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A Finite View of Infinity
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Plate XXXI from Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750), a richly illustrated work (embellished with both fragments of poetry and stunning images) explaining his theories on the universe, including the appearance of the Milky Way as "an optical effect due to our immersion in what locally approximates to a flat layer of stars". (Image source: The Getty via Internet Achive)
- Ideal Lunar Landscape James Nasmyth
- Comet Rosa Anonymous
- Perspective View of the Visible Creation Thomas Wright
- Eclipse of the Sun by the Earth as Seen from the Moon James Nasmyth
- Normal Lunar Crater James Nasmyth
- Photographs of (models of) the moon (1874) Anonymous
- Comet Veru Anonymous
- Arrival of the Martians Henrique Alvim Corrêa