Adventures of the Blackgang

nemfrog:

Ventral aspect of the lobster. Illustrations of the comparative anatomy of the nervous system. 1864

nemfrog:

Seaweed and shells. Theory and practice of design. 1894. 

nemfrog:

Plate IV. Seaweed. Le monde de la mer. 1866. 

(via nemfrog)

An atlas of the fossil conchology of Great Britain and Ireland

London; Sonnenschein,1889

Biodiversity Heritage Library

mudwerks:

clawmarks:

George Shaw - General zoology vol. 4 pts.1-2 - 1800 - via Internet Archive

same

clawmarks:

Natural history of British fishes - Francis T. Buckland - 1883 - via Internet Archive

nemfrog:

Annular eclipse. Astronomy for beginners in thirty-two lessons. 1885. Internet Archive.

clawmarks:

Edward Donovan - The natural history of British fishes - 1802 - via NYPL

(via mudwerks)

The 1922 Eclipse Adventure That Sought to Confirm the Theory of Relativity

It took 35 tons of equipment and a lengthy voyage to remote Western Australia.

bl3wyn:

“Report on the Florida Reefs”, 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate I. 

(via mudwerks)

Döderlein’s Photographs of Sea Stars (1917)

clawmarks:

Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlefenes Naturalien Cabinet - Georg Wolfgang Knorr - 1766-1767 - via e-rara

clawmarks:

Fauna japonica - vol.1 - 1833 - via Internet Archive

nends:

drawing and watercolour after John White - the British Museum

(via das-holzschiff)