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FLO4603944: Orchis male or satyrion male - Early purple or male orchid, Orchis mascula, with flower, stalk, leaf and bulb. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4604369: Ariane 5 ECA - 10/2009 - Ariane 5 ECA liftoff - 10/2009 - Decolving the Ariane 5 ECA rocket with on board, two telecommunication satellites, the NSS-12 satellite and the Thor 6 satellite. Flight V192 was launched on October 29, 2009. On the evening of 29th October 2009, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in English Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS - 12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth Ariane 5 launch of 2009 and the fourth dual - payload mission. Liftoff of the 48th Ariane 5 mission took place at the start of the launch window: 21:00 CET (20:00 UT; 17:00 French Guiana). The target injection orbit had a perigee altitude of 250 km, an apogee altitude at injection of 35 786 km and an inclination of 6o. The satellites were accurately injected into their transfer orbits about 27 and 31 minutes after liftoff, respectively / Bridgeman Images
FLO4604398: Common soapwort, Saponaria officinalis, with flower, leaf, stem and seed. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4604404: Vulcain 1 engine - Close - up view of the Vulcain 1 engine - The Vulcain 1 engine in test in the center of Lampoldshausen in Germany. A Vulcain 1 engine is prepared for testing on the P5 stand at DLR's test center in Lampoldshausen, Germany. This test stand, inaugurated in 1990, is identical to Snecma's PF50 test stand in Vernon, Normandy. Vulcan engines are tested in parallel on both facilities / Bridgeman Images
FLO4604434: Saxifrage granulee or Saxifrage a bulbbles - Meadow saxifrage, Saxifraga granulata, with flower, leaf, stalk and root. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4604446: Place Dauphine, Ile de la Cite, Paris. Built on the site of three islands, Place Dauphine, on the Ile de la Cite, is the second Parisian royal square of the 17th century, after Place des Vosges. King Henry IV entrusted Sully with the task of executing the plans. In three years thirty two uniform brick houses with stone chainings and slate roofs were built. Today, no houses built in this state remain. They have been either demolied, rebuilt or uplifted in a style and with different materials. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4604449: Fusee Ariane 5 ECA - Illustration - The Ariane 5 ECA rocket - Illustration - Cross-section view of the Ariane 5 ECA rocket, the version of Ariane 5 can put into geostationary transfer orbit a load of up to ten tons. Artist's impression of the Ariane 5 ECA, the version of Ariane 5 with a Geostationary Transfer Orbit launch capacity of 10,000 kilograms / Bridgeman Images
FLO4603971: Aneth - Engraving by Lambert fils, from a drawing by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), from La flore medicale, de Chaumeton, Poiret et Chamberet, Paris 1830 - Dill, Anethum graveolens - Engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by P - J - F - Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's La Flora Medicale,” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830 - / Bridgeman Images
FLO4603997: Spinard sorrel ou patience des moines - Patience dock, Rumex patientia, with flower, stalk, leaves, seed and leaf outline. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4604489: Virginia Snakeroot - Virginian snakeroot, Aristolochia serpentaria, with flower, leaf, stalk, seed and root. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4604505: Simarouba bitere - Marupa or bitterwood, Simarouba amara (Quassia simaruba) with flower, leaf, branch and seed. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4604506: Marigold, Calendula officinalis, with flower, leaf and stalk. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret and Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images