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  • Sunflower & other seeds... : proteins punch / designed and produced by Compass Group UK and Ireland's Design Centre.
  • Sugar : what you need to know / designed and produced by Compass Group UK and Ireland's Design Centre.
  • Portrait of Mercator, holding compass on globe with inscription 'Polus magnetis-America, Peru
  • Compass Microscope - 18th century development of the Murschenbroek simple microscope. It has a circular disc carrying lens of various powers.
  • A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving attributed to G. Bonasone, 1544.
  • A woman holding a compass and a square rule; representing architecture. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • A compass clock, indicating the urgency of the need for blood donors. Colour lithograph by Abram Games, 1943.
  • Detox and diets : low-carb, low-calorie, detox, cabbage soup, there is no shortage of novelty diet programmes promising to make you lose weight fast ... / Compass Group Holdings plc.
  • Detox and diets : low-carb, low-calorie, detox, cabbage soup, there is no shortage of novelty diet programmes promising to make you lose weight fast ... / Compass Group Holdings plc.
  • Compound "Universal" Microscope designed and made by George Adams - circa 1798. Body supported on vertical pillar by compass joint.
  • Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London, with a map and compass rose. Engraving by J. Greig after himself, 1817.
  • Focus on the new year : get ahead with what you eat : after an indulgent Christmas and new year it is important to get back on track ... / Compass Group Holdings plc.
  • Focus on the new year : get ahead with what you eat : after an indulgent Christmas and new year it is important to get back on track ... / Compass Group Holdings plc.
  • The hand of God spans out heaven with a compass while surrounded by angels. Line engraving by Robert Pranker, ca. 1761.
  • A compass whose magnetic needle is entirely surrounded by metal, viewed through x-ray. Photoprint from radiograph by W.K. Röntgen, 1895.
  • A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.
  • A female figure with a castle on her head measures a globe with a compass; representing geometry. Engraving by A. Vallée after M. de Vos.
  • A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A boy is concentrating on counting with a slate and pen (or measuring with compasses). Engraving.
  • Drawing instruments (compasses, pencils) inside a case: radiograph from outside the case. Photograph by Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart., ca. 1896.
  • A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
  • Life imprisonment : in the battery cage / Compassion in World Farming.
  • Life imprisonment : in the battery cage / Compassion in World Farming.
  • The bodhisattva of compassion: Avalokiteśvara or Guanyin. Gouache painting.
  • A female deity (?), possibly Kuan Yin, Buddhist deity of compassion.
  • A woman's head, expressive of sublime compassion. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • "Compassion" from le Brun, Heads. Representing the various passions of the soul..., circa 1760
  • Three faces: weeping (top), expressing compassion (bottom left), and scorn (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
  • A weeping face (left) and a face expressing compassion (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • A man's face inclined forward, expressing compassion. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.