Model intended to show error adjustments in zodiacal light observation mb-code 1238552 shown here with all the

shown here with all the heavy accoutrements of his office

and a number of straw hats

besieged by a crowd of people seeking the return of their stolen property

All four faces will be needed if the trains are to be safely guided onto the right tracks

whilst his fat friend

Model intended to show error adjustments in zodiacal light observation mb-code 1238552 shown here with all theView of a model designed by Piazzi Smyth to demonstrate the use of his instrument for observing zodiacal light. Illustration from the unpublished paper 'Attempt to apply instrumental measurement to the zodiacal light', by Charles Piazzi Smyth. The paper was written or completed on 25 March 1848 and received by the Royal Society on 13 April. Original: ink on paper. 1848