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Mrs Margaret Bryan with her two daughters, about them various pieces of astronomical equipment. Engraving by W. Nutter after S. Shelley.
Shelley, Samuel, approximately 1750-1808.Reference: 544393i
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Heiliger ist mir die Wahrheit : Johannes Kepler / Ruth Breitsohl-Klepser ; aus d. Nachlass herausgegeben von Martha List.
Breitsohl-Klepser, Ruth, 1913-1974.Date: 1976
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: June ye 25 1735 [i.e. 1763]Reference: 20040i
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Miscellaneous: English, 18th century
Date: 1739-1797Reference: MS.7544
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin : an autobiography and other recollections / edited by Katherine Haramundanis.
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979.Date: 1984
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Miscellany: Italian, 19th-20th centuries
Date: 1805-1894Reference: MS.7373
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Möbius and his band : mathematics and astronomy in nineteenth-century Germany / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood, and Robin Wilson.
Date: 1993
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God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / John North.
North, John David.Date: 2005
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Australian astronomer, John Tebbutt : the life and world of the man on the / Ragbir Bhathal.
Bhathal, R. S.Date: 1993
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Ibn al-Haiṯam, ein arabischer Gelehrter / von Eilhard Wiedemann.
Wiedemann, Eilhard, 1852-1928.Date: 1998
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An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1735.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 25 June 1735Reference: 20042i
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The shadow of the telescope : a biography of John Herschel / Günther Buttmann ; translated [from the German] by B.E.J. Pagel ; edited and with an introduction by David S. Evans ; illustrated with photographs and drawings.
Buttmann, Günther.Date: 1974
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Nevil Maskelyne : the seaman's astronomer / Derek Howse ; with a foreword by Sir Francis Graham Smith.
Howse, Derek.Date: 1989
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Astronomy: an astronomer in his study, looking out of the window with a telescope. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
Wale, Samuel, -1786.Reference: 46334i
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Girolamo Fracastoro : astronomo, medico e poeta nella cultura del Cinquecento italiano / Alessandro Roccasalva.
Roccasalva, Alessandro, 1960-Date: 2008
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Astronomy: Thomas Phelps (left) and John Bartlett making astronomical observations in the observatory of the Earl of Macclesfield, Oxfordshire. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1778.
Date: 1778Reference: 46328i
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Wilhelm Schickard, 1592-1635 : Astronom, Geograph, Orientalist, Erfinder d. Rechenmaschine / herausgegeben von Friedrich Seck.
Date: 1978
Archives and manuscripts
M0012799: Portrait of Sir George Howard Darwin (1845-1912)
Date: December 1952
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Astronomy: an astronomer [?] in his study, looking out of the window. Lithograph by M. Jackson after J. G.
Reference: 46352i
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Life and work of Sir Norman Lockyer / by T. Mary Lockyer and Winifred L. Lockyer, with the assistance of Prof. H. Dingle and contributions by Dr. Charles E. St. John; Prof. Megh Nad Saha [and others].
Lockyer, T. Mary (Thomazine Mary), lady.Date: 1928
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Copernicus and five other astronomers with astronomical instruments. Engraving by J. Mulder after G. Hoet, 1692.
Hoet, Gerard, 1648-1733.Date: 1692Reference: 567825i
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William Herschel / [A. Armitage].
Armitage, A. (Angus), 1902-1976.Date: [1962]
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Astronomy: an astronomer [?] in his study, holding a globe. Lithograph by C. Hullmandel after Grattan.
Date: Printed by C. Hullmandel)Reference: 46351i
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Copernicus and the scientific revolution / by Edward Rosen.
Rosen, Edward, 1906-1985.Date: 1984
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Starowolski's biographies of Copernicus / Erna Hilfstein.
Hilfstein, Erna.Date: 1980

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Mrs Margaret Bryan with her two daughters, about them various pieces of astronomical equipment. Engraving by W. Nutter after S. Shelley.

Heiliger ist mir die Wahrheit : Johannes Kepler / Ruth Breitsohl-Klepser ; aus d. Nachlass herausgegeben von Martha List.

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1763.

Miscellaneous: English, 18th century

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin : an autobiography and other recollections / edited by Katherine Haramundanis.

Miscellany: Italian, 19th-20th centuries

Möbius and his band : mathematics and astronomy in nineteenth-century Germany / edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood, and Robin Wilson.

God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / John North.

Australian astronomer, John Tebbutt : the life and world of the man on the / Ragbir Bhathal.

Ibn al-Haiṯam, ein arabischer Gelehrter / von Eilhard Wiedemann.

An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth after himself, 1735.

The shadow of the telescope : a biography of John Herschel / Günther Buttmann ; translated [from the German] by B.E.J. Pagel ; edited and with an introduction by David S. Evans ; illustrated with photographs and drawings.

Nevil Maskelyne : the seaman's astronomer / Derek Howse ; with a foreword by Sir Francis Graham Smith.

Astronomy: an astronomer in his study, looking out of the window with a telescope. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.

Girolamo Fracastoro : astronomo, medico e poeta nella cultura del Cinquecento italiano / Alessandro Roccasalva.

Astronomy: Thomas Phelps (left) and John Bartlett making astronomical observations in the observatory of the Earl of Macclesfield, Oxfordshire. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1778.

Wilhelm Schickard, 1592-1635 : Astronom, Geograph, Orientalist, Erfinder d. Rechenmaschine / herausgegeben von Friedrich Seck.

M0012799: Portrait of Sir George Howard Darwin (1845-1912)

Astronomy: an astronomer [?] in his study, looking out of the window. Lithograph by M. Jackson after J. G.

Life and work of Sir Norman Lockyer / by T. Mary Lockyer and Winifred L. Lockyer, with the assistance of Prof. H. Dingle and contributions by Dr. Charles E. St. John; Prof. Megh Nad Saha [and others].

Copernicus and five other astronomers with astronomical instruments. Engraving by J. Mulder after G. Hoet, 1692.

William Herschel / [A. Armitage].

Astronomy: an astronomer [?] in his study, holding a globe. Lithograph by C. Hullmandel after Grattan.

Copernicus and the scientific revolution / by Edward Rosen.

Starowolski's biographies of Copernicus / Erna Hilfstein.