Historical Scientific Illustrations

Prints depicting celestial bodies, military fortifications, and engineering designs, showcasing historical scientific concepts and techniques.

Five diagrams illustrating the theory of light and shade, c1472-c1519 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci.

Earth slope in relation to ecliptic, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1706 print Numbered at the top right: 45. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching earth, world as celestial body

Position of the earth at the time of the perigeum and that of the Zenit, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1706 print Numbered at the top right: 29. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching earth, world as celestial body

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Floor plan for a fortress, fort or reinforcement (pentagon), depicted twice among each other: in a nutshell perspective and from above. Below that a mathematical figure. In the corner at the top right, the number 58 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics

Earth slope in relation to ecliptic, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1706 print Numbered at the top right: 45. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching earth, world as celestial body

Depictions of some parts of a fire-engine. Engraving.

Five diagrams illustrating the theory of light and shade, c1472-c1519 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci.

Diagram, John Ruskin, 1819-1900, British, undated, Pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 5 x 3 1/4 inches (12.7 x 8.3 cm), architectural subject, cartography, circles, diagram, equations, mapmaking, spheres

Edificij et machine, Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1501, brown ink and wash, ca. 1475-ca. 1480, The volume comprises 103 drawings by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and his assistants, featuring machines and devices for lifting columns and other heavy weights, schemes for transporting water, and mechanisms for milling and moving boats. There are also a few drawings showing how people could walk or float on water standing on inflatable containers and using an oar to propel themselves.

Field of vision of an eye, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1679 print Numbered at the top right: 33. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing .

FLYING MACHINE DRAWING - RENAISSANCE - COD B - FOL 80R - 15th CENTURY - ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI. Location: BIBLIOTECA INST FRANCIA. France.

Two eyes that look at two balls and an arrow, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1679 print Numbered at the top right: 37. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing .

Planetarium. Display of a planetarium and various models to investigate the solar system, with numbers, letters and characters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. VI. XVIII. Leçon. Pl. 1.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Some mathematical figures. Among other things a face on a few expired buildings on a river ('bisnive'). In the top left the number 165 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Elementos de Matematica (Elements of Mathematics), by the Spanish architect and mathematician Benito Bails (1730-1797). Trigonometric calculations. Engraving. Volume I, which treats elements of arithmetic, trigonometry and geometry. Published in Madrid, 1779.

Floor plan of part of the water play in Karlsberg; Delineatio Montis A Metropoli Hasso-Cassellana Uno Circiter Milliari Distantis (...); Disegno del Monte Situato Presso La Citta Metropolitana di Cassel (...). Print is part of an album.

Movements of Jupiter and the Earth, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1706 print Numbered at the top right: 87. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching earth, world as celestial body. Jupiter (planet)

Four positions of the Earth on Ecliptica, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1706 print Numbered in the top left: 39. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching earth, world as celestial body

Astronomical theories and explanation, Tobias Conrad Lotter, 1749 print paper engraving astronomy (and cosmography)

Print at the top right labeled: Pag: 18.

Solar Eclipse Phases.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Mathematical figure (circle). Below some riders. In the top right of the number 134 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Anonymous. Treatise on physiognomy. Netherlands, ca. 1790.Physiognomy is the science of relating an individual's character, personality, and temperament to the shape of his or her face, head, and/or body. The theories behind it go back to Hippocrates, who believed that physical characteristics of the human body revealed personality traits;

Civil engineering: diagrams for setting-out a dial ?. Engraving by J. Pass, 1809.

Movement of the earth around the sun and the evolution of the days and nights, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1706 print Numbered at the top right: 50. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching earth, world as celestial body. sun as celestial body. day and night

Folio f 92v. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Ground plan for a fortress, fort or reinforcement (pentagon). Below, there are some riders in battle near a besieged fortress. In the top right the number 56 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Civil engineering: diagrams for setting-out a sundial. Engraving by J. Pass, 1809.

Geometric sketch by Israël Henriet illustrating trigonometric figures, drawn with pen and ink.

Relationship of the Sun to the earth, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1706 print Numbered in the bottom right: 65. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching sun as celestial body. earth, world as celestial body

Dipping needle compass made by Edward Nairne for the Board of Longitude based on plans for the Reverend John Mitchell, Rector of Thornhill, 1772. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1810.

Perspectiva Corporum Regularium 1568 Jost Amman Swiss Perspective of the Regular Bodies is a lavish compendium of perspectival geometry expressly intended to show off the graphic skills of Jamnitzer, perhaps the most renowned sixteenth-century goldsmith. Based on the five Platonic solids, or "regular bodies"the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedronthe five main sections of the book each consist of twenty-four polyhedral variants. The forms progress from the simplest on the top row of each page to the most augmented and complex at the bottom.. Perspectiva Corporum Regularium 339008

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Two mathematical figures. Including an attack on a city wall. In the top right the number 19 (= the number of the page in the book that has been placed on the illustration).

Celestial regions, engraving from a drawing by Cesare Cesariano, from De Architectura libri dece traducti de latino in vulgare (The Ten Books on Architecture translated from Latin to vulgar), Volume I, by Lucius Vitruvius Pollio, 1521, Como.

Folio f 7r. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Dental prosthetics, M. Bourdet, 18th century.

Instruments de fer, Traité des vernis, Boudan, L., Buonanni, Filippo, 1638-1725, Engraving, etching, black-and-white, 1723, fig. 2 page 125.

Parts for a moon pointer Star astral moon pointer and almanach (title on object), Different parts for a moon pointer with instructions for use. The parts consist of three discs, a sundial and a moon pointer., Hendrik Kloekhoff (mentioned on object), 1785, paper, engraving, h 240 mm × w 333 mm

Physics instruments. Display of instruments and models for physical examination, with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. I.4ME Leçon. Pl. 2.

Physical Instruments, Nicolaas van Frankendaal, 1759 print Display of instruments for physical research, with numbers and letters. Print at the top right marked: pl. 1. Amsterdam paper etching physics (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research)

Object seen by eyeball through a window, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1679 print Numbered at the top right: 69-67. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing .

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Human eye with an abnormality, print, prints, height 91 mm, width 88 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Floor plan for part of a fortress, fort or reinforcement. Below that some guns near a tower. In the corner at the top right, the number 64 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. landscape with tower or castle. firearms: cannon

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Mathematical figure. Below that a face on a city (Hesdin). In the corner at the top left the number 163 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Hesdin

DESCARTES, Ren_ (1596-1650). French rationalist philosopher, mathematician and scientist. 'La Dioptrique', treatise on optics written in 1637. Illustration of chapter 9. Xylography. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Folio f 97r. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. CIVIL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION. MATHEMATICS. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). APPLIED MECHANICS (MACHINES AND WITS). OBSERVATION OF NATURE. UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASURES. PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Two multi -surfaces with an Octaer as a starting point, Jost Amman, After Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1568 The geometric figures (Polyhedra) become more complex from left to right. Labeled as 'e' and numbered: E.VI. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching The geometric figures (Polyhedra) become more complex from left to right. Labeled as 'e' and numbered: E.VI. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching

Solar eclipse of October 9, 1847, 1847 print Solar eclipse of October 9, 1847, as can be seen in Amsterdam. Leaf on which two cut out schematic illustrations of Eclips are stuck. Both illustrations with printed text on the back. Netherlands paper solar eclipse Amsterdam

Solar eclipse from October 9, 1847. Solar eclipse from October 9, 1847, as shown in Amsterdam. Sheet on which two excluded schematic illustrations of eclipse are stuck. Both illustrations with printed text on the back.

Telescope and two diagrams illustrating the process of the reflection of light in the lenses circa 1685-1686.

Octant, Jan Brandes, 1770 - 1808 drawing Color drawing of an octant. With inscription. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 235. paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush quadrant, sextant, octant (nautical instruments)

Solar Clock, Ancient in Naples (table 14) in the album: manual of various ornaments traits from the febrics, and ancient fragments for the use of Commodus Opera Collection, Written Ediske by Carlo Antonini, Rome 1790 Antonini, Carlo (1749 1835)

Pendulum dial model ... (TA)

Tripod, spirit level and other large objects, belonging to the instrument box; Mechanical travel loads.

Hydraulics: two devices. Woodcut, 1659.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Five mathematical figures (corner calculations). Below a lapse bridge over a river. In the top right the number 128 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Average and floor plan of the buildings and waterworks of Karlsberg near Kassel, around 1850, Germany, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

Sections of an Egyptian canja boat, vertical and horizontal, showing rope, winch, sail and planks secured without nails. Copperplate engraving from James Bruce's "Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773," London, 1790. James Bruce (1730-1794) was a Scottish explorer and travel writer who spent more than 12 years in North Africa and Ethiopia. Engraved by Heath after an original drawing by Bruce.

Parts of the construction of a farm wagon, draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825, paper, brush

Instrument box with a three -part tripod, Raphael Custos, after Josef Furttenbach (der ältere), 1644 print print maker: Augsburgafter design by: Germanypublisher: Augsburg paper engraving mechanics. luggage, travel requisites

Disegni anatomia: 0032r. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Observations under the microscope: the regular precision of a spider's cobweb 1, and the irregular needlework of a Belgian lacemaker 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Ground plan for a fortress, fort or reinforcement (octagon). Including equestrian compartments, one of which is fighting. In the top left the number 29 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Kepler's illustration to explain his discovery of the elliptical orbit of Mars. From Johannes Kepler 'Astronomia Nova ... de Motibus Stellae Martis' 1609. Woodcut.

Theater machines and two decor projects, board 12.

Floor plan of a bay in the coastline (without letters); La. C: RAYINGE ROUND ARG. Floor plans of rivers, canals and polders. Map of a bay in the coastline. Print is part of a series of prints about hydraulic engineering and inplating.

Anatomical drawing by Jehan Cousin ('le jeune,' or 'the younger') in Livre de pourtraiture. (Paris, 1608).

Plate the Twelfth Five diagrams of mines with cork floats. Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815. 1804. Drawings. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Submarines (Ships), Engineering drawings, Mines (Weapons)

Hydraulics: fountains and rusting ?. Coloured engraving by J. Lodge.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Five mathematical figures (corner calculations). Bye and two resting hikers at a castle or town. In the top right the number 126 (= the number of the page in the book that has been placed on the illustration).

Comet / tree ignites by the light of the sun, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a comet or falling star. Under a base with a ball. A tiara floats above that. The sun shines the sphere and a tree. The tree catches fire. They concern the foreignovers of Pope Clemens VII. paper engraving / letterpress printing comet. insignia of the pope, e.g. tiara. burning as process

Folio f 64r. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). APPLIED MECHANICS (MACHINES AND WITS). MENTION OF MATERIALS. OBSERVATION OF NATURE. UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASURES. PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Instruments of torture suspended from the cross, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Folio f 26r. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. MENTION OF MATERIALS. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

The comet C, N big comet, also called a comet, which was visible in the summer of with the naked eye, Unknown

Fig. CXVII. Haustrum simplex, per sphæras. Antlia simplex, per sphæras cienda.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Windmills, Water pumps

Folio f 17r. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Turtle with sword on his back / caduceus, Anonymous, After Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1666 print An emblem with two performances. Above a sword standing with its point on the back of a turtle. Under a caduceus. These are the foreignovers of Louis X and Philip V of France. paper engraving / letterpress printing caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury). tortoises, turtles. hacking and thrusting weapons: sword

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1672 print Three men who are working in a mountainous landscape to turn off the outlines of two fortresses, forts or reinforcements. In the corner at the top left the number 61 (= the number of the page in the book on the other hand the illustration has been placed). Amsterdam paper etching / engraving fortifications, military engineering. mathematics. mountains. landscape with other man-made constructions not mentioned above, e.g.: graveyards, playgrounds, etc.

N.N., guiding fire building, Holnis: lens version: cuts, details. Lithograph colored on paper, 72.8 x 57.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Leitfeuergebäude, Holnis

Folio f 43v. Codex Madrid II (Ms. 8936) "Treaty of fortification, statics and geometry". 158 folios with 316 pages. Internal format: 210 x 145 mm. PERSONAL ANNOTATIONS. CIVIL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION. APPLIED MECHANICS (MACHINES AND WITS). OBSERVATION OF NATURE. UNITS OF WEIGHT AND MEASURES. PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

S. 1 with TAF. I from Appendix: Instructions and Underly to the Use Bey-Applied Instruments Geometrici Dresden. Off: Dilichius, Wilhelm, Kurtzer and Tabuli's compassed undergraduate and nemfich Zwen Modi Bollwerke RetroSum and antrorum. Dresden: Slub mscr.dresd.c.56

Geometric figure that reflects the scope of a can, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1679 print Numbered at the top right: 29. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing landscapes

Ornaments Mm through Xx. Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630. Illustrations. 1619. Music Division

Clocks: diagrams for setting the dial of a sextant ?. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1809.

Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physices historiam, Amstelaedami, Apud J. Wetstenium, & Gul. Smith, & Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1734-1765. Natural history, pictorial works, pre-Linnean works, Albertus Seba, cabinet de Seba, thesaurus rerum naturalium, cabinet of curiosities, Clinopodium vulgare, wild basil, botany, plant products, The illustration features a collection of botanical studies, highlighting various plant specimens arranged thoughtfully on the page. At the center, a conical structure, possibly a seed pod or fruit, dominates the composition. Surrounding it are several delicate leaves and seeds, each intricately detailed to showcase their unique shapes and textures. To the left, an open book suggests a connection to botanical research or classification. Other distinct shapes include a rounded fruit or seed and an elongated, balloon-like structure, possibly representing different stages of plant

Horology: Repeating Watch, from pl. XLV from 'A Cyclopaedia of Horology - Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers', Abraham Rees, 1743 - 1825, Engraving on paper, England, 1810-1842, Print, Print

Parts of a corner of two straight lines, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry

Mobile lens. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 1787 - 1808. Place: Skälsebo. Measurements: h 137 mm × w 114 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

An engraving depicting various forms of sundials and diagrams for calculating the engraved scales. Dated 19th century

Phases of a lunar eclipse Date: 21 February 1682

Mécanique de Vaiseaeau-volant; Flying machine from Mr Blanchard. The famous Vaiseaeau valance of Jean-Pierre Blanchard: diameter of a cabin with movable wings. The components of the mechanism are numbered and described in the explanation (Explication) under the image. There are two people in the cabin, the pilot (Blanchard) that serves the mechanism and a horn-gone companion.

Lange Emil (1841-1926), geometric exercise (July 19, 1860): View. Ink, pencil, ink colored, 66.4 x 59.6 cm (including scan edges) Lange Emil (1841-1926): Geometrische Übung

Catapults, war machine plans, drawing, from original at Ambrosian Library, Milan, Italy

Reproduction of page from notebook showing the operation of a mechanical wing by Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Dated between 1894 and 1904

Straight line that hits a circle with a cityscape at the bottom, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing planimetry, geometry. city-view in general; 'veduta'

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Ground plan for a fortress, fortress or reinforcement (hexagon). Including a sixth around a sixth who writes or marks out. In the top left the number 7 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Two multi -surfaces with a sphere as a starting point, Jost Amman, After Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1568 The geometric figures (Polyhedra) become more complex from left to right. Left sphere decorated with branches. Numbered: G.V. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching The geometric figures (Polyhedra) become more complex from left to right. Left sphere decorated with branches. Numbered: G.V. This print is part of a book. Nuremberg paper etching

Distribution of a surface into equal parts with a sitting man at the bottom, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1669 print Numbered at the top right: 89. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching planimetry, geometry. sitting figure

Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci- notes on flying machines ITALY.

The project of Francesco de Lana, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault Date: 1670

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