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  • Nebulae suggestive of Tidal Action
  • Astronomy photo: spiral nebula seen edgewise
  • Antiquities: musicians and the suffering Job painted on the back of a door; Roman coins; a Roman inscribed stone; and the plant Sweet gale. Engraving, 1786.
  • A young woman, seated outdoors, with an armillary sphere or similar instrument, looking pensive. Colour engraving by E. Jeaurat.
  • 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.
  • Astronomy photo: great nebula M31 Andromeda
  • Astronomy: the Great Melbourne Telescope, in use outdoors. Colour lithograph after H. Grubb.
  • Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.
  • The Royal Naval Hospital and the Queen's House, Greenwich, from the south, the Isle of Dogs and West India Docks beyond. Engraving by T. Reeve after E. Pugh, 1804.
  • The Hôtel de Soissons in Paris. Etching by I. Silvestre.
  • The River Avon and the Clifton Suspension Bridge, with buildings on the river banks. Lithograph by C. Hullmandel.
  • Astronomy: a British and Egyptian party taking astronomical and photographic equipment through rocky terrain in Egypt in order to observe the transit of Venus. Wood engraving, 1874.
  • The Royal Naval Hospital and the Queen's House, Greenwich, the Gravesend Railway viaduct in front. Zincograph by Chapman & Co., 1835.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in use outdoors. Lithograph by W. Eldridge, 183-.
  • Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, in use outdoors. Lithograph by W. Eldridge, 183-.