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Scientific Illustration of a star map; the constellations of the summer months

Science Art: Map IX: The Constellations of June and July by William Peck.

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Scientific Illustration of a star map; the constellations of the summer monthsClick to embiggen
An image of the summer sky (in the Northern Hemisphere) by William Peck, F.R.A.S., from his book, The constellations and how to find them; 13 maps, showing the position … Read the rest “Science Art: Map IX: The Constellations of June and July by William Peck.”

scientific illustration of Mariner 10 for a 10c stamp

Science Art: Mariner 10 issue of 1975, by Roy Gjerston

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scientific illustration of Mariner 10 for a 10c stampClick to embiggen

Roy Gjerston was an artist who designed stamps for the US Postal Service and spaceship concept art for General Dynamics. So this stamp, commemorating the Mariner 10 probe… Read the rest “Science Art: Mariner 10 issue of 1975, by Roy Gjerston”

scientific illustration of an echocardiogram.

Science Art: Heart normal parasternal long axis echocardiography view by Patrick J. Lynch

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scientific illustration of an echocardiogram.Click to embiggen
This is an image of an image of the heart – or at least an image of heart imaging. An echocardiogram done upward or downward from between the ribs beside the sternum.… Read the rest “Science Art: Heart normal parasternal long axis echocardiography view by Patrick J. Lynch”

Scientific Illustration of NASA's Skylab

Science Art: Skylab Artist Concept, 1972

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Scientific Illustration of NASA's Skylab Click to embiggen

A house in space, with a big carport. Spaceport. You get the idea.

From NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center:

This illustration Skylab shows the Apollo capsule,

… Read the rest “Science Art: Skylab Artist Concept, 1972”
Scientific illustration of desmids (algae)

Science Art: Plate XIV (Cosmarium species from Desmids of the United States….

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Scientific illustration of desmids (algae)

Single-celled algae, magnified 500 times.

They float in ponds and stream banks. I found them in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, in the Rev. Francis Wolle’s 1884 book Desmids … Read the rest “Science Art: Plate XIV (Cosmarium species from Desmids of the United States….”

Scientific illustration of Rufus Porter's airship, dubbed the "aeroport"

Science Art: Rufus Porter’s “Travelling Balloon,” later renamed the “aeroport,” from Mechanics magazine, Nov. 8, 1834

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Scientific illustration of Rufus Porter's airship, dubbed the "aeroport"

This airship is a kind of ancestor of the blimp or dirigible, designed by 19th-century American artist and inventor Rufus Porter, who’s perhaps best remembered today not for his … Read the rest “Science Art: Rufus Porter’s “Travelling Balloon,” later renamed the “aeroport,” from Mechanics magazine, Nov. 8, 1834”

Scientific Illustration of a Single-Piezo-Actuator Rotary-Hammering Drill patent from NASA, used for gathering core samples from alien planets.

Science Art: Perspective Cutaway View of a Rotary Hammering Sample Acquisition Section (Fig. 5) from NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20150003208

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Scientific Illustration of a Single-Piezo-Actuator Rotary-Hammering Drill patent from NASA, used for samples.Click to embiggen

A way NASA plans to get core samples from Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, and beyond – a drill designed to cut bedrock.

From the NASA Technical Report on the device:

Using

… Read the rest “Science Art: Perspective Cutaway View of a Rotary Hammering Sample Acquisition Section (Fig. 5) from NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 20150003208”
scientific illustration of a dinosaur eating a bird

Science Art: Sinocalliopteryx gigas as a stealth hunter feeding on the primitive bird Confuciusornis, by Cheung Chungtat

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Scientific illustration by Cheung Chungtat of Chinese feathered dinosaur Sinocalliopteryx gigasClick to embiggen

An Easter Sunday lunch is served: an early bird!

This is the Chinese feathered dinosaur Sinocalliopteryx gigas, chomping the bird Confuciusornis – something … Read the rest “Science Art: Sinocalliopteryx gigas as a stealth hunter feeding on the primitive bird Confuciusornis, by Cheung Chungtat”

Scientific illustration of M87 black hole taken by Chandra X-ray Observatory

Science Art: Chandra X-ray Observatory close-up of the core of the M87 galaxy, by NASA/CXC/Villanova University/J. Neilsen

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Scientific illustration of M87 black hole taken by Chandra X-ray ObservatoryClick to embiggen
This is not the famous Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) black hole image that you’ve probably seen by now. It’s a visualization of some of the data that helped… Read the rest “Science Art: Chandra X-ray Observatory close-up of the core of the M87 galaxy, by NASA/CXC/Villanova University/J. Neilsen”

Scientific illustration of a watch escapement

Science Art: Verge Watch Escapement, from The Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary, Vol. 2, 1820.

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Scientific illustration of a watch escapement

A horological device called a “verge escapement” (on the bottom) with a balance wheel (on the top) from a pocketwatch.

An “escapement” is the thing that makes… Read the rest “Science Art: Verge Watch Escapement, from The Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary, Vol. 2, 1820.”

A scientific illustration of a mite.

Science Art: Plate LIL, Fig 3: Cepheus bifidatus Nymph, from British Oribatidae, 1884

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A scientific illustration of a mite. Click to embiggen

Mm. Mighty mite.

From a this book of mites.

Luckily for us, these mites (the Oribatidae) aren’t parasitic. They live in dirt (which they turn, like earthworm), and… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate LIL, Fig 3: Cepheus bifidatus Nymph, from British Oribatidae, 1884”

Ichneumon Fly, a scientific illustration

Science Art: Ichneumon Fly, from the USDA’s Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 1941

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Ichneumon Fly, a scientific illustrationClick to embiggen

“Lays eggs on larva boring in wood.” Add just one comma and that comes across as harsh criticism, but it’s really meant as a compliment.

This is from … Read the rest “Science Art: Ichneumon Fly, from the USDA’s Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, 1941”

Roman central heating

Science Art: Hypocaustum excavated behind the old city of Rottenburg am Neckar , by Eduard von Kallee.

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Roman central heatingClick to embiggen

An ancient Roman central heating system – hot water would be flooded through the basement, and the floors would warm up. “Hypocaust” was the name of… Read the rest “Science Art: Hypocaustum excavated behind the old city of Rottenburg am Neckar , by Eduard von Kallee.”

Science Art: Four views of the Alvan Clark & Sons workshop…, from Scientific American, Sep. 24, 1887

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Here, an astronomical family is building a 36-inch refractor telescope known as the Great Lick Refractor in the 1880s. It’s named for James Lick, an eccentric entrepreneur who financed… Read the rest “Science Art: Four views of the Alvan Clark & Sons workshop…, from Scientific American, Sep. 24, 1887”

from https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll59/id/91/rec/3

Science Art: Progne purpurea. Purple martin, by Howard Jones, 1886

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from https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll59/id/91/rec/3Click to embiggen

A bird in its home (grown on a vine, fashioned by humans).

Cute little guy, too.

I found this on the Scientific Illustration tumblr, which got it from the Cincinnati Public… Read the rest “Science Art: Progne purpurea. Purple martin, by Howard Jones, 1886”

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