Torpedo rays in antiquity Man ill and dying in the

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

Charles Rolls at the wheel of a 1904 Royce car

England v Brazil international at Wembley

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

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

Torpedo rays in antiquity Man ill and dying in theRepresentations 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