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Scientific illustration of Mayan pyramids by Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck, 19th century.

Science Art: Pyramid of the Sun and the Moon (1825-1835), by Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck

12 January 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of Mayan pyramids by Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck, 19th century.Click to embiggen

A painting of Mayan pyramids by a mysterious man, described on Public Domain Review (where I found this image) as an “artist, erotic publisher, explorer, and general… Read the rest “Science Art: Pyramid of the Sun and the Moon (1825-1835), by Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck”

A scientific illustration (in the form of a cartoon) depicting the coming age of helicopters, when police will simply be able to hover by your high-rise apartment window to conduct their inquiries.

Science Art: From The Helicopters Are Coming, 1944.

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A scientific illustration (in the form of a cartoon) depicting the coming age of helicopters, when police will simply be able to hover by your high-rise apartment window to conduct their inquiries. Click to embiggen
This illustration, by Erik Nitsche and Roslyn Welcher, is from a book by CBF Macauley that claims to be “the first complete work ever dedicated to the subject of helicopters.”… Read the rest “Science Art: From The Helicopters Are Coming, 1944.”

Scientific illustration of an induction coil from The How and Why of Radio Apparatus. It's an old electric image. Antique equipment FTW.

Science Art:Induction Coil Cutaway, 1920

29 December 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of an induction coil from The How and Why of Radio Apparatus. It's an old electric image. Antique equipment FTW. Click to embiggen

From Harry Winfield Secor’s The How and Why of Radio Apparatus, from the Experimenter Publishing Co., which you can read here.

Electricity was the theme of my Yule… Read the rest “Science Art:Induction Coil Cutaway, 1920”

Scientific illustration of synapsid reptiles, which are not dinosaurs really, but include things like Dimetrodon, from The Dinosaur Book.

Science Art: The evolution of the synapsid reptiles, by John C. Germann,1945

22 December 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of synapsid reptiles, which are not dinosaurs really, but include things like Dimetrodon, from The Dinosaur Book.Click to embiggen
These are not dinosaurs – they’re older than that – but they are in The Dinosaur Book, Edwin H. Colbert’s 1945 guide to prehistoric creatures… Read the rest “Science Art: The evolution of the synapsid reptiles, by John C. Germann,1945”

Scientific illustration as heraldry: a dinosaur coat of arms for Dornogovi Province, Mongolia

Science Art: Coat of Arms of Dornogovi Aimag in Mongolia

15 December 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration as heraldry: a dinosaur coat of arms for Dornogovi Province, MongoliaClick to embiggen

A dinosaur in a coat of arms for Dornogovi Province, Mongolia. It’s from Wikimedia Commons’ “Dinosaurs in Heraldry” section. As UNESCO reminds… Read the rest “Science Art: Coat of Arms of Dornogovi Aimag in Mongolia”

scientific illustration of a blended wing aircraft, or hybrid wing body, a jet concept tested by NASA

Science Art: Hybrid Wing Body, NASA, 2013

8 December 2019 grant 0

scientific illustration of a blended wing aircraft, or hybrid wing body, a jet concept tested by NASAClick to embiggen

NASA, for a while, was looking at different ways an aircraft’s body could be used to generate lift, rather than having wings sort of stuck on the fuselage after the… Read the rest “Science Art: Hybrid Wing Body, NASA, 2013”

Scientific illustration of a lilac kingfisher, an Indonesian bird, from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Science Art: Pl. 119 Cittura cyanotis, from A monograph of the Alcedinidae : or, family of kingfishers by Richard Bowdler Sharpe.

1 December 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a lilac kingfisher, an Indonesian bird, from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.Click to embiggen slightly

A lilac kingfisher, as pictured in the 1800s in A Monograph of the Alcedinidae, found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

It’s a bird from Sulawesi, … Read the rest “Science Art: Pl. 119 Cittura cyanotis, from A monograph of the Alcedinidae : or, family of kingfishers by Richard Bowdler Sharpe.”

Scientific illustration of rat neurons stained with antibodies in green, red and blue.

Science Art: Neurons from rat brain tissue stained green with antibody to ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)… by Gerry Shaw, 2005

24 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of rat neurons stained with antibodies in green, red and blue. Click to embiggen

Glia are the cells around neurons that manufacture myelin (the insulation around nerve cells), help repair cell damage and, apparently, have something to do with creating… Read the rest “Science Art: Neurons from rat brain tissue stained green with antibody to ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)… by Gerry Shaw, 2005”

Scientific illustration of Genesee County "swill-pail" hogs, from Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 1862.

Science Art: Genesee County Hogs of the “Swill-Pail Breed,” from Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, March 22, 1862

17 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of Genesee County "swill-pail" hogs, from Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 1862.Click to embiggen

Swill-pail hogs from upstate New York, as featured on the front page of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, a delightful paper that promised “Agriculture, Horticulture,… Read the rest “Science Art: Genesee County Hogs of the “Swill-Pail Breed,” from Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, March 22, 1862”

Scientific illustration of a neuron, a brain cell, being electrifying. By Nicolas P. Rougier

Science Art: Neuron Matrix, by Nicolas P. Rougier

10 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a neuron, a brain cell, being electrifying. By Nicolas P. RougierClick to embiggen slightly

A nerve, an electric cell, a node in a network.

A place and size where electricity meets chemistry inside our bodies. This appears to be an illustration of synapses… Read the rest “Science Art: Neuron Matrix, by Nicolas P. Rougier”

Scientific illustration as football uniform: the UCF Space Game 2019 uniform

Science Art: UCF Space Game football uniform, 2019

3 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration as football uniform: the UCF Space Game 2019 uniformClick to embiggen vastly

UCF, the University of Central Florida, is the university closest to the Kennedy Space Center, and has a rivalry with the *other* space-launch city, Houston, that’s… Read the rest “Science Art: UCF Space Game football uniform, 2019”

A scientific illustration - a photograph, really - of John Wesley Powell's boat, used to explore the Grand Canyon and the American West in 1871

Science Art: Major John Wesley Powell’s Boat, the Emma Dean, 1871.

28 October 2019 grant 0

A scientific illustration - a photograph, really - of John Wesley Powell's boat, used to explore the Grand Canyon and the American West in 1871Click to embiggen

Major John Wesley Powell was a soldier and explorer, a geologist and a professor who led the first government expedition down the Grand Canyon – traveling part of… Read the rest “Science Art: Major John Wesley Powell’s Boat, the Emma Dean, 1871.”

Scientific illustration of human anatomy; The normal conduction system of the heart, by Rob Kreuger

Science Art: The normal conduction system of the heart, by Rob Kreuger.

20 October 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of human anatomy; The normal conduction system of the heart, by Rob Kreuger

Just looking at heart pictures. No reason.

Nice when they work right.

Image from Wikimedia Commons.

Scientific Illustration of the development of the gonophore - reproductive cells.

Science Art: Development of the Gonophore…., 1891

13 October 2019 grant 0

Scientific Illustration of the development of the gonophore - reproductive cells. Click to embiggen

From Johns Hopkins circular “On the Structure and Development of the Gonophores of a Certain Siphonophore Belonging to the Order Auronectae (Haeckel).”… Read the rest “Science Art: Development of the Gonophore…., 1891”

Scientific Illustration of a warming Scotland, from #ShowYourStripes data visualization project

Science Art: Warming Stripes for Scotland from 1884-2018, from #ShowYourStripes, University of Reading’s Institute for Environmental Analytics.

6 October 2019 grant 0

Scientific Illustration of a warming Scotland, from #ShowYourStripes data visualization projectClick to embiggen

This how much the average temperature in Scotland has changed, year over year, since 1884. The white stripes represent the average temperature in Scotland between 1971… Read the rest “Science Art: Warming Stripes for Scotland from 1884-2018, from #ShowYourStripes, University of Reading’s Institute for Environmental Analytics.”

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