Taurus, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' horse-drawn vehicle The constellation Cancer (the crab)

The constellation Cancer (the crab)

The vacant throne had been offered to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

In modern taxonomy: Elphidium striatopunctatum

Showing the glandular structure within a beaver's stomach

Taurus, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' horse-drawn vehicle The constellation Cancer (the crab)The constellation Taurus (the bull), with part of Orion (the hunter). Map 2 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729