Artist painting a nude woman: allegory of visual perception
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Telescope stand, copper alloy, Europe, Flanders
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Abraham Bosse - Sight, 17th century
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![[Diagram of experiment with prisms that led Newton to conclude light is a mixture of differently refrangible rays; with surrounding text]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2NzIvMDEvMDEvZGlhZ3JhbS1vZi1leHBlcmltZW50LXdpdGgtcHJpc21zLXRoYXQtbGVkLW5ld3Rvbi10by1jb25jbHVkZS1saWdodC1pcy1hLW1peHR1cmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "[Diagram of experiment with prisms that led Newton to conclude light is a mixture of differently refrangible rays; with surrounding text]")
[Diagram of experiment with prisms that led Newton to conclude light i...
Illus. and text in: A letter ... containing his new theory about light and colors / Isaac Newton. In Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions, vol. 6, Feb. 1672. Published in: The tradition of scienc... More
Edme Bouchardon - Globe with Mapping Instruments
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The sense of sight - Public domain portrait drawing
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Nécessaire, Staffordshire, England, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Portrait of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes
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Portrait of Captain James Cook - Public domain scenic drawing
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The king of Brobdingnag and Gulliver
King George III in military uniform, holds a tiny Napoleon in the palm of his hand while inspecting him with a spy-glass.
Henry William Bunbury - The True Method of Sitting a Horse, Mathematic...
Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.
View of the Observatory, Oxford, Thomas Rowlandson
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Summer Amusement at Margate, or a Peep at the Mermaids
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Progress of Gallantry or Stolen Kisses Sweetest. Georgian era 1714 - 1...
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Progress of Gallantry or Stolen Kisses Sweetest. Georgian era 1714 - 1...
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Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium / Sidy...
Astronomical chart showing the centaur Sagittarius with bow and arrow, also shows a laural wreath, a telescope, and a microscope forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 24. Exhibited: ... More
Somes, Joseph. Deputy & then Governor of N.Z. Co
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![[Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and attendants) seated on a throne; he is pointing toward the sky where some of his astronomical discoveries are depicted]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZ2FsaWxlby1vZmZlcmluZy1oaXMtdGVsZXNjb3BlLXRvLXRocmVlLXdvbWVuLXBvc3NpYmx5LXVyYW5pYS1hbmQtYXR0ZW5kYW50cy1hYWU1YTgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and attendants) seated on a throne; he is pointing toward the sky where some of his astronomical discoveries are depicted]")
[Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and at...
Illus. in: Opere di Galileo Galilei .... Bologna : Per gli hh del Dozza, 1655-56 [v.1, 1656] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C.... More
![[Surveyor] - Daguerreotype portrait, Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn21/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvc3VydmV5b3ItMTI3OTBmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/46/webp "[Surveyor] - Daguerreotype portrait, Metropolitan Museum of Art")
[Surveyor] - Daguerreotype portrait, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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![[Composite of astronomy equipment and components] / Henry Winkles sculpt.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTEvMDEvMDEvY29tcG9zaXRlLW9mLWFzdHJvbm9teS1lcXVpcG1lbnQtYW5kLWNvbXBvbmVudHMtaGVucnktd2lua2xlcy1zY3VscHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Composite of astronomy equipment and components] / Henry Winkles sculpt.")
[Composite of astronomy equipment and components] / Henry Winkles scul...
Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopedia / Heck. 1851, v. 1, plate 15. Reference copy in LOT 7007.
Telescopes. Buron. - Early photography, Public domain image
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Archimède riant des efforts impuissants que font les Anglais pour mett...
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Adèlaïde...Il me semble que je vois...la comète! (Adelaide...I think I...
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Gokakoku jinbutsu zue - Orandakoku, Sadahide Utagawa
Japanese print shows a Dutch woman and man, the man stands in profile and holds a telescope. Includes untranslated text about Holland by Kanagaki Robun on recto. Signature: Gountei Sadahide ga. Engraving attri... More
Awaiting the absent - Public domain document scan of drawing
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The approach of the British pirate "Alabama"
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The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama" (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VI...
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The paint kegs of the world are waiting to be filled. Harrison's "Town...
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Buttes Montmartre Advertising - Vintage American Trade Card
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Horn-rimmed spectacles - telescope
Unsigned, possibly by Kano, 1878. From the "Medicine" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Telescope in the Lick Observatory, Stereoscope Card
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Ulysses passing Coney Island - Public domain dedication image
Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Modern mythology" by Metcalfe, Life magazine.
Customer: Sakes alive, Carline! yo' orter see how brilliant it am : if...
"After sketch by D.J. Murphy." (DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "An Astronomical Observation," Harper's bazaar, 19:444 (July 2, 1886).
Astronomer (to prospective customer): Laze an Gemlen, nows de time to ...
(DLC/PP-1933:0118). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "An Astronomical observation," Harper's bazaar, 19:444 (July 2, 1886).
The Moon, August 12, 1888, from negatives made with the great telescop...
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The Moon, August 16, 1888, from negatives made with the great telescop...
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The Moon, August 21, 1888, from negatives made with the great telescop...
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The Moon, August 26, 1888, from negatives made with the great telescop...
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The practical arithmetical series
42419 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Caxton Company, adver... More
Sketches of Telescopes on a Ship's Deck (from Sketchbook)
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Puck's presidential possibilities. No. III, The czar out of a job / Da...
Print shows Thomas B. Reed standing on a low platform labeled "Maine", looking through a bent and crooked telescope, labeled "Presidential Aspirations", at the White House in the distance. A diminutive "Joe Man... More
Genius with telescope Library of Congress
Study drawing shows a putti holding a telescope to one eye, for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the drawing.
Lieut. Col. Huntington and Sergt. Major Goode looking for Spaniards at...
Attribution to Hart based on negatives with similar numbers. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021509. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, Amer... More
![Lieut. Col. Huntington and Sergt. Major Goode looking for Spaniards at Camp M'Calla [i.e. McCalla], June 1898](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvbGlldXQtY29sLWh1bnRpbmd0b24tYW5kLXNlcmd0LW1ham9yLWdvb2RlLWxvb2tpbmctZm9yLXNwYW5pYXJkcy1hdC1jYW1wLW1jYWxsYS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Lieut. Col. Huntington and Sergt. Major Goode looking for Spaniards at Camp M'Calla [i.e. McCalla], June 1898")
Lieut. Col. Huntington and Sergt. Major Goode looking for Spaniards at...
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Awaiting the absent, autochrome color photo
Title from jacket. Photograph of a painting possibly by Charles Stanley Reinhart; cf. CAI - C - Reinhart 36. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050397. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
![[Awaiting the absent], autochrome color photo](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYXdhaXRpbmctdGhlLWFic2VudC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/36/webp "[Awaiting the absent], autochrome color photo")
[Awaiting the absent], autochrome color photo
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Allegheny College, Newton Memorial Observatory, North Main Street, Sou...
2013 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Entry Significance: At the dedication of the Newton Memorial Observatory on June 19, 1901, Dr. FM Bristol, a medical practitioner and pastor of the Metropolitan Church of Washin... More
The world-renowned Lick Observatory, on Mount Hamilton, California
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The world-renowned Lick Observatory, on Mount Hamilton, California
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The wonderful universe explorer, the great 36-inch equatorial telescop...
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![[Telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C.] / copyrighted and photographed by Waldon Fawcett.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvdGVsZXNjb3BlLWF0LXRoZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLW5hdmFsLW9ic2VydmF0b3J5LTM0NTAtbWFzc2FjaHVzZXR0cy1hdmUtbnctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C.] / copyrighted and photographed by Waldon Fawcett.")
[Telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts ...
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![[Telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.] / copyrighted and photographed by Waldon Fawcett.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvdGVsZXNjb3BlLWF0LXRoZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLW5hdmFsLW9ic2VydmF0b3J5LTM0NTAtbWFzc2FjaHVzZXR0cy1hdmUtbnctMS02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.] / copyrighted and photographed by Waldon Fawcett.")
[Telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts ...
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U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
Photograph shows a man looking through large telescope at the United States Naval Observatory, 3450 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. Copyright by Waldon Fawcett.
Dome of the 100 inch Hooker Reflector, Mount Wilson Observatory, Calif...
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Dome of the 100 inch Hooker Reflector, Mount Wilson Observatory, Calif...
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Nabli︠u︡denīe solnechnago zatmi︠e︡nīi︠a︡ 1/I 1907 g. bliz st. Cherni︠a...
Nine people using two telescopes to view an eclipse from a snow-covered mountain.
150 ft. tower telescope, Mt. Wilson Observatory
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Observatoire de Paris - Salle Méridienne
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Palomar Mountain, California, 200" observatory - assistant seated at c...
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![[Using a street telescope, a newsboy glimpses Halley's Comet, which is in the headlines of the papers he is selling]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdXNpbmctYS1zdHJlZXQtdGVsZXNjb3BlLWEtbmV3c2JveS1nbGltcHNlcy1oYWxsZXlzLWNvbWV0LXdoaWNoLWlzLWluLXRoZS1oZWFkbGluZXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "[Using a street telescope, a newsboy glimpses Halley's Comet, which is in the headlines of the papers he is selling]")
[Using a street telescope, a newsboy glimpses Halley's Comet, which is...
Reproduction of drawing by Sidney H. Riesenberg. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1910 May 21, cover. Freitag, no. 2554. Published in: Halley's Comet: a bibliography / compiled by Ruth S. Freitag. Washington : Libra... More
Interior view of Palomar Mountain Observatory, showing details of worl...
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The 82-inch reflecting telescope of the W. J. McDonald Observatory of ...
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200-inch Hale telescope postcard
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The University of Texas McDonald Observatory's 107-inch telescope
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Largest (200-inch) mirror in the world
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The University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory
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The University of Chicago Yerkes Observatory
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Observatoire de Paris - Salle Méridienne
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Interior view of Palomar Mountain Observatory, showing details of worl...
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A winter's storm leaves its blanket of white on the landscape surround...
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A winter's storm leaves its blanket of white on the landscape surround...
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The tube of the 82-inch reflector of the W. J. McDonald Observatory of...
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The honeycombed structure of the 200" mirror sets waiting for the thin...
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Palomar Mountain, California, 200" observatory - the observer is adjus...
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Interior of Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, on Lake Geneva, Wisconsi...
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The dome of Palomar Observatory's 200" telescope is shown here on the ...
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100" reflecting telescope Mt. Wilson Calif.
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Giant 100 inch telescope Mt. Wilson Observatory, California
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The 200" telescope, Palomar Mountain, California
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100 inch telescope, Mt. Wilson Observatory, largest in U.S.A.
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Spotting a German plane, Flanders
Machine-gun post, France, during World War I. Two machine gunners are preparing to target an enemy aeroplane. The main gunner is sighting and aligning the Vickers machine gun, while his partner is using a teles... More
King watching the Battle of Pozieres from captured German trenches
HRH King George V of Britain (1865-1936) watching the Battle of Pozieres through a telescope. Other officers stand around watching through field glasses. This photograph is likely to have been taken between 23 ... More
We're five minutes out! : Evarts, am I crazy? am I talking straight?
(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Man Who Rocked the Earth" by Arthur Train, Saturday evening post, 187:5 (Nov. 14, 1914).
Visual signaling, this being possible as we advance, Flanders
Unusually for signallers, these two soldiers are standing, exposed, on a ridge. The soldier in front is kneeling down in front of a telescope, probably to read a signal being sent to him, while the second soldi... More
Unidentified astronomical photograph made with the aid of a telescope.
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Large "Prominences" on disk of telescope, (Negative print made using r...
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Lick Telescope, 36 inch aperture, 56 feet focus, weight 40 tons - desi...
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Lick Telescope, 36 inch aperture, 56 feet focus, weight 40 tons - desi...
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Lick Telescope, 36 inch aperture, 56 feet focus, weight 40 tons - desi...
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Twelve-inch equatorial telescope at unidentified observatory.
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Telescope at unidentified observatory.
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Telescope at unidentified observatory, south transit.
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Split-lens telescope. - National Parks Gallery
Split-lens telescope. possibly used in research for Naval Consulting Board
Baron Bean. "So you've gone in for 'astronomy,' heh?"
Four-frame comic strip. The Baron asks a friend looking out a window with a telescope if he is interested in astronomy. The friend says he is, and that he has been looking at what others call Saturn. He insi... More
Telescopes. Telescopes designed by Capt. R.L. Atkinson III
The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.