Plate from <n>Sir Robert Stawell Ball</n>'s book, based on 1878 eclipse photos by <n>William Harkness</n>.

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

Letters F-N from the <n>Mnemonic Alphabet</n> (1482) by <n>Jacobus Publicius</n>, from his treatise on the art of memory.

Engraving of <n>Chladni Figures</n> (1787) by physicist <n>Ernst Chladni</n>, engraved by <n>Capieux</n>.

Artwork from a <n>Hirayama Fireworks</n> catalog (ca. 1883) used for <n>Califone</n>'s album <n>The Villager's Companion</n>.

Illustration by <n>René Henri Digeon</n> and <n>J. Silberman</n> from <n>Amédée Guillemin</n>'s <n>Le Monde Physique</n> (1882).

<n>Circle</n>, a watercolor and collage by an <n>Anonymous</n> artist, c. 1860s.

<n>Chladni Figures</n>, a series of engravings from 1787 by physicist <n>Ernst Chladni</n>.

<n>Diagram No. 5</n> from the 1887 book <n>Solar Biology</n> by <n>Hiram E. Butler</n>.

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

Pluie d'étoiles - Le Divan Fumoir Bohémien

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

<n>The Spirit of the Moon</n> by <n>Émile-Antoine Bayard</n> for <n>Jules Verne</n>'s 1870 novel *Around the Moon*.

Illustrations from a Japanese fireworks catalogue by <n>Jinta Hirayama</n> for the <n>Hirayama fireworks company</n>, ca. 1883.

An 1866 wood block print titled <n>The Seasons</n>, illustrating the Earth's orbit and seasonal changes.

An astronomical chart by <n>Athanasius Kircher</n> from his 1646 book <n>Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae</n>.

<n>The Constellations, Map II</n>, a celestial chart by <n>Elijah Hinsdale Burritt</n>, published in 1856.

From <n>Johannes Gossner</n>'s 1851 book, <n>The Heart of Man; Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan</n>.

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

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

A chiromancy diagram from <n>Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim</n>'s 1533 book, <n>De Occulta Philosophia</n>.

<n>Passage de Vénus sur le soleil</n>, an illustration of the <n>1874 Transit of Venus</n> from <n>La Nature</n>.

<n>Thomas Wright</n>'s 1750 illustration, <n>The satellite Systems, proportionable to one another</n>.

An illustration of the <n>Heliocentric model</n> by astronomer <n>Nicolaus Copernicus</n>.

The Planetary System: Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars

A vintage scientific diagram of <n>Radium</n>, from a plate labeled TAB. XV.

A woodcut by <n>Agnes Giberne</n> from *<n>The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars</n>* (1898).

Cover art for <n>Dougie Bowne</n>'s album <n>The Stars Are Indispensable</n>. Artwork by <n>Robert Fludd</n>.

An illustration by <n>Edward J. Woolsey</n> from his 1869 book, <n>Specimens of Fancy Turning</n>.

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