Solar Collection (page 4)

A Young Englishmans First Experiences in India, 1889
A Young Englishman does his best to fit into colonial life in India. He purchases a solar topee, bathes in the Indian style and is waited upon by Indian servants

Solar Eclipse Date: circa 1890

Total eclipse of the sun - Athens, Greece - June 19th 1936. Date: 1936

Houses on the Largo da Misericordia, Evora, Portugal. The lovely arcade pictured is now the Hotel Albergaria Solar De Monfa! Date: circa 1910

Exterior view of the Darwin Centre Cromwell Road, showing the solar wall. Photographed by Graham Pellow in June 2002

Solar wall of the Darwin Centre
Exterior view of the solar wall of the Darwin Centre

PERU. CUZCO. Machu Picchu. Incaic remains (15th

Advert for Solar aluminium hot water bottle 1933
Insist on solar cast aluminium oval hot water bottle. Keeps hot all night. Will not break. Will not chip. Will not dent. Will last for ever. Top filling. 1933

John Mundell & Cos solar tip shoes Lead all in bright Dongo

John Mundell & Cos solar tip shoes Made only by John Mundell & Co. Phila. Print shows man with beaming sun face tipping his hat to a group of children. Date c1889

New Yorks new solar system. Caricature showing politicians and people representing different professions revolving around head of Richard Boss Croker as the Sun. Date 1898 Mar. 30

All Faiths Cross
A non-Christian cross and solar disk on the exterior of Atlantic House, London, which represents the generic multi faith ideal of sacrifice. The disc representing Odin. Date: 1930s

SOLAR ROOF
Solar panels on the roof of a suburban bungalow. Date: 1978

50TH CENTURY REVOLT (Arthur C Stangland) The Venusian solar power plant is destroyed by Terrestrials wearing appalaron self- propelling space-suits Date: 1932

Solar Protuberances - Solar Flares
Solar protuberances observed at Palermo, Sicily, by P. Taschini 8th July 1872

Solar Eclipse over Greenwich, London, 1858
Engraving showing the solar eclipse viewed over Greenwich, London, in March 1858. This view, as seen from the Isle of Dogs, shows the River Thames

Peruvians Sacrifice Lamb
Peruvians sacrifice a black lamb at the great Feast of the Sun

Glider of Ganymede
Though Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest moon in the solar system, they rely on their abundant air currents (its a windy place) to carry gliders wherever they travel

Life on Jupiter
The largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is 318 times as large as Earth, so perhaps supports a huge population which may surpass our civilisation in every way

Solar Eclipse / Spain 1860
The solar eclipse at Aguilar, Spain

Solar Protuberances
Solar protuberances observed at Palermo, Sicily, by P. Taschini : 1 - 22 December 1871 2 - 3 September 1871 3 - 7 July 1872

Planets and Zodiac
The Solar System, showing how the planets move between the houses of the Zodiacal system, thereby inevitably affecting everything that happens and everyone who is born

Solar Powered Aircraft
A flying machine fills its tanks with solar power derived from the suns energy

Atlas and the eleven spheres of the heavens

New Year, Ancient Peru
ANCIENT PERU To the Incas, the new year - which commences in June - is a solar festival, the solar disc is honoured as the giver of life and prosperity

Russian New Year
RUSSIAN LAPPS New years day is a solar festival here : the sun is encouraged to spend longer in the sky by games and ceremonies

Copernicus / Chapman
MIKOLAI KOPERNIK (COPERNICUS) Polish astronomer

Rickshaw Sri Lanka
A European gentleman in a solar topee is about to be taken in a rickshaw in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Solar Corona (Cig Card)
SOLAR CORONA

Solar Flares
A spectacular solar flare

Suns Discharges
Electrical Discharges from the Sun Date: 1928

Sunspots (Cig Card)
SUN SPOTS

Solar Prominences
SOLAR PROMINENCES

Cooking on the Moon may prove a problem to astronauts, but perhaps solar heating could provide the power ?

A Glacier Table
Glacier tables, where a boulder has protected the ice and snow beneath it from solar melting; as the surrounding snow melts the rock is left atop a pillar of ice

Industry / Power / Solar
Mouchots solar-powered device draws energy from the suns heat and utilises it to power machines

Rotating Sanatorium
Sanatorium for Solar Therapy, Rotating to Take Full Advantage of the Sun

Solar Reflectors
Reflectors Harnessing Solar Heat

Nebula of Solar System
The great nebula of the Solar System

Solar Eclipse 1724
The various stages of a solar eclipse observed in 1724

Eclipse & Crucifixion
Dionysius 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

Eclipse from Moon
Solar eclipse by the Earth, observed from Earths Moon

Partial Solar Eclipse
Partial solar eclipse

Ptolemys Solar System
Representation of Ptolemys planetary system which features the Earth at the centre of the Universe

Halleys Comet / Cig Card
This comet is part of our solar system and comes close to the Earth every 76 years, the first known date being 240 BCE. It is about 15 km from side to side

Valier rocket lunar base
Max Valier, Munich engineer, proposes a lunar base using solar power, from which travel to more distant destinations will be easier than from Earth. (2 of 3)

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