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Sciathericon for determining timeSciathericon. Illustration entitled Sciathericon stellarum fixarum situm qualibet hora demonstrans, a device for showing time by reference to the fixed stars
Magic lantern display, 17th century C016 / 8932Magic lantern display. 17th-century artwork showing an image of a skeleton being projected from a magic lantern. The magic lantern was the ancestor of the modern slide projector
Kirchers book on optics, 1671 editionKirchers book on optics. Title page of the 1671 edition of Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae (The Great Art of Light and Darkness) by the German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher (circa 1601-1680)
Kirchers disc viewer, 17th centuryKirchers disc viewer. 17th-century artwork of the parastatic microscope constructed by German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher (circa 1601-1680) for his museum in Rome
Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematicianGerolamo Cardano (1501-1576), Italian mathematician and physician, coloured historical artwork. Gerolamo Cardano, also known as Jerome Cardan
17th century solar clockMiddle Temple 002
Illustration of a camera obscuraCamera obscura. Woodcut illustration showing the principle whereby an image of an object may be formed by a small aperture in a wall, and that the image will appear inverted
Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematicianGirolamo Cardano (1501-1576), Italian mathematician. Cardano was born the illegitimate son of a lawyer in Pavia. In 1520 he entered the University of Pavia, then moved to Padua to study medicine
Early form of magic lantern, 17th centuryEarly magic lantern. Illustration depicting a very early form of magic lantern. Light enters the window at left and reflects from a framed mirror to illuminate designs on an octagonal drum
Water clock, design from 1646Water clock. Design for a water clock taken from Kirchers Ars magna lucis et umbrae, printed at Rome in 1646
Concentrating sunlight, 17th centuryConcentrating sunlight. Illustration showing various methods of concentrating sunlight in order to ignite some material. The main illustration depicts a lens mounted on a castle turret being used to