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Images Dated 18th January 2012: Aurora borealis, 19th century

Aurora borealis, 19th century
Aurora borealis, 19th-century artwork. The aurora is a coloured light display visible in the night sky at high latitudes. It occurs when charged particles from the Sun are drawn by Earths magnetic

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Broad bean flower, light micrograph

Broad bean flower, light micrograph
Broad bean flower. Polarised light micrograph of a section through a flower from a broad bean (Vicia faba) plant, showing the stamens and stigma

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Dahlia tuber, light micrograph

Dahlia tuber, light micrograph
Dahlia tuber. Polarised light micrograph of a section through the tuber of a Dahlia sp. plant, showing inulin crystals. The Dahlia produces root tubers that are mostly made up of scattered vascular

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Beech tree stem, light micrograph

Beech tree stem, light micrograph
Beech tree stem. Polarised light micrograph of a section through the woody stem of a common beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), showing diffuse-porous xylem vessels (dark blue)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Geranium stem, light micrograph

Geranium stem, light micrograph
Geranium stem. Light micrograph of a section through a young stem of a geranium (Pelargonium sp.) plant. The outer stem is covered with a thin epidermis (red) which has stomata

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Edme Pajot, French physician

Edme Pajot, French physician
Charles Marie Edme Pajot (1816-1896), French physician. Pajot was an obstetrician and gynaecologist. He studied and worked in Paris

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Sweet pea stem, light micrograph

Sweet pea stem, light micrograph
Sweet pea stem. Light micrograph of a section through the hollow stem of a sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) plant, showing a ring of vascular bundles

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Railroad drawbridge, 19th century

Railroad drawbridge, 19th century
Railroad drawbridge, 19th-century artwork. This type of bridge is known as a bascule bridge. This one is near Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, on the Erie Railroad Main Line

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Orange fruit, light micrograph

Orange fruit, light micrograph
Orange fruit. Light micrograph of a section through the rind of a fruit from a bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) tree, showing large numbers of spherical oil-secreting glands

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Shepherds purse fruit, light micrograph

Shepherds purse fruit, light micrograph
Shepherds purse fruit. Light micrograph of a section through a seed pod from a shepherds purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) plant. The remains of the stigma can be seen (top centre)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Sage stem, light micrograph

Sage stem, light micrograph
Sage stem. Light micrograph of a section through a primary stem of a scarlet sage (Salivia splendens) plant. The outer stem is covered with a thin epidermis (green) that contains stomata

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Rhubarb root, light micrograph

Rhubarb root, light micrograph
Rhubarb root. Light micrograph of a section through the root of a rhubarb (Rheum sp.) plant. The primary cortex has been shed by the formation of a circular meristem, the periderm

Images Dated 18th January 2012: August Kekule, German chemist

August Kekule, German chemist
August Kekule (1829-1896), German organic chemist. From 1858 Kekule developed a structural theory for carbon chemistry, based on its valency (bond-forming) of four

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Sycamore leaf in autumn, micrograph

Sycamore leaf in autumn, micrograph
Sycamore leaf in autumn. Light micrograph of a section through the stem of a leaf from a sycamore (Acer pseudoplantanus) tree in autumn

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Beech tree leaf, light micrograph

Beech tree leaf, light micrograph
Beech tree leaf. Light micrograph of a section through the leaf of a common beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), showing the midrib

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Lime tree stem wound, light micrograph

Lime tree stem wound, light micrograph
Lime tree stem wound. Light micrograph of a section through the wounded stem of a lime tree (Tilia europaea). The outer epidermis has been shed and replaced by a layer of cork (dark red)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Marrow stem, light micrograph

Marrow stem, light micrograph
Marrow stem. Light micrograph of a section through the stem of a marrow (Curcurbita sp.), showing the sieve plates in the phloem. A single collateral vascular bundle can be seen

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Common sundew, light micrograph

Common sundew, light micrograph
Common sundew. Light micrograph of a section through the leaf of a common sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) plant, showing the glandular hairs (dark)

Sage stem, light micrograph
Sage stem. Light micrograph of a section through a secondary stem of a scarlet sage (Salivia splendens) plant. The outer stem is covered with a thin epidermis and thick cuticle (red)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Oak root, light micrograph

Oak root, light micrograph
Oak root. Light micrograph of a section through a secondary root from an oak (Quercus sp.) tree. The primary cortex (outer layer) has been shed by the formation of a circular meristem, the periderm

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Dwarfism, 19th century

Dwarfism, 19th century
Dwarfism, 19th-century artwork. Burmese dwarfs Smaun (left) and Fatma (right) standing next to a champagne bottle. These two dwarfs, brother (Smaun) and sister (Fatma), had the surname Sing Hpoo

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Magic trick, 19th century

Magic trick, 19th century artwork. Shown here is the double cage magic trick, where the magician makes one or both of his assistants (in the cages) disappear or swap places

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Ancient Egyptian artefact, 19th century

Ancient Egyptian artefact, 19th century artwork. This artefact, found in Egypt in the 1890s, is a fragment of an Ancient Egyptian object called a pschent

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Lupin root nodules, light micrograph

Lupin root nodules, light micrograph
Lupin root nodules. Light micrograph of a section through the root nodules of a lupin (Lupinus lupin) plant. These nodules are full of nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium sp

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Strongwoman, 19th century

Strongwoman, 19th century
Strongwoman, 19th-century artwork. Strongwoman Mary Arniotis lifting five men in a performance in Berlin, Germany. Arniotis performed feats of strength while touring Europe and the USA in the 1890s

Images Dated 18th January 2012: African mahogany stem, light micrograph

African mahogany stem, light micrograph
African mahogany stem. Polarised light micrograph of a section through the stem of an African mahogany (Khaya sp.) tree. The multicoloured cells are fibres, and fibre tracheids, which carry water

Images Dated 18th January 2012: White bryony stem, light micrograph

White bryony stem, light micrograph
White bryony stem. Light micrograph of a transverse section through the stem of a white bryony (Bryonia alba) plant, showing a single collateral vascular bundle

Beech tree stem, light micrograph
Beech tree stem. Light micrograph of a section through the woody stem of a common beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). From left to right: oval multiseriate ray (orange)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Lime tree stem, light micrograph

Lime tree stem, light micrograph
Lime tree stem. Light micrograph of a section through the stem of a lime tree (Tilia europaea). The outer epidermis has been shed and replaced by a layer of cork (dark red)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Beech tree leaves, light micrograph

Beech tree leaves, light micrograph
Beech tree leaves. Light micrograph of a section through two leaves from different parts of a common beech tree (Fagus sylvatica)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Pedal-powered vessel, 19th century

Pedal-powered vessel, 19th century
Pedal-powered vessel, 19th-century artwork. This vessel has two helical screws either side, powered by pedals operated by four cyclists, with a fifth seat at the front for the pilot

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Root vegetable washer, 19th century

Root vegetable washer, 19th century artwork. This invention was designed by a Mr Defosse-Delambre, from Varennes, in the Somme region of France

Orange fruit, light micrograph
Orange fruit. Light micrograph of a section through the rind of a fruit from a bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) tree, showing one of the many spherical oil-secreting glands

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Poppy flower bud, light micrograph

Poppy flower bud, light micrograph
Poppy flower bud. Light micrograph of a section through a flower bud from a poppy (Papaver sp.) plant. From outside to inside: calyx, made up of the sepals; corolla

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Venus flytrap leaf, light micrograph

Venus flytrap leaf, light micrograph
Venus flytrap leaf. Light micrograph of a section through the leaf of a Venus flytrap (Dionaea sp.), showing the digestive glands that line its interior

Images Dated 18th January 2012: African teak stem, light micrograph

African teak stem, light micrograph
African teak stem. Light micrograph of a section through the woody stem of an African teak (Pericopsis elata) plant, showing its diffuse-porous xylem tissue

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Nansens Fram expedition, 19th century

Nansens Fram expedition, 19th century
Fram expedition to the Arctic, commanded by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). Nansen and his crew sailed in the Fram (top left)

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Gunboat on Nile rapids, 19th century

Gunboat on Nile rapids, 19th century
Gunboat on Nile rapids, 19th-century artwork. This is a British gunboat being handled by ropes as it negotiates rapids or cataracts on the Nile

Images Dated 18th January 2012: Oleander leaf, light micrograph

Oleander leaf, light micrograph
Oleander leaf. Light micrograph of a section through the leaf of an oleander (Nerium oleander) tree, showing its sunken stomata (gaps, centre left and right)

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