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Science Art: Tabula XXIII: De humeri fracti compositioni & luxationem cubiti, humeri, ac femoris restitutioni, from Armamentum chirurgicum, by D. Joannis Sculteti, 1656

11 August 2013 grant 0

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A 17th-century guide to leg surgery. Unfortunately, my Latin’s not what it could be, so I can’t tell exactly what Dr. Joannis Sculteti is recommending we do here. I can tell,… Read the rest “Science Art: Tabula XXIII: De humeri fracti compositioni & luxationem cubiti, humeri, ac femoris restitutioni, from Armamentum chirurgicum, by D. Joannis Sculteti, 1656”

Science Art: Sketch of a Decompression Chamber in Use from Caisson Sickness, and the Physiology of Work in Compressed Air, by Leonard Hill, M.B., 1912.

4 August 2013 grant 0

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People seem to like caissons (pressurized chambers used to build foundations underwater), or so my search referrals tell me.

Well, here’s what working in a caisson can do to you –… Read the rest “Science Art: Sketch of a Decompression Chamber in Use from Caisson Sickness, and the Physiology of Work in Compressed Air, by Leonard Hill, M.B., 1912.”

Science Art: First test flight with an aerostat at Annonay

29 July 2013 grant 0

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From “Collection 476, 1re série” collector cards showing the history of ballooning. They were printed in France sometime before 1900. The Montgolfier Brothers flew their… Read the rest “Science Art: First test flight with an aerostat at Annonay”

Science Art: Plate from Kitab fi al-adwiyah al-mufradah by Abu Ja`far al-Ghafiqi.

21 July 2013 grant 0

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In the 11th century, this was the pinnacle of medical knowledge – a book called Kitab fi al-adwiyah al-mufradah compiled by an Andalusian scholar Abu Ja`far al-Ghafiqi.

It’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate from Kitab fi al-adwiyah al-mufradah by Abu Ja`far al-Ghafiqi.”

Science Art: Plan for the Muscles of the Eye by John Bell, 1810

14 July 2013 grant 0

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A striking gaze from Engravings of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints, Illustrating the First Volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body by John Bell, Surgeon.

Science Art: Black Hole Lensing by Urbane Legend

7 July 2013 grant 0

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An animated GIF (if it’s not moving for you, click the link) showing what it looks like if you’re looking at a black hole when a galaxy passes by in the background. Or at least when… Read the rest “Science Art: Black Hole Lensing by Urbane Legend”

Science Art: Chick and Egg of Tinamou &c, from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, February 13, 1868

30 June 2013 grant 0

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Awww – is a teeny tiny tinamou!

It’s from this 1868 issue of Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library collection, apparently… Read the rest “Science Art: Chick and Egg of Tinamou &c, from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, February 13, 1868”

Science Art: Ceratosaurus & Dryosaurus in Carnegie Museum, photo by Kordite.

23 June 2013 grant 0

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That’s a dryosaurus being hunted. Not a dysalotosaurus. Probably….

Photo from the Wikimedia Commons.

Science Art: Positron Discovery by C.D. Anderson

16 June 2013 grant 0

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That scratch going up the left half of the picture might look like an accidental blemish, but it’s actually the first trace of a positron (a fundamental unit of antimatter) ever recorded.… Read the rest “Science Art: Positron Discovery by C.D. Anderson”

Science Art: Hover Whales (from Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships; and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and preserving specimens of whales and porpoises. By Frederick W. True.)

9 June 2013 grant 0

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Image originally from Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships; and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and… Read the rest “Science Art: Hover Whales (from Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships; and to other observers, relative to the best means of collecting and preserving specimens of whales and porpoises. By Frederick W. True.)”

Science Art: VASIMR (Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket)

2 June 2013 grant 0

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This is one way we might visit that rosy Saturn hurricane from last week.

It’s VASIMR, a rocket engine that uses plasma to go to faraway places without having to haul… Read the rest “Science Art: VASIMR (Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket) ”

Science Art: “The Rose,” NASA Image of the Day Gallery,

26 May 2013 grant 1

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This is not actually a flower. It’s a giant hurricane – Saturn’s answer to Jupiter’s Big Red Spot.

From the NASA Image of the Day Gallery description:

This image

… Read the rest “Science Art: “The Rose,” NASA Image of the Day Gallery,”

Science Art: Mei yi ge fei jie he bing ren…(Consumptive Disease), 1953.

19 May 2013 grant 0

MeYiGeFeiJieHeBingRen

A medical poster about pulmonary disease. I can’t read all the writing under it (other than “yi” ((one)) and “ren” ((person))), but after the cold I’ve… Read the rest “Science Art: Mei yi ge fei jie he bing ren…(Consumptive Disease), 1953.”

“Space Oddity” by Commander Chris Hadfield

13 May 2013 grant 0

If you’re going to say goodbye to the International Space Station….

Science Art: Doris, from Le Larousse Pour Tous, 1909.

12 May 2013 grant 0

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“Genre de mollusques gastropodes, renfermant des animaux nus, de touts les mers.”

A popular genre of gastropods. Also the name of a boat (a dory, I reckon) and a mythological… Read the rest “Science Art: Doris, from Le Larousse Pour Tous, 1909.”

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