Vintage Scientific Illustrations

A collection of vintage engravings depicting various scientific subjects, including fungi, mollusks, and anatomical structures with intricate details.

fragments in apposition, the wire knot hammered flat, medical equipment, surgical instrument, history of medicine

Unit of fruiting lacrymans Merulius, vintage engraving. Unit of fruiting lacrymans Merulius, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648111

Headless mollusks and gastropods from the Jurassic period, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Galleries of bark beetles, vintage engraved illustration. Natural History of Animals, 1880.

One of the thoracic ganglions of the great sympathetic, vintage engraved illustration. From Zoology Elements from Paul Gervais.

fragments in apposition, the wire knot hammered flat, medical equipment, surgical instrument, history of medicine

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Larynx, anatomical illustration

Engraving depicting Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet's plan for perpetual motion of a boat using wave or current power. Wheel with chambers like a Persian wheel fitted to boat. Dated 19th century

Organic unity and kinship of beings, Orang, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Open vein, vintage engraved illustration.

Other coprolite the same land, containing undigested bones of a small ichthyosaur, vintage engraving. Other coprolite the same land, containing undigested bones of a small ichthyosaur, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660707

Submarine cables of the 1867 transatlantic line, coastal cables and deep-sea cables / Seekabel der transatlantischen Linie von 1867, Küstenkabel und Tiefseekabel, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Common spherical snail, Acera bullata, a species of marine gastropod mollusk, a marine hind gastropod mollusk of the family Akeridae, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Lancelet, vintage engraved illustration. From Zoology Elements from Paul Gervais.

Submarine cable of the transatlantic line from 1867, coastal cable and deep-sea cable, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Longitudinal section of the nose, vintage engraved illustration.

Current canopy of Saint Denis, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845.

Poincon in flint, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Older plants, Psilophyton originator, vintage engraving. Older plants, Psilophyton originator. Silurian and Devonian land, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647702

Older plants, Psilophyton originator. Silurian and Devonian land, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

Engraving depicting the focusing of the sun's rays to produce fire. Dated 18th Century

1: Underside of stinging nettle leaf 2: Beard of wild oat used in Hooke's hygrometer. 3: Section of head of wild oat. 4: Hooke's hygrometer. From Robert Hooke 'Micrographia' London 1665. Engraving .

The Plates from the Fifth Book of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, (1514-1564) Plate 54 - The third figure follows the second in the order of administration and shows the lower membrane of the omentum torn and pulled free from the upper anterior layers.

Kirschblüte Perigyne Blüte, Fruchtknoten im Querschnitt. Antike stilisierte Illustration. Cherry flower Perigynous flower, ovary in cross-section. Antique stylized illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23156114

Coming wound, vintage engraving. Coming wound, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647810

Intestine of a dogfish, injected with Roman cement, vintage engraving. Intestine of a dogfish, injected with Roman cement, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660521

Illustration showing a simple compass in the shape of a fish. The lodestone is suspended on a thread. From Athanasius Kircher Madness sive de arte Mapnetica, Cologne ,1643

One-eyed Engmaul, Stenostomum monocelis, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

R. Vieussens, 1685: meninges folded back

Training jellyfish 1. The foster a jellyfish polyp carries various states of development. 2. Medusa detached, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Softwood plagued by limnora, vintage engraving. Softwood plagued by limnora, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648280

Woodcut, Uteri icon cum foetu intus sito, foetus in uterus, Aldrovandi, Historia Monstrorum, 1642, Renaissance

Vorticella, Vorticella arbuscula, magnified 400 times, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

Vorticella, Vorticella arbusculae, Magnified 400 times, Vintage engraving. Vorticella, Vorticella arbuscula, magnified 400 times, Vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

Section through the spine of a young salamander, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Incandescent filament lamp by St George Lane-Fox (c.1878). Engraving

An engraving depicting Cittaria Darwinii, an edible fungi eaten by natives of Tierra del Fuego. Johns The Forest Trees of London, n.d. (ca 1850)

Molluscs acephales, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Gobioides, vintage engraved illustration.

Syllis ramosa, a species of polychaetes worm in the family Syllidae. It is found in the deep sea, where it lives in the tissue of a sponge, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Recovery by healing a stretch of dead and rotten branch, vintage engraved illustration.

Medicinal leech or Hirudo medicinalis or European Medicinal leech, vintage engraving. Old engraved illustration of Medicinal leech and body parts isolated on a white background.

State of a portion of Oak tron after falling branches, effected following the natural process, vintage engraving. State of a portion of Oak tron after falling branches, effected following the natural process, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647988

Worm at the end of the fifth age, vintage engraving. Worm at the end of the fifth age, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1845. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673135

Hylesinus palliatus, vintage engraved illustration.

First animals, Bilobus Pterygotus, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Helium hemispherica, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Foraminifere alive, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Illustration depicting a Pyrheliometer, an instrument for the measurement of direct beam solar irradiance. Sunlight enters the instrument through a window and is directed onto a thermopile which converts heat to an electrical signal that can be recorded. Dated 19th century

The Plates from the Fourth Book of the De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius, (1514-1564) Plate 49 - The second of the two figures common to the nine chapters which follow presents the entire brain and cerebellum from the right side, as well as the portion of the dorsal medulla mentioned in the previous figure, together with the series of seven pairs of cranial nerves which have been laid bare and also represented from the right.

Flint ax of the Somme diluvium, at Saint Acheul, vintage engraved illustration. From Natural Creation and Living Beings.

Ascidia microcosmus, genus of sea squirts, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Portalesia ceratopyga, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Wirbeltiere, idealer Durchschnitt eines Säugers nach dem Wissenstand von 1870, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus...

Engraving of rock quartz with fern like striations of gold running through it. Date: 1849

Cross-section at the stem shown in fig, previous, vintage engraved illustration.

Lunar surface as observed by Robert Hooke in the region of the crater Hipparchus. Robert Hooke (1635-1703) an English natural philosopher, architect, polymath, and astronomer. Dated 17th century

Unit of fruiting Polyporus borealis, vintage engraved illustration.

18th century engraving by T Jefferys. The kidneys.

In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monstrous creature that lived on a rock on the Italian side of the Strait of Messina, devouring any ship/sailor passing by. Opposite her on the Sicilian side was the whirlpool of Charybdis. In Homer's Odyssey, the hero Odysseus safely passed through the Strait. So, too, did the Greek hero Jason and the Argonauts.

Historic illustration, tablet 4, title Diatomea, name Triceratium, Aulacodiscus mammosus, Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur, "Art Forms in Nature"

A woodcut engraving depicting lodestones armed with iron caps that concentrate the magnetism can lift more weight than unarmoured ones. Dated 17th century

Sarcodic animals belonging to the branch of the Protozoa, vintage engraved illustration. Zoology Elements from Paul Gervais.

An engraving depicting an ear of Barley. Engraving published Paris 1883

The creation of the universe: from a cloud representing God the Father coming forth the Word of Words, represented by the Fiat. Illustrated by Robert Fludd (1574-1637) an English Paracelsian physician with both scientific and occult interests. Dated 17th Century

Stone to sharpen stone axes from Denmark, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Various beaks of Jurassic belemnites, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Historic illustration, tablet 9, title Hexacoralla, Brain Coral, name Maeandrina, Rhizotrochus fragilis, Turbinolidae family, Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur, "Artforms of Nature"

Venus girdle (Cestum veneris), an order of ribbed jellyfish, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Carding cotton. The fibres are separated and then assembled into a loose strands. c1754

Zwiebelzwiebel Allium cepa, Längsschnitt. Antike stilisierte Illustration. Bulb of onion Allium cepa, longitudinal section. Antique stylized illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23156115

An engraving depicting William Whewell's registering anemometer. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Iris Florentina - one of the sources of orris root powder used in perfumes and medicines. Dated 19th century

Historic illustration, tablet 20, title Crinoidea, sea lilies, name Pentacrinus, 2/ Pentacrinus Maclearanus, sea lily chalice, Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur, "Artforms of Nature"

Conidia form, Chlamydospores and germination, vintage engraving. Conidia form, Chlamydospores and germination, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648014

Fine flint knives from places of discovery of the posterior diluvial period in northern France, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Fig 1- Front face, Fig 2- Posterior surface, vintage engraved illustration.

Chenille and puppe of Cossus ligniperda, vintage engraving. Chenille and puppe of Cossus ligniperda, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648016

Hylesinus micans, vintage engraving. Hylesinus micans, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647971

T. Bartholin, recti abdominis muscili

Section taken from the gastrocnemius muscle of a child suffering from pseudo hypertrophic muscular paralysis, vintage engraved illustration.

$Engraving depicting René Descartes' explanation of the refraction of light by prisms and lenses because of the motion of particles. René Descartes (1596-1650) a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dated 17th century$

Brain of a sea turtle of the genus Chelonee, vintage engraved illustration. from Zoology Elements from Paul Gervais.

NERVOUS APPARATUS TERMINAL OF A MAN'S CORPUSCULUS- A SUBDERSPANDING DENDRITES B THICK DENDRITES a AXON b NERVOUS FIBERS. Author: SANTIAGO RAMON Y CAJAL. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Bone and sternum leg of Dunnock, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

FARADAY'S/Bancalari's demonstration of the effect of magnetism on a candle flame, showing result of placing magnet in different positions:A. Candle across magnetic axisC. Flame raised above magnetic axisB. Flame above magnetic axis.

Engraving depicting a Pelton Wheel, showing the curved, divided buckets. Attributed to Lester Allan Pelton. This form of impulse turbine was used during the second half of the nineteenth century. Lester Allan Pelton (1829-1908) an American inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the old West and world-wide. Dated 20th century

Cheselden, Osteographia, unlettered impression.

Tomicus, vintage engraved illustration.

Polyporus Pini, vintage engraved illustration.

A tourniquet belt for the Eskimos forests of Alaska, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Maxillary upper and lower of a modern shark, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Brain: transverse section of cerebral hemisphere.

Stone ax from lake constructions of Switzerland, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Zolotoreff Apple, Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, US Dept of Agriculture, Illustration, 1888

Homology: A: Fore-limb of monkey. B: Fore-limb of whale. Although different at first sight, they have similar architecture. SC, scapula: H, Humerus: R and U, radius and ulna: CA, wrist: MC, palm and fingers. Engraving c 1920

Illustration depicting the universe according to the ancient Babylonians. The earth is located in the centre and has hollow ground for the dead. Around the earth lies a circular ocean, surrounded by a mountain range that supports the solid dome of the sky. Dated 19th Century

Relics of the Franklin Expedition, 1854. Items recovered from the ill-fated 1845 expedition led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage. The ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, and the entire crew died, from causes such as starvation, hypothermia, and scurvy. 'Part of flannel shirt; piece of plate; part of compass; certificate case; buttons, linked with cord'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

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