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Marconi radio apparatus
Marconi radio equipment. This is a Marconi type 31 crystal receiver for ships. Marconi patented his radio equipment in 1896, founding a company in 1897 to build the new equipment

Fossilised diatoms, SEM

Explorer 1 in orbit, artwork
Explorer 1 in orbit. Computer artwork of Americas first successful artificial satellite, Explorer 1, in orbit over Earth. Explorer 1 was launched on 31 January 1958

Native copper, macrophotograph
Native copper. Native copper is copper found naturally in a pure (chemically uncombined) state. Native copper deposits are now almost depleted

Project Azorian, 1970s
Project Azorian. Artwork showing the secret US operation carried out by the CIA to recover a sunken Soviet submarine in the 1970s

1890 Punch Cartoon Othaniel Marsh
Cartoon from Punch September 13th 1890. Shows Professor Othniel Marsh standing atop a triceratops skull, with some of his famous discoveries before him

Selenite crystals on a dried lake bed, White Sands National Monument, near Alamagordo, New Mexico, United States

Early car, 1904 Buick. This photograph is from a collection of Buick photographs dating from 1904 to 1938

Early telephone, historical artwork
Early telephone. Historical artwork of three men gathered around an early telephone. The man at right is talking into the speaking tube

1804 Megatherium Cuvier Plate
Copperplate, art by Laurilliard, engraving by Couet, (from Bru), Plate 1 in Cuviers account in " Annales du Museum National d Histoire Naturelle" 1804, Vol. 4, No 29

Petrified wood. Petrified tree logs from the Late Triassic Period (over 206 million years ago). Petrification is a term used to describe the fossilisation of wood

Florida manatee swimming. Manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) are herbivorous aquatic mammals that inhabit shallow coastal waters and estuaries in the tropical

Wild West covered wagons. Simulated old photograph of covered wagons on the Oregon trail. Covered wagons, or Prairie schooners, are icons of the American Old West

Kepler Mission rocket launch. Delta II 7925 rocket taking off to launch NASAs Kepler Mission. This mission is designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars

Molecular orbitals. Computer model of a mixture of molecular orbitals. The electrons in molecules can be arranged in different patterns, giving rise to different energies

Brandywine Creek industry, Delaware, 1800s
Old mills along Brandywine Creek, Delaware, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boats on the Delaware River near New Castle, 1880s
City of New Castle on the Delaware River, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

British armys Meschianza in Philadelphia, 1778
Meschianza at Philadelphia, a festival in the form of a medieval tournament, 1778. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Texas state capitol before 1881, Austin
Old state capitol prior to 1881, when it burned, Austin, Texas. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Vermonts Green Mountains overlooking Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain and the shore of New York State, seen from Mount Mansfield, Vermont. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Busy Seattle harbor, circa 1890
Bird s-eye view of Seattle, Washington Territory, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Allosaurus model
Model of Allosaurus dinosaur at the National Zoo, Washington DC. Photograph

John Eliots Indian Bible
Title page of John Eliots translation of the Bible into a Native American language, 1663. Document

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Methodist evangelist George Whitefield, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

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Father Pierre Jean de Smet, a Jesuit missionary to Native Americans on the western US frontier, 1800s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th century photograph

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John Tyler, US President, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

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Abraham Lincoln, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

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Abigail Adams, with her autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

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Thomas Jefferson. Hand-colored engraving by A. Desnoyers

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Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Abraham Lincolns inaugural parade, 1861
President Abraham Lincoln with ex-president James Buchanan in the inaugural parade, March 4, 1861. Printed color halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Erie Canal boats wintering in New York harbor
Erie Canal boats anchored for the winter at the East River docks, New York City, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Erie Canal boats at their New York City dock
Erie Canal boats anchored on the Hudson River, New York City, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Loggers with an ordinary haul on an ox-drawn sledge, Minnesota, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph

Danish immigrant homestead, Old World Wisconsin
Pedersen Farm, homestead of Danish immigrants preserved at Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, Wisconsin. Photograph

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Young George Washington working as a surveyor in Virginia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Vash-Ghon, Jicarilla Apache chief. 1904. Reproduction of a photograph by Edward Curtis

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Pueblo farmer plowing the soil near Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Child care in a Native American camp
Native American woman rocking an infant in a hammock. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Digger Indians returning from a hunt with rabbits and birds, Sierra Nevada Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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James Wilson of Pennsylvania. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Blue flax, a native wildflower described by Meriwether Lewis, Montana
Linum lewisii, a native blue flax named for discoverer Meriwether Lewis, flowering near the Missouri River, Montana. Photograph

Stagecoach stop in a town along the post road
Village stagecoach stop to change horses, early 1800s. Color halftone reproduction of an S.M. Arthurs illustration

Reconstruction upholding equal rights, 1868
Reconstruction depicted as equal rights reform, 1868. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century Thomas Nast cartoon

Providence, Rhode Island, 1664
Map of Providence, Rhode Island, in 1664, showing property of original proprietors. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the document

Visitors arriving at the White House in carriages, 1870s
Winter carriage traffic at the White House the final days of the Grant Administration, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Battle of Buena Vista during the US-Mexican War, 1847. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Wright airplane over a French farm
A Wright airplane over a hayfield in France, 1908, flown by Wilbur Wright and a pupil. Printed halftone reproduction of a photograph

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