EditorialPark of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate and Bavaria (1724-1799). " The ultimate world", an optical illusion and a study in perspective.
EditorialThe circular economy of specs: MIKA & Me urges people to donate old glasses to raise funds for Beatson Cancer Charity, west end, glasgow, Scotland / UK - 11 Dec 2022
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 67.5 x 53.5 cm (26 9/16 x 21 1/16 in.) sheet: 70.3 x 57.4 cm (27 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, printed in black.
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, inked la poup e in black, brown, and green with hand coloring.
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 67.5 x 53.5 cm (26 9/16 x 21 1/16 in.) sheet: 70.3 x 57.4 cm (27 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, printed in black.
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, inked la poup e in black, brown, and green with hand coloring.
EditorialSagittarius A*: NASA Telescopes Support Event Horizon Telescope in Studying Milky Way's Black Hole, Washington, District of Columbia, XSP - 06 May 2022
EditorialChinese propaganda poster: Chinese Jiang Zhuying (1939-1982), a prominent Chinese optician, who made great contribution to China's optical mechanical testing and scientific research in some other fields. China, early 1960s.
EditorialIgnaz Schiffermüller (2 October 1727 - 21 June 1806) was an Austrian naturalist mainly interested in Lepidoptera. In his Versuch eines Farbensystems (1772), Schiffermüller addressed the need for a standardised nomenclature with which to describe the ...
EditorialPark of Schwetzingen palace, built by elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate and Bavaria (1724-1799). " The ultimate world", an optical illusion and a study in perspective.
EditorialLarkin Carey, an optical engineer, examines two test mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope’s on a prototype at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on Sept. 29, 2014. (Chris Gunn/NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialDART team members installing the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft’s only instrument, the Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO), in June 2021. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialDART team members installing the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft’s only instrument, the Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO), in June 2021. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialThe Cocoon illusion presented by Buatier De Kolta at the Egyptian Hall, 1887. England's home of mystery. Lessee and manager Mr. J. N. Maskelyne. Le Cocon. By Buatier de Kolta. Maskelyne & Cooke's entertainment. The poster contains a description of th...
EditorialA poster for Dr. Cramer's Illusions at Berner's Hall, the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington. The marvellous automatic whist player & conjuror, mental arithmetician, orthographer and clairvoyant. Acetos, the great dynamic mystery. An automatic figure, ...
EditorialPortrait of a Man in Profile, 19th century, Graphite, sheet: 18 1/2 x 14 in. (47 x 35.6 cm), Drawings, Cornelius Varley (British, London 1781?1873 London), Before photography was invented, artists often used optical tools for assistance. Cornelius Varl...