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1114x1319, 169x200, 627x742, 836x990 | 60.—Chinese Capstan.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) A pulley is often used in conjunction with a capstan, the rope passing round a pulley attached to the weight, and the mechanical advantage of the capstan is thereby doubled. Moreover, the free end of [...] Keywords: machinery, diagrams, wheels, pulleys, steampunk, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-02 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1057x1443, 146x200, 446x609, 595x812, 793x1082 | Title page for ConcordanceGeneva Bible Scans (1581) The title page for two concordances printed after the end of the New Testament in this 1581 Bible. The first was a table of words and names, the second more exegetical. My copy of this bible is missin [...] Keywords: page images, typography, religion, title pages, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2012-06-17 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 100x100, 200x200, 2102x2085, 296x293, 300x300, 394x391, 526x521, 64x64, 701x695, 746x760 | Initial Letter T With Naked PeopleGeneva Bible Scans (1581) This decorative initial was printed on the back of the title page of the “Whole Booke of Psalmes” to start the introduction. I am guessing the to figures are Adam and Eve, although at first I thought [...] Keywords: initials, lettert, nudity, people, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-01-11 + S K L |
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1167x1210, 1556x1614, 193x200, 2075x2152, 657x681, 875x908 | 61.—Wheel and axle comined with a screw.Elementary Mechanics, Including Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Revised edition (1882) A wheel and axle may be combined with a screw, as shewn in the contrivance of fig. 61. When the handle is turned, the screw-thread on its axle sends the cog-wheel forward one tooth for every revolutio [...] Keywords: machinery, screws, diagrams, wheels, knobs, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2009-01-04 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1000x563, 1280x720, 1600x900, 1920x1080, 2560x1440, 355x200, 3840x2160 | 62.—Chepstow from the bridge.History of Wales (1853) An engraving of Chepstow castle from (I think) the bridge over the River Wye. There is also a cropped version showing just the Welsh castle, suitable for 4:3 aspect ratio screens such as ipads and man [...] Keywords: castles, water, battlements, ruins, towers, trees, water, boats, people, widescreen, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2014-03-28 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 2048x1536, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Chepstow Castle, 4:3 cropped versionHistory of Wales (1853) This is a detail from the Chepstow From the Bridge engraving, sized suitably for a background. Keywords: castles, water, battlements, ruins, towers, trees, water, boats, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: Chepstow; Monmouthshire; Wales Added: 2014-03-28 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 160x200, 2907x3643, 559x700, 718x900, 969x1214 | Charles DickensIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) This full-page illustration accompanied an obituary of Charles Dickens in the edition of the “Illustrated London news” for the 18th June, 1870; Dickens’ death had been reported in the newspaper the pr [...] Keywords: portraits, dickens, people, beards, writers, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-05-25 + S K L |
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1024x640, 1152x720, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 2560x1600, 320x200, 640x400 | A closer crop of a portrait of Sir Charles DickensIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) The portrait is from an obituary of Sir Charles Dickens published the week after he died, in June 1870. This version is cropped so you just have his head, and is an aspect ratio suitable for a desktop [...] Keywords: portraits, dickens, writers, beards, people, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2013-05-26 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 149x200, 1671x2243, 558x750, 835x1122 | Matthew Parker, Archbishop of CanterburyThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) Parker’s deliberation, prudence, learning, and his thorough knowledge of ecclesiastical affairs in general, and particularly of the state of the Church of England from the beginning of the Reformation [...] Keywords: portraits, people, clerics, moustaches, signatures, hats, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2015-05-17 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 114x200, 428x750, 593x1038, 790x1382 | Title Page, Historical ObservationsThe Holy Court (1663) This title page occurs maybe three quarters of the way through the book; probably the book was published in separate sections and has been bound into a single volume. I made a separate image for the C [...] Keywords: title pages, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-11-06 + S K L |
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1024x640, 1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1920x1200, 320x200, 700x438 | Gadshill Place, Home of Charles Dickens.Illustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) A photograph of Charles Dickens outside his country home, Gadshill Place (also Gads Hill or Gas’s Hill Place) in Higham, Kent, UK, taken shortly before his death in 1870. Keywords: dickens, people, houses, buildings, exteriors, writrs, greyscale Places shown: Higham; Kent; England Added: 2013-06-05 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1180x917, 1573x1222, 257x200, 275x214, 708x550 | Crown from title page at p. 637The Holy Court (1663) A woodcut of a crown, used as decoration on the title page of Disturbers of the Holy Court. Keywords: crowns, royalty, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-10-13 + S K L |
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1052x1047, 1405x1397, 1873x1863, 201x200, 789x785 | Out of the WorldIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870) “[...] The scene is one which we understand the artist witnessed years ago at the Franciscan monastery at Tivoli. In a whiewashed cell of the monastery a young monk sits playing the harpsichord—one of [...] Keywords: monks, religion, musical instruments, pianos, music, books, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-03-31 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1117x1246, 179x200, 2234x2492, 672x750 | Robert Dudley, Earl of LeicesterThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) Robert Dudley is here seen wearing what looks like a Scottish regimental beret; he has a beard and moustache, and wears a ceremonial chain, ruff and (presumably) robe. His learned son, also Sir Robert [...] Keywords: people, portraits, beards, men, hats, berets, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-04-06 + S K L |
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124x200, 433x700, 594x960, 791x1280 | p. 650, showing page layoutFabrica... (1543) Fine typography from the 16th century. This image shows use of “historiated initials” as drop caps (available on this Web site as separate images), marginalia, and careful control of the darkness and [...] Keywords: page images, typography, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-01-24 + S K L |
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