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Images Dated 27th August 2009 (page 7)

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Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Thomas Hyde, English orientalist

Thomas Hyde, English orientalist
Thomas Hyde (1636-1703), English orientalist. Hyde was educated at Eton College and then Cambridge University. He studied a wide variety of languages, especially oriental ones

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Hannibal, Carthaginian general

Hannibal, Carthaginian general
Hannibal (247-182 BC), Carthaginian general, mounted on his horse, wielding a shield and sword. In the Second Punic War (between Carthage and Rome)

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Butchers broom stem, light micrograph

Butchers broom stem, light micrograph
Butchers broom stem. Light micrograph of a section through a butchers broom stem (Ruscus aculeatis) showing many vascular bundles (clusters) within the plant cortex (pink)

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Elongate surgeonfish

Elongate surgeonfish. School of elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata) by a reef. Elongate surgeonfish are able to change colour from blue to brown over time

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence

Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence
Cosimo de Medici (1389-1464), ruler of Florence. Cosimo founded the Medici political dynasty that ruled Florence and wielded great power and influence

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Pyramid, 16th century artwork

Pyramid, 16th century artwork. Numerous ancient monuments worldwide have been built in the form of a pyramid. The most famous examples are the pyramids of Egypt

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Striped surgeonfish

Striped surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) grazing on algae growing on a coral reef. Photographed off Bali, Indonesia

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Dredging machine, 16th century artwork

Dredging machine, 16th century artwork. The dredge is at left, and a system of pulleys on the bank and on a floating platform

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist

Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist
Paracelsus (1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and physician. Born Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, he named himself Paracelsus (better than the Roman physician Celsus)

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Nudibranch and emperor shrimp

Nudibranch and emperor shrimp
Nudibranch (Chromodoris annae) with an emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator, centre). Nudibranchs, or sea-slugs, are shell-less marine molluscs that live in seas around the world

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Elongate surgeonfish

Elongate surgeonfish. School of elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata) by a reef. Elongate surgeonfish are able to change colour from blue to brown over time

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Stonehenge, 17th century artwork

Stonehenge, 17th century artwork. This megalithic stone circle was constructed over 5000 years ago as a Druid temple, burial ground, or astronomical observatory

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Canton Harbour, 17th century artwork

Canton Harbour, 17th century artwork
Canton Harbour with sailing ships and junk sailboats, 17th century artwork. Canton, the former name of Guangzhou, was one of the main trading routes between China and Europe

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Mechanised plough, 16th century artwork

Mechanised plough, 16th century artwork. This plough uses both oxen and a mechanical guidance and pulley system, operated by the two men at centre. A third man is guiding the plough

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Nile crocodile, 16th century artwork

Nile crocodile, 16th century artwork
Nile crocodile chasing a man, 16th century artwork. Nile crocodiles can reach a length of over six metres. They inhabit tropical and subtropical areas of Africa and Madagascar, near swamps

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Assorted tools, 16th century artwork

Assorted tools, 16th century artwork. These are measuring (right), filing (left), and drilling (centre) tools. This is an engraving from a book by the French inventor

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Scipio Africanus, Roman general

Scipio Africanus, Roman general
Scipio Africanus (circa 236-183 BC), Roman general. Scipio led armies against Carthage during the Second Punic War, with his most famous victory being his defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Bluespotted ribbontail ray

Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) foraging on the seabed. This stingray is found in the Indo-West Pacific region and feeds on molluscs, worms, shrimps, and crabs

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Moses tree, 16th century artwork

Moses tree, 16th century artwork. The fruits on this tree resemble those of a fig tree. This is a woodcut from Cosmographie de Levant (1556), an account of travels in Asia, Greece

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Underwater scenery

Underwater scenery. Soft corals growing on the pylons of a pier. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Sea squirts on coral

Sea squirts on coral
Sea squirts. Stalked green ascidians or grape tunicates (Oxycorynia fascicularis) growing on a reef. Sea squirts filter plankton from the water current which circulates through them

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: X-ray of bunions on the toes

X-ray of bunions on the toes
Coloured X-ray (top view) of the feet of a patient, showing bunions (hallux valgus) on each of the large toes. Bunions are a swelling of the large toe joint which deforms the toes

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Numa Pompilius, King of Rome

Numa Pompilius, King of Rome
Numa Pompilius (active around 700 BC), King of Rome. Numa was the second king of Rome, succeeding the legendary founder of Rome, Romulus

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Valentinis sharpnose puffer

Valentinis sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini) on a coral reef. This fish is also known as the black-saddled toby. Photographed in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast off Papua New Guinea

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Butterfly, 17th century artwork

Butterfly, 17th century artwork. Butterflies are winged insects that develop from a larval form known as a caterpillar. The larvae eat leaves, while butterflies feed on nectar

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Sawmill, 16th century artwork

Sawmill, 16th century artwork. This sawmill is being operated by pulling on a rope attached to a crank and pulley system. This powers a vertical chainsaw

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Stonehenge, 17th century artwork

Stonehenge, 17th century artwork. This megalithic stone circle was constructed over 5000 years ago as a Druid temple, burial ground, or astronomical observatory

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), English philosopher. Hobbes led a sheltered and long life, mostly as secretary and teacher to the family of Lord Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Flying fish, 17th century artwork

Flying fish, 17th century artwork
Flying fish near a ship in stormy waters, 17th century artwork. Flying fish use their front (pectoral) fins as wings, escaping from predators by leaping out of the water and gliding through the air

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Alexander the Great, King of Macedon

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), King of Macedon. Alexander succeeded his father as king in 336 BC. In a series of wars over a period of ten years he defeated the Persian Empire

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Flour mill, 16th century artwork

Flour mill, 16th century artwork. Men milling flour in a mill driven by human power, rather than wind or water. The mill operators are turning wheels on the centrla level to power the mill

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Tristao da Cunha, Portuguese explorer

Tristao da Cunha, Portuguese explorer
Tristao da Cunha (circa 1460 to circa 1540), Portuguese explorer and admiral, with an elephant in the background. From 1506, his fleet of 15 ships explored the southern Atlantic

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Inigo Jones, British architect

Inigo Jones, British architect
Inigo Jones (1573-1652), English architect. Jones designed a number of buildings in England, including the Queens House at Greenwich, London, and the Banqueting House at Whitehall

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Blue triggerfish

Blue triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus) blowing in the sand to locate prey on a coral reef. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Tamerlane, Turko-Mongol emperor

Tamerlane, Turko-Mongol emperor
Tamerlane (1336-1405), Turko-Mongol emperor. Also known as Timur, Tamerlanes people were descendents of the Mongols who had settled in Persian areas and become linguistically Turkic

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Lily anther, polar light micrograph

Lily anther, polar light micrograph
Lily anther. Polar light micrograph of a cross-section through a lily flower anther (Lilium sp.), showing four anther sacs (round structures)

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Francis Bacon, English philosopher

Francis Bacon, English philosopher
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher and statesman. Bacon wrote extensively on philosophy, advocating inductive reasoning from fact through axiom to law

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Ship launch system, 16th century artwork

Ship launch system, 16th century artwork. This method was originally invented by the Ancient Greek engineer Archimedes to pull a ship from land into water

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Laurent Joubert, French physician

Laurent Joubert, French physician
Laurent Joubert (1529-1582), French physician. Joubert studied at the University of Montpellier, and received his doctorate of medicine in 1558

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Attila, Emperor of the Huns

Attila, Emperor of the Huns
Attila (406-453), Emperor of the Huns. Originating from the steppes of Central Asia, the Huns swept westwards and established the large Hunnic Empire

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Issac Newton, English physicist

Issac Newton, English physicist
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English physicist, mathematician and alchemist. As a mathematician Newton discovered the binomial theorem and developed differential and integral calculus

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Long-tailed macaque

Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) sitting on a wall. This monkey is also known as the crab-eating macaque, but its diet is far more varied than that name suggests

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Harlequin shrimp

Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera elegans). This shrimp is almost always found in pairs, the female is larger than the male. It inhabits the tropical Indo-West Pacific region and feeds on starfish feet

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Parasitic marine snails

Parasitic marine snails (Luetzenia asthenosomae, white) laying eggs on a host fire urchin (Asthenosoma varium). Photographed in Bali, Indonesia

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian philosopher

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian philosopher
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian philosopher. Machiavellis career was as a civil servant for the Republic of Florence

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Powder-blue tang

Powder-blue tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) grazing on algal growth on corals. Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Cormorant, 17th century artwork

Cormorant, 17th century artwork
Cormorant on a coast in China, 17th century artwork. Cormorants are coastal seabirds that feed on fish, and are found worldwide

Background imageImages Dated 27th August 2009: Moths, 17th century artwork

Moths, 17th century artwork. Moths are winged insects that develop from a larval form known as a caterpillar. The larvae eat leaves, while moths feed on nectar



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