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PIX4586227: 15th century astronomical clock - Bourges - Astronomical clock - 15th century - Bourges - France - Bourges - Cathedrale Saint Etienne. Astronomical clock of Jean Fusoris 15th century, 1424. The astronomical dial shows the average time (outer circle, graduated in 24 hours), the phases of the Moon and the date. On the inner circle, the time of sunrise and sunset in Bourges and the height of the sun relative to the horizon, as well as its position in front of the zodiac. Astronomical clock - 15th century by Jean Fusoris. Saint Etienne cathedral, Bourges, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586245: La meridienne de la cathedrale saint Etienne - Bourges - Meridian Line - Bourges - France - Bourges - Cathedrale saint Etienne. The Meridian dates back to 1757. It has been traced to know the true local noon time (when the Sun passes exactly to the Meridian). Meridian Line (1757) in Saint Etienne cathedral, Bourges, France / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586253: Gazania (gazania) steep - Lithography by James Sowerby (1757-1822), from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1746-1799), 1789 (England) - Rigid leaved gorteria, Gazania rigens (Gorteria rigens) - Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine,” Lambeth, London, 1789, Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586259: Dwarf magnolia, with white flower, native to Cjine and Java. Dwarf magnolia with white flowers, a native of China and Java. Magnolia coco (Magnolia pumila). Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's “” Botanical Magazine”” 1790-1800., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586264: Astronomical clock Haguenau - Astronomical clock - Haguenau - France - This clock - astrolabe was made by Hoerz d'Ulm in 1904. Damaged during the war in 1945, it was repareed and reinstated on the Alsatian Museum in Haguenau in 1958. This is a copy of the clock of the City Hall of Ulm (Germany), dating from 1581 and made by Isaac Habrecht. This clock has the particularity of having a dragon needle, representing the rotation of the line of nodes. It indicates the eclipses of the Sun and Moon, when the needle of the Sun and that of the Moon perfectly superimpose on the needle of the dragon. Astronomical clock in Haguenau. Replica of the astronomical clock of Ulm in Germany / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586266: Japanese oronce, with yellow flower and lush foliage. Japan orontium with yellow flowers and luxuriant foliage. Orontium japonicum. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586318: Astronomical clock of Chartres - Astronomical clock - Chartres - France - Astronomical clock of the cathedral of Chartres. Astronomical clock in Chartres cathedral, France / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586349: Variete of orchid epidendrum, known as Jamaican ointment - Fox brush orchid or horn-flowered airplant, Aerides cornutum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586383: Cathedrale de Chartres - Sundial - Chartres Cathedral - Angel with sundial, dating from 1578 Angel with sundial - 157 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586391: Camassie - Camash, Camassia quamash (Eatable quamash, Camassia esculenta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586402: Sundial - Turckheim Door - Sundial - Turckheim - Sundial on the French Door. Sundial on the Franc Porte / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586455: La creation des astres - Stained glass - The creation of the stars - stained glass window - 77 - CHAMPEAUX - Eglise collegiale Saint - Martin, stained glass XXth century: La creation des astres. 20th century. Saint Martin collegiate church at Champeaux, France / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586474: Aster variete - Smooth aster, Symphyotrichum laeve (Glaucous aster, Aster cyaneus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586491: Conjunction Moon Venus - Moon Venus conjunction - 26/10/2003, Chile / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586495: Moon and Venus Rising - Moon and Venus rising - The trails of the Moon and Venus reflected in a tranquil lak / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586531: Purple flowered aster variete - Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth aster, Aster laevis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586534: Conjunction Moon Venus, Saturn, Mars and Mercury - Moon Venus conjunction with Saturn, Mercury and Mars - The Moon in conjunction with Venus. Visible also the Mars planets, near the Pleiades cluster, Mercury, in the clouds near the horizon, and Saturn, above Orion, in the Gemeaux. 24 March 2004, Quimper Moon Venus conjunction. Also visible, Mercury near the horizon, in the clouds, Mars near the Pleiades star cluster, and Saturn in Gemini, above Orion constellation. March 24 2004 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586548: Dauphinelle or Lark Foot - Shewy delphinium, Delphinium speciosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by M. Hart from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586568: Variable oxalis, Oxalis variabilis (Oxalys purpurea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by J.T. Hart from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586572: Conjunction Moon Venus - Moon Venus conjunction - Approximation between the Moon and Venus (May 23, 2006). Moon-Venus conjunction seen in France on May 23, 2006 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4586620: Orchid variete - Gennaria diphylla (Heart-leaved herminium, Herminium cordatum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Sydenham Edwards' Botanical Register, Ridgeway, London, 1832., Edwards, Sydenham Teast (c.1768-1819) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585070: Church Saint Sulpice, Paris. Meridienne - Church Saint - Sulpice, Paris. The meridian line - 1743 - View of the obelisque and the meridian inlaid in the marble slabs / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585074: Church Saint Sulpice, Paris. Meridienne - Church Saint - Sulpice, Paris. The meridian line and the obelisk - 1743 - View of the obelisk and the meridian / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585076: Church Saint Sulpice, Paris. Meridienne - Church Saint - Sulpice, Paris. The meridian line and the obelisk - 1743 - View of the grave pedestal of the obelisk and the meridian / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585085: Cistus - Hoary cistus rose gold cistus, Cistus incanus. Handcolured copperplate engraving and botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585096: Church Saint Sulpice, Paris. Meridienne - Church Saint - Sulpice, Paris. The meridian line and the obelisk - Established in 1744 by Claude Langlois under the direction of astronomer Pierre Charles Le Monnier, the meridian consists of a 40.3 m long copper band, which starts from a marble slab in the south transept and joins the obelisque in the north transept. A lens placed in the stained glass window of the south transept allows the Sun to illuminate the Meridian. At the summer solstice, a bright spot illuminates the marble slab; at the winter solstice, the light spot illuminates the obelisque / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585104: Petunia variete - Ruellia tubiflora (Mr. Purdie's ruellia, Ruellia purdieana). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585105: Sundial of the 17th century. Pleyben (Finistere) - Saint Germain - l'Auxerrois church sundial, Pleyben (France) - Sundial of the church Saint Germain - l'Auxerrois de Pleyben (Finistere), 1619. Saint Germain - l'Auxerrois church sundial in Pleyben (Finistere - France) made in 1619 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585209: Cactus variete - Thelocactus hexaedrophorus (hexaedron-echinocactus, Echinocactus hexaedrophorus). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585211: Equatorial sundial - Equatorial Sundial - The equatorial sundial has the particularity of having its graduation table located in the plane of the Earth's equator. As a result, the style (the metal stem that gives the shade) is perpendicular to the table, although always directed towards the polar star. In an equatorial sundial, the planar surface that receives the shadow, is exactly perpendicular to the gnomon's style. This plane is called equatorial, because it is parallel to the equator of the Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585215: The church of Lanslevillard and sundial - Sundial on a church in France - Sundial of the church of Lanslevillard (Savoie). The main dial dates from 1745. The motto is a little erased. It says in Latin: “De mane usque ad vesperam finies me” (From morning to evening, here's my limits). Old sundial (1745) on the church of Lanslevillard, Savoie, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4585231: Sundial - Sundial in France - Sundial in Troyes (Hotel Dieu le Comte). Sundial in Troyes (Hotel Dieu le Comte), France / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585240: Showy liebigia, Liebigia speciosa. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585255: Variete de Dryandra ou Banksia squarrosa - Pingle, Dryandra squarrosa, native to Australia. (Thistle-like dryandra, narrow-leaved variety, Dryandra carduacea var. angustifolia). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585270: Penstemon variete - Mr. Gordon's penstemon, Penstemon gordonii, unresolved species of beardtongue. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4585307: Tabaquilla, Chelonanthus alatus (Sharp-angled lisianthius, Lisianthus acutangulus). Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Fitch from Sir William Jackson Hooker's “Curtis's Botanical Magazine,” London, 1847. / Bridgeman Images