my family and other animals was written in 1956.
my family and other animals was written in 1956.
when was my family and other animals written?
1956
the domed pavilion housing the mechanism collapsed in 1956, destroying the mechanism and the sweeps that supported the animals. the park district disposed of the destroyed mechanical parts and stored the animals. in 1961 the giraffes, along with other animals from the carousel, were used in a christmas display at university park in indianapolis. during this time, discussions began between the park district and the indianapolis zoological society about the possibility of the zoological society acquiring the animals for use in its children's zoo section. in april 1962 newspaper reports stated that the animals were to be donated to the zoo, for installation in the main zoo; the zoo planned to purchase a smaller merry-go-round for the children's zoo. the animals were apparently still being offered to the zoo in december 1963, as a newspaper story announced that the park district had just given the zoo authorization to use the carousel parts, and volunteers were being sought to restore the animals. the president of the zoological society described the animals as "bigger and more realistically colored, and more intricately detailed, sturdier, and they have more different kinds of animals than that aluminum junk they throw out today".
broad ripple park carousel
the name "lincei" (lynx) came from giambattista della porta's book ""magia naturalis,"" which had an illustration of the fabled cat on the cover and the words "..."with lynx like eyes, examining those things which manifest themselves, so that having observed them, he may zealously use them"". accademia dei lincei's symbols were both a lynx and an eagle; animals with, or reputed to have, keen sight (in classical and medieval bestiaries the lynx was reputed to be able to see through rock and "new walls"). the academy's motto, chosen by cesi, was: "take care of small things if you want to obtain the greatest results" ("minima cura si maxima vis"). according to t. o'conor sloane, their other motto was "sagacius ista". when cesi visited naples, he met with many scientists in fields of interest to him including the botanist, fabio colonna, the natural history writer, ferrante imperato, and the polymath della porta. della porta was impressed with cesi, and dedicated three works to the linceans including a treatise on distillation called "de distillatione", a book on curvilinear geometry called "elementa curvilinea", and "the transformations of the atmosphere". della porta encouraged cesi to continue with his endeavours. giambattista della porta joined cesi's academy in 1610. while in naples, cesi also met with nardo antonio recchi to negotiate the acquisition of a collection of material describing aztec plants and animals written by francisco hernández de toledo. this collection of material would eventually become the "tesoro messicano" ("mexican treasury").
accademia dei lincei