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    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
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    Technology

    Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion
    Books / 
    Maps, Travel & Exploration, Technology

    Airopaidia (1786) — the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)
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    Technology

    The Rowing-Bath (1916)

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)
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    Technology

    Phenakistoscopes (1833)

    The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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    Technology

    The Over-Incubated Baby (1901)

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906
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    Technology

    A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906

    To New Horizons (1940)
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    Technology, The Future

    To New Horizons (1940)

    I Am The Edison Phonograph (1906)
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    Technology

    I Am The Edison Phonograph (1906)

    Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)
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    Natural World, Customs & Culture, Technology

    Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday (1902)

    Six and a Half Magic Hours (1958)
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    Travel & Exploration, Technology

    Six and a Half Magic Hours (1958)

    Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)
    Film / 
    Science & Medicine, War, Technology

    Plastic Reconstruction of the Face (1918)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
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    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Technology

    Manual Training — Play Problems (1917)

    How to use the Dial Telephone (1927)
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    Technology

    How to use the Dial Telephone (1927)

    The Telephonoscope (1879)
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    Technology, The Future, Communication

    The Telephonoscope (1879)

    The Westinghouse Works (1904)
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    Technology

    The Westinghouse Works (1904)

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    Just Imagine (1947)
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    Technology

    Just Imagine (1947)

    Film / 
    War, Technology

    Hands (1944)

    Design for Dreaming (1956)
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    Fashion, Technology, The Future

    Design for Dreaming (1956)

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    16th-century Prosthetics (1564)

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)
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    Science & Medicine, Technology

    Manuscript of Ismail al-Jazarī’s Ingenious Mechanical Devices (ca. 17th century)

    Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000
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    Science & Medicine, Technology, The Future

    Lost Futures: A 19th-Century Vision of the Year 2000

    Early Footage From Space (1963)
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    Technology, Astronomy & Space

    Early Footage From Space (1963)