Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus by john Tenniel, 1820-1914, artist 1879. Vulcan, the god of fire and the forging of metals, and several Cyclops watch in amazement as a modern man demonstrates a power press. Next, the messenger Mercury, wearing a winged helmet and holding a caduceus, rides a velocipede while listening into the receiver of a telephone. He is followed by the supreme deity Jupiter, who appears with his wife Juno


Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus by john Tenniel, 1820-1914, artist 1879. Vulcan, the god of fire and the forging of metals, and several Cyclops watch in amazement as a modern man demonstrates a power press. Next, the messenger Mercury, wearing a winged helmet and holding a caduceus, rides a velocipede while listening into the receiver of a telephone. He is followed by the supreme deity Jupiter, who appears with his wife Juno


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