scientific illustrations

Tertia ossium tabula [Skeleton in aiming position]

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[Diagrams of various electrical phenomena and title page of Experiment...

Frontispiece and title page in: Experiments and observations of electricity / Benjamin Franklin. London : Printed for F. Newbery, 1774. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C... More

[Different species of bats, with details of heads, wing and teeth stru...

Illus. in: Le regne animale / Georges Cuvier. Paris : Fortin, Masson et cie, [1836-1849]. pl. 24. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 95.

Axiomata sive leges motus - Public domain dedication image

Newton's three laws of motion and diagram of parallelogram, in chapter entitled Axiomata sive leges Motus. Illus. and text in: Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica / Isaac Newton. Londini : Jussu Societ... More

Tert. fig.: Integram totius magnæ arteriæ ab omnibus partibus liberæ d...

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Frank Edward Clarke - Pseudomonacanthus peroni

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Cardinalis Virginianus, Cardinal red bird

Nest and eggs of an Ohio bird. Reference copy also available in LOT 4707. Illus. in: Jones, Howard / Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio, 1886, plate XXII.

Teleostei. - Knochenfische. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows fish. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreiben... More

Phaeodaria. - Rohrstrahlinge. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

Illustration shows microorganisms. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibendem Text,... More

Cirripedia. - Rankenkreble. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows barnacles. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit ... More

Ophiodea. - Schlangensterne. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

Illustration shows starfish and details of starfish anatomy. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibendem Text, allgemeine Erläuterung und system... More

La Pomme de Terre. - Public domain botanical illustration

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Microgaphia schem 1 Instruments

Schem. I - Robert Hooke's scientific instruments. Public domain scan of 17th-century scientific illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dragonfly 2 - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives

Line art drawing of a dragonfly.

Dionæa Muscipula. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Swallow-tailed Hawk. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Hawk Owl. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Snowy Owl. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Common Jerboa. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Elk. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Violet-Green Swallow. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Scarabæus: Scarabæus tityus. linn.

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Pipiry Flycatcher. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Dodo. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Stanley Goldfinch. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Florida Jay. 1. Male. 2. Female. (Persimontree. Diospyros Virginiana.)

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 1. Male. 2. Female. (Papaw Tree. [Porcelia trilo...

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Black-billed Cuckoo. 1. Male. 2. Female. (Magnolia grandiflora).

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Anno 1740. Ist dises noble Pferd so ein Schimel mit liecht und dunckel...

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Double-crested Cormorant. Male.

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Tufted Puffin. 1. Male. 2 Female.

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Great North Diver. -- Loon. 1. Adult. 2. Young in Winter.

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Secunda ossium tabula [Human skeleton inspecting a skull and in deep t...

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[Horse, drawn to show muscle structure and anatomy]

Illus. in: Dell' anotomia et dell' infirmita del cavallo / Carlo Ruini. Bologna : Presso gli heredi di G. Rossi, 1598, p. 295. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

[Scientific apparatus used by Lavoisier in studying chemical reactions...

Illus. in: Traite elementaire de chimie / Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Paris : Cuchet, 1789, plate 4. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 187.

Frank Edward Clarke - Scomber australasicus (Tas) : Blue mackerel

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Atlantic cod. Museum of New Zealand collection

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Decapoda. - Behnfukkreble. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows crabs. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit besc... More

Thuroidea. - Gurkensterne. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing a variety of sea cucumbers. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschr... More

Actiniae. - Seeanemonen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing a variety of sea anemones. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illust... More

Discomedusae. - Scheibenquallen. Book illustration from Library of Con...

Illustration showing six views of jellyfish. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibe... More

Ernst Haeckel: Die Radiolarien (RHIZOPODA RADIARIA) Berlin, 1862

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Ernst Haeckel: Die Radiolarien (RHIZOPODA RADIARIA) Berlin, 1862

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Giardia LifeCycle(French version)

Giardiasis [Giardia intestinalis (syn. Giardia lamblia)] traduction en français des légendes de l'image suivante : Giardia_LifeCycle.gif description du cycle parasitaite de giardia lamblia illustration du CD... More

Coaita or Spider Monkey. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Iceland or Gyr Falcon. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Dolphin; Porpesse. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Turbot; Flounder. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Chesnut-backed Titmouse. 1. Male. 2. Female.

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Bay-winged Bunting. Male. (Prickly Pear. Cactus Opuntia.)

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Canada Bunting (Tree Sparrow). 1. Male. 2. Female. (Canadian Barberry)...

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Bachman's Pinewood Finch. Male. (Pinckneya pubescens)

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Dises junge Tyger-Pferd welches zu Oranien-Polder einem Dorsse nicht w...

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Diser rahre Tyger-Schimel mit schwartzen Haren hatte einen licht braun...

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The Birth fygures. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Woman's stool (birthing chair), fetus in uterus, feet down, and fetus in uterus, head down, latter marked "This is the naturall and best way of birth". Illus. in: The byrth of mankind / Thomas Raynalde. [London... More

[Diagram of the first battery, which was made of alternating metal lay...

Illus. in: On the electricity excited by the mere contact of conducting substances ... / Alessandro Volta. In Royal Society of London. Philosophical transactions. v. 90, pt. 2. London : Printed by W. Bulmer ...... More

[Birds, nests and eggs] / drawn from nature by A. Wilson ; engraved by...

Scientific illustration of mockingbird, hummingbird, and touché bunting, their nests and eggs.

1. Common Wolf; 2. Dusky Wolf. - John Davidson Godman

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[Print speciman of anatomical illustrations of human pelvis and hip bo...

Illus. in: Lithography, engraving and printing establishment of Augs. Kollner : designer, engraver & lithographer, copperplate & lithographic printer, [p. 7]

Phaeodaria. - Rohrstrahlinge. Book illustration from Library of Congre...

Illustration shows microorganisms. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln... More

Ascidiae. - Seescheiden. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration showing a variety of sea squirts. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschrei... More

Fucoideae. - Brauntange. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows algae. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibendem Text, allgemei... More

Ernst Haeckel: Die Radiolarien (RHIZOPODA RADIARIA) Berlin, 1862

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Glaive - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives

Glaive

Grayling - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives

Grayling

Black long-armed Gibbon; White long-armed Gibbon.

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Common Beaver. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Sobralia xantholeuca. - Public domain botanical illustration

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Great Scarlet Maccaw. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Bittern; Stork. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Black-poll Wood-Warbler, 1. Males, 2. Female. (Black Gum Tree. Nyssa a...

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Coerulean Wood-Warbler. 1. Old Male, 2. Young Male. (Bear Bery and Spa...

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Phalænopsis casta. - Public domain botanical illustration

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Mytilus Margaritiferus or Pearl Muscle; Inside View.

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Argynnis: Argynnis diana. cramer.

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Great Black-backed Gull . Male.

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Common or Arctic Puffin. 1. Male. 2 Female.

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Great Auk. Adult. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Man's head, showing anatomy of brain; and surrounding text]

Illus. and text in: De humani corporis fabrica / Andreas Vesalius. Basileae :[Ex Officina I. Oporini], 1543, p. 605 Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congr... More

1, 2. New York Bat; 3. Hoary Bat.

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[Animal and plant cells drawn to show their similar nature and origin]...

Illus. in: Microscopical researches into the accordance in the structure and growth of animals and plants / Theodor Schwann. London : Sydenham Society, 1847. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. ... More

Frank Edward Clarke - Hippocampus abdominalis (Tas) : Seahorse

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Tineida. - Motten. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows moths. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit besc... More

Peromedusae. - Talchenquallen. Book illustration from Library of Congr...

Illustration shows jellyfishes in the phyllum Cnidaria. Lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit... More

La Grande ortie et L'Ortie grieche.

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Oncidium superbiens. - Public domain botanical illustration

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Leishmania LifeCycle

Plumatella repens - Drawing. Public domain image.

Lietuvių: Samangyviai, orig. B. Pajiedaitės iliustracija

Striped Hyæna. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Virginian Opossum. (from the Leverian Museum).

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Common Flying Squirrel. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Outer view of the lower limb - Public domain book illustration

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Chuck-wills Widow. (Harlequin Snake).

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Common Crocodile. - Public domain zoological illustration

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Towhe Ground Finch. 1. Male. 2. Female. (Common Blackberry.)

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Anno 1746. Ist dises Edle Leib Pferd Sr. Hoch Fürstl. Durchl. Carl Eug...

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Quarta musculos commonstrantium figura, omnes in posteriori corporis

Anatomical rare view of cadaver standing on skull holding head sections, with bones and musculature keyed to surrounding text. Illus. and text in: De humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome / Andreas Vesalius.... More

Prima musculorum tabula. [Shows human muscles]

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Decima tertia musculorum tabula.

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[Movement of human appendages and pulley systems compared using princi...

Illus. in: De motu animalium / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli. 2 vols. Romae : Ex Typographis A. Bernabo, 1680-1681. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, ... More