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  • One plate of an astrolabe. The same latitude for 41 degrees.
  • Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine latitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • Astronomy: a diagram showing how to determine latitude. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1851, after himself.
  • One plate of an astrolabe. The usual stereographic projection (with unequal hour lines and the 12 astrological houses for latitude 43 degrees ? 40'.
  • Journal of a second expedition into the interior of Africa, from the Bight of Berin to Soccatoo / by the late Commander Clapperton ... To which is added, the journal of Richard Lander from Kano to the sea-coast. Partly by a more eastern route. With a portrait of Captain Clapperton, and a map of the route, chiefly laid down from actual observations for latitude and longitude.
  • Journal of a second expedition into the interior of Africa, from the Bight of Berin to Soccatoo / by the late Commander Clapperton ... To which is added, the journal of Richard Lander from Kano to the sea-coast. Partly by a more eastern route. With a portrait of Captain Clapperton, and a map of the route, chiefly laid down from actual observations for latitude and longitude.
  • Equinoctial ring-dial (i.e. for Northern and Southern latitudes). Signed "Cary, London" undated, circa 1800 (with original case); in hanging position.
  • Equinoctial ring-dial (i.e. for Northern and Southern latitudes). Signed "Cary, London" undated, circa 1800 (with original case); showing detail of one side.
  • Equinoctial ring-dial (i.e. for Northern and Southern latitudes). Signed "Cary, London" undated, circa 1800 (with original case); showing detail of one side.
  • William Whiston. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1720.
  • William Whiston. Line engraving by G. Vertue, 1720.
  • Geography: a water spout in the South Atlantic Ocean. Coloured lithograph by A. Aglio, 1824, after P. Schmidtmeyer.
  • Olea europaea L. Oleaceae Olive Distribution: Europe, Middle East. Dioscorides (Beck, 2005) regarded the olive as a panacea, curing all manner of cutaneous afflictions from shingles to sores
  • Saint John Nepomucen in a cell. Etching.