Fortin Collection

Constellations of Perseus carrying the head of Medusa, Andromeda chained to a rock, and the Triangle, 1775 (engraving)
542189 Constellations of Perseus carrying the head of Medusa, Andromeda chained to a rock, and the Triangle, 1775 (engraving); (add.info.: From JJ Fortin Atlas Coelestis de Flamsteed Paris 1775)

Illustration depicting a Fortin barometer. 1873. Jean Nicolas Fortin (1750-1831)
5311473 Illustration depicting a Fortin barometer. 1873. Jean Nicolas Fortin (1750-1831) was a French maker of scientific instruments

Welsh - Caesars Nose - CWGC Cemetery
This small cemetery stands on the site of a German redoubt which was called Fortin 17. Fighting around this area began in 1915

Constellation of Hercules (Heracles / Herakles): part of the Milky Way is shown on right of image
Constellation of Hercules (Heracles/Herakles): part of the Milky Way is shown on right of image. From JJ Fortin Atlas Coelestis de Flamsteed Paris 1775. Copperplate engraving

Map of stellar constellations, 1775. Constellations of Perseus carrying the head of Medusa, Andromeda chained to a rock, and the Triangle (Triangulum)

Constellation of Leo, 1775. Artist: Jean Fortin
Constellation of Leo, 1775. A number of distant galaxies can be observed in Leo by astronomers, and the constellation is associated with several meteor showers, most notably the Leonids

Astronomical map, centred on the constellation of Hercules, 1775. Artist: Jean Fortin
Astronomical map, centred on the constellation of Hercules, 1775. Part of the Milky Way is shown on the right of the image. From Atlas Coelestis de Flamsteed by JJ Fortin. (Paris, 1775)

Fortins Barometer
Fortins portable barometer is used by travellers

Gotha raid on Paris, WW1
Street scene after a Gotha (German heavy bomber) raid on Paris during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Constellations of Perseus carrying the head of Medusa, Andromeda chained to a rock, and the Triangle. From JJ Fortin Atlas Coelestis de Flamsteed Paris 1775. Copperplate engraving

Constellation of Leo from JJ Fortin Atlas Coelestis de Flamsteed Paris 1775. Copperplate engraving

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