Diagram Collection (#94)

Excerpts from the patent issued by the U. S. Patent Office on 21 June 1834 for Cyrus McCormicks horse-drawn reaper
McCORMICK REAPER, 1834. Excerpts from the patent issued by the U.S. Patent Office on 21 June 1834 for Cyrus McCormicks horse-drawn reaper, including a drawing of the invention at left

German astrological bloodletting chart used by barber surgeons as fair posters, 1480
BLOODLETTING, 1480. German astrological bloodletting chart used by barber surgeons as fair posters, 1480

The Man of Sorrow as Homo Signorum. Woodcut from Johann Regiomontanus Kalendarius teutsch, Augsburg, Germany, 1512
MAN OF SORROW, 1512. The Man of Sorrow as Homo Signorum. Woodcut from Johann Regiomontanus Kalendarius teutsch, Augsburg, Germany, 1512

English physicist and mathematician. Newtons solution of John Bernoullis problem of the Brachystochrone
SIR ISaC NEWTON (1642-1727). English physicist and mathematician. Newtons solution of John Bernoullis problem of the Brachystochrone, or curve of quickest descent, 1697

Survey by Thomas Jefferson of his fields at Shadwell Farm on the Monticello plantation, near Charlottesville, Virginia
JEFFERSON: SHADWELL, c1794. Survey by Thomas Jefferson of his fields at Shadwell Farm on the Monticello plantation, near Charlottesville, Virginia, c1794

Danish physicist. Bohrs 1921 onion atom in which the orbits of the electrons surround the nucleus like layers of an
NIELS BOHR (1885-1962). Danish physicist. Bohrs 1921 onion atom in which the orbits of the electrons surround the nucleus like layers of an onion

Engraving of the reflex action as elaborated by Rene Descartes in his posthumously published treatise De L homme, 1664
DESCARTES: REFLEX, 1664. Engraving of the reflex action as elaborated by Rene Descartes in his posthumously published treatise De L homme, 1664

A flea, as seen by Robert Hooke with his microscope. Copper engraving from Hookes Micrographia, 1665
HOOKE: FLEA, 1665. A flea, as seen by Robert Hooke with his microscope. Copper engraving from Hookes Micrographia, 1665

Woodcut from the sixth book of Andreas Vesalius De Humani Corporis Fabrica, published in 1543 at Basel, Switzerland
VESALIUS: THORACIC CAVITY. Woodcut from the sixth book of Andreas Vesalius De Humani Corporis Fabrica, published in 1543 at Basel, Switzerland

With the sun at the center, from Nicolaus Copernicus manuscript of De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. Nuremberg, 1543
COPERNICAN UNIVERSE. With the sun at the center, from Nicolaus Copernicus manuscript of De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. Nuremberg, 1543

Plan of Fort Defiance, constructed in 1794 under General Anthony Wayne, at the confluence of the Maumee
FORT DEFIANCE, 1794. Plan of Fort Defiance, constructed in 1794 under General Anthony Wayne, at the confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers in northwestern Ohio

Chart of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, site of the U. S. naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 December 1941
WORLD WAR II: PEARL HARBOR. Chart of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, site of the U.S. naval base that was attacked by the Japanese on 7 December 1941

Luigi Galvanis production of an electric current between two metals and a frogs legs
GALVANI: GALVANISM, 1791. Luigi Galvanis production of an electric current between two metals and a frogs legs, the graphic demonstration of galvanism

Line engraving, English, 19th century
DISTILLATION. Line engraving, English, 19th century

Wet plate process. Coating a glass plate with a collodion solution of halide. Wood engraving, French, 1876
PHOTOGRAPHY, 1876. Wet plate process. Coating a glass plate with a collodion solution of halide. Wood engraving, French, 1876

Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union by N. Mendal Shafer. Color lithograph, c1892
DIAGRAM: AMERICAN UNION. Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union by N. Mendal Shafer. Color lithograph, c1892

(1806-1873). American naval officer and oceanographer. Geological agency of the winds
MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY (1806-1873). American naval officer and oceanographer. Geological agency of the winds. Engraved plate from the first edition of Maurys The Physical Geography of the Sea, 1855

Leonardo da Vincis drawing of a hand-cranked paddle boat. Manuscript, c1480-1518
LEONARDO: PADDLE BOAT. Leonardo da Vincis drawing of a hand-cranked paddle boat. Manuscript, c1480-1518

Diagram illustrating how to perform a fox trot, a dance first popularized in the United States c1914
FOX TROT STEPS. Diagram illustrating how to perform a fox trot, a dance first popularized in the United States c1914

Karl Benzs horizontal single-cylinder motor vehicle engine, late 1890s
BENZ ENGINE, 1890s. Karl Benzs horizontal single-cylinder motor vehicle engine, late 1890s

A Greco-Roman shadow pillar, or sundial. Line engraving, 19th century
SUNDIAL. A Greco-Roman shadow pillar, or sundial. Line engraving, 19th century

VON STEUBEN: REGULATIONS. Plate II from Baron Friedrich von Steubens Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, 1782

The interior of a windmill. Line engraving, French, 18th century
WINDMILL, 18th CENTURY. The interior of a windmill. Line engraving, French, 18th century

Side view of a plan of French inventor Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoirs internal combustion engine, c1859
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. Side view of a plan of French inventor Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoirs internal combustion engine, c1859

Woodcut from William Harveys Exercitatio de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis, 1628
WILLIAM HARVEY: BLOOD, 1628. Woodcut from William Harveys Exercitatio de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis, 1628, demonstrating his theory of circulation of the blood

A system of vortices, or whirlpools, which Rene Descartes believed carried the heavenly bodies through space
DESCARTES: VORTICES. A system of vortices, or whirlpools, which Rene Descartes believed carried the heavenly bodies through space

Rough sketch of the Altar of Reliquaries in the nave of the basilica at El Escorial monastery in Spain
EL ESCORIAL: ALTAR, c1570. Rough sketch of the Altar of Reliquaries in the nave of the basilica at El Escorial monastery in Spain. Drawing by architect Juan de Herrera, c1570

Planetary mounts and lines of the right hand. Wood engraving from Wehmans Witches Dream Book, New York, 1885
PALMISTRY CHART, 1885. Planetary mounts and lines of the right hand. Wood engraving from Wehmans Witches Dream Book, New York, 1885

Two false-color views from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope of the disk of dust around the star Beta Pictoris
PROTOPLANETARY DISK. Two false-color views from NASAs Hubble Space Telescope of the disk of dust around the star Beta Pictoris

Three early types of American barbed wire (top to bottom): Joseph F. Glidden patent, 1874; Jacob Haish patent
BARBED WIRE, 19th CENTURY. Three early types of American barbed wire (top to bottom): Joseph F. Glidden patent, 1874; Jacob Haish patent, 1875; and Isaac L. Ellwood patent, 1882

Design for a chest of drawers, 1753, by Thomas Chippendale
CHIPPENDALE CHEST, 1753. Design for a chest of drawers, 1753, by Thomas Chippendale

Graphs illustrating how the history of world climate change is determined, American, c1975
WEATHER: CLIMATE CHANGE. Graphs illustrating how the history of world climate change is determined, American, c1975

Apparatus used by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier for his investigations into the chemical composition of water
LAVOISIER: WATER, 1789. Apparatus used by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier for his investigations into the chemical composition of water. Engraving from Lavoisiers Traite Elementaire de Chemie, Paris, 1789

Figures a-e represent Taenia Solium, the pork tapeworm; figure f represents Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm
TAPEWORMS, 19th CENTURY. Figures a-e represent Taenia Solium, the pork tapeworm; figure f represents Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm. Line engraving, late 19th century

Humphry Davys gas machine, a gas tank for the storage of nitrous oxide. Engraved frontispiece to Davys Researches
DAVY: GAS MACHINE, 1800. Humphry Davys gas machine, a gas tank for the storage of nitrous oxide. Engraved frontispiece to Davys Researches...Concerning Nitrous Oxide, London, England, 1800

Patent drawing, dated 27 January 1880, for Thomas Alva Edisons electric lamp
EDISON ELECTRIC LAMP, 1880. Patent drawing, dated 27 January 1880, for Thomas Alva Edisons electric lamp

Excavated fragments of the Gutenberg Press and a reconstruction based upon contemporary descriptions
GUTENBERG PRINTING PRESS. Excavated fragments of the Gutenberg Press and a reconstruction based upon contemporary descriptions

Plan of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, designed by the architects Iktinos
PARTHENON PLAN. Plan of the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, designed by the architects Iktinos and Callicrates in the 5th century B.C

Schematic view of the locomotive designed by Thomas Russell Crampton in 1843, first built in 1846
CRAMPTON LOCOMOTIVE. Schematic view of the locomotive designed by Thomas Russell Crampton in 1843, first built in 1846. Wood engraving, French, c1870

An engraved chart of Northern Canada, English, 1662
MAP OF CANADA, 1662. An engraved chart of Northern Canada, English, 1662

Musculature of the lower extremity. Drawing, c1510, by Leonardo da Vinci
LEONARDO: ANATOMY. Musculature of the lower extremity. Drawing, c1510, by Leonardo da Vinci

Telegraph car on a locomotive. Line engraving, French, 1855
RAILROAD: TELEGRAPH CAR. Telegraph car on a locomotive. Line engraving, French, 1855

Memory in the third ventricle of the brain as described by the 13th century German scholastic, Albertus Magnus
ALBERTUS: BRAIN. Memory in the third ventricle of the brain as described by the 13th century German scholastic, Albertus Magnus, in his Philosophia naturalis

Schematic diagram of Thomas Newcomens steam engine of 1712
NEWCOMENs STEAM ENGINE. Schematic diagram of Thomas Newcomens steam engine of 1712

James Barlows map of the southern celestial hemisphere, published c1790 at London
CELESTIAL HEMISPHERE, 1790. James Barlows map of the southern celestial hemisphere, published c1790 at London

The suitors of a much-divorced woman studying the matrimonial tree displayed on the back of her gown
DIVORCED WOMAN, 1879. The suitors of a much-divorced woman studying the matrimonial tree displayed on the back of her gown. Detail of an American lithograph cartoon from Puck, 1879

Leonardo da Vincis study for a mechanical device to collect water
LEONARDO: WATERWHEEL. Leonardo da Vincis study for a mechanical device to collect water

Posterior facade of the second Casa de Oficio, or Official Building, near El Escorial monastery in Spain
EL ESCORIAL: CASA DE OFICIO. Posterior facade of the second Casa de Oficio, or Official Building, near El Escorial monastery in Spain. Drawing by architect Juan de Herrera, c1570

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