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Science Art: Doree, Zeus, Faber by Edward Donovan

16 August 2015 grant 0

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Three names for one little fish. And those are just the beginning.

I found this one on the Scientific Illustration tumblog, which quoted Wikipedia on the doree (etc.):

John Dory, St Pierre

… Read the rest “Science Art: Doree, Zeus, Faber by Edward Donovan”

Science Art: Experience the Gravity of a Super Earth, NASA/JPL Exoplanet Travel Bureau

9 August 2015 grant 0

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Apparently, since last December at least, NASA has been creating vintage-style travel posters for exoplanets – the planets we’ve been discovering around… Read the rest “Science Art: Experience the Gravity of a Super Earth, NASA/JPL Exoplanet Travel Bureau”

Science Art: Her Majesty’s Cochins; Imported in 1843, published 1904.

2 August 2015 grant 0

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These are ostensibly Cochin chickens, or forerunners of what we’d call Cochins today. They’re a breed with a *lot* of character, and are uniquely suited,… Read the rest “Science Art: Her Majesty’s Cochins; Imported in 1843, published 1904.”

Science Art: Soaking Up the Rays of a Sun-Like Star, by NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle, 2015.

26 July 2015 grant 0

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This is an artist’s impression of a planet just discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission that’s gotten the folks at SETI all excited.

It’s the most… Read the rest “Science Art: Soaking Up the Rays of a Sun-Like Star, by NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle, 2015.”

Science Art: New Horizons (Tribute), NPR/NASA/Bradbury

19 July 2015 grant 0

From NPR’s Skunk Bear:

Words by Ray Bradbury. Images by NASA.

Science Art: Fig. 3, The Pocket Cephalometer, or Compass of Coordinates, by Dr. Gustave Le Bon, c.1878.

12 July 2015 grant 0

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This is a demonstration of an instrument used to measure “cephalic index,” or how big a person’s head was. This was, at this point in the 1800s, deemed important so that… Read the rest “Science Art: Fig. 3, The Pocket Cephalometer, or Compass of Coordinates, by Dr. Gustave Le Bon, c.1878.”

Science Art: Scheutz mechanical calculator (Zeichnung der Difference Engine No.1 aus dem Jahr 1853), 1867.

6 July 2015 grant 0

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Now, after that brief, regrettable interruption in service, a tribute to the computer.

This illustration is from The Elements of Natural Philosophy; Or, An Introduction… Read the rest “Science Art: Scheutz mechanical calculator (Zeichnung der Difference Engine No.1 aus dem Jahr 1853), 1867.”

Science Art: Fig. XLIII. Hydromylos, sive aquaria mola, 1662.

28 June 2015 grant 0

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This is a waterwheel, from a book written by architect and engineer Georg Andreas Boeckler, under the title Theatrum machinarum novum : exhibens opera molaria et aquatica constructum … Read the rest “Science Art: Fig. XLIII. Hydromylos, sive aquaria mola, 1662.”

Science Art: Paper Wings, by Nicole Frost.

21 June 2015 grant 0

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These are paper sculptures of birds’ wings – four specific categories of birds’ wings. As explained by their creator:

This is my paper sculpture of

… Read the rest “Science Art: Paper Wings, by Nicole Frost.”

Science Art: Beetle, magnified 26 diameters, 1871.

14 June 2015 grant 0

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This seems to be a minute beetle, as pictured in Objects for the microscope, being a popular description of the most instructive and beautiful subjects for exhibition… Read the rest “Science Art: Beetle, magnified 26 diameters, 1871.”

Science Art: Comparison between Deinonychus and Velociraptor’s feet, by Danny Cicchetti.

7 June 2015 grant 0

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File this, I guess, under “the problem with Jurassic Park.”

The little claw at the bottom belonged to the fearsome Velociraptor, a category of creatures … Read the rest “Science Art: Comparison between Deinonychus and Velociraptor’s feet, by Danny Cicchetti.”

Science Art: LightSail by Josh Spradling / The Planetary Society

31 May 2015 grant 0

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This is the thing the last song was about, LightSail, which even now is orbiting Earth and probably (if it’s going as expected) accelerating. We’re not entirely… Read the rest “Science Art: LightSail by Josh Spradling / The Planetary Society”

Plate LXXVII: The First Picture of an American Butterfly from The Butterfly Book by W.J. Holland, 1930 edition.

24 May 2015 grant 0

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In 1930, this picture… or rather, the picture with the inscriptions beside it… had never before been published. And the inscriptions are rather interesting.… Read the rest “Plate LXXVII: The First Picture of an American Butterfly from The Butterfly Book by W.J. Holland, 1930 edition.”

Science Art: Os Maxillaires Fossiles, by Pieter Camper.

17 May 2015 grant 0

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Jaws!

Pieter Camper was a fossil collector, and in 1786, he drew this jaw he’d acquired. He thought it belonged to a toothed whale. Another collector had a similar… Read the rest “Science Art: Os Maxillaires Fossiles, by Pieter Camper.”

Science Art: From Die Frau als Hausärztin by Anna Fischer-Dückelmann, 1911

10 May 2015 grant 0

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This is a naked woman, as seen in 1911 by a German medical expert. The book’s title translates to “The Woman As Family Doctor,” and it’s pretty much a home health… Read the rest “Science Art: From Die Frau als Hausärztin by Anna Fischer-Dückelmann, 1911”

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