Fox and ape from BL Eg 1121, f. 12v
Detail of a miniature of a fox and ape; the fox is wondering why the ape rejoices in the full moon above, at the beginning of Chapter 9 of Book 1. Image taken from f. 12v of Spiegel der Weisheit. Written in German.
The Last Judgement from BL Royal 19 C I, f. 125v
Miniature of the Last Judgement. Image taken from f. 125v of Breviari d'Amor. Written in French (Occitan) (Provencal). The Last Judgment refers to the final judgment by God of all people, both the living and t... More
Universe from BL Harley 3647, f. 29
Detail of a diagram representing the universe, combining in one image the earth (with its equator, its tropics, the arctic and antarctic circles and the poles) and the heavens (with the ecliptic circle marking ... More
Astronomy from BL Burn 275, f. 390v
Detail of historiated initial, with a female figure, possibly a personification of astronomy, showing the stars to a group of scholars, who wear versions of fourteenth-century academic dress, at the beginning o... More
Diagram from BL Eg 844, f. 16 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Detail of marginal diagram, probably unfinished. Image taken from f. 16 of Scientific miscellany, including Tractatus de Sphaera, Compotus, etc. Written in Latin.
Diagram from BL Eg 845, f. 21 - Public domain medieval manuscript
Astrological diagram, headed by the sun and the moon. Image taken from f. 21 of Tractatus de sphaera (index De sphera). Written in Latin and English.
Sphaera Mundi, george von peuerbach
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Portrait - Galilei, Galileo, scientist
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Portrait - Galilei, Galileo, scientist
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Planisphere celeste septentrional ; Planisphere celeste meridional /
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Fables anciennes et modernes [Plate for fables 25-35].
Public domain photograph of an album page related to Mary Shelley, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Mary Shelley was an English novelist, short story writer, and dramatist, bes... More
Halley, Edmund - Public domain portrait engraving
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diagram from "The Geographical Institutions; or, a set of classical an...
This image has been taken from scan 000084 from "The Geographical Institutions; or, a set of classical and analytical tables; forming a complete course of gradual lessons in ancient and modern geography. (A sho... More
Målad bild på glas för skioptikon/laterna magica.Bild av stjärnhimlen.
Målad bild på glas för skioptikon/laterna magica.Bild av stjärnhimlen. Public domain reproduction of lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carte photographique de la lune, planche II (Photographic Chart of the...
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Where will it strike next? / K.
Illustration shows a comet labeled "Allds Investigation" striking a planet labeled "Albany Legislature" causing it to explode among planets labeled "Aldrich, Penrose, Payne, Vreeland, Dalzell, Cannon, Hitchcock... More
MAYFLOWER, U.S.S. SAILOR LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE ON MAYFLOWER
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First View of Earth from Moon. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking statio... More
Apollo 16 view of the earth from translunar injection
AS16-118-18880 (16 April 1972) --- A good view of Earth photographed about one hour after trans-lunar injection on April 16, 1972. Although there is much cloud cover, the United States in large part, most of Me... More
AS17-148-22727 - Apollo 17 - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
The original database describes this as: Original: Film Apollo 17 - AS17-0447 through AS17M-0545
Composite Pioneer 10 imagery Excitement rose as the PICS displayed ima...
Composite Pioneer 10 imagery Excitement rose as the PICS displayed images of Jupiter of ever-increasing size as Pioneer 10 plunged at high speed toward its closest approach to the planet. The most dramatic mome... More
PLANET JUPITER SHOWING THE GIANT RED SPOT - JUPITER MOON IO
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 4/9/1979 Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)
This image is an x-ray view of Eta Carinae Nebula showing bright stars taken with the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-2/Einstein Observatory. The Eta Carinae Nebula is a large and complex cloud of gas,... More
Andromeda galaxy from Palomar Observatory ARC-1983-AC83-0565-2
Andromeda galaxy from Palomar Observatory Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
S35-26-031 - STS-035 - View of the base of the STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescop...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View showing the base of the Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) payload, including the igloo, in the payload bay (PLB) of Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 1... More
S35-506-002 - STS-035 - STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescopes documented in OV-102...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: During the STS-35 mission, the Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) payload, in its onorbit operating configuration, is documented in the payload bay (PLB) ... More
Artist's Conception of Space Station Freedom
(January 1, 1991) Alan Chinchar's 1991 rendition of the Space Station Freedom in orbit. The painting depicts the completed space station. Earth is used as the image's backdrop with the Moon and Mars off in the ... More
Telepresence Virtual Reality (Mars Surface) ARC-1992-AC92-0352-9
Telepresence Virtual Reality (Mars Surface) Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Galileo view of Moon orbiting the Earth taken from 3.9 million miles
Eight days after its encounter with the Earth, the Galileo spacecraft was able to look back and capture this remarkable view of the Moon in orbit about the Earth, taken from a distance of about 6.2 million kilo... More
Thunderheads on Jupiter - NASA/JPL Galileo Program Images
Scientists have spotted what appear to be thunderheads on Jupiter bright white cumulus clouds similar to those that bring thunderstorms on Earth - at the outer edges of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Images from NAS... More
Sojourner Rover Near The, Mars Pathfinder Images
Sojourner Rover Near The NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars Crustal Magnetic Field Remnants
Mars Crustal Magnetic Field Remnants NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saturn Atmospheric Changes, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
Saturn Atmospheric Changes NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Long-Wavelength Infrared Views of Messier 81
The magnificent and dusty spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in these NASA Spitzer Space Telescope images. NASA/JPL/Caltech/University of Arizona
Iapetus: Light and Dark - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Iapetus: Light and Dark NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dying Star Creates Fantasy-like Sculpture of Gas and Dust
This detailed view of NGC 6543, the Cat Eye Nebula, from NASA Hubble Space Telescope includes intricate structures, including concentric gas shells, jets of high-speed gas, and unusual shock-induced knots of ga... More
Saturn Smile - NASA Saturn images
Saturn Smile NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Defrosting Sand, NASA Mars Images
Defrosting Sand NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Extreme Planets Artist Concept, JPL/NASA images
This artist concept depicts the pulsar planet system discovered by Aleksander Wolszczan in 1992. Wolszczan used the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico to find three planets circling a pulsar called PSR B125... More
Chaos at the Heart of Orion. NASA public domain image colelction.
NASA Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes have teamed up to expose the chaos that baby stars are creating 1,500 light-years away in a cosmic cloud called the Orion nebula. NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI
Plentiful Planetary System Artist Concept
This artist concept shows four of the five planets that orbit 55 Cancri, a star much like our own. The most recently discovered planet, and the fourth out from the star, looms large in the foreground. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Saturn Rings, High-phase Rings, NASA image
High-phase Rings NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ablaze with Infrared Light, JPL/NASA images
Is it a bird, or a plane? No, it comet Siding Spring streaking across the sky, as seen by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. An animation is available at the Photojournal. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Loops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary Disks Artist Concept
Magnetic loops carrying gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars are shown in this artist conception, which NASA Spitzer Space Telescope detects as infrared light. NASA/JPL-Caltech
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) at night
The superstructure of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is seen as the ship transits the Atlantic Ocean at night Dec. 13, 2017. The Ford was underway conducting test and evaluation operations. (U... More
Astronomicum Caesareum, 16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Ring Crater Copernicus. 1960s Japan public domain image.
Reference: DS.GP.1919/2236..This photograph shows an enlargement of the ring crater Copernicus, as captured using Grubb Parsons equipment. ..This photograph is taken from the Grubb Parsons Ltd collection at Tyn... More
A page from the Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich Manuscript is a document that is notable for its strange text, that to date hasn't been decyphered. Theories range from a secret language or code to an old sort of joke or hoax.
Sun, Earth and the Moon. Illustration from Alchemy Book
Alchemy was "chemistry" before the periodic table. It was believed that combining the four basic properties (earth, fire, air, and water) in certain ratios could produce iron, gold, booze, and even life itself.... More
Moon phases. Astronomy. Iconographic Encyclopedia Of Science Literatur...
A treasure trove of almost 12,000 detailed engravings, The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration is a marvel of a collection culled from the worlds of science, history, geography, mythology, art, architecture, ... More
Interplanetary Superhighway. NASA public domain image colelction.
Artist's concept of the Interplanetary Transport Network. The green ribbon represents one possible path from among the infinite number possible within the larger bounding tube. Constricted areas represent loca... More
Milky Way 2010. NASA public domain image colelction.
Updated map of Milky Way, added new discovered branch of the Orion Spur, added Perseus Transit
Fotothek df tg 0000655 Geometrie ^ Spirale
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Fotothek df tg 0002635 Bergbau ^ Bergwerk ^ Bergkompass
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Fotothek df tg 0004391 Astronomie ^ Komet
Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Komet
Fotothek df tg 0004414 Astronomie ^ Sternbild
Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Sternbild
Fotothek df tg 0006447 Astronomie ^ Astrologie ^ Tierkreiszeichen ^ Zo...
Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Astrologie & Tierkreiszeichen & Zodiak
Fotothek df tg 0007489 Astronomie ^ Messgerät ^ Winkel
Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekAstronomie & Messgerät & Winkel
Astronomical Diagrams RMG L1075-005
Astronomical Diagrams This set of twelve hand-coloured astronomical prints and explanatory card are contained in a portfolio folder labelled "Astronomical Diagrams". This series was first issued by Reynolds in ... More
Solar system. Planetary Orbits.
Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.
A Design for a General Laboratory 1822
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Arteria Magna Harorti ex Sinistro
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Ash Tree Branch - The comparative anatomy of trunks - Nehemiah Grew 16...
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Brooks Loco. Works, Buffalo Div, Hornellsville, 1873
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Clavis 1618 - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Figura Phasium et Lunationum - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Geomantie - Cod. Pal. germ. 833 - 16th cent. k
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Henry Baker (1754) b - Public domain historical image
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Ignis - Perspectiva Corporum Regularium - Wenzel Jamnitzer 1568
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Laboratoire et table des Raports - after 1772
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Le Plaisir des Fous (18th cent.)
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Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 b
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Le sphere de monde by Oronce Fine, 1549 n
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Pendulum measuring - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Perspectiva Corporum Regularium - Wenzel Jamnitzer 1568 n
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The Earth: its Form and Position in Space
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The Moon's Surface - Kepler
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Planisphaerium Ptolemaicum, sive, Machina orbium mundi ex hypothesi Pt...
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Les Parisiens et la comète, 1853
In August and September of 1853, Parisians were able to observe traces of a comet that had previously been spotted throughout Europe.
Hubble Space Image - Hubble Goes High Def to Revisit the Iconic 'Pilla...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revisited the famous Pillars of Creation, revealing a sharper and wider view of the structures in this visible-light image. Astronomers combined several Hubble exposures to ass... More
Hubble Space Image - Hubble Reveals Stellar Fireworks in ‘Skyrocket’ G...
Fireworks shows are not just confined to Earth’s skies. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular fireworks display in a small, nearby galaxy, which resembles a July 4th skyrocket. A firestorm of... More
Hubble Space Image - Lensshoe hubble 900
A iamge that looks like a ring found in space.
Hubble reveals the Ring Nebula’s true shape
In this composite image, visible-light observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are combined with infrared data from the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona to assemble a dramatic view of th... More
Orion Nebula - Hubble 2006 mosaic
"In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. ... This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete. All... More
1661 Cellarius's chart illustrating a heliocentric model of the univer...
1661 Cellarius's chart illustrating a heliocentric model of the universe, as proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus
Andreas Cellarius - Theoria Lunae, Eius Motum Per Eccentricum Et Epicy...
Andreas Cellarius - Theoria Lunae, Eius Motum Per Eccentricum Et Epicyclum Demonstrans
NGC4676 - A pair of galaxies are seen in the sky
The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the newest camera on NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, has captured a spectacular pair of galaxies engaged in a celestial dance of cat and mouse or, in this case, mouse and... More
Lspn comet halley - A comet is seen in the night sky
Comet 1P/Halley as taken March 8, 1986 by W. Liller, Easter Island, part of the International Halley Watch (IHW) Large Scale Phenomena Network.
The view of the earth from the moon – Astronomie populaire, 1880
Magyar: A Föld látványa a Holdról. Illusztráció Camille Flammarion Astronomie populaire című művéből
Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art 016
Русский: Сезонные изменения астрономических феноменов. Иллюстрация из энциклопедического словаря Брокгауза и Ефрона (1890—1907). Примечание. Описания изображений были загружены автоматически, в... More
Celestial chart, lunar orbits and eclipses
"Magnifica carta astronomica tratta da " Atlas Coelestis Seu Harmonia Macrocosmica " del Cellarius, il più importante atlante celeste mai pubblicato. Edizione pubblicata da Gerard Valk e Pieter Schenk nel 1708... More
HeptameronCircle - Drawing. Public domain image.
From the grimoire Heptameron: or Magical Elements, by Peter de Abano. The figure of a Circle for the first hour of the Lords day, in Spring-time. "It remaineth now, That we explain the week, the several dayes ... More
Sonnensystem Planetenbahnen Planeten Astronomie Lithographie 1889 anti...
Deutsch: Sonnensystem Planetenbahnen Planeten Astronomie Lithographie 1889 antiker Druck.
Buckingham telescope - Im1869EnV27-p005
The Accompanying engraving represents the largest refracting telescope in the world, the property of Mr. James Buckingham of Walworth, who ground and polished the object glass by machinery of his own invention.
Astronomy without a telescope- (1869) (14769179025)
Identifier: astronomywithout00colb (find matches) Title: Astronomy without a telescope: Year: 1869 (1860s) Authors: Colbert, E(lias) (from old catalog) Subjects: Astronomy Stars Publisher: Chicago, G. & C.... More
Astronomy without a telescope- (1869) (14766832994)
Identifier: astronomywithout00colb (find matches) Title: Astronomy without a telescope: Year: 1869 (1860s) Authors: Colbert, E(lias) (from old catalog) Subjects: Astronomy Stars Publisher: Chicago, G. & C.... More
The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the st...
Identifier: callofstarspopul00kipp (find matches) Title: The call of the stars; a popular introduction to a knowledge of the starry skies with their romance and legend Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Kippax, Joh... More
Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...
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Solar system, page 21 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Neues Reich. Dynastie XIX. Theben [Thebes]. Bab el Meluk [Bîbân el-Mu...
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