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Plate II from <n>Thomas Wright</n>'s <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n>, 1750.

An 1881 illustration of the jellyfish <n>Pectanthis asteroides</n> by artist <n>Ernst Haeckel</n>.

A 1928 photogravure of a <n>Cobaea scandens</n> plant by artist <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

A 1660 chart of lunar phases by <n>Andreas Cellarius</n>, engraved by <n>Jan van Loon</n>.

An illustration from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869) by artist <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

<n>Sea Holly</n>, a black and white photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>.

<n>Motif of a vibrating pendulum</n>, 1874. Photo by <n>Étienne-Jules Marey</n>.

Plate 11 from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n>, a book of lathe-work patterns by an anonymous English mechanic, 1869.

An albumen print from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869), a book by artist <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

A plate from the book <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869) by artist <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

<n>Shoulder Straightening with Towel</n> from the 1917 book <n>Physical Training for Business Men</n> by <n>H. Irving Hancock</n>.

<n>Figure generated by a vibrating rod</n> by <n>Étienne-Jules Marey</n>, c. 1890-92.

A plate from <n>Anatomia Testudinis Europaeae</n> (1821), a work on turtle anatomy by <n>Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus</n>.

A photograph by artist <n>Ivana Lucic</n> for a project with art direction by <n>Clara Donadoni</n>.

<n>The Moon</n> (1857–60), a salted paper print by <n>John Adams Whipple</n> and <n>James Wallace Black</n>.

<n>Harmonograph pattern</n>, a salted paper print by artist <n>Benjamin Creswick</n>, c. 1890.

A geometric pattern from <n>Specimens of fancy turning</n>, created on a lathe in 1871.

An image from <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n> (1869) by <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n>.

<n>Nauphanta challengeri</n> (1882), an illustration by <n>Ernst Haeckel</n> from the <n>Challenger expedition</n> report.

<n>Ovipositor of female fly</n>, an illustration by <n>Martin Frobenius Ledermüller</n> from 1762.

<n>Globeflower</n>, a photograph by <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n> from his 1928 book <n>Urformen der Kunst</n>.

'<n>Queensland Pearls</n>' by <n>William Saville-Kent</n> (1893), used as cover art for <n>Ryuuta Takaki</n>'s album <n>Jewels</n>.

<n>Plate XXIV</n> from '<n>An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe</n>' by <n>Thomas Wright</n>, 1750.

A photographic plate from the <n>1882 transit of Venus</n>, taken by the <n>U.S. Naval Observatory</n>.