Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation IMG

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Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the natural history of creation, frontpage, 1860, https://archive.org/details/vestigesofnatura1860cham.

Footprints of the Creator IMG

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Hugh Miller, Footprints of the Creator, frontpage, 1872, https://archive.org/details/footprintscreat01millgoog.

Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution IMG

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Alexander Blaikley (1816–1903), Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution December 1855, oil over lithograph on paper, 1855; source: © The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/ 2013.

Scientific American IMG

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Scientific American Volume 2, issue 18 (January 23, 1847), title page; source: Courtesy of Cornell University Library, Making of America Digital Collection http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/m/moa/, http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=scia;idno=scia0002-18.

Royal Polytechnic Institution List of Lectures IMG

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Royal Polytechnic Institution List of Lectures, letterpress notice, 1850, unbekannter Verfasser; Bildquelle: Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library. © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library – All rights reserved, Image No. 10421116. http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10421116&itemw=4&itemf=0002&itemstep=1&itemx=10.

On the Origin of Species IMG

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Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, frontpage, source: Wikimedia commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Origin_of_Species_title_page.jpg. Public Domain.

The Great Hall of the Royal Polytechnic Institution IMG

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Friedel, The Great Hall of the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London, Lithographie, ca. 1838; Bildquelle: Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library, Image No. 10421179. Credit © Science Museum / Science & Society Picture Library – All rights reserved. http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10421179&itemw=4&itemf=0002&itemstep=1&itemx=13.

Kosmos IMG

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Kosmos, frontpage, 1877, https://archive.org/details/kosmos16171885leip.

John Theophilus Desaguliers IMG

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Portrait of John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744), mezzotint by Peter Pelham (1697–1751) after a painting by Hans Hysing (1678–1752/1753), 1752; source: Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Theophilus_Desaguliers.jpg. Public domain.

Different Animals in the “Jardin des Plantes” IMG

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Animaux divers du Jardin des plantes, coloured etching on wood, 46 x 37 cm, 1854, printer: Pellerin; source: BnF Gallica, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b6938164f.

James Gerald Crowther IMG

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Howard Coster (1885–1959), portrait of James Gerald Crowther (1899–1973), half-plate film negative, 1936; source: © National Portrait Gallery, London, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw44509/James-Gerald-Crowther.