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SMS Fürst Bismarck (1896)
SMS (''Prince Bismarck'') was Germany's first armored cruiser, built for the (Imperial Navy) in the late 1890s. Built in response to widespread foreign adoption of the type, was intended to serve abroad in the German colonial empire and as a scout for the main fleet in home waters. The ship traced its origin to a failed design competition in the early 1890s that was heavily influenced by the new emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II. Though the competition failed to produce a workable design, further efforts eventually resulted in the development of , which was in many respects a cruiser version of the contemporary of battleships. carried the same main battery of four 24 cm SK L/40, guns as the battleships, but was faster due to a longer, lighter hull (watercraft), hull and more powerful engines. Completion of the ship was rushed in early 1900 due to the outbreak of the Boxer Uprising in China the previous year; arrived there later in 1900, becoming the flagship of the East Asia Squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithograph
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German author and actor Alois Senefelder and was initially used mostly for sheet music, musical scores and maps.Meggs, Philip B. ''A History of Graphic Design''. (1998) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p 146, .Carter, Rob, Ben Day, Philip Meggs. ''Typographic Design: Form and Communication'', Third Edition. (2002) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 11. Lithography can be used to print text or images onto paper or other suitable material. A lithograph is something printed by lithography, but this term is only used for printmaking, fine art prints and some other, mostly older, types of printed matter, not for those made by modern commercial lithography. Traditionally, the image to be printed was drawn with a greasy substance, such as oil, fat, or wax on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
