It was Sir Walter Raleigh who presciently said: 'Who commands the sea commands trade; who commands the trade of the world commands its riches, and so commands the world itself.'

Hanover, seat of the electors, was an attractive small town set on the River Leine. … The electoral court was in residence at Herrenhausen only between May and October, so that by the beginning of November 1709 the only activity was in one of the private wings where Caroline of Ansbach, wife of the elector’s heir, had chosen to give birth to her second child.

“I want to see the bear, Japheth,” said a young Crow. Japheth shook his head, said, “I'll take you to Willow Ridge and show you the black bears that live above the Green River when we get back home, Lowell."

Each transformer has a sheet-iron case, connected to an airshoot which discharges the warm air outside the building.