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Browse All : View and Astronomy and Celestial Atlas by Emslie, John from 1851
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved diagram. In the center is an illustration of the eccentric orbit of a comet, demonstrating that the tail points away from the Sun. Surrounded by depiction of 12 comets, numbered with a key below. They are the comets of 1680, 1741 (with six tails), 1811, Halley's Comet, Encke's Comet and six images based on ancient sources. Text at the top introduces Comets and Aerolites.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved transparent diagram. Shows comparative sizes of the planets, including Neptune, depicting Saturn with its rings and the known satellites.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved transparent diagram. Shows comparative sizes of the planets, including Neptune, depicting Saturn with its rings and the known satellites.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved transparent Chart, could be held up to the light so that the principal stars would appear as bright points against a darker background identifying constellations in the night sky. The central image of the constellations and Milky Way is surrounded by a calendar scale, as the image shows "he stars visible on any night throughout the year". Magnitudes of the stars are indicated by size of the hole and by varying symbols. Smaller round images to the top and bottom of the print show clusters and nebulae. Brief instructions for use are printed at the bottom.
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved transparent Chart, could be held up to the light so that the principal stars would appear as bright points against a darker background identifying constellations in the night sky. The central image of the constellations and Milky Way is surrounded by a calendar scale, as the image shows "he stars visible on any night throughout the year". Magnitudes of the stars are indicated by size of the hole and by varying symbols. Smaller round images to the top and bottom of the print show clusters and nebulae. Brief instructions for use are printed at the bottom.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved view. Shows the mechanism responsible for the Earth's seasons as it makes it yearly passage around the Sun. Includes explanatory text.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved view. Shows the Sun with several sunspots, relationship of the Sun and Earth during the day and night and at different seasons. Small vignettes at the bottom illustrate Transit of Mercury, The Sun at Midnight at the North Cape of Europe and an Annual Eclipse.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Colored engraved transparent diagram with holes in the card to indicate the lit portions of the Moon during its cycle. These are backed with tissue paper so that the print can be held up to the light to show the Moon's phases as light against a darker background. The diagram shows both the phases, as seen from Earth, and the orbits of the Moon and Earth around the Sun. Text at top and bottom give an explanation of these movements and appearances.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Colored engraved transparent diagram with holes in the card to indicate the lit portions of the Moon during its cycle. These are backed with tissue paper so that the print can be held up to the light to show the Moon's phases as light against a darker background. The diagram shows both the phases, as seen from Earth, and the orbits of the Moon and Earth around the Sun. Text at top and bottom give an explanation of these movements and appearances.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Uncolored engraved diagram. Displaying magnified appearance of the Moon, "as seen by Lord Rosse's great telescope", and the text at the bottom includes a description of this view by William Scoresby (1789-1857), which concludes "The general appearance ... was like one vast ruin of nature".
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Uncolored engraved diagram. Displaying magnified appearance of the Moon, "as seen by Lord Rosse's great telescope", and the text at the bottom includes a description of this view by William Scoresby (1789-1857), which concludes "The general appearance ... was like one vast ruin of nature".
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Handcolred and engraved 2 diagrams on one plate. Showing eclipse of the Moon and eclipse of the Sun, and the Theory of Tides. Text at the bottom gives a fuller explanation of the theory of tides.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored and engraved diagram. shows the Earth's annual rotation around the Sun, surrounded by a zodiacal scale that gives the names, symbols and images of the signs of the zodiac. The seasons and the positions of the equinoxes and solstices are marked. Text at the corners describes the Zodiac and the Earth, and a longer text at the bottom explains the Phenomena of the Seasons.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored and engraved diagram of the solar system, have tissue paper backings and holes in the card in order to allow the user to hold them up to the light and see the stars, planets or phases of the Moon displayed as light areas against a darker background. The central image does not include Neptune, discovered in 1846, although it is included in the text and a table below. The planets are shown with their known satellites, minor planets from the asteroid belt are included, as is the orbit of Halley's Comet. Includes notes and list of planets.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored and engraved diagram of the solar system, have tissue paper backings and holes in the card in order to allow the user to hold them up to the light and see the stars, planets or phases of the Moon displayed as light areas against a darker background. The central image does not include Neptune, discovered in 1846, although it is included in the text and a table below. The planets are shown with their known satellites, minor planets from the asteroid belt are included, as is the orbit of Halley's Comet. Includes notes and list of planets.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved diagram, with explanatory text on verso. This is depiction of a landscape and seascape displaying a wide range of atmospheric phenomena. This are numbered and listed below the image and include wind, waterspouts, various cloud formations, precipitation, glaciers, aurora, rainbow, halo, mirage, mock suns, zodiacal light, "Will with a Wisp", lighting, falling stars and aerolites. On verso: "Explanation of meteorological phenomena" London: J. Reynolds,174 Strand; Reeves & Sons; Rock & Co.; Peacock & Mansfield, includes: The Atmosphere, Aerial Meteors, Aqueous Meteors, Luminous Meteors and Igneous Meteors.
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Hand colored engraved view. Represents a section of the Earth and its atmosphere at the equator, higlighting the effects of reflection and refraction and the uneven nature of the Earth's surface. The oceans and continents are shown as are some islands and volcanoes. Included explanation.
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