Infografika retro

An illustration of the northern hemisphere of a brass celestial globe belonging to Major-General Sir John Malcolm. The brass globe was made by Muhamma...

In 1575, when the Ottoman empire was at its height, the astronomer Taqi ad-Din founded an observatory at Galata (now part of Istanbul, Turkey). This p...

An equatorial telescope, mounted so that it has two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one parallel to the axis of the earth.

Provided with a model of the celestial sphere, reference books and dividers, a medieval astrologer draws up a horoscope in this engraving from Robert...

Christoph Scheiner (c.1573-1650), a German Jesuit father, physicist and astronomer, and a co-discoverer of sunspots.

An eighteenth century illustration of a celestial sphere, or rather a representation of the hemisphere of the heavens that can be seen from the northe...

An illustration showing a person calculating the angle between Aldebaran (the brightest star in the constellation Taurus) and the moon, with respect t...

An astronomical sextant belonging to Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), the Danish astronomer, astrologer and alchemist. After becoming interested in astronomy...

Astronomical clock.

A map of the world, taken from Ptolemy's book "Geographia."

Quadrant was used by Hevelius in the 17th century to measure the position of celestial bodies.

Illustration from "Le Grand Atlas de Cosmografie Blaviane," by the Dutch cartographer Johan Blaeu, showing Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on the...

Illustration of the "Leviathan of Parsonstown," a 72-inch reflecting telescope built in the 1840s by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, on his estate...

Illustration of an equatorial armillary sphere, containing one and a half circles, in Tycho Brahe's observatory. From "Le Grand Atlas de Cosmografia B...

Illustration from "Le Grand Atlas de Cosmografie Blaviane," by the Dutch cartographer Johan Blaeu, showing Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on the...

Illustration from "Le Grand Atlas de Cosmografie Blaviane," by the Dutch cartographer Johan Blaeu, showing Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on the...

Illustration from "Le Grand Atlas de Cosmografie Blaviane," by the Dutch cartographer Johan Blaeu, showing Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on the...

Illustration from "Le Grand Atlas de Cosmografie Blaviane," by the Dutch cartographer Johan Blaeu, showing Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory on the...

Sketch depicting a method of calculating the sun's elevation. Sketch by R. Dudleo, From "Dell'Arcano del Mare," Florence, 1647; Riccardiana Library, F...

Sketch depicting a method of calculating the sun's elevation. Sketch by R. Dudleo, From "Dell'Arcano del Mare," Florence, 1647; Riccardiana Library, F...

Sketch depicting a method of calculating the sun's elevation. One man keeps the instrument level, while the other man makes adjustments and reads the...

Sketch depicting a method of calculating the sun's elevation. One man keeps the instrument level, while the other man makes adjustments and reads the...

An illlustration of the northern constellation Perseus. It is named after the Greek Hero who slew the gorgon Medusa. The variable star Algol represent...

Line drawing of an early sixteenth-century woodcut of the universe, showing a man thrusting his head through the starry firmament into infinity. From...

Illustration of Luigi Galvani's experiments to discover bioelecricity, which involves static voltage of biological cells and the electric currents tha...

Fot. Zbiory D.B. Lomaczewska / East News Mapa Polski 1939-1945.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AVANTIS Bell Helicopters over Afghanistan. After a sweeping victory in northern Afghanistan, the United States and its Afghan allies...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/W. LASKI Mapa Polski zatwierdzona podczas spotkania Jozefa Stalina z Franklinem Rooseweltem i Winstonem Churchillem na konferencji...

Fot. Wojtek Laski / East News Otwarcie wystawy "Zaglada polskich elit. Akcja AB - Katyn". Stara Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Warszawa, Pols...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/WOJTEK LASKI REPRODUKCJA MAPY WOLYNIA W LATACH 1939-45 ZBRODNIE NACJONALISTOW UKRAINSKICH POPELNIONYCH NA POLAKACH, IPN W lata...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS MAPA BITWY POD VERDUN, JEDNEJ Z NAJDLUZSZYCH PODCZAS I WOJNY SWIATOWEJ Carte de la bataille de Verdun, la plus longue bataille de l...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS carte de Haiti en 1600 par Samuel de Champlain 00360505