PIX4566340: Amateur astronomer - Amateur astronomer - Amateur astronomer and astronomical bezel. Amateur astronomer and refractor / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566346: Amateur astronomer - Amateur astronomer - Amateur astronomer and astronomical bezel. Amateur astronomer and refractor / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566412: Dye Serratula - Common saw-wort, Serratula tinctoria - Handcoloured copperplate engraved by J. Whessell from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566430: Thistle - Musk thistle, Carduus nutans - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Whessell from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566471: White water-lily, Nymphaea alba - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Whessell from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566502: Marsh Gentian - Marsh gentian, Gentiana pneumonanthe - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566514: Thyme-leaved flax-seed, Radiola milligrana - Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566519: Saxifrage fake orpin - Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifrago aizoides - Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566586: Maceron - Common alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum - Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566596: Montie des fontaines - Water blinks, Montia fontana - Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566606: Club d'astronomers amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA) - CALA amateur observatory. France - Night observation in an amateur observatory Observing night in amateur observator / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566612: Fake pistachio or nose cut - Common bladder nut, Staphylea pinnata - Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566627: Club d'astronomers amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA) - CALA amateur observatory. France - Night observation in an amateur observatory Observing night in amateur observator / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566699: Club d'astronomes amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA) - Amateur astronomer with Dobsonian telescope - Club d'astronomes amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA). Telescope Dobson 02/05/2005 CALA amateur observatory near Lyon. France / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566706: Club d'astronomes amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA) - Amateur astronomer with Dobsonian telescope - Club d'astronomes amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA). Telescope Dobson 02/05/2005 CALA amateur observatory near Lyon. France / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566746: Epiary officinale or betoine - Wood betony, Betonica officinalis - Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4566747: Sibthorpy of Europe - Creeping sibthorpia, Sibthorpia europaea, named for Humphry Sibthorp - Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Mathews from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1836 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566765: Club d'astronomes amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA) - Amateur astronomer with telescope - Observation of the sky with a telescope. Club d'astronomers amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA) 02/05/2005 CALA amateur observatory near Lyon. France / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566769: Club Lyon Ampere (CALA) Inflatable planetarium - Inflatable planetarium - Inflatable planetarium CALA amateur observatory near Lyon. France / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566773: Astronomy meeting in an inflatable planetarium - Inside an inflatable planetarium - Club d'astronomes amateurs Lyon Ampere (CALA) 02/05/2005 CALA amateur observatory near Lyon. France / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566795: The amateur observatory SIRENE - France - The amateur observatory SIRENE - France - The amateur observatory SIRENE in Luberon is located on the Albion plateau. A 635 mm telescope and various observation instruments are available to the public. The SIRENE amateur observatory in Luberon (Vaucluse - France) is located on the Albion plateau, an ancient military base. It is well preserved from light pollution and welcomes public with different astronomical instruments / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566888: Sorbonne Observatory - Old Observatory of Paris university / Bridgeman Images

PIX4566914: Sorbonne Observatory - Old Observatory of Paris university / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591295: Mr. Dixon's machine for boring cylinders at the Falcon Iron Foundry. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1818. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591376: Dynamometers for measuring force or torque designed by McDougale and Robert Salmon. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1809. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591383: Friction and fulling mill for scouring cloth. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4591397: Constellations of the Great Bear, Little Bear and Dragon - Polaris, the Big Dipper to Arcturus - Also visible are the constellations of the Little Lion, the Hunting Dogs, the Boreale Crown (with Arcturus, the brilliant star at the top of the picture), the Boreale Crown, Cephee, Cassiopee, the Giraffe and the Lynx. Also visible are the constellations of Leo Minor, Canes Venatici, Botes, Corona Borealis, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Camelopardalis and Lynx / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591426: Robert Salmon's portable thrashing mill. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591432: Anatomy of human musculature showing outer muscles from the front, 1820 (copperplate engraving) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4591443: Light pollution and Big Dipper - Light pollution and Big Dipper - The constellation of the Great Ourse drowned in light pollution created by the city of Reims. The constellation of Ursa major faintly shines among the light pollution created by lights from the city of Reims / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591468: Winches, pulleys and other machinery, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4591486: Star Sky, from the Coach to the Lyre - Starry sky, from Auriga to Lyra - At the beginning of the night of late June, the Coach is almost lying. Higher, the Big Bear and Little Bear are visible, with the Dragon winding between them. Above the head of the mythical animal, the Lyre, then Hercules on the left and below, the Boreale Crown and the Bovier. The constellations are traced. June 24, 2008. In this beginning of night of late June, Auriga is almost set. Higher, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are visible, with Draco between them. Above the head of the mythic animal, the Lyra, then Hercules on the left and lower, Corona Borealis and Bootes. Constellations are drawn. June 24 2008 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591502: Henry Maudslay's revolutionary screw-cutting lathe, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1815. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591503: Elevations and plans of the Eddystone Rock lighthouse, built with dovetailed granite and blocks by John Smeaton in 1759. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1819. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591548: Water-powered mills: common breast mill 1, Dr. Barker's mill 3 and the portable or hand mill 4. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1819. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4591569: Varieties of masonry for walls, including reticulated, uncertain, isodomum, pseudisodomum with unequal courses, Roman emplection with core of rubble and Greek emplection. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1816. / Bridgeman Images