Description
Engraving of Tycho Brahe's great equatorial armillary instrument
Elevation of Westminster Hall
Bust of General Charles Gordon
St Paul's Cross and old St Paul's Cathedral
to whom it was sent from the East-Indies')
Structure of the Milky Way galaxy Size:XL: 120 x 60cm Engraving of Tycho Brahe's greatPlate 8 figure 4 from the paper 'On the construction of the heavens', by William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 75 (1785), pp. 213 266. Illustration of a section through the galaxy, leading Herschel to the conclusion that 'our nebula is of the third form; that is: A very extensive, branching, compound Congeries of many millions of stars.' Inscribed in pencil verso with publication details. Not signed. Watermarked 'CP'
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