Gaston, Duc d'Orleans, commander of the armies under Louis XIII of France Finish:Stretched Wooden potato masher made by

Wooden potato masher made by physicist Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)

A macaroni was an eighteenth century dandy who affected continental fashions

Frontispiece to A treatise for the service of chemistry in general

This cartoon illustrates the appallingly unseasonable weather of the summer of 1879

Gaston, Duc d'Orleans, commander of the armies under Louis XIII of France Finish:Stretched Wooden potato masher made byGaston, Duc d'Orleans, commander of the armies under Louis XIII of France, 1882 1884. Gaston (1608 1660) was the third son of Henry IV of France and was the oldest surviving brother of Louis XIII. He was embroiled in political intrigue throughout his life. A print from La France et les Franais Travers les Sicles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint Antoine, 1882 1884.