Turning the Book Wheel

Color charts of undifferentiated (top) and specialized (bottom) plumage of different warbler species from Charles Keeler's Evolution of the colors of North American land birds (1893).

A type of carriage referred to in the text as "L'Hirondelle" from Science new ser.:v.1 (1883).

Apparatuses for electrical experiments from A Brief history of electricity, a manuscript from the last quarter of the 18th century.

Tamarau (1) and anoa (2) from Richard Lydekker's Wild oxen, sheep & goats of all lands, living and extinct (1898).

49 different seals used by artist Kawanabé Kyōsai to stamp his work over the course of his career from J. Conder's Paintings and studies by Kawanabé Kyōsai [1911].

A model of a giant octopus in the workshop of the Yale museum from Science new ser.:v.1 (1883).

A series of maps showing "The Waning of the Ice Sheet in New York State" over time from Annual Report of the New York State Museum 65th:v.1 suppl. (1911).

A pineapple and some insects that are tend to live around pineapples from Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten (1730).

"The Cat's Dream" by Utamaro from Siegfried Bing's Artistic Japan v.6 (1891).

Charts depicting various kinds of maritime signal flags, with sketches of men demonstrating how the different types of signals are to be used, likely drawn by a person in the 19th century. From the Dibner Manuscript collection.