Portrait of Thomas Gresham (1513-1579) mb-code 1620361 Engraving of Tycho Brahe's bipartite

Engraving of Tycho Brahe's bipartite arc for measuring small angular distances of stars ('Arcus bipartitus minoribus siderum distantiis inserviens')

' Subsequent plate figures

These cars were immortalised in the famous film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'

Depiction of the south elevation of the third lighthouse built upon the Eddystone Rocks

Portrait of Thomas Gresham (1513-1579) mb-code 1620361 Engraving of Tycho Brahe's bipartiteHead and shoulders portrait of Gresham wearing a dark coat and cap with a ruff collar. Inscribed: 'MILTON SMITH & Co. LONDON. SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, Founder of the Royal Exchange and Gresham College. A Resident in Bishopsgate Ward. Born 1519. Died 1579. With the compliments of Henry Clarke, Chairman, Guildhall Library Committee. 28th November 1887.' Clarke's signature is in manuscript and there is a facsimile signature of Thomas Gresham. Thomas Gresham