Ellipse

<n>'Can You Imagine'</n> (1865), an illustration by <n>Émile-Antoine Bayard</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s novel <n>From the Earth to the Moon</n>.

Photograph from the <n>Harvard College Observatory</n> in Cambridge, 1890-1920.

“Graphy of the cosmic Od.” by <n>Hippolyte Baraduc</n> from his 1913 book <n>The Human Soul</n>.

An 1870 engraving by <n>Henri Hildibrand</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

<n>Plate XIV</n> from <n>Alexander von Humboldt</n>'s book <n>Kosmos</n>, published in 1845.

An 1870 illustration by <n>Émile-Antoine Bayard</n> and <n>Alphonse de Neuville</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s novel <n>Around the Moon</n>.

Plate 148 from <n>Adolf Schmidt</n>'s <n>Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde</n>, 1890.

<n>Plate XXVIII</n> from <n>An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe</n> (1750) by <n>Thomas Wright</n>.

Photograph from the <n>Harvard College Observatory</n>, 1890-1920.

Engravings from <n>The Splash of a Drop</n> (1895) by physicist <n>A. M. Worthington</n>.

An astronomical photograph from the <n>Harvard College Observatory</n> in Cambridge, c. 1890-1920.

Plate from <n>Agnes Giberne</n>'s 1898 book <n>The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars</n>.

An illustration from <n>Henry Kiddle</n>'s 1871 book, <n>A short course in astronomy and the use of the globes</n>.

A nineteenth-century illustration of a meteor shower.

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

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

Illustration of the 1878 solar eclipse from a book by <n>Simon Newcomb</n> and <n>Edward S. Holden</n>.

“The Young Folk’s Astronomy,” Solar Eclipse, 1878

<n>Around the Projectile</n>, an 1870 illustration by <n>Alphonse de Neuville</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s 'Around the Moon'.