Illustration Gallery

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - police detective Lestrade with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. From The Adventure of the Norwood Builder'. Caption reads: Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr. Holmes. Illustration by British artist Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908). Published London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1911. A.C. Doyle, Scottish author: 22 May 1859 - 7

The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - police detective Lestrade with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. From The Adventure of the Norwood Builder'. Caption reads: " Look at that with your magnifying glass, Mr. Holmes ". Illustration by British artist Sidney Edward Paget (4 October 1860 - 28 January 1908). Published London; Smith, Elder & Co.; 1911. A.C. Doyle, Scottish author: 22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930

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Bee anatomy, historical artwork

Bees anatomy. 17th Century artwork by the Italian microscopist Francesco Stelluti, showing the anatomy of bees as seen by him under a microscope. Stelluti worked in the dields of mathematics, microscopy, literature and astronomy. In 1625 he published the first accounts of microscopic observation, which included this image. Image from La Conquete Du Monde Invisible by Giuseppe Penso

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald ( translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and attributed to Omar Khayym ), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer). Illustration by Gilbert James shows couple in field -. Stanza reads: Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! (GJ 1865 - 1941)

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