3 Little Byrdies

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1896 lithograph of Sir William Herschel and Caroline Herschel by A. Diethe. William and Caroline made many important astronomical discoveries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and Caroline was elected an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1835, along with Mary Somerville, the first two women members of the organization.

Scientific news for general readers; a popular illustrated weekly journal of science (1887)

Leonardo da Vinci’s water powered gyroscopic compass, circa 1500.

The elephant clock, as depicted by Badi'al-Zaman Abū al-‘Izz ibn Ismā'īl ibn al-Razāz al-Jazarī from his manuscript The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, 1206. On the construction of the clock, Al-Jazari remarked that “the elephant represents the Indian and African cultures, the two dragons represents Chinese culture, the phoenix represents Persian culture, the water work represents ancient Greek culture, and the turban represents Islamic culture”.

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Bird by Fantastic Hysteria on Flickr.

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Here’s a little bird pattern starring some birdies I’ve encountered in the last few years!