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Illustration of a lunar eclipse in a Turkish copy of al-Qazwini's 'Wonders of Creation' 1717 @MedievalMss @walters_museum https://t.co/8uzQT3NioW
Tozoztontli, the Third Month of the Aztec Solar Calendar (c. 1585); from the Tovar Codex, attributed to the 16thC Mexican Jesuit Juan de Tovar; this page represents the month of April with the astrological symbol of a bull; via @WDLorg https://t.co/yUTprV3sjJ
Picturing Women in Astronomy and Space Exploration — Google Arts & Culture https://t.co/vBTrkINp7B via @googlearts
Astronomy: two rival mathematicians, Urinaal and Raasbollius, argue about models of the solar system; engraving by P. Tanjé, 1758, after C. Troost, 1741; from an episode in the play "The mathematicians" by P. Langendijk, 1715; Amsterdam @WellcomeCollect https://t.co/LwbgFS0ttT
Colored cotton wall hanging, showing the "Leviathan of Parsonstown", a large reflecting telescope erected @BirrCastle in Ireland by Lord Rosse; made by the Working Men's Educational Union, 1853 @RMGreenwich https://t.co/MGADkercwD
A large case of mathematical instruments by D. Lusuerg, Rome, 1701; the set is unusually extensive, and includes ordinary dividers, a geometric quadrant, a circle of degrees with pointers, a universal sundial, and a set of 'Napier's Rods' @sciencemuseum https://t.co/MNQniqEUgt
"Celebrating Pluto’s discovery: 88 years ago, a distant, icy world blinked into view" @AstronomyMag https://t.co/tScnqWD5QL
"Lesson in Astronomy" (late 1750s), by Venetian artist Giuseppe Angeli (1709-1798) @state_hermitage https://t.co/Q42pjdM1f5
Korean painting of the Tejaprabha Buddha and the North Pole star, surrounded by figures representing the navagraha (9 planets), 28 constellations and 12 western signs of the zodiac; mineral colors on coarse silk; Joseon Dynasty, 1850-60 @britishmuseum https://t.co/XJquGsp6jJ
Astronomical diagrams from Leonardo de Pierio Dati's "Sferamundi" c.1475 @WellcomeLibrary https://t.co/nIl3y7ibEV