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I think my favourite thing about these weirdo #monkeys is that they look like they've all been caught doing something...
From 'Die saugthiere in abbildungen nach der natur' by Schreber (1774-1846)
#MonkeyDay #WorldMonkeyDay #monkey #rarebook #books #library @BioDivLibrary
The Bride (花嫁)
Art by:
① Italian sculptor Raffaelle Monti (1846-1847).
② Japanese illustrator Itsuko Azuma (東逸子).
9月23日海王星の日
かえるオープンしました
1846年ベルリン天文台のガレが海王星を発見した。1781年の天王星の発見以降、その軌道がニュートンの天文力学に合わないのは、その外側にさらに惑星があるためだと考えられていた。。
今日は何の日まぐろくん始めます!
(毎日は無理かもしれないけど…)
さっそく今日は、秋分の日!…であると同時に海王星の日でもあるんだって!
1846年に偉い人が海王星を見つけた日らしいよ~!
@ScrivoArte @BPerrionni @scastaldi9 @dianadep1 @agustin_gut @Hakflak @FrankCapitone @LuciaTassan @Papryka5 @carmedonnafugat @TeresaBongiova1 @SantoriniEmma @DavLucia @PreziosaGemma @lorie_ra @user9870 Has something caught her fancy, then --
Some bit of verse, some paragraph?
Perhaps it happened -- oh, but when --
A stolen kiss, a giddy laugh.
🎨 Conrad Kiesel (1846-1921), "Daydreaming"
#ScrivoArte
Christian Gerhard #Leopold (1846 – 1911) is remembered for the eponymous "Leopold maneuvers", which are four classic maneuvers used to determine the position of the #fetus within the #uterus.
#histmed #gynecology #obstetrics
We’ve been #crowdsourcing since 1846! #OTD 1857 a volunteer for the @Smithsonian's Meteorological Project tracked a tornado passing through Wisconsin and sent the findings via telegraph. The project led to the founding of the @NWS! Image ID: SIA2010-0732 https://t.co/lLLcTnzlZb
#HistoryofPainting
Daniel Herman Anton Melbye (13 February 1818, Copenhagen – 10 January 1875, Paris) was a Danish painter & photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm & Fritz Melbye.
Lighthouse at Stora Bält, 1846
Source: Bukowskis
#TheNewPainting
“Painting is mute poetry, and poetry is blind painting” Leonardo da Vinci
#HistoryofPainting
Eduard Alexander Hilverdink (Amsterdam, 1846 - 1891) was a Dutch painter.
Jodenbuurt in Amsterdam, 1889
Current location: @AmsterdamMuseum
https://t.co/qU6PNQk1JU
Born in Hoxton, London ~ Victorian author and illustrator ~
Kate Greenaway ~ 1846~1901
Ibis, emblem of Thoth illustration from Pantheon Egyptien (1823-1825) by Leon Jean Joseph Dubois (1780-1846). Digitally enhanced by https://t.co/vuzgYzr1b9
The only thing that might rival the beauty of these botanical illustrations of stone fruit is their flavor. Who else is excited for peach season?!? Find more in "Pomologie française" (1846) https://t.co/gZBmF6s3vc in @BioDivLibrary!
This map charts the path of the April 25th, 1846 #SolarEclipse, which was visible across most of the contiguous United States!
See the full map here: https://t.co/kWHKITaNOU
Maize was first domesticated about 10,000 years ago by indigenous peoples in what is now #Mexico. Explore the cultivation of #corn in Mexico with "Memoria sobre el cultivo del maíz en México" (1846) via #BHLMexico & @UNAM_MX: https://t.co/K5DY1iNEi7 #aghist
'A multitude of pillars & white domes, clustered into a long low pyramid of coloured light; a treasure heap, it seems partly of gold & partly of opal & mother of pearl'. #Ruskin on St Mark's, from 'The Stones of Venice' (St Mark's after Rain, 1846 @AshmoleanMuseum)