The Sawed-Off Head / The Reduction (1897), from Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, including Trick Photography.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

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The Sawed-Off Head / The Reduction (1897), from Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, including Trick Photography.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

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Flowers And Structures Beautiful, Insects Gorgeous. (1895) by John Augustus Knapp, from Etidorhpa.

Source: Duke University Libraries / Internet Archive

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Flowers And Structures Beautiful, Insects Gorgeous. (1895) by John Augustus Knapp, from Etidorhpa.

Source: Duke University Libraries / Internet Archive

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The Hunters Enter the Woods (1495–1505), from The Unicorn Tapestries.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

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The Hunters Enter the Woods (1495–1505), from The Unicorn Tapestries.

Source: The Metropolitan Museum

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Session for the Blind at Sunderland Museum (ca. 1913).

Source: Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums / Flickr: The Commons

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Session for the Blind at Sunderland Museum (ca. 1913).

Source: Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums / Flickr: The Commons

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From Dr. G. Zander’s Medico-Mechanische Gymastik (1892).

Source: Tekniska Museet / Flickr: The Commons

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From Dr. G. Zander’s Medico-Mechanische Gymastik (1892).

Source: Tekniska Museet / Flickr: The Commons

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Rainbow Double Refraction (1868) by René Henri Digeon, Étienne Antoine Eugène Ronjat.

Source: Wellcome Collection

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Rainbow Double Refraction (1868) by René Henri Digeon, Étienne Antoine Eugène Ronjat.

Source: Wellcome Collection

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Illustration by Cyprianus, from Clavis Inferni (null).

Source: Wellcome Collection

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Illustration by Cyprianus, from Clavis Inferni (null).

Source: Wellcome Collection

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The Cacao Tree (1725), from A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica.

Source: Missouri Botanical Garden / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/98cbdb9d-b10b-4ed1-8885-a104f462e696

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The Cacao Tree (1725), from A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica.

Source: Missouri Botanical Garden / Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Table of the Comparative Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World (ca. 1826).

Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps / Wikimedia Commons

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Reposting with #alttext

Table of the Comparative Heights of the Principal Mountains in the World (ca. 1826).

Source: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps / Wikimedia Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f9204fc9-f295-406a-b8b6-7742aaa25f91

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Test the quantity of oil in the tank by inserting a piece of stick (1909) by Dorothy Levitt, from The Woman and the Car.

Source: McGill University Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4d2e4e25-d257-4770-80c9-31dae00afbd4

#automobiles #headwear #mechanics #cars #maintenance #travel #driving #art #publicdomain