Proceedings of the United States National Museum
Proceedings of the United States National Museum is a scientific serial published in Washington by the Smithsonian Institution and the Interior Department in 1878, recording natural history research for a specialist readership. Its pictures are precise black-and-white scientific drawings: a frontal view of a tadpole-like larva, a side view of a small fish, paired tooth-crown tracings, and labelled sponge spicules, with plain outline and stippled shading that a designer could borrow for clean diagrammatic line work.
