Reader Desanera has opened my eyes to a magnificience source of information about things that bring science and beauty together. The Institute and Museum of the History of Science is a wealth of information, both visual and textual, on some of the steps forward (and occasionally sideways) on the path of science. There’s brass mechanisms aplenty, such as the theodolite above, but I have a definite soft spot in my heart for the video on ‘Electric Snakes‘ – though I could not find a photograph of one that I could use. Wonderfully Steampunk, but I have only yet managed to scratch the surface – there’s sundials and nocturnals, astrolabes and eudiometers, and so very much more.

A wealth of Steampunk inspiration and historical science beauty.