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    Coughs, Sneezes, and Jet-Propelled Germs: Two Public Service Films by Richard Massingham (1945)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine

    Coughs, Sneezes, and Jet-Propelled Germs: Two Public Service Films by Richard Massingham (1945)

    First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine

    First Paper to Link CO2 and Global Warming, by Eunice Foote (1856)

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Optics Illustrations from the Physics Textbooks of Amédée Guillemin (1868/1882)

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts, Natural World

    Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1814)

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Technology

    Steam-Powered Tooth Extraction on an Envelope (1894)

    George Mayerle’s Eye Test Chart (ca. 1907)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    George Mayerle’s Eye Test Chart (ca. 1907)

    Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom

    Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)

    Chladni Figures (1787)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Chladni Figures (1787)

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    Alexander Graham Bell’s Tetrahedral Kites (1903–9)

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings (1882)

    Rainbows in Art
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Splash of a Drop (1895)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Splash of a Drop (1895)

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Illustrations from a Descriptive Iconography of Cacti (1841)

    Blue-Sky Thinking: *The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight* (1877)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Blue-Sky Thinking: The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight (1877)

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Death

    Images from The Champion Text Book on Embalming (1897)

    The Music of Light: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s Colour Analysis Charts (1902)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Music & Arts

    The Music of Light: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s Colour Analysis Charts (1902)

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, War

    Reed Bontecou’s Portraits of Wounded Soldiers (1865)

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Self-Portrait by Ernst Mach (1886)