EditorialEndolepis Suckleyi, 1. Staminate flower, 2. Vertical section of the same , with the lobes of the calyx inflexed, 3. Pistillate flower, with the involucre entire, 4. Same, with one side of the closed involucre cut away, 5. A 4-leaved calyx of a pistilla...
EditorialDorsal and ventral view of the red water mite, Eylais extendens, magnified x30. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-...
EditorialThistle pulp cells magnified under a microscope, 18th century. Normal size A, and enlarged B to show a ring of sexagonal cells, surrounded by fibres to bring sap and nutrients. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (...
EditorialMagnified view of a housefly, Musca domestica, under a microscope: actual size 1, underside of head and body 2, abdomen 3, leg 4, and compound eye 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children),...
EditorialMagnified image under a microscope of the fibres of a sponge 1, and two-tone taffeta fabric, with yellow weft and purple warp 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedr...
EditorialCup-shaped polyps, magnified under a microscope, 18th century. Polyps attached to pondweed 1 and a snail 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1...
EditorialReddish-brown filamentous alga, Vertebrata lanosa (Polysiphonia fastigiata), magnified x50. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," L...
EditorialEggs of the housefly, Musca domestica, magnified x75. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialEggs of the mottled umber moth, Erannis defoliaria, magnified x75. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialToe of mouse, Mus musculus, injected, magnified x30, to show the circulation through tiny blood vessels. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Scien...
EditorialVental disk and radiating arms of the small brittle starfish, Ophiocoma neglecta, magnified x35. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossi...
EditorialLocust pupa, one day old, magnified x20. Drawing from a specimen mounted in balsam by Mr. Enock. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossi...
EditorialEggs of the vapourer moth, Orgyia antiqua, magnified x30. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialTransverse section of the compound molar tooth of the Cape anteater or aardvark, Orycteropus afer, magnified x150. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwic...
EditorialPeristome of water moss, Funaria hygrometrica, magnified x25. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialSpiracle of the horse bot fly, Gasterophilus intestinalis (Oestrus equi), magnified x50. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," Lond...
EditorialLace bug, Tingis crassiochari. Magnified x30. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialRadula of a limpet, Patella vulgata, magnified x50. The limpet's coiled-up radula (tongue) is twice as long as its shell armed with thousands of crystal teeth. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Grap...
EditorialWater flea, Cyclops cyprinaceus, underside magnified under a microscope. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1805.
EditorialSeeds of love-lies-bleeding, Amaranthus caudatus, magnified x25. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialGroup of foraminifera, marine plankton or amoeboid protists, magnified x50. Chromolithograph after an illustration by E.T.D., lithographed by Vincent Brooks, from "Graphic Microscopy" plates to illustrate "Hardwicke's Science Gossip," London, 1865-1885.
EditorialCrystals magnified under a microscope: silver solution and Diana's tree 1, camphor 2, and niter 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822)...
EditorialMagnified image of common moss, Phascum cuspidatum 1, and microscopic enlargment of pond algae, Hydrodictyon utriculatum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich J...
EditorialHuman finger 1, magnified 2, epidermis 3, magnified 4, scales 5, magnified skin 6, and human blood 7, serum 8, and salt crystals in blood 9 under the microscope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book fo...
EditorialAnatomy of a tree: cross section of pine branch 1b, wood chip 1a, the same magnified 2, magnified further 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (...