Solar Collection

Aztec calendar
A polychrome facsimile of the Piedra del Sol (Sun Stone) or Aztec calendar also know as a Tonalpohualli. Date: 1479

Saturn in natural color, photographed by Cassini
Saturn. Sixth planet from the Sun. Photograph taken by the Cassini-Huygens

Ancient Egyptian Writing
1. Cat cuts off serpent head 2. Ani and his wife, Tutu, adoring the scarab-headed god Khepera on the Solar Bark 3. The god Atum in Solar Bark 4. Couchant lion on pedestal

Copernicus / Solar System
The solar system according to Copernicus where Earth rotates daily on axis and, with other plants, revolves around the Sun

Main components of the Solar System
Panoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun

Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Sekhmet, the lion-headed g
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris

Book of the Dead Plate 2
INVOCATION TO OSIRIS Ani and his wife make offerings; Isis and Nephthys (sisters of Osiris) kneel in adoration to Tat, symbol of Osiris on Solar Mount

Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet. Egypt
Statue of the Lion Goddess Sakhmet. Diorite. Reign of Amenophis III. C. 1400-1365 BC. Origin unknown. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Goddess Sekhmet, Sculpture. Medinet Habu. Egypt
Goddess Sekhmet, goddess of war, represented with head of a lioness and the human body and crowned with the solar disk. Sculpture in the mortuary temple of Ramses III (1187-1156 BC). New Kingdom

The Globe KD2G-2 Firefly target drone was powered by a Solar PJ32 8 pulsejet. Men of the Naval Air Technical Training Unit developing drone target aircraft push the drone around on its launcher to

SOLAR PANELS 1929
Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929

Comparative Orbits
A diagram of the relative orbit distances of planets in the Solar System and the variable light hitting the Earth during different seasons

Solar System 1860
The solar system as known to Victorian astronomers, Neptune is the farthest out - they have yet to learn about Pluto, which will not be located until 1930

Convair F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507
Convair NF-106B-31-CO Delta Dart 57-2507 (msn 8-27-01) at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH. registered as NASA 607 Built April 1958

United States Air Force - Convair VT-29B O-51-3811
United States Air Force Convair VT-29B (msn 239) O-51-3811. Entering service as a standard T-29B, 3811 was converted to NT-29B with extra dorsal and ventral radomes

The Einstein Tower - Observatory at Potsdam, Germany
The Einstein Tower - an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by architect Erich Mendelsohn

Palmistry. Planetary and zodiacal diagram of the left hand. Engraving

The Solar, Mary Arden's House, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Solar, Mary Arden's House, Wilmcote, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Four eclipse spectators Date: 1925

Funerary urn with depiction of the solar god Kinich Ahau and the image of the deceased on the cover. Painted ceramic. Maya culture. Late Classic Period (600-900 AD). Mesoamerica. Maya area

BOOK OF THE DEAD/21
Ani in the Solar Bark, adoring the Sun-god

BOOK OF THE DEAD/10
1. Cat cuts off serpent head 2. Ani and his wife, Tutu, adoring the scarab-headed god Khepera on the Solar Bark 3. The god Atum in Solar Bark 4. Couchant lion on pedestal

BOOK OF THE DEAD PLATE 7
1. Ani and his wife, Tutu, playing draughts 2. Their souls above a tomb 3. Sun disk in solar mount 4. Heron identified w Osiris 5. Mummy in a shrine

Poster advertising the Solar Boats, Egypt, United Arab Republic. Date: circa 1950s

Solar eclipse of 17 April 1912
Solar eclipse taking place on the 17 April 1912 the last eclipse of the sun was in 1858. Showing over London which would of got nine-tenths of the sun covered but in Portugal

Two views of the surface of the planet Mercury -- a sun-scorched area and a frosty area. Date: 1950s

Advert, Aluminium Castings Company, Greenock, Scotland. 1905

The Solar Microscope. Date: 18th century

Hot water installation near Quito, Ecuador, South America
Hot water installation outside a hacienda in the Valle de los Chillos near Quito, Ecuador, South America. The water in the shallow aqueduct is heated by the rays of the sun. Date: 1922

Lune Date: 1683

Orbital Activity Demo

Astronomers Using Astrolabes Date: 1450

Solar eclipse of 1851
Men, women and children in the streets of Paris looking through a telescope up at the solar eclipse. Date: 28th July 1851

SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT
A flying machine fills its tanks with solar power derived from the suns energy. Date: 1898

ECLIPSE & CRUCIFIXION ECLIPSE & CRUCIFIXION
Denys the Areopagite, during a voyage to Egypt, sees a solar eclipse coinciding with the crucifixion of Jesus, and this encourages him to espouse the Christian faith Date: circa 33

Mouchots solar-powered motor Date: 1927

Solar panels on a house, 1920s
Solar panels on a domestic house Date: 1929

Convair JC-131B and North American T-28
Convair JC-131B O-53-7789, (MSN 241), with a single Solar T41 APU in an underwing pylon-mounted pod, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Convair JC-131B O-53-7789, (MSN 241), with a single Solar T41 APU in an underwing pylon-mounted pod, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Convair JC-131B O-53-7791 (MSN 243), (the letter O denotes Obsolete), modified as JC-131B test-bed. Assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division

East Sussex - Herstmonceux - The Observatory Science Centre
East Sussex - Herstmonceux - (now) The Observatory Science Centre. After years of deteriorating conditions at Greenwich, the Royal Observatory moved to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex

Egyptian Art. Karnak. The goddess Bastet. Relief
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting the goddess Bastet. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Egypt

Pharaoh Akhenaten or Nefertiti. Relief. El-Amarna. Egypt
Relief of a pharaoh Akhenaten or Nefertiti. Sandstone. Probably from Karnak, Egypt. Amarna Period. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Statue of the goddess Hathor, depicted with cow horns and so
Egyptian Art. Statue of the goddess Hathor, depicted with cow horns and solar disk. Comes from the Temple of Luxor. Luxor Museum. Egypt

Tomb of Amen Khopshef. Goddess Hathor with the prince. Vall
Tomb of Amen Khopshef, son of Ramses III. Polychrome reliefs decorating the walls of the burial chamber. Goddess Hathor with the prince. Twentieth dynasty. New Kingdom. Valley of the Queens. Egypt

Temple of Ramses III. Winged sun relief as a symbol of prote
Temple of Ramses III. Winged sun relief (falcon wings with two uraeus and solar disk), as a symbol of protection above the doors of the temples. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty

Winged sun with uraeus and royal cartridges of Ramesses III
Winged sun with uraeus and royal cartridges of Ramses III. Temple of Ramesses III. Twentieth dynasty. New Kingdom. Medinet Habu. West Thebes. Egypt

Kinich Ahau, Mayan sun god. 500-800. Classical period. Maya Solar God. Face of the god with a bird headdress. He rests on the face of the Water God Jajun. Detail of a grotesque head. Maya art

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