Figures of the Sun and Earth mb-artistname Samuel Philips Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis Owen

Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis Owen in the Canterbury Museum

Laboratory equipment intended to measure the expansion of fluids when heated

at the top is an interior view of Westminster Hall showing the trial of William Howard

Interior view of the Thames Tunnel

Figures of the Sun and Earth mb-artistname Samuel Philips Skeleton of Aptornis otidiformis OwenFigures of the Sun and Earth linked by 'heavenly' and 'earthly' pyramids of fire. These are inscribed: 'Ignis Palladias' [Pallas fire ] and 'Ignis Vestiae' [Vesta fire] and are ascribed qualities or attributes, for example the latter 'Corporeus et inquinatus semper depuratur et redditur subtilior' [Physical and polluted, always purified and rendered more subtle]. Plate from the chapter 'De Igne', pp. 34 35 in Actorum chymicorum Holmiensium Parasceve,