EditorialThe Complicated R_____n, 1794 (?), Etching, Sheet: 8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in. (20.4 x 14.9 cm), Prints, Probably etched by Richard Livesay (British, 1753?1823 Southsea), after William Hogarth (British, London 1697?1764 London), A man looks through a telescope ...
EditorialSome of the Principal Inhabitants of the Moon, as They Were Perfectly Discovered by a Telescope..., May 1, 1788, Etching and engraving, sheet: 10 5/16 x 7 13/16 in. (26.2 x 19.8 cm), Prints, After William Hogarth (British, London 1697?1764 London).
EditorialThe Royal Society, frontispiece to Thomas Sprat, 'The History of the Royal Society of London.', 1667, Etching, only state, Sheet (trimmed and inlaid): 8 in. ? 6 3/8 in. (20.3 ? 16.2 cm), Prints, After John Evelyn (British, 1620?1706 Wotton, Surrey), Bu...
EditorialThe skeleton of Death appears before the telescope of the old astronomer, causing him to fall out of his chair. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London, 1816.
EditorialFrancesco Arban di Lione, Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Francesco Arban, commemorating his twelfth flight. Includes items related to his work: a gas bag and netting, a telescope, barrels of gas, and a balloon ascending over a crowd.
EditorialTelegraph machines: the telegraph on the Louvre in Paris 1, and the telegraph at Lille showing the mechanism for moving the arms and an observer with telescope dictating to a secretary 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Goetz from Friedrich Jo...
EditorialSir WIlliam Herschel's telescope or the Great Forty-Foot reflecting telescope built between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Univer...
EditorialEquatorial instrument (telescope) at Armagh made by Edward Troughton. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme a...
EditorialSir WIlliam Herschel's telescope or the Great Forty-Foot telescope built between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798....
EditorialAstronomical telescopes, chiefly reflecting, including Dr. David Brewster's patent telescope and John Smeaton's telescope support. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary o...
EditorialEquatorial instrument (refracting telescope) made by Jesse Ramsden for Sir. George Shuckburgh. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall after a drawing by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, ...
EditorialDesigns for a rotative roof for an astronomical telescope by Reverend William Pearson and John Smeaton. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Litera...
EditorialTHE NAVAL MANOEUVRES: EXPERIENCES OF A TRIP TO SHORE IN ROUGH WEATHER: 1. The Return from the Shore, First come, first served. 2. Tacking. 3. Pretty enough, when vignetted through a telescope two miles off. 4. If we capsize, old man, you will stand no ...
EditorialFrancesco Arban di Lione, Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Francesco Arban, commemorating his twelfth flight. Includes items related to his work: a gas bag and netting, a telescope, barrels of gas, and a balloon ascending over a crowd.
EditorialTHE TRANSIT INSTRUMENT. IT CONSISTS OF AN ACHROMATIC TELESCOPE, TO WHICH IS FIRMLY FIXED A DOUBLY CONICAL AND HORIZONTAL AXIS, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE OPTICAL AXIS OF THE TELESCOPE.
EditorialSTAR GROUP "NGC1850 " formed in the GALAXY "Large Magellanic Cloud". It is one of the images captured by Hubble telescope between April 1994 and February 1996. PHOTO NASA.
EditorialThe farm " du Caillou", where Napoleon spent the night of June 17 / 18 1815, before the decisive battle of Waterloo. On the table the Emnperor's hat and telescope.
EditorialSixteenth century telescope on the terrace of Johannes Kepler's house, near the Charles Bridge over the Moldau River, Prague. Background: the Hradschin.