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  • Athanasii Kircheri ... Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis et natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum. Quâ universa sonorum natura, proprietas, vires effectuúmq prodigiosorum causœ, novâ & multiplici experimentorum exhibitione enucleantur; instrumentorum acusticorum, machinarúmq ad naturœ prototypon adaptandarum, tum ad sonos ad remotissima spatia propagandos, tum in abditis domorum recessibus per occultioris ingenii machinamenta clam palámve sermocinandi modus & ratio traditur, tum denique in bellorum tumultibus singularis hujusmodi organorum usus, & praxis per novam phonologiam describitur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Athanasii Kircheri ... Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis et natvrae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum. Quâ universa sonorum natura, proprietas, vires effectuúmq prodigiosorum causœ, novâ & multiplici experimentorum exhibitione enucleantur; instrumentorum acusticorum, machinarúmq ad naturœ prototypon adaptandarum, tum ad sonos ad remotissima spatia propagandos, tum in abditis domorum recessibus per occultioris ingenii machinamenta clam palámve sermocinandi modus & ratio traditur, tum denique in bellorum tumultibus singularis hujusmodi organorum usus, & praxis per novam phonologiam describitur / [Athanasius Kircher].
  • Acoustics: sonic phenomena and musical instruments. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
  • A record cover entitled 'Red Hot Blue, a tribute to Cole Porter to benefit AIDS research and relief produced by EMI on 25 September 1990. Colour lithograph by Estudio Pedro Delgado, [1990].
  • Acoustics: an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Wood engraving.
  • A healthy horse, representing the healthy effects of free trade. Coloured lithograph by J. West Giles after Sir E. Landseer.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.2, Marenghi 98 key showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Carl Frei 112 keyless concert organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Carl Frei 112 keyless concert organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Wellerhaus 84 keyless showman's organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Carl Frei 112 keyless concert organ.
  • Bisolvon : Boehringer Ingelheim. No.1, Carl Frei 112 keyless concert organ.
  • A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.
  • H.M. Frigate Triton by N. Pocock : by courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich : Alupent 1-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-isopropylaminoethanol sulphate (orciprenaline sulphate) in metered aerosol form ...
  • H.M. Frigate Triton by N. Pocock : by courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich : Alupent 1-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-isopropylaminoethanol sulphate (orciprenaline sulphate) in metered aerosol form ...
  • A young man who is a somnambulist sleepwalks to the garden of a parson and sits on the wall eating peaches, to the annoyance of the gardener and the proprietor. Etching by T. Onwhyn.
  • A young woman lies dying in her bed surrounded by a grieving family. Line engraving.
  • The song "Life, life" sung by Margot Werner: the CD (compact disc) recording in aid of Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph, 1993.
  • CD (compact disc) recording in aid of Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe.
  • Tom Delolme, a medical student, gives evidence as a witness in Bow Street magistrates' court, London: the magistrate and his clerk are seated on the left. Etching after G. Cruikshank, 1844.
  • America: above, a white bear on an ice floe; below, a sea otter. Etching by W. Grainger.
  • A woman as Maria holds a pet lamb in her lap; representing Caroline Norton and her relationship with William Lamb, Lord Melbourne. Coloured lithograph by H. Heath, ca. 1836.
  • LP cochlea of guinea pig, x66
  • A man from Tierra del Fuego encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.