science

[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euc...

Repr. of line drawing by Erhard Ratdolt, printer of the edition. Illus. in: Euclides Elementa Geometriae, Venice, 1482. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 P. This record contains unverified, old data from captio... more

[Geometric diagrams in margins of text of first printed edition of Euc...

Repr. of line drawing by Erhard Ratdolt, printer of the edition. Illus. in: Euclides Elementa Geometriae, Venice, 1482. Reference copy may be in LOT 4397 P. This record contains unverified, old data from captio... more

[Title page of Elementa geometrie; with decorated border and initial P...

Title page in: Elementa geometria / Euclides. Venice : E. Ratdolt, 1482. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 225.

[Four views of heads with proportions delineated in perspective grids,...

Illus. and text in: Hierin sind begriffin vier Bucher von menschlichen Proportion / Albrecht Durer. [Nurenberg : Gedrucky durch I. Formschneyder, auff Verlegung Albrecht Durers velassen Witib], 1528. Published ... more

[Title page of Witelo, De Natura, illus. with composite of various phe...

Illus. in: Witelo, De Natura, 1535. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Rainbow; Light; Natural phenomena; Science; BI Works; RBD; Shelf.

[Title page for The complete gentleman, by Henry Peacham, with elabora...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The complete gentleman / Henry Peacham. London : Francis Constable, 1622, title page. Reference copy in LOT 7007.

Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642

Head and shoulders, facing left. Engraving by F. Villamoena. Illus. in: Il saggiatore nel quale con bilancia esquisita ... Rome, 1623, preceding p. 1. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from cap... more

[Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Copernicus discussing matters of astronomy be...

Frontispiece in: Dialogo ... sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e coprenicano / Galileo Galilei. Fiorenza : G.B. Landini, 1632. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washingto... more

[Compound microscope as rendered by artist in Descartes "La Dioptrique...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Discours de la methode .... Plus La dioptriqve. Les meteores. Et La geometrie. Qui sont des essais de cete methode. Leyde : De li̓mprimerie de I. Maire, 1637. Publis... more

[Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and at...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Opere di Galileo Galilei .... Bologna : Per gli hh del Dozza, 1655-56 [v.1, 1656] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leo... more

Maze-like geometric figures: 2 squares

Illus. in: Georg Böckler, Theatrum Machinarum Novum, pl. 17. Reference copy may be in LOT 4449. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Puzzle pictures; RBD; Publ. In... more

Thomas Jefferson to National Institute, November 14, 1802, Science and...

Science and Arts

Thomas Jefferson to National Institute, November 3, 1802, Science and ...

Science and Arts

Premiere séance de l'institut National ; le 15 Germinal, An 4eme de la...

Print shows a large group of men seated in two u-shaped rows along the sides and back of a large hall with a barrel ceiling and with statuary in alcoves set off by columns, a crowded third row of standing-room-... more

Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642

Head and shoulders, facing left. Engraving by G. Rouen? after F. Benvenuti. Illus. in: Memoire e leffre ... Galileo Galilei, 1821, frontispiece. Ref. copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified d... more

Osteologie du megatherium / Dalton, del. ; Coutant, sculpt.

Fossil skeleton of sloth discovered in South America that proved species could become extinct. Illus. in: Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles / Georges Cuvier. Third ed. Paris : G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, 1825,... more

[Different species of bats, with details of heads, wing and teeth stru...

Illus. in: Le regne animale / Georges Cuvier. Paris : Fortin, Masson et cie, [1836-1849]. pl. 24. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 95.

[David and Ellen Bell, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

Photographer unidentified. Case: Rinhart 131. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library o... more

The political and military reformer. Devoted to the support of truly R...

Prospectus. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 8, Folder 15.

Allegory of arts and sciences

Print shows a tribute to the arts and sciences with women instructing young boys and girls, showing symbols relating to music, geometry, chemistry, geography, navigation, painting, industry, and astronomy. Titl... more

Prospectus of a weekly family newspaper, to be called the "Fireside co...

[Alexander Bell, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, ...

Grandfather of Alexander Graham Bell. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: 40. Case: plain leather. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Phot... more

[Gertrude M. Hubbard with baby]

Woman holding baby. Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of ... more

Melville James Bell smiling

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-13-18, no. 31. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 18... more

[Sir Charles Lyell, full-length portrait, seated at small table, facin...

Henry Carrington Bolton Collection. In carte de visite album.

Alexander Graham Bell, Edward Charles Bell, and, as a ghost, Melville ...

Photograph taken by Alexander Melville Bell. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Gertrude M. Hubbard and baby daughter Mabel]

Woman holding baby girl. Photographer unidentified. Case: plain leather, push button. Accompanying note: Gertrude M. Hubbard, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Form... more

[Mabel Hubbard Gardiner Bell as a girl, half-length portrait, facing f...

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photographs of the A... more

[Mabel Hubbard as a young girl, half-length portrait]

Photographer unidentified. Hallmark: Rinhart 20a. Case: plain leather, push button. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard afterwards wife of Alexander Graham Bell. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-197... more

[Mabel Hubbard as a girl, full-length portrait, seated on chair]

Photographer unidentified. Case: central floral motif surrounded by scrolls. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor coll... more

[Mabel Hubbard, half-length portrait of a girl, facing front, seated]

Photographer unidentified. Case: back only, plain leather. Accompanying note: Mabel G. Hubbard. Transfer; Manuscript Division; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:199). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor collection of Photogra... more

Alexander Graham Bell at about the age of 14 or 15 [...]

Alexander Graham Bell, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Title transcribed from caption list in album. Photograph taken by Bell's father at Milton Cottage, Trinity, Edinburgh. In album: Photographs ... more

Astrology! What is astrology? ... Professor Baron has a profound knowl...

Astrology.; Handwritten on verso: 29 Jan. 1863. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 70... more

Call at the book store and get a solution of our national difficulties...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 234, Folder 24a.

An appeal to the friends of science. For the second time, the Portland...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 27, Folder 22.

Roberta Hubbard

Photograph shows a studio portrait of Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell, sister-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selecte... more

Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard

Photograph shows portrait of Gertrude M. Hubbard, mother of Mabel H. Bell. Title from item. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selected by him for preservation in the Beinn Bhreagh Recorder. Anoth... more

Charles Babbage, 1792-1871

Head and shoulders, facing left. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1871 Nov. 4, v. 59, p. 424. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... more

Alexander Graham Bell and Miss Liberty

"Possibly symbolizes the March 19, 1888 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dolbear v. American Bell Tel. Co., 126 U.S. 1 (opinion by Mr. Chief Justice Waite) upholding the Bell telephone patents" on... more

[Gardiner Green Hubbard, head-and-shoulders portrait, full face]

Title on item: Gardiner Greene Hubbard on a trip to Russia, ca. 1875. Photo by Otto Renar. Neg no. LC-G9. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Libra... more

Mabel Hubbard Bell, full-length portrait, standing, facing front in st...

Stamped on card mount: Fraser & Sons, Toronto, Ont. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific...

Print shows the inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrating his experimental telephone, which had a connection between Salem and Boston, Massachusetts. Bell had given previous demonstrations in February 1877 a... more

[Prometheus unbound; or, science in Olympus]

The following description traces the figures clockwise from upper left. Vulcan, the god of fire and the forging of metals, and several cyclops watch in amazement as a modern man demonstrates a power press. Ne... more

[Mekteb-i Mülkiye-yi Şahane (Imperial School of Political Science)] / ...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 14. In album: Schools, Ottoman Empire. Now known as İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Fakültesi. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid... more

[A group photograph of the students of the Mekteb-i Mülkiye-yi (Imperi...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 21. Now known as İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Fakültesi. In album: Schools, libraries, student and teacher portraits, ... more

Madison, Wis., Chemical Laboratory and Science Hall

[Garden, Mekteb-i Mülkiye-yi Şahane (Imperial School of Political Scie...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 11. In album: Schools, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Now known as İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Fakültesi. Forms part of: A... more

Prof. A. Graham Bell's induction-balance for ascertaining the location...

Print shows a diagram of the induction-balance device invented by Alexander Graham Bell, with parts labeled. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 52, no. 1351 (1881 August 20), p. 417.

G. Cuvier / E.Hader, pixnit ; photo. u. verl. v. Sophus Williams, Berl...

Photograph of painting shows Baron Georges Cuvier, French naturalist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Title from item. Printed on verso: George Baron von Cuvier; stamped: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, F... more

[Events related to the assassination of President Garfield]

Prints show Alexander Graham Bell using his induction-balance device to locate the bullet in President Garfield's body; fireworks at Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York; and an evening service at Asbury Park, New Jersey.

[Alexander Graham Bell, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facin...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Alexander Graham Bell photographs. Photograph of 1882 painting by Lobrichon, Paris.

Science, or sport? - A modern spectacle after an old model / J. Kepple...

Print shows a group of explorers of the polar regions, representing discovery and exploration, floating on an ice floe, they may all be on the verge of death; weighing judgement are James G. Bennett of the New ... more

Alexander Graham Bell and his Scott Circle School

Alexander Graham Bell with teachers and students of the Scott Circle School for deaf children, posed outdoors in Washington, D.C. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander... more

The universal church of the future - from the present religious outloo...

Illustration shows an interior view of a hall in a museum with four men sitting quietly beneath a shelf of "Books of Religious Reference"; there is a small crowd gathered before them. Further along the hall is ... more

Dolce far nientes in parlor

Mary True reclining and reading. Title from item. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album: v. 5, p. 15.

Mr. Hubbard's room in Fort House

Gardiner Greene Hubbard reclining and reading. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album: v. 5, p. 6.

An appalling attempt to muzzle the watch-dog of science / F. Graetz.

Illustration shows Herbert Spencer as a statue of a large dog at the entrance to a public building emitting rays of light labeled "Science"; many diminutive men, wearing oversized top hats, scamper about with l... more

[Alexander Graham Bell and family with a nurse (center) on a picnic at...

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-5-32. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: ... more

[Alexander Melville Bell with his wife Eliza Grace Symonds and their g...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs, 1846-1946: selected from the collections of the L... more

The garden flag at half mast for Gen. Grant

The Gardiner Greene Hubbard home, "The Homestead" in Manchester, Massachusetts. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). In album:... more

[Alexander Graham Bell with his wife Mabel and daughters Elsie (left) ...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Man on ship comparing temperature of the surface of the sea and the a...

Illus. in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 ..., narrative, vol. 1, second part. Longmans & Co. ..., 1885, diagram 22, p. 1003. Reference copy also... more

[Mabel Hubbard Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Bartol, Alexander Melv...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Alexander Graham Bell, his wife and daughters, with Mr. and Mrs. Alex...

Another copy filed in LOT 11533-5-28 (left image). Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress). Published in: A Century of photographs... more

Gardiner Greene Hubbard reclining and reading

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Marian Hubbard "Daisy" Bell and Elsie May Bell with governess]

[Three men on deck of the H.M.S. Challenger studying Medusae, jellyfis...

Illus. in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 ..., narrative, vol. 1, second part. London : Longmans & Co. ..., 1885, p. 603. Reference copy also avai... more

"Sheol" / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows a number of historical figures enjoying the pleasant atmosphere of "Sheol" after suffering the flames of Hell; at left is a dejected Devil sitting beneath a sign that states "This Business is... more

[An exacting housekeeper]

President Grover Cleveland busily sweeps dirt from the front door of the White House. His back is turned toward an angry Columbia, who castigates him for ignoring a garland labeled "Stock Tele[-]" lying beneat... more

[Alexander Graham Bell swimming, his head above water, with cigar in h...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Marian Hubbard "Daisy" Bell, three-quarter length portrait, at eight ...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Rear view of Alexander Graham Bell entering ruins of Pompeii]

In album: v. 13, p. 5. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

College memories. by a fellow of the Society of science, letters and a...

Verse. Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 84, Folder 13.

Science, independence, freedom

Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, half-length portrait, facing lef...

Stamped on verso: From C.M. Bell's, Photographic Studio 463 & 465 Penna. Ave. Washington, D.C. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Illustration demonstrating that the efficiency of a power cycle depen...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Reflections on the motive power of heat and on machines fitted to develop that power. New York : J. Wiley & sons, 1890. Published in: The tradition of technology : Lan... more

Alexander Graham Bell with his family and friends at the lodge, Baddec...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

[Galileo Galilei, half-length portrait, facing left]

Possibly a reproduction of a painting by Giusto Sustermans. "Edne. Alinari...no. 104." Captioned in Italian.

[Aileen Bell, full-length portrait, facing left, playing a piano]

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell family. Aileen Bell used on a "no conflict" basis.

First Christian Science Church, Denver

Wittemann Collection.

[Science class in Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 894.

School and family charts, accompanied by a manual of object lessons an...

11441 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... more

Marian "Daisy" Bell, left, and Elsie May Bell, right, standing, with a...

Photograph shows a studio portrait of three girls. Title transcribed from caption list in album. In album: Photographs of Alexander Graham Bell : Selected by him for preservation in the Beinn Bhreagh Recorder. ... more

A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893.

Design drawing for a flying machine invented and patented by A.F. Bergqvist. Pat. no. 506,969. Sheet 1 of 3. Fig. 1. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Fa... more

Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Alexander Graham Bell

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date from photographer's logbook. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Genera... more

[Reproduction of page from notebook of Leonardo da Vinci]

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Il codice atlantico di Leonardo da Vinici nella Biblioteca ambrosiana di Milano. Milano : U. Hoepli, 1894-1904. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks o... more

The sciences

Mural by Kenyon Cox in the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. Copyright by Curtis & Company, Boston. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 292.

"Art" by W. de L. Dodge, north-west pavilion (Pavilion of art and scie...

Mural by W. de Leftwich Dodge in the Library of Congress. Copyright by A. Wittemann, Brooklyn, New York. In souvenir album: The new Library of Congress.

For once, science and religion agree / Keppler.

Print shows Chauncey M. Depew and Robert G. Ingersoll, each in the arms of the other, pointing to quotations attributed to them that justify American imperialist activities in the Philippines through the introd... more

A map of Sable Island showing the location of the known wrecks upon th...

Photograph shows a framed map, "Known Wrecks on Sable Island compiled from official reports by S. D. McDonald, F.C.S." (probably the 1890 edition) with a large number of ships indicating locations of shipwrecks... more

[Students in a science class using microscopes, Western High School, W...

No. 11. In album: "Western High School." Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

[Class in science - studying water vapor, 2nd Division elementary scho...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "2nd Division."

[Small children studying geometry in a classroom in Washington, D.C.]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "5th Division and Kindergarten." Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Schools Classroom.

[Children in school in Washington, D.C. - studying geometry]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "4th Division."

[Students in a science class conducting experiments, Western High Scho...

[Girls in a science laboratory at Eastern High School, Washington, D.C...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "Eastern High School." Caption card tracings: Schools Classrooms; DC, Wash. S... more

[Group of young women performing atmospheric pressure experiments whil...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.

[Group of young women studying electro-magnets in normal school, Washi...

The last stand - science versus superstition / Keppler.

Print shows five men labeled "Newton, Abbott, Briggs, Savage, [and] Adler" and one man holding a flag that states "Think or be Damned", with a machine gun labeled "History, Archaeology, Evolution, Enlightenment... more

[Grade school, Washington, D.C. - children drawing and cutting rectang...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. In album: "4th Division." Caption card tracings: Geometry; Schools; Children; Geogr; Art.