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LL/31674
ThumbnailGemma Frisius 
A drawing by Gemma Frisius showing how he used a pinhole within a darkened room to study the solar eclipse of 1544 
1545 (published) 
Engraving 
Private collection 

  
LL/38102
ThumbnailJohn William Draper 
Spectrograph 
1840 
Daguerreotype 
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution 
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Photographic History Collection, Image ID AFS 138 
  

  
LL/35222
ThumbnailAppearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin 
1842, 7 July 
Magazine illustration, engraving 
Google Books 

  
LL/35223
ThumbnailAppearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin 
1842, 7 July 
Magazine illustration, engraving 
Google Books 

  
LL/33108
ThumbnailJ.A. Whipple 
The Moon, August 6, 1851 
1851, 6 August 
Daguerreotype 
3 1/2 x 2 3/4 ins 
Middlebury College Museum of Art 
Purchase with funds provided by the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Fund and the Overbrook Foundation. 1989.009 
  

  
LL/33090
ThumbnailJ.A. Whipple 
The Moon 
1852, 26 February 
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate 
11.9 x 9.7 cm 
Harvard College Observatory 
Courtesy Harvard College Observatory 
  

  
LL/33124
ThumbnailJ.A. Whipple 
View of the Moon, February 26, 1852 
1852, 26 February 
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate 
11.9 x 9.7 cm 
Harvard College Observatory 
Courtesy Harvard College Observatory, Plate Stacks, OB-7 
  

  
LL/15943
ThumbnailJ.A. Whipple 
The Moon, Taken at Cambridge Observatory by John A. Whipple 
1860 (ca) 
Stereocard, detail 
Jefferson Stereoptics 
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 892) 
  

  
LL/35219
ThumbnailJ.A. Whipple 
Daguerreotypes of the Sun and Moon 
1852 
Magazine page 
Google Books 
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LL/33211
ThumbnailW. & F. Langenheim 
Eclipse of the Sun, May 26, 1854 
1854, 26 May 
Daguerreotype 
1 1/4 x 1 ins (3.2 x 2.5 cm) to 2 13/16 x 2 5/16 ins (7.2 x 5.9 cm) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.614a-g) 
  
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LL/43314
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer (English) 
Photograph of the Moon 
1850s (late) 
Salt print, from collodion negative 
5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins 
J. Paul Getty Museum 
84.XP.259.16 
  
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LL/40610
ThumbnailWhipple & Black 
The Moon 
1857-1860 
Salted paper print from glass negative 
21.1 x 15.8 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/4 ins ) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1978, Accession Number: 1978.649.7 
  
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LL/38104
ThumbnailHenry Draper 
The Moon 
1863, 3 September 
 
Hastings Historical Society 
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society 
  
14 
  
LL/35654
ThumbnailLewis M. Rutherfurd 
The Moon 
1865, 4 March 
Albumen print 
57.1 x 43.7 cm 
George Eastman Museum 
Record Id: 1989:0403:0001 
  
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LL/46489
ThumbnailWarren De la Rue 
Photo-engraving of a Lunar Photograph 
1865 
Photo-engraving, cropped 
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology 
Identifier: 292001 
  
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LL/35224
ThumbnailLewis M. Rutherfurd 
The Moon 
1869, October 
Magazine illustration, engraving 
Google Books 
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LL/46490
ThumbnailLewis M. Rutherfurd 
The Moon, May 14, 1870 
1870, 14 May (taken) 1873 (published) 
Photographic print, cropped 
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology 
Identifier: 290002, Call Number : QB581.P712 1873 
  
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LL/8771
ThumbnailUnidentified photographer/creator 
Moon 
1870 (ca) 
Carte de visite 
10.5 x 6.3 cm 
AnamorFose 
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1730) 
  
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LL/8759
ThumbnailUnidentified creator 
Galaxies 
1870 (ca) 
Magic lantern slide 
9.2 x 17.5 cm 
AnamorFose 
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1772) 
  
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LL/8760
ThumbnailUnidentified creator 
Nebulae 
1870 (ca) 
Magic lantern slide 
9.2 x 17.5 cm 
AnamorFose 
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1773) 
  

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