A drawing of the first electrical transformer, built by Michael Faraday in the 1830s (via Wikipedia user DrJunge)
Osborne 1 User Manual
The cover and page 2 from the “User’s Reference Guide” for the Osborne 1 computer, including some great drawings.
Crocker-Wheeler Brush Holder
A drawing from 1917 of a Crocker-Wheeler brush holder, found via the Wikipedia entry on the “commutator”.
Selections from “Snowflakes” (1863)
Illustrations from “Snowflakes: A Chapter from the Book of Nature”, published in 1863. See also Wilsom Bentley’s snow crystal photographs on Wikimedia Commons.
Via: Public Domain Review
“Memorial To Newton”
Fantastic proposed architectural monument to Isaac Newton by Etienne-Louis Boullee from 1784. Never built, I particularly like the glowing orb rotating within a large sphere in the second image.
Via: Convozine.com
Further Blobs > Drawing
Further version of the blob-tracking drawing software for my Digital Drawing class – goes into use tomorrow!
Image Tracking/Drawing
A few (not quite working) screenshots of a image tracking/drawing software I’m writing in Processing today for my Digital Drawing class.
Patterning in “Asagao Montagari”
“Asagao Montagari; 5 Hen; Gekan Kyozan Rojin Saku; Kunisada Ga” by Rojin Kyosan, published in 1853.
Buggy Students
Hung next to some really great drawings by Eddie Dominguez’s Drawing 101 students.
Traite Theorique Et Pratique De L’Art De Beatir
While looking for another book at the Architecture Library, I found this beautiful book of plates form 1847. I took some photographs, but found that a. my cell phone didn’t do a great job, and b. the New York Public Library did it much better than I ever could.
The book is Traite Theorique Et Pratique De L’Art De Beatir by Jean Rondelet. The book is about 12 x 24″ and absolutely beautiful.
