Figures of the Sun and Earth mb-artistname Samuel Philips Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis Owen

Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis Owen in the Canterbury Museum

possibly the Ocythoe cranchii [Argonauta hians] described in the same volume of Transactions by William Elford Leach

Interior view of the Thames Tunnel

Dorian warriors performing the dance before an audience

Laboratory equipment intended to measure the expansion of fluids when heated

Figures of the Sun and Earth mb-artistname Samuel Philips Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis OwenFigures of the Sun and Earth linked by 'heavenly' and 'earthly' pyramids of fire. These are inscribed: 'Ignis Palladias' [Pallas fire ] and 'Ignis Vestiae' [Vesta fire] and are ascribed qualities or attributes, for example the latter 'Corporeus et inquinatus semper depuratur et redditur subtilior' [Physical and polluted, always purified and rendered more subtle]. Plate from the chapter 'De Igne', pp. 34 35 in Actorum chymicorum Holmiensium Parasceve,