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Illustrations of Ventilation (1869)
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Science & Medicine

Illustrations of Ventilation (1869)

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)

Olympic Diving Diagrams (1912)
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Sport & Exercise

Olympic Diving Diagrams (1912)

Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)
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Science & Medicine, People, Geometry & Diagrams, Emotion & Expression

Phrenology Diagrams from Vaught’s Practical Character Reader (1902)

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

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

Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)
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Geometry & Diagrams

Cosmography Manuscript (12th Century)

Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)
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Strange Phenomena, Science & Medicine

Synaesthesia’s Colour Debut (1883)

Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the *Divina Commedia* (1855/1872)
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Music & Arts, Religion, Myth & Legend

Diagramming Dante: Michelangelo Caetani’s Maps of the Divina Commedia (1855/1872)

Diagrams for Travel from the *Qanoon-e-Islam* (1832)
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Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend, Colonialism & the ‘Other’, Travel & Exploration

Diagrams for Travel from the Qanoon-e-Islam (1832)

Essays
Jacob Sarnoff and the Strange World of Anatomical Filmmaking

Jacob Sarnoff and the Strange World of Anatomical Filmmaking

By Miriam Posner

US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE - Miriam Posner on what led a 1920s Brooklyn surgeon to remove the veins from a day-old infant, mount them on a board, and film them being pumped with air. more

1 Sep 2015