Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, a 1700 journal issued in London by the Royal Society for natural philosophers and mathematicians to publish experimental and scientific findings. The pictures are geometric and astronomical diagrams printed in plain black line on cream paper, with lettered points, circles, chords and a shaded crescent-like lens shape. A designer could take from them the clean, labelled construction-drawing style, useful for minimal technical graphics and geometric patterns.
