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The famous Isaac Newton's theory of the moon.
Date: 1708
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A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38703i
Part of: Splendor solis
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A treatise on the influence of the moon in fevers / by Francis Balfour, M.D. Surgeon in the service of the hon. East India Company.
Balfour, Francis, -1818.Date: MDCCLXXXV [1785]
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Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head seated with Parvati and Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27925i
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Singapore: a moonlit view across the bay at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.
Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), active 1860-1885.Date: 1879Reference: 31762i
Part of: Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.
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The moon shining over a field surrounded by fences. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: Sept. 69 [September 1969]Reference: 2897706i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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Astronomy: a section through the earth, showing the atmosphere. Engraving.
Reference: 46178i
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Page 122: Shiva and Parvati on Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27357i
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Middle English lunaries : a study of the genre / by Irma Taavitsainen.
Taavitsainen, Irma.Date: 1988
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The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.
Fries, Leonhard F. W., 1883-1953.Date: 1935-1945Reference: 570963i
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Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [1768]Reference: 37240i
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A group of women, one praying to the moon. Ink drawing.
Reference: 28009i
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Zur Entstehung der babylonischen Mondtheorie : Beobachtung und theoretische Berechnung von Mondphasen / Lis Brack-Bernsen.
Brack-Bernsen, Lis.Date: 1997
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Ganesha with his two wives and two female attendants, his rat and a lion with two heads all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph by Janaradna Vasudtya.
Vasudtya, Janaradna.Date: 1900Reference: 25921i
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Meteorology: a table of the weather. Engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1815, after Sir John Herschel.
Herschel, John, Sir.Date: 21 March 1815Reference: 46618i
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The Sun and the moon : the remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar man-bats in nineteenth-century New York / Matthew Goodman.
Goodman, Matthew.Date: [2008], ©2008
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The Euler-Mayer correspondence (1751-1755) : a new perspective on eighteenth-century advances in the lunar theory / by Eric G. Forbes.
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.Date: [1971]
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King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 579420i
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Astronomy: a map showing the paths of several eighteenth century eclipses over England. Engraving, 1787.
Date: 1 July 1787Reference: 46470i
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Bericht von den Mondskugeln, welche bey der Kosmographischen Gesellschaft in Nürnberg, aus neuen Beobachtungen verfertiget werden durch Tobias Mayern, Mitgliede derselben Gesellschaft.
Date: 1750
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A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
Palmer, Samuel, 1805-1881.Date: 1883Reference: 37881i
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Ramsgate, Kent: the beach and harbour at night. Wood engraving, 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 22402i
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Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.
Pastelot, Jean Amable Amédée, -1870.Reference: 37979i
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The fourth day of Creation: God sets the sun, the moon, the stars and the signs of the zodiac in the firmament, in order to divide the light from the darkness. Engraving by H. Lochner.
Reference: 46471i
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The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.
Reference: 24940i

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The famous Isaac Newton's theory of the moon.

A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A treatise on the influence of the moon in fevers / by Francis Balfour, M.D. Surgeon in the service of the hon. East India Company.

Shiva with the Ganges flowing from his head seated with Parvati and Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.

Singapore: a moonlit view across the bay at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

The moon shining over a field surrounded by fences. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.

Astronomy: a section through the earth, showing the atmosphere. Engraving.

Page 122: Shiva and Parvati on Nandi bull. Watercolour drawing.

Middle English lunaries : a study of the genre / by Irma Taavitsainen.

The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.

Emblem representing the path to the philosopher's stone in alchemy. Etching by Defehrt, 1768, after L.-J. Goussier, after the frontispiece to a 17th century book by Libavius.

A group of women, one praying to the moon. Ink drawing.

Zur Entstehung der babylonischen Mondtheorie : Beobachtung und theoretische Berechnung von Mondphasen / Lis Brack-Bernsen.

Ganesha with his two wives and two female attendants, his rat and a lion with two heads all surrounded by roundels. Coloured transfer lithograph by Janaradna Vasudtya.

Meteorology: a table of the weather. Engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1815, after Sir John Herschel.

The Sun and the moon : the remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar man-bats in nineteenth-century New York / Matthew Goodman.

The Euler-Mayer correspondence (1751-1755) : a new perspective on eighteenth-century advances in the lunar theory / by Eric G. Forbes.

King George I representing royalty, a bishop representing episcopacy; and a judge representing law, all as seen through a telescope as inhabitants of the moon. Engraving by J. Moore, 18-- after W. Hogarth, 1724.

Astronomy: a map showing the paths of several eighteenth century eclipses over England. Engraving, 1787.

Bericht von den Mondskugeln, welche bey der Kosmographischen Gesellschaft in Nürnberg, aus neuen Beobachtungen verfertiget werden durch Tobias Mayern, Mitgliede derselben Gesellschaft.

A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.

Ramsgate, Kent: the beach and harbour at night. Wood engraving, 1850.

Witches meeting and performing spell. Etching by J.A.A. Pastelot.

The fourth day of Creation: God sets the sun, the moon, the stars and the signs of the zodiac in the firmament, in order to divide the light from the darkness. Engraving by H. Lochner.

The woman clothed with the sun is attacked by a seven-headed dragon; her child is ejected up to God: representing the 12th Book of Revelation. Engraving.