RM2BE0HMX–Map of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, published 1744 - 1746.
RM2BE10B7–Map of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, published 1744 - 1746.
RM2BE0YYJ–A zoroastrian fire alter on the reverse side of a Sasanian coin from the reign of King Ardashir I, AD 224-242.
RM2BE0GME–A zoroastrian fire alter on the reverse side of a Sasanian coin from the reign of King Ardashir I, AD 224-242.
RM2BE0HGM–A map of Rome engraved by Giacomo Lauro (1550-1605) in the 16th century.
RM2BE106W–A map of Rome engraved by Giacomo Lauro (1550-1605) in the 16th century.
RMG15DC5–Antique astrolabe.
RMG15H29–Francois Perrier, 'Aeneas and his Companions Fighting the Harpies,' 1646. Perrier was a French painter and etcher primarily remembered for his two collections of prints of antique sculptures, which provided visual repertories for generations of European a
RFHRJ2CF–Globe
RMHRKPW2–Compass
RFHRJ2CG–Globe
RMG15DAW–An ancient Chinese nautical compass. The phenomenon of magnetic polarity was known in China since the 8th century.
RMG15E6C–A compass of the type used by the masters of feng-shui, the art of sacred geometry. Copyright 1994.
RMG15E6A–A compass of the type used by the masters of feng-shui, the art of sacred geometry. Copyright 1994.
RMG15E6B–A compass of the type used by the masters of feng-shui, the art of sacred geometry. Copyright 1994.
RMHRHCEG–Bronze Compass, Ming Dynasty
RM2BE0HFR–A map of a section of Rome (showing the Hippodrome at top right). Engraved by Etienne Du Pérac (d. 1604). This reprint was published in the 1600s by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (Johannes Jacobus de Rubeis) from the 1574 original.
RM2BE106C–A map of a section of Rome (showing the Hippodrome at top right). Engraved by Etienne Du Pérac (d. 1604). This reprint was published in the 1600s by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (Johannes Jacobus de Rubeis) from the 1574 original.
RMG15CBC–Korean world map, 17th-18th century.
RMG15DM3–Chinesse compass.
RMG15E0C–Bronze compass of the Ming Dynasty.
RFHRHCK1–Clock Gears
RMHRKPRE–Bronze Compass, Ming Dynasty
RMG15D3K–Korean world map, 17th-18th century.
RMHRKKRM–Royal Typewriter
RMG15D3R–Korean world map, 17th-18th century.
RMG15DBJ–Galileo invented a device called a Jovilabe to calculate the position of Jupiter's satellites without having to make complex calculations. The four largest are represented by the numbered circles.
RMG16DTN–A map of Europe, showing territorial borders existing in the 14th century, specifically 1300. Map published in 1831.
RMHRKNX1–Early Telephone
RMG15DAT–Astrolabe of Michel Piquer (1542-1580). The astrolabe is an early time-telling instrument used to calculate the positions of the sun and stars in the sky at a given moment and location. Developed in the Islamic world, the astrolabe was used to determine p
RMG15DM0–19th century celestial sphere.
RMG15DAR–Altitude dial (regiomontanus type) and nocurlabe of Johannes Paulus Cimerlinus (1544 - 1585). Navigators calculated latitude and time at night with this instrument by sighting the North Star, Polaris, through the hole in the center and aligning it with ma
RMG15DKY–19th century celestial sphere.
RMG15DKM–This Chinese sundial from c. 500 BC includes a built-in compass.
RMG14W0C–A man driving a 1902 Rambler.
RMG15DEE–Mechanical calculator developed by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662).
RMG16DTP–A map of Europe, showing territorial borders existing in the 15th century, specifically 1453. The Fall of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, to the invading army of the Ottoman Empire occurred on 29 May, 1453. Map published in 1831.
RMG14Y32–Chart of the world from 1626. 'Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula.' Engraving by Johannes Janssonius.
RM2BE1090–Map of the island of Ascension from Charles Darwin's Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d edition. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1876. Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa.
RM2BE0HKD–Map of the island of Ascension from Charles Darwin's Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d edition. London: Smith Elder and Co., 1876. Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa.
RMG15E63–A zoroastrian fire alter on the reverse side of a Sasanian coin from the reign of King Ardashir I, AD 224-242.
RMHRKRC8–Poleni's Calculating Machine
RMG14TTF–Radiator and license of Oklahoma cotton picker's car. San Joaquin Valley, near Fresno, California. November 1936. Photographed by Dorothea Lange.
RMG15E64–A zoroastrian fire alter on the reverse side of a Sasanian coin from the reign of King Ardashir I, AD 224-242.
RMG14TNX–YMCA restaurant circa 1900. The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London in 1844 by Sir George Williams in response to the 'unhealthy social conditions' (such as gambling and drinking) arising in cities at the end of the Industrial Revoluti
RMG14Y36–A map of North and South America published in 1584 by Abraham Ortelius.
RMHRKKHM–Winchester Rifle
RMHRKKHN–U.S. North Model 1816 Pistol
RMHRKKRF–Sharps Breechloading Rifle
RMG14TP8–Ranchers, Clark County, Kansas, 1898. The Irwin brothers eat a meal from a chuck wagon near the town of Ashland.
RMG16ARN–Illustration depicting Ashur, the god of the city of Ashur and national god of Assyria in the Mesopotamian religion.
RMG14TPD–Black-and-white picture of a family. Family stands outside of their home, probably near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
RMG14TP2–Women sew in a home economics class. Circa 1910.
RMG16ARD–Illustration of Thuban, Alpha Draconis, the North Pole star. The North Star has been used for navigation since Late Antiquity, both to find the direction of north and to determine latitude. Due to the precession of the equinoxes, the role of North Star pa
RMHRKR7B–Japan, Mercator Hondius Atlas, 1606
RMHRNTBF–Ear Trumpets
RMHRNY3B–Map of Angola and the Congo, 1788
RMG15G9T–Japan in the Mercator Hondius Atlas (Amsterdam, 1606). Jodocus Hondius the Elder (1563-1612), who published the Mercator Hondius Atlas, was a Flemish artist, engraver, and cartographer who purchased the plates of Gerard Mercator's Atlas from Mercator's gr
RMG15G9K–Japan in the Mercator Hondius Atlas (Amsterdam, 1606). Jodocus Hondius the Elder (1563-1612), who published the Mercator Hondius Atlas, was a Flemish artist, engraver, and cartographer who purchased the plates of Gerard Mercator's Atlas from Mercator's gr
RMG15E61–Angra Mainyu (Ahiriman), Islamic miniature, as an old man who offers the fatal fruit to the first human beings. The Zoroastrians borrowed the story of Adam and Eve from the Bible.
RMG14TWR–Boys at the Imperial County Fair in El Centro, California in March of 1942. Photograph by Russell Lee.
RMHRNY3X–Map of Africa, c. 1850
RMHRNY41–Map of America, 1791
RMG16B1T–A map of Rome engraved by Giacomo Lauro (1550-1605) in the 16th century.
RMG16AR8–Osiris-Orion travels across the sky on the sacred boat (stars of Lepus). Image based on a star map in the tomb of Montemhet at Luxor, circa 650 BC. The stars of Orion were associated with Osiris, the sun-god of rebirth and afterlife, by the ancient Egypti
RMHRKKHJ–Spencer Rifle
RMG14TP1–Klondike Gold rush, 1898. Miners and entrepreneurs risked freezing temperatures and starvation to arrive at Dawson City in the newly established Yukon Territory of Canada. All hoped to earn a fortune directly or indirectly from the gold that had been disc
RMHRKRA3–17th Century Map of China
RMHRKKHK–Winchester Hotchkiss Rifle
RMG15GD2–A copperplate engraving of a map of China, from 1625, made by travel writer Samuel Purchas (c. 1575-1626), based on Matteo Ricci's map. Ricci (1552-161), an Italian Jesuit priest, was a founder of the Jesuit China Mission. He is shown in the upper left
RMG16ARH–'T and O' (orbis terrarum) map of the Medieval world by Macrobius Ambrosius, showing the climatic zones and the Mare Magnum, the Great Ocean which was thought to separate the inhabited world from an unknown continent in the south.
RM2BE106P–Map of Guyana and Brazil showing the Amazon river, wild animals, a headless man 'of the land Ewaipanoma,' an Amazon woman, and the fictitious Lake Parime, on the north shore of which is located the city of El Dorado. El Dorado was the legendary 'Lost City of Gold' that fascinated explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors and was supposedly located on the legendary Lake Parime in the highlands of Guyana. This map is adapted from a slightly earlier map by Jodocus Hondius, although the title states that the map was 'surveyed and drawn by a sailor who accompanies Walter Raleigh on his
RM2BE0HGJ–Map of Guyana and Brazil showing the Amazon river, wild animals, a headless man 'of the land Ewaipanoma,' an Amazon woman, and the fictitious Lake Parime, on the north shore of which is located the city of El Dorado. El Dorado was the legendary 'Lost City of Gold' that fascinated explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors and was supposedly located on the legendary Lake Parime in the highlands of Guyana. This map is adapted from a slightly earlier map by Jodocus Hondius, although the title states that the map was 'surveyed and drawn by a sailor who accompanies Walter Raleigh on his
RMG16AY0–A 16th century map of New Spain or Mexico by Diego Gutiérrez, who was appointed cartographer of the Casa de la Contratacion (House of Trade) in 1554. Casa de la Contratacion was a government agency of the Spanish Empire that existed from the 16th to the 1
RM2BE0HFT–A depiction of the Garden of Eden and 'topography of the earthly paradise' by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680), from 1675. Adam and Eve can be seen inside the walls, with angels at all four gates. Cain can be seen killing Abel at upper left outside the walls. Athanasius Kircher was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works, most notably in the fields of 'Oriental studies,' geology, and medicine.
RM2BE103R–A depiction of the Garden of Eden and 'topography of the earthly paradise' by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680), from 1675. Adam and Eve can be seen inside the walls, with angels at all four gates. Cain can be seen killing Abel at upper left outside the walls. Athanasius Kircher was a 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works, most notably in the fields of 'Oriental studies,' geology, and medicine.
RMHRKPTT–Zoroastrian Adam and Eve with Angra Mainyu
RMHRP364–Navigational Instruments, e.g. Sextant, 1791
RMHRP5TB–Mathematics, Graph-Plotting Machine, c. 1760s
RMHRP5TA–Mathematics, Graph-Plotting Machine, c. 1760s
RMHRP51B–Elephant, Monkey, Flowers, Insects, 1663
RMG15DDY–An armillary sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (in the celestial sphere), consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth, that represent lines of celestial longitude a
RMHRHCXJ–Trades, 1475
RMHRHCYB–Trades, 1475
RMHRKKRN–Spinning Frame
RMG15FW4–Louis Agassiz, zoologist and geologist, and Benjamin Peirce, mathematician and astronomer, conferring in 1871. Agassiz was an innovator in the study of the natural history of the Earth, while Peirce made contributions to the fields of algebra, the mathema
RMG16ARP–Illustration depicting Gilgamesh subduing two bulls, based on a 3rd-century Sumerian harp decoration. The Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem from Mesopotamia, is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature.
RMG15E8X–Six Mechanical Arts: Textile, Work, Smithing, Navigation, Agriculture, Hunting and Medicine. c.1475 from Rodericus Zamorensis, Speculum Vitae Humanae.
RMG169R6–An analytical balance is a class of precision balance designed to measure small mass in the sub-milligram range (sensitivity of 0.1 milligram). The measuring pan of an analytical balance is inside a transparent enclosure with doors so that dust does not c
RMHRNY3A–Africa Map Areas of Slave Trade, 1850
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