Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code Job_0439 Princess Royal

Princess Royal

The interior of Billingsgate Market showing fishmongers and their stalls

'The Lottery Contrast'

An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System

Exterior view with a funeral procession on the left

Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code Job_0439 Princess RoyalThe stars of the northern hemisphere. Map 27 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729