Vintage Scientific Illustrations

Engravings of geological and biological subjects, including ancient organisms and anatomical structures, displaying historical science.

Human ear, anatomical illustration
Human ear, anatomical illustration
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Leg musculature, artwork.
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NERVOUS PROLONGATIONS OF THE CELL - SCIENTIFIC DRAWING. Author: SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
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C.J.B. Williams, 1840: rupture of mitral valve
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Young python in the Zoological Society's Gardens, 1862. 'That the germs of life were implanted in the eggs, and that all went on satisfactorily up to the fifteenth day after incubation commenced, is known from the examination made of one of them at that period, and from the satisfactory discovery of a living embryo python in its interior. Our Engraving represents this little animal, now carefully preserved in spirits...Whether the other eggs are likely to be hatched in due course of time is still, we believe, a little uncertain. Only one or two instances have occurred in which a record has b
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Curvature of the Earth. Left: because of curvature, M cannot be seen by ship at B, but can be from ship at C. Right: Man at C cannot see ship as far off as if he were on top of tower, D. Engraving of 1764
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Cochineal Insects
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Overview of Parisian sites, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.
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Sir Thomas Wharton, physician, 1614-1673, English physician and anatomist, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown
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Large centipede, which was found on the verandah of Mr. A.K. Robert's home at Wahroonga. November 14, 1932.
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Ernst Haeckel, Anthropogeny. Gorilla and Tree of Life, the Evolution from Ape to Man, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..
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Praying mantis, vintage engraved illustration. Natural History of Animals, 1880.
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Green animals. Animal chlorophyll. Anthaea cereus. Anemonia sulcata is a species of anthozoan cnidarian in the Actiniidae family. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893
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Hairy Pectunculus
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The earth surrounded by celestial walls, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.
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Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.Tamkelning, Chemistry. Schematic representation of the developing process according to Web's silver electrode theory. (After C.E. Mees in Nature.) For more info see: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1942. p. 425.
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An engraving depicting a cross-section of geological strata showing how when water is trapped between two impermeable layers, AC and CD, it is possible to drill an artesian well had have water flowing upwards. Garden designers used this phenomenon to create fountains. Dated 19th century
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Chromosomes of Pomace Fly. Drosophilia ampelophila. Investigated by Thomas Hunt Morgan in America, from RC Punnett, Mendelism, London, 1922.
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Discover the Mysteries of Jellyfish: A Translucent Coloring Page Adventure
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Historic illustration, tablet 25, title Sertulariae, marine cnidaria, name Diphasia, 6/ Synthecium campylocarpum, part of a branch, Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur, "Artforms of Nature"
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The Plates from the Second Book of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, (1514-1564) Plates 40 - Although these muscles are represented at the letters C, D, and E, in the third muscle plate, we have placed here a special figure of them in which A indicates the first muscle of the eyelids and with b and C their origin, and D its insinuation into the second muscle the beginning of which is denoted by e. The mutual junction of the two muscles is signified by F.
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Report on surgical instruments at Int. Exhibition, 1862
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Map of nerve bundles in the human brain by Paul Broca. Paul Broca (1824-1880) a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. Dated 19th century
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Illustration showing Cut-away view of an electric blanket showing arrangement of heating element: Camille Herrgott's system 1904
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section of the forearm, medical equipment, surgical instrument, history of medicine
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Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.granulation steel.
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Strohskelett-Bienenstock. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie Straw skep hive. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23189375
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The supposed canals, observed and drawn by the Italian astronomer Schiaparelli (1837- 1910) ; this section is known as 'the hourglass' Date: 20 June 1890
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Illustration depicting William Herschel's idea of the system of the stars. William Herschel (1738-1822) a British astronomer and composer. Dated 19th century
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Reuben Jasper Spalding's (1889) method of quick, direct transport; an electrically driven ornithoper. From Der Stein der Weisen, (ca 1895).
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19th century Japanese acupuncture chart. Dated 19th century
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Pigeon after ablation of the cerebral lobes, vintage engraving. Pigeon after ablation of the cerebral lobes, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647680
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Tick Insect Black Ink Illustration
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Acupuncture chart for rear of the body. 19th century Japanese. Wood block
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Engraving depicting William Herschel's system of the stars. William Herschel (1738-1822) a British astronomer and composer of German and Czech-Jewish origin. Dated 18th century
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Male and female reproductive organs, illustration
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Demonstration of presence and absence theory, from RC Punnett, Mendelism, London, 1922.
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Didactic illustration showing the skeleton of a frog in a silhouette of the animal represented in gray flat top.