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  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1819.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1820.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1820.
  • An optical experiment using a giant lens to reflect sun-rays to create fire, with optical instruments scattered and fountains in a Baroque setting. Line engraving by C.N. Cochin the elder, 1737, after J. de La Jouë.
  • A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
  • An analgesic pill in a medicine bottle. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales.
  • Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) scales
  • Hormone release from a kidney cell, STORM and TIRFM
  • Electricity: a large electro-static generator machine in use in the Colosseum, London, with many condenser jars and four operators. Wood engraving, 1839.