Items matching sun taken from Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

sun: a celestial body, the centre of the solar system.

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Pictures from The Everyday Book and Table Book, by William Hone, 1826, London.

The illustrations are probably by George Cruikshank.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for William Hone and another for George Cruikshank.

The book has been scanned entirely and low-resolution page images of the full book are online hosted by Google.

Vernal Equinox

Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

Perhaps not a very clear illustration of an equinox, but still a pretty woodcut of the Sun’s rays reaching the Earth.

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Added: 2006-02-01

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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