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Plate 17: Lotus corniculatus
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. Class Diadelphia, order Decandria.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Lotus corniculatus, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 16: Malva sylvestris
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. Class Monadelphia, order Polyandria.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject High mallow, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 15: Cheiranthus cheiri
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri. Class Tetradynamia, order Siliquosa.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Cheiranthus cheiri, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 13: Papaver rhoeas
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of the common red poppy, Papaver rhoeas. Class Polyandria, order Monogynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Poppies, Botany, Papaveraceae, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 14: Glechoma hederacea
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of ground ivy, Glechoma hederacea. Class Didynamia, order Gymnospermia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Ground ivy, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 12: Rosa canina
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common dog rose, Rosa canina. Class Icosandria, order Polygynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 10: Agrostemma githago
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of corn cockle, Agrostemma githago. Class Decandria, order Pentagynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Common corncockle, Botany, Agrostemma, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 11: Sempervivum tectorum
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum. Class Dodecandria, order Dodecagynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Sempervivum, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 9: Butomus umbellatus
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus. Class Enneandria, order Hexagynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 8: Daphne mezereum
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common mezereon, Daphne mezereum. Class Octandria, order Monogynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Thymelaeaceae, Mezereon, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 7: Galanthus nivalis
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. Class Hexandria, order Monogynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Common snowdrop, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 2: Table of the Classes
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph with examples of the 24 botanical taxonomic classes: Monandria, Diandria, Triandria, Tetrandria, Pentandria, Hexandria, Heptandria, Octandria, Enneandria, Decandria, Dodecandria, Icosandria,…
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 4: Crocus vernus
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of spring crocus, Crocus vernus. Class Triandria, order Monogynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Crocuses, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 5: Ilex aquifolium
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of common holly, Ilex aquifolium. Class Tetrandria, order Tetragynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Hollies, Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 1: Parts of a Flower
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph illustrating the parts of a flower, using the example of the common wallflower. Included parts are the flower, cup, corolla or blossom, stamen, pistil, seed-vessel, and receptacle.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Cheiranthus cheiri, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 6: Myosotis palustris
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of water mouse ear, Myosotis palustris, now known as the water forget-me-not. Class Pentandria, order Monogynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 3: Veronica chamaedrys
- Part of Conversations on Botany
- 1817-Apr-02
Hand-colored lithograph of germander speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys. Class Diandria, order Monogynia.
- Artist Milton
- Author Fitton, Sarah Mary, Fitton, Elizabeth
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Subject Botany, Women botanists, Scientific illustration
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Plate 2: Case for producing inflammable gas
- 1783
This case was designed by the Robert brothers, Anne-Jean (1758-1820) and Nicolas Louis (1761-1828) Robert to quickly produce large quantities of hydrogen gas through the reaction of sulfuric acid with iron filings. The…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 1: Robinet
- Faucet
- 1783
This plate illustrates the parts and mechanism of the faucet used to control the gas in the first hydrogen-filled balloon, launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27, 1783. In the illustration on Plate 3,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Frontispiece and title page (Plate 5) from Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier [Description of the aerostatic machine experiments of Mr. & Mr. Montgolfier]
- 1783
Inscribed: "Expérience faite à Versaille, en présence de leurs Mejestés et de la Famille Royale, par Mr. Montgolfier, le 19 Sept. 1873. La Machine Aérostatique avoit 57 Pieds de haut sur 41 de Diamètre."
On September…
- Artist Lorimier, Etienne Chevalier de, 1759-1813
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Engraver Delaunay, Nicolas, 1739-1792
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Frontispiece, Ballooning, Title pages, Hot air balloons
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Plate 7: Meusnier’s observations of the hydrogen balloon, August 27, 1783 (figs. 2-6)
- 1783
Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier (1754-1793), an officer in the French Royal Corps of Engineers and a mathematician, observed the flight of the hydrogen-filled balloon launched from the Champs de Mars in Paris on August 27,…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 3: Filing the balloon with hydrogen gas
- 1783
Illustration relating to the experiment that resulted in the world’s first hydrogen-filled balloon, conducted in Paris in August 1783, in which a taffeta balloon with a rubber coating was filled with hydrogen gas…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Engraver Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, ca. 1748-ca. 1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 4: Machine aerostatique
- Aerostatic machine
- 1783
Inscribed: "de Mr. Montgolfier, construite dans le Jardin de Mr. Reveillon, rue de Montreuil Fauxbourg St. Antoine, aux dépens de l’Académie Royale des Sciences."
Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) assembled this…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne, 1745-1799, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 8: Machine aérostatique
- Aerostatic machine
- 1783
Inscribed: "Machine Aérostatique de 70 Pieds de hauteur sur 46 de Diamètre, qui s’est élevé à Paris, avec deux homme à la hauteur de 324 Pieds le 19. Oct, 1783."
On October 19, 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons
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Plate 9: Bateau volant
- Flying boat
- 1783
Inscribed: "Copié sur celui du Jesuite-Lana."
Faujas de Saint-Fond’s research for Description des expériences took him to the library of the King, where he consulted the book Prodromo, ouero saggio di alcune inuentioni…
- Author Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819
- Publisher Cuchet
- Subject Airships, Ballooning, Hot air balloons