Humming-Birds(c82.net)

79 points by warrenm 3 years ago | 20 comments

The Natural System of Colours(c82.net)

32 points by janpio 1 year ago | 5 comments

The Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery(charlesdickensillustration.org)

23 points by rfreytag 3 years ago | 1 comments

Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica(britannica11.org)

325 points by ahaspel 6 months ago | 107 comments

Britannica11.org is a structured online edition of the 1910–1911 Eleventh Edition Encyclopædia Britannica, browsable by articles, contributors, and topics.

How to Design Flowers(asimov.press)

38 points by surprisetalk 6 days ago | 2 comments

Asimov Press podcast episode and transcript interviewing plant biologist Nick Desnoyer about engineering novel flowers, including a paintable petunia called Paintunia.

Tool book of a Nuremberg knight from 1505(loeffelholz-codex.org)

148 points by edwardog 1 day ago | 80 comments

A project site presenting the 1505 Löffelholz Codex, a Nuremberg knight's tool book, page by page with facsimiles, transcriptions, modern readings and interpretations.