A 19th-century depiction of Galileo before the Holy Office, by Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury

A 19th-century depiction of the Acre's surrender to Philip Augustus in 1191

19th-century depiction of Richard leaving the Holy Land

19th-century depiction of a victorious Saladin, by Gustave Doré.

Although Lermontov's depiction of the Georgian queen as a destructive seductress had no apparent historical background, it has been influential enough to raise the issue of Tamar's sexuality, a question that was given some prominence by the 19th-century European authors.

In the 19th-century depiction by James William Edmund Doyle, Edward the Martyr is offered a cup of mead by Ælfthryth, widow of the late Edgar, unaware that her attendant is about to murder him.

19th-century depiction of a session of Alþingi

Le vanneur ( The Winnower ) by Jean-François Millet, a 19th-century depiction of winnowing by fan

The castle's 15th-century gatehouse, in a 19th-century depiction by an unknown artist, with new inmates arriving at the castle when it was used as a prison.

19th-century depiction of " doggy style ", by Édouard-Henri Avril | Paul Avril

English: ' Christmas Comes But Once A Year ' ( Victorian depiction of early 19th-century Christmas celebration, with servant carrying pudding to dining table ).

A late 19th-century depiction of fugitive slaves in the Great Dismal Swamp

A 19th-century depiction of the castle

The earliest known depiction of a gun is a sculpture from a cave in Sichuan, dating to the 12th century that portrays a figure carrying a vase-shaped bombard, firing flames and a ball.

On the south central panel is depicting a scene after the sacrificed ball player has received the pulque with the same temple, glyphs and depiction of the pulque god.

The club badge is a classic shield in yellow and black featuring a pair of crossed artillery cannons ( alluding to the city of Charleston's part in the American Civil War and American Revolution ) above a depiction of a traditional-style soccer ball.

The article also argued that Hawk-Eye's depiction of line decisions in tennis ignored such factors as the distortion of the ball on bouncing and the less-than-complete precision with which the lines on the court are drawn.

The Silverbacks official colors are red, black and white, and the club logo features three colors prominently, along with a stylized depiction of a silverback gorilla heading a soccer ball beneath the corporate wordmark.

:* This is a depiction of Pierrot, a character from the Commedia dell ' arte, commonly represented in costume at a ball.

For wizards, Gygax included six spells that could be used to affect a battle, plus two " missiles " ( fire ball and lightning bolt ).

David Turner, a retired physical chemist, suggested that ball lightning, another phenomenon, could cause inanimate objects to move erratically.

Reported events include teleportation ( a term Fort is generally credited with coining ); poltergeist events ; falls of frogs, fishes, inorganic materials of an amazing range ; unaccountable noises and explosions ; spontaneous fires ; levitation ; ball lightning ( a term explicitly used by Fort ); unidentified flying objects ; unexplained disappearances ; giant wheels of light in the oceans ; and animals found outside their normal ranges ( see phantom cat ).

It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms, but unlike lightning flashes, which last only a fraction of a second, ball lightning reportedly lasts many seconds.

Scientific data on natural ball lightning is scarce owing to its infrequency and unpredictability.

Laboratory experiments have produced effects that are visually similar to reports of ball lightning, but at present, it is unknown whether these are actually related to any naturally occurring phenomenon.

One theory is that ball lightning may be created when lightning strikes silicon in soil, a phenomenon which has been duplicated in laboratory testing.

Given inconsistencies and the lack of reliable data and completely contradicting and unpredictable behavior, the true nature of ball lightning is still unknown and was often regarded as a fantasy or a hoax.

Severely contradicting descriptions of ball lightning makes it impossible even to create a plausible hypothesis that will take into account described behavior.

Natural ball lightning appears infrequently and unpredictably, and is therefore rarely ( if ever truly ) photographed.

Perhaps the most famous story of ball lightning unfolded when 18th-century physicist Georg Wilhelm Richmann installed a lightning rod in his home and was struck in the head – and killed – by a " pale blue ball of fire.

: Example: I know the idea that ball lightning is caused by ghosts makes no sense to you, but that's only because you're human.

The tornado was accompanied by hail up to golf ball size, dangerous cloud to ground lightning, and heavy winds.

Early critics of the marsh gas hypothesis often dismissed it on various grounds including the unlikeliness of spontaneous combustion, the absence of warmth in some observed ignes fatui, the odd behavior of ignes fatui receding upon being approached, as well as the differing accounts of ball lightning ( which was also classified as a kind of ignes fatui ).

Reported events that he collected include teleportation ( a term Fort is generally credited with coining ); poltergeist events, falls of frogs, fishes, inorganic materials of an amazing range ; crop circles ; unaccountable noises and explosions ; spontaneous fires ; levitation ; ball lightning ( a term explicitly used by Fort ); unidentified flying objects ; mysterious appearances and disappearances ; giant wheels of light in the oceans ; and animals found outside their normal ranges ( see phantom cat ).

Laboratory experiments have produced effects that are visually similar to reports of ball lightning, but it is presently unknown whether these are actually related to any naturally occurring phenomenon.

Scientific data on natural ball lightning are scarce owing to its infrequency and unpredictability.

Given inconsistencies and the lack of reliable data, the true nature of ball lightning is still unknown.

It has been suggested that ball lightning could be the source of the legends that describe luminous balls, such as the Mapuche Anchimayen of mythology ( of southern Argentina and Chile ).