Temperature is indicated by the engraved brass tag on the lowest floating globe. This model

Includes:: a `storm bottle` type indicator of changes in barometric pressure
- useful for forecasting the weather. Measures 13” tall.


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The `bonkers` book that `it is impossible not to be moved by` DAILY MAIL A joyful & hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else. Perhaps you`re not a member of the Azov House of Culture Elderly Club? Perhaps you missed the talk on the Cabbage Root Fly last week? Galina Petrovna hasn`t missed a meeting, even if that means leaving her three-legged dog Boroda behind. Boroda isn`t `hers` exactly, they belong to each other, & that`s why she doesn`t wear a collar. & that`s how Mitya the Exterminator got her. So everyone had to go to Moscow. Filled to the brim with pickle, misadventure & tears, Galina Petrovna`s Three-Legged Dog Story will leave you smiling at every page. ...

Wooden campaign table with globe & hidden storage. Constructed to endure the hardships of the Imperial army on campaign, the elegant Globe Table designed by authentic Models is a historically influenced artefact still relevant in interior schemes today. This charming decorative table is made from durable wood & features decorative brass hardware adorns the corner of the table & handles of the drawers. Two large drawers provide a flexible storage solution & an iconic lift Vaugondy Globe reveals secret space for hiding your most cherished belongings. The iconic Vaugondy Globe originated from the father & son Parisian map makers of the 1700s, Gilles & Didier Robert de Vaugondy. Didier was appointed in 1760 as the honourable geographer to the French ruler King Louis XV making this gorgeous table fit for a King. Artisan crafted with meticulous care by skilled craftsmen, each table is unique & slight variations in appearance are to be expected & celebrated as no two items are exactly alike. Vintage is on-trend & the elegant Globe Table promises to add a timeless stylish edge to your interior. ...

A wall cabinet that combines many functions. Its wall-leaning design makes it less bulky & more elegant to the critical eye. Which counts in smaller spaces, but still functions well in larger ones. Storage. Shelves for collectables & books. & the main purpose. space for a 42 flat screen TV. Our brass bound multi-functional 'campaign' cabinet is built to last generations. The gallery ladder cabinet arrives in two easily assembled sections. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

This is a gripping, revisionist account of an epic tragedy, the battle of Gallipoli. ` The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert, so self-confident, all now lying dead on the bare deck, blackened burned skeletons, twisted in all directions, no trace of any clothing, the fire having devoured all.` Vice Admiral P. E. Gueprette recalls the damage to the French ship Suffen during a naval battle in 1915. One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey`s iconic founder Mustafa Kemal (` Ataturk`) & marked Australia`s emergence as a nation in its own right. It had begun as a bold move led by the British to ultimately capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the initial landings
- which ended with so much blood in the sea it could be seen from aircraft overhead
- to the desperate attacks of early summer & the battle of attrition that followed, it was a lunacy that was never going to succeed. Drawing on unpublished personal accounts by individuals at all levels & from all sides
- not only from Britain, Australia & New Zeal&, but unusually from Turkey & France too
- Peter Hart combines his trademark eye for vivid personal stories with a strong narrative to bring a modern view of this military disaster to a popular audience.



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` Because it was fought so close to his old home ground, Homer might have seen this war on the Gallipoli Peninsula as an epic. Brief by his standards, but essentially heroic. Shakespeare might have seen it as a tragedy with splendid bit-parts for buffoons & brigands & lots of graveyard scenes. Those thigh bones you occasionally see rearing out of the yellow earth of Gully ravine, snapped open so that they look like pumice, belong to a generation of young men who on this peninsula first lost their innocence & then their lives, & maybe something else as well...` Gallipoli remains one of the most poignant battlefronts of the First World War & L. A. Carlyon`s monumental account of that campaign has been rightfully acclaimed & a massive bestseller in Australia. Brilliantly told, supremely readable & deeply moving, Gallipoli brings this epic tragedy to life & stands as both a landmark chapter in the history of the war & a salutary reminder of all that is fine & all that is foolish in the human condition. ...

On 25 April 1915, Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in present-day Turkey to secure the sea route between Britain & France in the west & Russia in the east. After eight months of terrible fighting, they would fail... To this day, Turkey regards the victory as a defining moment in its history, a heroic last stand in the defence of the Ottoman Empire. But, counter-intuitively, it would come to signify something perhaps even greater for the defeated allies, in particular the Australians & New Zealanders: the birth of their countries` sense of nationhood. Now, in the year that marks its centenary, the Gallipoli campaign (commemorated each year on 25 April, Anzac Day), resonates with significance as the origin & symbol of Australian & New Zealand identity. As such, the facts of the campaign (which was minor when compared to the overall scale of the First World War: Australian deaths were less than a sixth of their losses on the Western Front) are often forgotten or obscured. Now the celebrated journalist & author Peter Fitz Simons, with his trademark vibrancy & expert melding of writing & research, recreates the disastrous campaign as experienced by those who endured it or perished in the attempt. ...

On 15 April 1915, British & Dominion troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The campaign which followed lasted over eight months, & cost nearly 500, 000 Allied & Turkish casualites. In this study, Sir Robert Rhodes James sheds new light on the campaign, discounting many of its legends. ...

A century has now gone by, yet the Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 is still infamous as arguably the most ill conceived, badly led & pointless campaign of the entire First World War. The brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, following Turkey`s entry into the war on the German side, its ultimate objective was to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey, thus allowing the Allies to take control of the eastern Mediterranean & increase pressure on the Central Powers to drain manpower from the vital Western Front. From the very beginning of the first landings, however, the campaign went awry, & countless casualties. The Allied commanders were ignorant of the terrain, & seriously underestimated the Turkish army which had been bolstered by their German allies. Thus the Allies found their campaign staled from the off & their troops hopelessly entrenched on the hillsides for long agonising months, through the burning summer & bitter winter, in appalling, dysentery-ridden conditions. By January 1916, the death toll stood at 21, 000 British troops, 11, 000 Australian & New Zeal&, & 87, 000 Turkish & the decision was made to withdraw, which in itself, ironically, was deemed to be a success. First published in 1956, when it won the inaugural Duff Cooper Prize, Alan Moorehead`s book is still regarded as the definitive work on this tragic episode of the Great War. One could argue he was the first writer to capture the true turmoil that occurred in this campaign with his colourful, analytical & compelling style of prose. Sir Max Hastings himself says in this new introduction that he was inspired as a young man by Moorehead`s books to become a reporter himself. With in-depth analysis of the campaign, the objectives both sides set themselves, & with character sketches of the main players, it brings the complex operation to life, showing how & why it went so terribly wrong & a century on, remains a by word for the loss of human life. ...

On 15th April 1915, British & Dominion troops landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Thecampaign which followed lasted over eight months & cost the terrible total of nearly halfa million Allied & Turkish casualties. The eventual failure of the Gallipoli campaign, afterheart-breaking opportunities had been missed, was a disastrous set-back to Allied hopes. Itremains one of the most engrossing & poignant tragedies in British military history. In our new edition of this classic in military writing, Robert Rhodes James was one of thefirst historians to work from the official archives & makes brilliant use of diaries & lettersof the men who fought there & the photographs they took. Gallipoli stands the test of time, bringing vividly to life the conditions & circumstances of acampaign which has never ceased to enthral the imagination. ...