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Asa Smith

26 works

Browse 26 works by Asa Smith. Every work here links to the museum that holds it, and anyone can save it at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side without paying.

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Two engraved plates of telescopic Moon views, a full Moon on the left and a partly lit crescent on the right.

Telescopic view of the full Moon. Telescopic view of the Moon past the last quadrature

1850

Circular star chart of the night sky with labeled constellations and a star magnitude legend on black ground.

Visible heavens from April 18th to July 21st

1850

Black chart of planetary orbits around a central sun, with comets and constellation figures like Orion and Hercules around th

Orbits of the planets

1850

Black and cream engraved diagram titled The Seasons showing globes at solstices, equinoxes and orbital positions around the s

The Seasons

1850

Engraved diagram of the solar system with orbits and labeled planets, plus a comparative size chart of planets below.

Solar System, comparative magnitudes

1850

Black and white print of an orrery and a labeled diagram of the solar system with planets, asteroids and comets.

Orrery, with a view of the Solar System in the back ground

1850

Circular star chart on dark background showing constellations visible from July 22 to October 31, with magnitude key.

Visible heavens from July 22nd to October 31st

1850

Black diagram of concentric planetary orbits labeled Herschel (Uranus) and Leverrier (Neptune), with two scholars at the bott

Uranus, Neptune

1850

Black-ground astronomical plate showing Mercury and Venus orbits, phases, and telescopic views of Venus by Asa Smith, 1850.

Mercury, Venus

1850

Engraved telescopic view of the new Moon with fine hatching and a bright crescent edge showing craters, labeled with compass

Telescopic view of the new Moon

1850

Dark printed diagram of moon phases with four figures showing the sun, earth and moon orbits and alignments.

Phases of the Moon

1850

Print of labeled astronomical diagrams showing resolved, double, hollow, planetary and elongated nebulae against a dark sky.

Nebulae

1850

Black and white printed zodiac chart with a central sun, zodiac signs in rings, and month and solstice labels.

Signs of the Zodiac

1850

Black-ground astronomical diagram showing sun positions, atmospheric refraction, parallax, and a square-of-distance light cha

Refraction, parallax, light, heat

1850

Astronomical chart titled Tides showing moon phases, spring and neap tide diagrams, and seasonal Earth orbit notes on a dark

Tides

1850

Dark astronomical diagram showing moon orbits, eclipse positions, earth's shadow, and planetary conjunctions with labeled nod

Moons nodes, eclipses

1850

Black-ground educational plate with figures demonstrating centrifugal force, plus diagrams of circles, ellipses, and Kepler's

Centrifugal force. Centripetal force. Circle. Circles in the same plane

1850

Engraved diagram of a globe with a star ring, horizon and zenith lines, and small figures showing antipodes and polar distanc

Definitions (Earth)

1850

Circular star chart of the visible heavens from January 21 to April 17, with labeled constellations and a magnitude legend.

Visible heavens from January 21st to April 17th

1850

Engraved page of diagrams showing Earth's shadow, lunar and solar eclipses, and the Moon's orbit, with pink tinted eclipse fi

Eclipses

1850

Sun, Spots on the Sun, Transits of Mercury & Venus

Sun, Spots on the Sun, Transits of Mercury & Venus

1850

Terrestrial, celestial globes

Terrestrial, celestial globes

1850

Engraved astronomy plate titled Saturn showing orbit diagrams, the planet with rings and moons, and a winged figure.

Saturn

1850

Mars & Jupiter

Mars & Jupiter

1850

Star chart in white lines on black showing constellations visible November to January, with a star magnitude legend.

Visible heavens from November 1st to Jany. 20th

1850

Greatest number of eclipses in one year

Greatest number of eclipses in one year

1850