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The Earth - Its Annual Revolutions, and the Seasons of the Year. Nebulae _ Comets.
The Earth - Its Annual Revolutions, and the Seasons of the Year. Nebulae _ Comets. Plate LIX. LX.
Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin [n.d., c.1880].
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½").
Multiple images of the Earth within a ring demarqued with the Zodiac, showing the seasons. In the borders are 21 illustrations of nebulae and comets, including the Crab Nabula and three views of Halley's Comet as seen in 1835.
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Astronomy: The Solar System.
Astronomy: The Solar System. Plates XII - XIII
Engraved by W. Hughes, London.
Blackie & Son, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin [n.d., c.1880].
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 250 x 320mm (9¾ x 12½").
A central illustration depicts the Solar System with the paths of the orbits of the planets to Saturn (although Uranus and Neptune are mentioned elsewhere) and the routes of comets. Smaller illustrations depict the Moon's phases, the sizes of the planets and the paths of Earth & Venus.
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