Astronomiæ Instauratæ Mechanica

Instruments for the Restoration of Astronomy Tycho Brahe (1602) - here in colour.

Animals & Astronomy

Glass slides from the Bill Douglas Centre at the University of Exeter. Link…

Italian Instruments

Photographs of beautiful instruments disfigured by ugly watermarks. Quite why, I don't know. Does the image have some sort of value that is retained by the museum because it is distributed with their watermark on it? I just don't get it. Link…

La Route des Tommes

Cheeses to Italy, fabrics on the way back (since 1919).


Lots of astronomy on the site too. Link…

Urania's Mirror

Constellation cards [related]. Link…

Voorwerp

A 10,000 light-years diameter hole. Link…

Trouvelot

The astronomical drawings of Trouvelot, the man that introduced the Gypsy Moth to America. Link…

Space

Space books for children. Link…