Electric Human Suit

drawingdetail:

‘Kurze und leichtfaßliche Anleitung zur Bienenzucht und Bienenpflege’ by A. Niemandsfreund; F. Huber, 1831. (via BibliOdyssey)

“Bees, it is said, are the most studied creatures on the planet after man.”

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joyfulpantsofbuttlol:

Ah. Sexy Copernicus. More proof that religious groups have no right to undermine scientific discovery.

scientificillustration:

n110_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

The American shrew-mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii)

The quadrupeds of North America. v.1.
New York,V.G. Audubon,1851-54.
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34896089

oldrags:

Walking dress for women, teenage girls, boys and young girls, 1874 Austria-Hungary (modern-day Budapest, Hungary), Budapesti Bazárra

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oldbookillustrations:

About the midst of this valley, I perceived the mouth of hell to be.

G. Woolliscroft Rhead, from The pilgrim’s progress from this world to that which is to come, by John Bunyan, New York, 1898.

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joyfulpantsofbuttlol:

gorey:

Hindley Street, Adelaide, from the corner of King William Street. Illustration by George French Angas, 1847.

I like it better this way.

Nude Female Anatomical Figure, artist unknown, from Arzneibuch, 1524–c. 1550

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oldbookillustrations:

Rejoice not against me, O mine ennemy! When I fall, I shall arise.

G. Woolliscroft Rhead, from The pilgrim’s progress from this world to that which is to come, by John Bunyan, New York, 1898.

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oldbookillustrations:

Charles Robinson, frontispiece from The story of the Weathercock, by Evelyn Sharp, London, New York, not dated.

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