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Fantastic Worlds

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Incunabula in the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Building the Panama Canal

"Make the Dirt Fly!" Building the Panama Canal

Heralds of Science

Heralds of Science

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United States Exploring Expedition

Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus 1631-2004

Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus 1631-2004

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The Art of African Exploration

The Art of African Exploration

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Instruments for Science

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Dazzling Diversity

Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

Whales: From Bone to Book

Whales: From Bone to Book

An Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries

An Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries

Science and the Artist's Book

Science and the Artist's Book

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Taxonomic Literature 2 online

Index Animalium

Index Animalium

The Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio

The Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio

Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America

Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America

A Jules Verne Centennial: 1905 - 2005

A Jules Verne Centennial: 1905 - 2005

From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution

From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution

Zoos: A Historical Perspective

Zoos: A Historical Perspective

Wonder Bound

Wonder Bound

Voyages: A Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition

Voyages: A Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition

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Wonder Bound

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By Aeroplane to Pygmyland: Revisiting the 1926 Dutch and American Expedition to New Guinea

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Smithsonian miscellaneous collections v. 17 1880

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Van Nostrand's eclectic engineering magazine v. 16 Jan

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Illustrated catalogue of China, pottery, porcelains and

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Bulletin - United States National Museum no. 259 1967

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Smithsonian miscellaneous collections

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Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 101 1954

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The Kuroda Collection

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Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 62 1923

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The Artizan v. 24 (1866)

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Bulletin - United States National Museum no. 227 pt. 1 1963

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On induction, continued

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Index of patents issued from the United States Patent

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Timehri

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Movable stationery v. 1 no. 1 (1993: Sept.)

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Cassier's magazine v. 3 Nov. 1892-Apr. 1893

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[Balloon notes]

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The London museum

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Smithsonian miscellaneous collections v. 132 1955

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The Street railway journal v. 2 Nov. 1885-Oct. 1886 (inc.)

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A nomenclature of colors for naturalists

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Bulletin - United States National Museum no. 74 1910

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Life histories of North American birds

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De la pirotechnia

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The Street railway journal v. 12 1896

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Smithsonian miscellaneous collections v. 96 1937

Butterflies and Moths

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Schem. XXXV

Plate from Robert Hooke's Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies

Cometes? Caroli.

Cometes? Caroli.

Apteryx Oweni Gld.

Apteryx Oweni Gld.

Proefdruk.

Portrait of Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Carita Condorcet

Mammals

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Encampment on the Sacramento

Encampment on the Sacramento

Portrait of Claude Louis Berthollet

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Malay Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant.

Malay Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant.

Plant experiment

page 68

Portrait of Mark Ridley

Botany, Pl. 52

Grasshoppers and Related Insects

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Species of porcelain crab (Fig. 1-6), basket shrimp (Fig. 7,13), Caribbean pen shrimp (Fig. 12),

Gymnorhina leuconota Gld.

Gymnorhina leuconota Gld.

Introduction Map 8.

Maps of Central America

Paper cover with jellyfish, etc.

Butterflies and Moths

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Fish

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Birds--Pl XXIII (61)

Red-billed Pigeon

Other Insects

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Tab. II

Tab. II

Zekeli. Gasteropoden der Gosaugebilde.

Depiction of gastropod mollusk and operculum identifed by a paleontologist working in the Gosau

Spiders and Scorpions

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Volume 2, Plate 109

Volume 2, Plate 109

Roosting cliff and haunts of the Javan Junglefowl

Roosting cliff and haunts of the Javan Junglefowl

Portrait of Albrecht von Haller

Species of butterfly

Volume 2, Plate 82

Volume 2, Plate 82

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Butterflies and Moths

Crypturus balstoni.

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Plate 11: The Quail, Male

Plate 11: The Quail, Male

Plate 33

Fig. 1. Microlepia inequalis

chameleon

Portrait of Roderick Impey Murchison

Plants

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Australia and New South Wales.

Australia and New South Wales from Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.

Portrait of Johannes Gesner

XXXII

Portrait of Ludwig Friedrich Karl Christian Buechner

Turdus musicus L. Singdrossel. ... Turdus pilaris L. Wacholderdrossel. ...

Redwing. Fieldfare

Portrait of Nicolas Deyeux

Other Insects

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Lampornis Prevosti.

Lampornis Prevosti.

The Koodoo

The Koodoo

Oud male. Puffinus griscus (Gmelin)

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Viverra Ichneumon Linn.

Viverra Ichneumon Linn.

Manis. Nat. Size.

Plate depicting pangolin bones

Ornithology, Pl. 20

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Halycon smyrnensis (L.), Braunliest.

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Portrait of John Anderson

Botany, Plate XIII

Oregon Fossils, Plate 16

Frogs

Portrait of Augustin Jean Fresnel

Species and anatomy of earwigs (Fig. 1-2), cockroaches (Fig. 3-7), crickets (Fig. 8), and moth

American Swallow (Chimney Swift) with Wood Lily

Portrait of Henry Augustus Rowland

Other Insects

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Title page showing heraldic figures with dogs

Fish

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XL

Thalurania Glaucopis.

Thalurania Glaucopis.

Ramphomicron Stanleyi.

Ramphomicron Stanleyi.

Portrait of David Brewster

Birds--Plate XII

Swainsons Hawk

Beetles

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Portrait of Franz Reuleaux

Japanese Long-tailed Fowl

Japanese Long-tailed Fowl

Portrait of Walther Rathenau

Plumages of the Golden Pheasant.

Plumages of the Golden Pheasant.

Geronticus eremita (L.). Waldrapp ...

Northern Bald Ibises

Butterflies and Moths

Calothorax Jourdani.

Calothorax Jourdani.

Other Insects

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Nerëis festiva.

Nerëis festiva from Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge.

Plan of the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London in the Regent's Park.

Plan of the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London in the Regent's Park from Guide to the

Volume 2, Plate 68 bis

Volume 2, Plate 68 bis

Portrait of Hans Christian Ørsted

Butterflies and Moths

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Photogravure of a lithograph.

Portrait of Karl Reichenbach

Dr. W. Peters Naturw. Reise nach Mossambique.

Species of butterfly

Phaethornis Intermedius.

Phaethornis Intermedius.

Butterflies and Moths

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Zoophytes, Plate 60

Certhia ignobilis

Certhia ignobilis

Volume 2, Plate 60

Volume 2, Plate 60

Cirroteuthis Grimaldii

Cirroteuthis Grimaldii

Botany, Pl. 89

Tab. XLVI

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Mellisuga Minima.

Mellisuga Minima.

Birds

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Anatomie du galatea radiata.

Anatomy of Galatea radiata

Butterflies and Moths

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Birds--Plate XXVI

Yellow-billed Magpie

1 & 2 Gray's Banded Newt 3. Palmate Newt

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