EditorialPortrait of Johan Philip Lansberge at the age of 67, Portrait of writer and astronomer Johan Philip Lansberge at the age of 67, bust dressed in a gown in an oval frame. Latin verse of six lines in lower margin. On the reverse of the title page of the L...
EditorialDigital Image - George Denton Hirst with Family, Mosman, New South Wales, 1898, George Denton Hirst (1846-1915), standing with his family at the front of his home at 28 Muston Street, Mosman, New South Wales, May 1898. George Denton Hirst was a success...
EditorialPhotograph - Eta Argus Nebula, taken with Great Melbourne Telescope, 1883, Experimental photograph of Eta Argus Nebula taken by Joseph Turner with the Great Melbourne Telescope, probably early 1883. In 1882 astronomers in Britain and America began to s...
EditorialTapestry: The Astronomers from The Story of the Emperor of China Series, Beauvais Manufactory (French, founded 1664), Woven under the direction of Philippe B?hagle (French, 1641 - 1705), After cartoons by Guy-Louis Vernansal (French, 1648 - 1729), and ...
EditorialPhotograph - Orion Nebula, taken with Great Melbourne Telescope, 1883, Photograph of the Orion Nebula, taken by Joseph Turner with Great Melbourne Telescope, 26 February 1883. In 1882 astronomers in Britain and America began to successfully use the mor...
EditorialPhotograph - Orion Nebula, Taken with the Great Melbourne Telescope, Victoria, 26 Feb 1883, Photograph of Orion Nebula, taken by Joseph Turner with the Great Melbourne Telescope on 26 Feb 1883, with an exposure of 4 minutes. In 1882 astronomers in Brit...
EditorialPhotograph - Eta Argus Nebula, taken with Great Melbourne Telescope, 1883, Experimental photograph of Eta Argus Nebula taken by Joseph Turner with the Great Melbourne Telescope, 7 January 1883. In 1882 astronomers in Britain and America began to succes...
Editorial[Whole folio] Astronomers at the top of Mount Athos. Four astronomers study the night sky with quadrants and astrolabes. In the foreground, three men with sticks are tracing inscriptions which give the impression of a secret script or one of the foreig...
EditorialA Plan of Dusky Bay, New Zealand, 26 March-3 May 1773 Shows ship’s track. Detail of Pickersgills Harbour with Ships Cove, Astronomers Point and Crayfish Island.Panoramas of A View of the South Entrance into Duskey Bay and A View of the North Entranc...
EditorialAstronomers and planets of our solar system. The Discovery of a World in the Moone. Or, a Discourse tending to prove that 'tis probable there may be another habitable World in that Planet. [By John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester. London : Printed for John ...
Editorial[Whole folio] Astronomers at the top of Mount Athos. Four astronomers study the night sky with quadrants and astrolabes. In the foreground, three men with sticks are tracing inscriptions which give the impression of a secret script or one of the foreig...
EditorialBrass celestial globe from Maragha, Iran, around 1275-1276. Made by Muhammad ibn Hibal. Celestial globes were first produced by Greek astronomers and later in the Islamic world, where the earliest known globes date from the 11th ct. OA 1871.3-1.1.a, b.