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Omega Nebula

1876

Drawings of Mars from Lick Observatory

1892

Photograph of Drawing of Solar Chromosphere

1869

Photograph of Drawing of Solar Chromosphere

1869

Photograph of Drawing of Solar Chromosphere

1869

Pencil drawing by James Nasmyth "Group of Spots on the Sun

1880

Drawing of suspension for Foucault's pendulum (1) Foucault's method (2) Science Museum

1917

Drawing of Grand Orrery by Thomas Wright and engraving of 'The Grand Orrery' by John Rowley

1715-1728

Five sheets of photographs representing the daily drawings of the solar chromosphere

1869

Rough sketch of James Nasmyths' apparatus by which most perfect sound speculae may be cast with absolute certainty

1879

Transparency, 15"x12", Egyptian Astronomers (from water-colour drawing)

1931

Photograph of Drawing of Solar Chromosphere

1869

Photograph of Drawing of Solar Chromosphere

1869

Orion Nebula

1876
Photograph of a pastel drawing of the Ring Nebula (M57) in Lyra from observations by Prof. E.S. Holden, dated Oct 25th 1875, using telescopes of the United States Naval Observatory at Foggy Bottom, Washington, DC.

Photograph of a pastel drawing of the Ring Nebula in Lyra

1876
Photograph of a pastel drawing of the planet Saturn from observations by M. Etienne Leopold Touvelot (artist), September 1875, using telescopes of the United States Naval Observatory at Foggy Bottom, Washington, DC.

Photograph of a pastel drawing of the planet Saturn from observations by M. Etienne Leopold Touvelot (artist)

1876
Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame of the solar corona taken by Dr Crommelin or Davidson at Benkoelin in Sumatra on January 14th, 1926. The photograph is a copy made by the Science Museum from originals supplied by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame of the solar corona

1926
Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X14] of a drawing by Mr Wesley [plate 12] showing the solar corona as seen from Sumatra at the solar eclipse of May 18th, 1901.

Glass diapositive of a drawing showing the solar corona at the eclipse seen from Sumatra

1901
Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X14] of a drawing by Mr Wesley [plate 13] showing the solar corona as seen from Sfase, Tunisia at the solar eclipse of August 30th, 1905.

Glass diapositive of a drawing showing the solar corona at the eclipse seen from Tunisia

1905
Pen and ink drawing of "Grand Orrery, by Thomas Wright".

Grand Orrery by Thomas Wright

1715-1728
Two bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel, as seen in the 20ft reflector at Feldhansen Cape of Good Hope

Two bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel

1920
Photograph of Fraunhofer's map of the Solar spectrum, from Deutschriften der Munchera Akademic, vol 5, 7ab II 1 and 14-15

Photograph of Fraunhofer's map of the Solar spectrum

1915
Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X14] of a drawing by Mr Wesley [plate 8] showing the solar corona as seen from Sahdol, India at the solar eclipse of January 22th, 1898.

Glass diapositive of a drawing showing the solar corona at the eclipse seen from India, 1898

1898
Glass diapositive in passe-partout frame [X14] of a drawing by Mr Wesley [plate 14] showing the solar corona as seen from Sfase, Tunisia at the solar eclipse of August 30th, 1905.

Glass diapositive of a drawing showing the solar corona at the eclipse seen from Tunisia

1905