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  • Astronomy: several telescopes and tripods. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large portable refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a 40-foot telescope constructed by William Herschel, in use outdoors. Coloured etching, 18--.
  • Astronomy: a young astronomer in his study, talking with his sister, who holds a book in her lap. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Astronomy: an observatory telescope, with an astronomer recording the transit of Venus. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Astronomy: a savant in his study, instructing a group of gentlemen. Engraving, 1748.
  • Astronomy: a large observatory telescope at Hartwell House, with an astronomer using a transit telescope. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, at Birr Castle, Ireland. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, at Birr Castle, Ireland. Lithograph by W. Bevan after Miss Henrietta M. Crompton, with figures by H. C. Herries.
  • Astronomy: a scholar in his study, plotting points on a globe. Engraving by L. Garreau after J. Vermeer.
  • Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Two types of quadrant and a branch of common oak (Quercus robur) with galls. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1826.
  • A seething mass of people driven by a multitude of different wills; representing the levelling of life by death. Etching by G.M. Mitelli after himself, 1690.
  • Simon Forman, astrologer. Oil painting after J. Bulfinch, ca. 1900.
  • Simon Forman, astrologer. Oil painting after J. Bulfinch, ca. 1900.
  • Thomas Weston. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1723, after M. Dahl.
  • René Descartes. Line engraving by J. Rebel.
  • A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.
  • Friedrich Roth-Scholtz. Line engraving by D.C.C. Fleischmann, 1725.