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LSE4094682: Botanical board: 1) Surinam spider on guajave and caterpillar cocoon 2) same spider devouring a hummingbird hence name Aranea avicularia Linn 3) Spider Hunter of Linneus, Suriname 4) Surinam ant 5) Nymph of this ant 6) Winged ant - in “” This q? It is more interesting and curious among animals and minerals to serve as intelligence to the general history of the three kingdoms of nature” by Buchoz, late 18th century., Unknown artist, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4095868: Experiment of Otto von Guericke (Otto de Guericke, 1602 - 1686) with the Magdeburg hemispheres on atmospheric air pressure (vacuum made in the hemispheres that 16 horses fail to detach each other) - in “” Ottonis de Guericke: Experimenta Nova Magdeburgica de vacuo spatio””, Unknown Artist, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images