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21.—Armillary SphereAstrology (1806)

“I have subjoined a plate of the Armillary Sphere, which is an artificial contrivance, representing the several circles proper to the theory of the mundane world, put togeher in their natural order, t [...]

Keywords: astrology, astronomy, diagrams, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-07-11

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Armillary Sphere, Scanned VersionAstrology (1806)

I scanned the Armillary Sphere again (oops), and this time decided to publish the illustration moer or less as it came off the scanner, as a picture from an old book. Copies of this book are apparentl [...]

Keywords: astrology, astronomy, diagrams, machinery, colour

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Added: 2010-12-25

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

The purpose of the four interwoven figures here is to explain how an eclipse of Jupiter’s satellites (or moons) works. I will scan the details on request. These are beautifully-engraved diagrams, wi [...]

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, sun, labels, eclipses, zodiac, colour

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Added: 2009-10-22

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: antique star engravingEnclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

A copper-plate engraving representing a star from a diagram explaining astronomy; you can also see the full diagram.

Keywords: diagrams, stars, astronomy, astrology, colour

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Added: 2009-10-22

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: sun and eclipsesEnclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

A diagram with the sun in the middle, complete with a face, and showing the illumination of the earth at varoius times of the year, marked by month and zodiac sign. There is also a version of this dia [...]

Keywords: astronomy, sun, zodiac, diagrams, eclipses, planets, astrology, colour

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Added: 2009-10-22

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Plate XLII.—Astronomy: detail: the face of the sun.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This diagram, taken from plate XLII on eclipses, shows the sun as an eight-pointed star with a face in the middle, including eyes, nose and mouth! (Obviously the sun does not have a beard, since the h [...]

Keywords: astronomy, sun, diagrams, zodiac, colour

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Added: 2009-10-22

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This full-page copper plate engraving contains a number of diagrams for the article on astronomy; I will post them as separate images on request.

figure 1

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, eclipses, sun, moon, greyscale

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Added: 2012-08-03

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 1.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

Figure 1.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, eclipses, sun, moon, astrology, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-02

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 2.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

Figure 2, showing the Winter Solstice on December 22nd.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, diagrams, eclipses, sun, astrology, solstices, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-07

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Fig. 3.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

This diagram shows how (and why) the moon appears to grow and shrink at different times of the month.

I also made a full Sun with pointy rays based on the one on this diagram.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, astrology, sun, moon, diagrams, equinoxes, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-09

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Plate XLIII.—Astronomy.—Detail – Smiling Sun.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

An engraving of the sun with a smiling face in the middle.

The full Fig. 3.

The full plate

Keywords: astronomy, astrology, sun, faces, diagrams, greyscale

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Added: 2012-10-08

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