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  • A barber's shop in which men demonstrate the sense of sight. Etching by W. Peeters after C. de Wael.
  • Astronomy: an observatory telescope, with an astronomer recording the transit of Venus. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Astronomy: a large telescope, at Greenwich Observatory. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Doctor Zirkel follows Newton's famous steps under the fabled apple tree. Coloured wood engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large reflecting telescope, and projection of the transit of Venus. Engraving.
  • Mr. Gray's School, Westminster: the interior. Lithograph by J. Miller.
  • An old man wearing spectacles and his four pupils experiment using optical instruments and materials. Line engraving by F. Pedro after F. Maggiotto.
  • Francis Bacon and William Brouncker flanking a bust of King Charles II set on a pedestal, surrounded by symbols of scientific learning representing the Royal Society. Etching by W. Hollar, 1667, after J. Evelyn.
  • Scientific instruments and attributes of philosophy: gyroscopes, telescope, pestle and mortar, cosmological manuals, natural history specimens etc.. Lithograph by J-B-J. Jorand, 1835.
  • Simon Marius [Mayr]. Woodcut.
  • The great refracting telescope constructed at Dublin for the Vienna Observatory.
  • Astronomy: the Craig telescope on Wandsworth Common. Wood engraving, 1852.
  • A young man, 'Sir Fopling Flutter' ogles women through a lens while a bailiff serves him a writ. Mezzotint, 1769, by J. Dixon after himself.
  • Astronomy: the Great Melbourne Telescope, in use outdoors. Colour lithograph after H. Grubb.
  • Optics: the principle of multi-lens telescopes. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.
  • Measurement: a scholar making observations of a pendulum, with two servants, one writing at a table. Engraving by J. Basire, 1822, after J. Goldingham, 1821.
  • Navigation: various navigational aids, including a quadrant and a sextant. Engraving by Barlow.
  • Astronomy: an ancient scholar (Aristotle?) observing a meteor or comet using a telescope. Engraving by J. Kip, 1694, after G. Freman.
  • Francis Bacon and William Brouncker flanking a bust of King Charles II set on a pedestal, surrounded by symbols of scientific learning representing the Royal Society. Etching by W. Hollar, 1667, after J. Evelyn.
  • 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: two rococo allegorical compositions about the art and sciences, and on the stars. Engraving.
  • The workshop of the spectacle maker and examples of his craft. Line engraving by ÆB.
  • Astronomy: a large observatory telescope at Hartwell House, with an astronomer using a transit telescope. Engraving by James Basire.
  • Astronomy: Thomas Phelps (left) and John Bartlett making astronomical observations in the observatory of the Earl of Macclesfield, Oxfordshire. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1778.
  • London, seen from beside Flamsteed House in Greenwich park. Lithograph by T. S. Boys after himself, 1842.
  • Greenwich Hill, with many visitors, London in the distance. Engraving by T. A. Prior.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in a specially constructed observatory. Wood engraving, 1881.
  • Astronomy: a number of ladies and gentlemen using telescopes and celestial globes, in a landscape of ruined classical architecture. Engraving, [c.1720?].
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in use outdoors. Lithograph by W. Eldridge, 183-.