Astronomy Collection (page 5)

A Diagram of the Magnetic Observatory at Abinger Common
Inner workings of the new magnetic observatory at Abinger Common. 1927

Observatory, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East Africa
Astronomical Observatory, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. circa 1910

General view, Herstmonceux Observatory, Sussex. Date: 1963

Planetarium, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Planetarium, Griffith Park, near Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 1930s

Astronomer and telescope, Herstmonceux Observatory, Sussex. 1963

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Engraving. Colored
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). German mathematician and astronomer. Engraving in Germania, 1882. Colored

Clergyman measuring the circumference of a star with a great compass. Capital letter. Miniature. Liber Derivationum. 13th century. Castle of Chantilly. France

The Prague Orloj, or Astronomical Clock Old Town Hall. Prague. Czech Republic

Observatory and astronomical instruments by Johannes Heveliu
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). Polish astronomer. Observatory and astronomical instruments. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Czech Republic. Prague. Astronomical clock at Old Town Hall
Czech Republic. Bohemia. Prague. Old Town (Star? Mesto). Old Town Square (Staromestsk? n?mest?=?). Astronomical clock at Old Town Hall Tower. Astromical dial

Astronomical Clock. Old Town Hall. Prague. Czech Republic
The Prague Orloj, or Astronomical Clock Old Town Hall. Prague. Czech Republic

Terrestrial globe by cosmographer Vicenzo Coronelli (1650-1718). Detail.The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Annulorum by Johann Dryander. Colored engraving
Johann Dryander (1500-1560). German anatomist and astronomer. Annulorum. Title cover, 1537. Colored engraving

Annulorum by Johann Dryander
Johann Dryander (1500-1560). German anatomist and astronomer. Annulorum. Title cover, 1537

Astrolabe of 1566. Netherlands

Astronomicon. Engraving
Measuring the distance. Engraving in Astronomicon by Gaius Julius Hyginus. 1st century. Incunabula 283. Edition of 1485. Venice. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Lunar eclipse. Engraving
Lunar eclipse theory. Engraving in Astronomicon by Gaius Julius Hyginus. 1st century. Incunabula 283. Edition of 1485. Venice. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Italy. Venice. The Clocktower with astronomical clock. 15th century. St. Marks square

William of Conches (1090-1154). French philosopher. Dragmaticon Philosophiae. Earth and the Zodiacal Signs. Manuscript 144. Folio 62. Chapter Archive of Tortosa. Spain

Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) German mathematician and astronomer. Considered the founder of modern astronomy. Colored engraving

Picture No. 11020551
Laplace, Pierre Simon de (1749-1827). French mathematician, physicist and astronomer. Colored engraving

Astronomical clock in the Clock Tower of St. Marks Square. 15th century. Venice. Italy

Picture No. 11020136
Teacher teaching his students the Universe. Livre des Proprietes des choses. Miniature. Chateau de Chantilly. France

Two astronomers on a Christmas card
Two astronomers with their telescopes on a Christmas card by Ernest Griset, observing the moon and stars. Date: circa 1890s

George Hartgill
GEORGE HARTGILL astronomer and astrologer, of high repute during the Elizabethan period : he did serious astronomy as well as popular astrology Date: flourished 1594

Astronomical telescope at the Paris Observatory, 1926
The Equatorial Telescope at Paris Observatory. Date: 1926

Cartoon, The Martians, WW1
Cartoon, The Martians. During the First World War, the residents of Mars complain to their neighbouring planet about the noise, and ask them to be more considerate. Date: 1918

Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn, WW1
Cartoon, The opinion of Saturn. The Saturnians contemplate Earth from their rings, and find the sight of war discouraging. Date: 1918

Joseph Louis Lagrange, mathematician and astronomer
Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736-1813), Italian-French mathematician and astronomer. Date: circa 1790

Founding of the Paris Observatory
Scene at the founding of the Paris Observatoire, near the Luxembourg Palace. It was fostered by Colbert and favoured by Louis XIV. Date: 1667

Lick Observatory, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA
Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA. Date: circa 1907

Parisians panic at the sight of a comet, thinking that it presages the end of the world. Date: 1819

Two faces of the planet Mars
The two faces of the planet Mars, seen against a night sky with stars. Date: 1927

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer
James Ferguson (1710-1776), Scottish astronomer, with a sketch of planets orbiting the sun. Date: circa 1760

Ole Romer Observatory, Aarhus, Denmark, built in 1911. Date: 1911

Astronomical circles invented by Tobias Mayer and Borda.. Astronomical instruments- Tobias Mayers reflecting circle of 1752 and Jean-Charles Bordas improved version of 1777

Sir William Herschels Great Forty Foot telescope.. Sir William Herschels telescope or the Great Forty-Foot telescope built between 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough, England

Planet Saturn with its seven rings.. Planet Saturn with its seven rings. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798

The moon and its mountains.. The moon and its mountains. Profiles of the heights of the mountains of the moon, the earth and Venus

Cometarium.. Cometarium by W. Jones, a mechanical device designed to illustrate the motion of a comet about the Sun. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Planetarium with the Copernican system. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of Arts and Crafts (CNAM)

HEWISH, Anthony (1924). British radio astronomer. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974. Oil

Apianus, Peter von Bienewitz or Bennewitz (1501-1552). German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. Astronomicum Caesareum

Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1665). French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. Page of the book Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam

Johann Adam Schall, German Jesuit missionary to China
SCHALL VON BELL, Adam (1591-1661). German Jesuit and astronomer. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. Engraving

SCHEINER, Christoph (1575-1650). Physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt. Projecting the image of the Sun through a refracting telescope on to a screen in order to study sunpots. Engraving

Atlas Novus, 17th c The Sun
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Allegory of Sun. Detail of the ancient elements

Airy Transit Circle at Greenwich Royal Observatory
Observing the sun with the Airy Transit Circle at the Greenwich Royal Observatory. Date: 1885

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