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Scientific: Astronomy - Early examples
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J.A. Whipple, 1860 (ca), The Moon, Taken at Cambridge Observatory by John A. Whipple, Stereocard, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/15943
Gemma Frisius, 1545 (published), A drawing by Gemma Frisius showing how he used a pinhole within a darkened room to study the solar eclipse of 1544, Engraving, Private collection, LL/31674
1842, 7 July, Appearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin, Magazine illustration, engraving, Google Books, LL/35222
1842, 7 July, Appearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin, Magazine illustration, engraving, Google Books, LL/35223
J.A. Whipple, 1851, 6 August, The Moon, August 6, 1851, Daguerreotype, Middlebury College Museum of Art, LL/33108
J.A. Whipple, 1852, 26 February, View of the Moon, February 26, 1852, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Harvard College Observatory, LL/33124
J.A. Whipple, 1852, Daguerreotypes of the Sun and Moon, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35219
W. & F. Langenheim, 1854, 26 May, Eclipse of the Sun, May 26, 1854, Daguerreotype, Metropolitan Museum of Art, LL/33211
Unidentified photographer (English), 1850s (late), Photograph of the Moon, Salt print, from collodion negative, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/43314
Henry Draper, 1863, 3 September, The Moon, Hastings Historical Society, LL/38104
Warren De la Rue, 1865, Photo-engraving of a Lunar Photograph, Photo-engraving, cropped, Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, LL/46489
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1869, October, The Moon, Magazine illustration, engraving, Google Books, LL/35224
Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1870, 14 May (taken) 1873 (published), The Moon, May 14, 1870, Photographic print, cropped, Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, LL/46490
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1870 (ca), Moon, Carte de visite, AnamorFose, LL/8771
Unidentified creator, 1870 (ca), Galaxies, Magic lantern slide, AnamorFose, LL/8759
Unidentified creator, 1870 (ca), Nebulae, Magic lantern slide, AnamorFose, LL/8760
Unidentified creator, 1870 (ca), Moon, Magic lantern slide, AnamorFose, LL/8772
Warren De la Rue, n.d., Glass view of the moon, Glass stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17485
Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. I., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17486
Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. II., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17487
Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. III., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17488
Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. IV., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17489
Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. V., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17490
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, 1874, Transit of Venus, Glass negative, in wooden frame, National Maritime Museum, LL/46459
William de Wiveleslie Abney, 1874, Photographic plate of the transit of Venus, taken at Luxor, Egypt, Photographic plate, National Maritime Museum, LL/46417
Charles Burton, 1874, Transit of Venus, Photographic print, Armagh Observatory, LL/45765
Unidentified photographer, 1885, 16 March, The Beginning of the eclipse at Vassar College. March 16, 1885, Carte de visite, Harvard College Observatory, LL/41593
Paul & Prosper Henry, 1885, 13 August, A Section of the Constellation Cygnus, Albumen silver print, from glass negative, Metropolitan Museum of Art, LL/40528
S.W. Burnham, 1889, 21 December (taken), Total Eclipse of December 21, 1889, Albumen print, Archive Farms, LL/38892
Isaac Roberts, 1888, 29 December, Great Andromeda Nebula, M31, Heliogravure, AnamorFose, LL/8757
Isaac Roberts, 1888, 29 December, Handwriten text on the border of the Heliogravure Great Andromeda Nebula, M31, Heliogravure, AnamorFose, LL/8758
Paus Henry (1848-1905) & Prosper Henry (1849-1903), 1890, Photographie Lunaire, Corne Nord, Albumen print, Lempertz - Cologne, LL/50733
Harvard College Observatory, 1896, 17 April, Omega Centauri [photograph taken by Bruce telescope, April 17, 1896, exposed 30 minutes], Photographic print, Harvard University Archives, LL/41658
Unidentified photographer, 1898, 27 December, Eclipse of Dec. 27, 1898, made at Thomaston, Me. with 3 inch telescope, Photographic print, Harvard College Observatory, LL/41594
Unknown (Astrophotographe en mission), 1898 (ca), Détermination du pôle magnétique terrestre Grand Nord, Collodion printing-out paper print from glass negative, CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux, LL/41113
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1910 (ca), Morehouse's Comet, [Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)], Stereoview, AnamorFose, LL/8765
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1910 (ca), Meteor in Constellation of Orion, [Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)], Stereoview, AnamorFose, LL/8761
Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30262
Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30263
Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30264
Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30265
Unidentified photographer, 1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm, Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30245
Unidentified photographer, 1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm, Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30246
Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30247
Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30248
Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30249
Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30250
Unidentified photographer, 1912, 15 March, Nova and Geminopum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30253
Unidentified photographer, 1912, 15 March, Nova and Geminopum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30254
Unidentified photographer, 1912, 15 March, Nova and Geminopum (clipping), Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30255
Unidentified photographer, 1915 (ca), Solar Spectrum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30318
Unidentified photographer, 1915 (ca), Solar Spectrum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30319
Sir Arthur Eddington, 1919, 29 May, Total Solar Eclipse, [Royal Astronomical Society expedition to Principe], Halftone, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/39514
E. Allen Bicknell, 1925 (ca), Solar Eclipse, Gelatin silver print, AnamorFose, LL/8770
Adolf Fassbender, 1925, Total Eclipse, Silver bromide print, Howard Greenberg Gallery, LL/37946
Marc Ferrez, Humberto Saraiva Antúnez, and José Carlos de Carvalho, 1888, Moving the Bendégo Meteorite, Albumen print, SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, LL/46067
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1874, Lord Lindsey`s Photographic arrangements as set up at Dun Echt, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/38050
John Herschel, 1839, View of the telescope at Slough, Photogenic drawing, Museum of the History of Science, LL/39610
Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1842, View of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, Calotype, Museum of the History of Science, LL/39611
Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1858, Stereoscopically illustrated book. Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth. Published by Lowell Reeve in 1858. The hard bound book has over 450 pages and is illustrated with 20 real photographic stereo views., Book cover, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17483
Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1858, Illustration from Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth., Stereo, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/17484
F. Florßn, 1882, Telescopio traido por la Comision Francesa para fotografiar el trßnsito de Venus frente al Sol (Bragado, Provincia de Buenos Aires), Albumen print, Private collection of Roberto A. Ferrari, LL/30027
Keystone View Company, n.d., # (P125) P-V26373 Telescope in the Lick Observatory, Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, LL/13883
Henry Draper, 1880 (ca), Interior of Henry Draper's observatory, Albumen print (?), Hastings Historical Society, LL/38246
Henry Draper, 1880 (ca), Henry Draper's astronomical observatory, Albumen print, Hastings Historical Society, LL/38249
Unidentified photographer, 1880 (ca), Lord Ross' Telescope [Ireland], Albumen print, Archive Farms, LL/38904
Harvard College Observatory, 1896-1899 (ca), [Bruce Telescope at Harvard College Observatory, Southern Station, Arequipa, Peru, Cyanotype, Harvard University Archives, LL/41657
Eugène Atget, 1912, April, L'Eclipse, avril 1912, Albumen print, George Eastman Museum, LL/45516
   
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