Telescope Collection (page 4)

Looking for Admiral Byng, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Looking for Admiral Byng, 1897. British admiral John John Byng (1704-1757) was shot on board the Monarque, at Spithead, for Misbehaviour before the French Fleet in the Mediterranean

A General at Sea, 1897. Creator: John Leech
A General at Sea, 1897. Caricature of an army officer in Napoleonic-era uniform, sitting on a wooden toy horse. At sea here implies incompetence

General in the Parliamentary Army, 1897. Creator: John Leech
General in the Parliamentary Army, 1897. Caricature of a roundhead soldier in the English Civil War (1642-1648). He wears a saucepan for a helmet, and is looking the wrong way through a telescope

Admiral of the Time, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Admiral of the Time, 1897. Portly man wearing a Napoleonic hat and an unusual outfit that appears to be made of scales. From " The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett

Galileo Galilei, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Galileo Galilei, (1933). Portrait of Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher and mathematician Galileo (1564-1642). Galileo played a major role in the scientific revolution

The flying ship of Bartolomeu de Gusmao, c1709 (1932). Creator: Unknown
The flying ship of Bartolomeu de Gusmao, c1709 (1932). On 17 April 1709, Friar Bartolomeu de Gusmao (1685-1724), a Portuguese Jesuit priest and naturalist, petitioned King John V of Portugal

The Sun viewed with the Skylab 3 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973. Creator: NASA
The Sun viewed with the Skylab 3 Apollo Telescope Mount, 1973. The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) on Skylab was Americas first full-scale, manned astronomical observatory in space

Supporting each man on the top of the tide pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
Supporting each man on the top of the tide from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898), pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

To pursue it with forks and hope, pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
To pursue it with forks and hope from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving). Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898); pen name: Lewis Carroll

Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738 - 1822), pub. 1867. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738 - 1822) pub. 1867 (photograph). Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792 ? 1871); English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor

William and Caroline Herschel, pub. 1896. Creator: American School (19th Century)
William and Caroline Herschel, pub. 1896 (colour lithograph). Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750 - 1848), first woman to discover a Comet and assisted her brother

Herschels Grand Telescope, (Fig. 24), pub. 1797. Creator: English School (18th Century)
Herschels Grand Telescope, (Fig. 24), Plate 505 from Encyclopaedia Britannica, pub. 1797 (engraving). Herschels 40-foot telescope was built between in 1785 and 1789 at Observatory House in Slough

The Great Equatorial Telescope in the Dome, Greenwich Observatory, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Great Equatorial Telescope in the Dome, Greenwich Observatory, (c1878). The 28-inch Greenwich refracting telescope at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, south London

Naval officer, 19th century. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Naval officer, 19th century. Man in naval officers uniform

C. S. Wright Making Observation with the Transit. 8 August 1911, (1913). Artist
C. S. Wright Making Observation with the Transit. 8 August 1911, (1913). Expedition physicist Charles Wright (1887-1975) working at night with small telescope mounted on a box

Newton Invents a New Telescope, c1934. Illustration showing Isaac Newton (1643-1727) with his invention, the Newtonian telescope, and assistant grinding lenses

Lieut. Evans Observing An Occultation of Jupiter, 8 June 1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
Lieut. Evans Observing An Occultation of Jupiter, 8 June 1911, (1913). Lieutenant Edward Teddy Evans (1881-1957) using a telescope

The Popular Science Educator front cover, 1935
The Popular Science Educator front cover, . From The Popular Science Educator, Volume 1, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London, ]

Hedged Round With Steel and Concrete, the 100-Inch Reflector, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

The Battle of Wagram, 6 July 1809, (1896). Artist: M Haider
The Battle of Wagram, 6 July 1809, (1896). Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) leading the French army against the Austrians at the Battle of Wagram in Austria

Galileo Telescope, from late 1700

Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642), Italian astronomer and physicist showing his invention of the telescope, lithograph

National Astronomical Observatory of Spain, built in 1790 by order of Charles III, engraving 1870

The great telescope erected on Wandsworth Common, London, c1853. The telescope was constructed in 1852 by the Reverend John Craig and was the lagest refracting telescope in the world at that time

A civic louse in the state bed!!!, or the Corporation conglomorated!!, 1824. Artist
A civic louse in the state bed!!!, or the Corporation conglomorated!!, 1824. The City aldermen and Lord Mayor John Garratt examining an enormous louse on the Mansion House state bed

View of The Observatory in Southwark, London, 1835. Artist: Charles Bellamy
View of The Observatory in Southwark, London, 1835. The Observatory was erected in 1835 for the British Parallactic Society

View of James Sadlers balloon over Mermaid Gardens, Hackney, London, 1811. Artist
View of James Sadlers balloon over Mermaid Gardens, Hackney, London, 1811. The balloon contains James Sadler and Captain Paget

Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London, 1844. Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
View of London from the hill in Greenwich Park, 1844; with the Royal Greenwich Observatory on the left and Greenwich Hospital below on the right

Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration …, c. 1844
Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration or Importing the Fair Sex from Savage Islands in Consequence of Importing all our own to Australia!, pub. C. 1844 (hand coloured engraving)

Admirals All, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea 1905
Admirals All - He clapped the glass to his sightless eye And I m damned if I see it he said. Illustration relating to Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)

Col. Ja s. A Mulligan, of the Illinois Irish Brigade, 19th century
Col. Ja s. A Mulligan, of the Illinois Irish Brigade, pub. (colour lithograph)

Het Jaar 1804!!!, 1794
Het Jaar 1804!!!, published 1794 (hand-coloured engraving)

Victory at Pyongyang Castle, 1894
Victory at Pyongyang Castle, pub. 1894 (colour woodcut)

WWI Recruitment Poster for the Naval Service of Canada, 1915
WWI Recruitment Poster for the Naval Service of Canada, pub. 1915 (colour lithograph)

Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, 1792
Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, pub. 1792 (b/w photo)

Commander Evans observing an Occulation of Jupiter, Antarctica, 1910-1912. Artist
Commander Evans observing an Occulation of Jupiter, Antarctica, 1910-1912. Edward Evans (1881-1957) was second in command of Captain Scotts Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle contemplating the plurality of worlds, 1791. Artist
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle contemplating the plurality of worlds, 1791. French mathematician Bernard Fontenelle (1657-1757) stands by a telescope, looking up at the Moon in the night sky

A Greek astronomer studying the stars, 1694. Artist: Johannes Kip
A Greek astronomer studying the stars, 1694. Illustration from Book 1, Part 5 Chapter 17, of The Principles of Philosophy by Anthony Le Grand, 1694

Astonomers looking through a telescope, 1660-1661. Artist: Andreas Cellarius
Astonomers looking through a telescope, 1660-1661. From The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius

Astronomy, c1750. Artist: Richard Houston
Astronomy, c1750. Men and women using astronomical instruments in a garden surrounded by Classical ruins

Anti-aircraft women of the ATS operating an identification telescope, 1943. From Roof Over Britain. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Cassells Robinson Crusoe, c1870. From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. [Cassell, Petter and Galpin, London]

Women on duty on an anti-aircraft battery, 1943.The girls cannot be beaten in action, said the officer commanding a mixed battery. They are quite as steady, if not steadier, than the men

Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, 2009. Several astronomical observatories have been built at Roque de Los Muchachos

Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, 2009. Several astronomical observatories have been built at Roque de Los Muchachos

MAGIC telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Several astronomical observatories have been built at Roque de Los Muchachos, the highest point on La Palma at an altitude of just over 2400 metres

La vue, after 1635. Artist: Bosse, Abraham (1602-1676)
La vue, after 1635. Found in the collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts de Tours

The Gregorian telescope, 1736-1748. Artist: Paris, Claude (1703-1763)
The Gregorian telescope, 1736-1748. Found in the collection of the Academie des sciences

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