FLO4634230: Costumes of the inhabitants of Ceylon (Sri Lanka): couple of Sinhalese (Sinhalese or Sinhalese) and an indigenous vedda wearing a feather skirt, a fur cape and two dogs. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Costumes of the natives of Ceylon (Sri Lanka): Sinhalese man with sword and cane, and indigenous Vedda man with feather skirt, bow and arrows, fur cape, and two dogs on leashes. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4676156: Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours or Gaston de Foix Nemours (1489-1512), Count of Etampes, General of the Armees of the King of France - Gaston de Foix (1489-1512), French military commander famous for his campaign during the War of the League of Cambrai - He wears a laurel wreath, a blue tunic over a suit of armour, and rests his hand a sword - From a sculpture by Agostino Busti preserved in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (now in Sforza Castle) - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4580124: Orion's Nebula - The Great Nebula in Orion - Located 1500 light years from Earth, Orion's Nebula is the closest region to the formation of stars of the Sun. In its heart, a group of young stars called Orion's Trapeze. To the eye, the nebula appears as a misty patch around the central star of the line of three which form Orion's sword. The central group of stars is the Trapezium cluster and these stars are responsible for producing the nebula. It is the high concentration of dust and gas in this part of the sky which has resulted in the formation of the stars, so the Orion nebula is no random association of bright stars and dusty gas. At a distance of 1500 light years, the Orion nebula is the nearest star-forming region to the Sun / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634272: Chinese costumes: a guard in a tiger suit, a monk burning an offering, merchants negociating a deal, a walking barber, and fishermen carrying their boat and fishing birds, circa 1800. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Costumes of China: guard with shield and sword in tiger suit, a monk burning an offering, merchants making a deal, a traveling barber, and fishermen with boat and fishing birds, circa 1800. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4618046: Nebulae NGC 1973 - 1975 - 1977 in Orion - The reflection nebulae NGC 1973 - 75 - 77 in Orion - Reflection nebulae located just north of the Great Orion Nebula. This group of nebulous stars is just half a degree north of the much brighter Orion Nebula and has largely been ignored because of it. The group of stars here appear as a single star to the unaided eye, the northernmost 'star' in the sword of Orion. Most of the blue nebulosity is starlight scattered by dust, while some of the stars are sufficiently hot to excite the wisps of hydrogen that linger here and create a distinctive red glow. To the south of the nebula (at the bottom of the picture) faint traces of the yellow reflected light of the Orion nebula can just be detected / Bridgeman Images
PIX4617736: Orion's Nebula - The Great Nebula in Orion - Located 1500 years ago - the light of the Earth, Orion's Nebula is the closest region to the formation of stars of the Sun. In its heart, a group of young stars called Orion's Trapeze. To the eye, the nebula appears as a misty patch around the central star of the line of three which form Orion's sword. The central group of stars is the Trapezium cluster and these stars are responsible for producing the nebula. It is the high concentration of dust and gas in this part of the sky which has resulted in the formation of the stars, so the Orion nebula is no random association of bright stars and dusty gas. At a distance of 1500 light years, the Orion nebula is the nearest star - forming region to the Sun / Bridgeman Images
MPX5162442: Testing the keenness.. Every day at the factory of the Wilkinson Sword Company in Cramlington, outside Newcastle, 270 men who make the razor blades shave on duty as part of the production. From the many used blades a number are taken for examination in the laboratory. This is not all. A study is made when someone complains about a poor shave. Here the physiological background is studied. Sometimes the man is not feeling well, other times he might have been having a few late nights, or even a row with his wife. All these things add up to skin condition and whether they get a good shave or not. Our Picture Shows: Nearest the camera George Moffatt, next Robert Martin, Gordon Watson and Frank McAlroy. 6th March 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664378: Thylacosmilus - Thylacosmilus atrox was a great predator with sword teeth close to marsupials, the size of a jaguar and weighing nearly 100 kilograms, who lived for about 30 million years until three million years ago. About the size of a jaguar, the bizarre looking Pliocene Argentinian marsupial carnivore, Thylacosmilus atrox, is a superb example of the concept of convergent evolution - descendents of unrelated organisms presumably under similar selection pressures “” converging”” on each other in form over time. Its skull looks remarkably like those of placental sabre-toothed cats, to which it was only distantly related. Key differences, however, did exist (e.g. long, rudder-like extensions of the chin protected the extremely long, dagger-like teeth) / Bridgeman Images