An image from Rockets and Satellites Work Like This, as found on the marvelous Dreams of Space blog. It’s a children’s book about the then-current Space Race… Read the rest “Science Art: A space-ship might look like this, John W. Wood, 1968.”
This is from a government report – from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, a precursor to NASA – on L’Oiseau Blanc, an aircraft used … Read the rest “Science Art: Fig. 2 from “Drawings, views and engine of the Levasseur transatlantic plane” in NACA Aircraft Circular #50, Levasseur 8 Transatlantic Airplane, 1927.”
They itch. They dig in and they itch.
These are the mites that cause scabies, the tiny tunnelers, burrowing into the skin and digesting as they go. If your German’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Sarcoptes scabiei, from Brockhaus’ Konversations-Lexikon, 1892.”
Take a deep breath.
This is the inside of your lung, seen really closely. At the time his was drawn, we weren’t really sure what it did, other than… breathe. … Read the rest “Science Art: Figure 3, Transverse Section of a Single Cell by F. Bauer, Esq., F.R.S., 1827.”
This is the heart (and brain and pretty much anything that’s not an arm) of a brittle star, as sketched for Echinodermata, a study of the sea urchins, sand dollars, sea stars and close… Read the rest “Science Art: Echinodermata, Plate V detail, by James A. Grieg, 1921”
This is a story of explosive growth, as told by the USGS Landsat satellite, and recorded in the Earth Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center “Image… Read the rest “Science Art: Urban Expansion of Shenyang, China, 2014.”
A planetary self-portrait, apparently from Wonderland of Science, a book published in the 1930s.
This mysterious water-driven machine is from a mysterious Arabic manuscript, somewhere between 200 and 500 years old. The whole document is full of mechanisms with scoops… Read the rest “Science Art: Excerpt from The Arabic Machine Manuscript.”
This is from the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections in the Biodiversity Library.
I bet there’s all *kinds* of things in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.… Read the rest “Science Art: The Common Angler (Lophius piscatorus) (After W. Von Wright in Smitt), 1905.”
From The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines in Operation, found on archive.org.
The book seems to be part of an 1850 re-printing… Read the rest “Science Art: Stephenson’s Patent, 1850.”
Translation: The Englishman Watt wanted to make a steam engine. He spent so much time on it that he upset his aunt. Finally, however, he was successful.
From Public Domain… Read the rest “Science Art: The Englishman Watt wanted to make a steam engine…, 1873.”
Ever feel congested? Here’s where it happens – the paranasal sinuses. These ones are under your eyes. And the artery we’re specifically looking at here comes from the… Read the rest “Science Art: Figure Showing Anterior Ethmoidal Artery, 2013.”
Tennis, a different perspective. From All About the Human Body, 1958, found in the reference library of Newhouse Design.
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This is a bat from Tajikstan. According to the 2002 State of the Environment Report, it’s a rare bat. The European free-tailed bat.
No, he doesn’t look very free in that image.… Read the rest “Science Art: Tadarida teniotis Rafinesque.”
As the U.S. Geological Survey puts it:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Polar Bear – POV Cams (Spring 2014), by the USGS”This video was edited and compiled from raw footage recorded by a camera equipped radio collar that was put on a female polar bear in the Beaufort Sea
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