Torpedo rays in antiquity Man Interior view of St Paul's

Interior view of St Paul's Cathedral when Richard Hunne was hanged as a heretic

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

All Auburn Speedsters were personally tested to exceed 100mph by the famous record breaker

cutting a record

Portrait of an elderly man with thinning grey hair and a rather stern expression

Torpedo rays in antiquity Man Interior view of St Paul'sRepresentations 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