Image of microcosm showing working carpenters yard on base, sea scape with moving windmills, galloping carriages. Then surviving clockwork in British Museum. Ornate moving gods& muses on top

#HenryBridgesEnlightenmentMachine entertained, explained & encouraged sharing of #technology. Hard to imagine #IndustrialRevolution or #Enlightenment without it. My book explains its history

#PittRiversMuseum is generally describes as a gothic building but it looks like a #reliquary, an ornate structure reflecting its contents. On left is #HenryBridgesMicrocosm which went a step further describing #England as a little world, the #Macrocosm. See my book #HenryBridgesEnlightenmentMachine