simple harmonic motion

si·nu·soi·dal adj \ˌsīn-yə-ˈsȯi-dəl, ˌsī-nə-\ : of, relating to, shaped like, or varying according to a sine curve or sine wave — si·nu·soi·dal·ly adverb

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Cut and polished fluorite, blistered copper, and agate from James Sowerby's British Minerology v.5 (1817). Full text here.

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Melissa Scott-Miller (British b.1959), Spring in Mount Street Gardens, 2026, Oil on canvas

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A series of maps showing "The Waning of the Ice Sheet in New York State" over time from Annual Report of the New York State Museum 65th:v.1 suppl. (1911).

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As the Years Melt Away Like Honey

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A Sunny Day in Winter Fritz Müller-Landeck

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1888, Oil on canvas

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Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuit, Nunavut Territory, Canada, 1927-2013) - Six-Part Harmony (2012)

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This is how the stars light up / Так загораются звёзды Elena Zaprudskikh, 2024

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Vasily Khudyakov (Russian b.1983), February Lace, Oil on canvas

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Janet Fish, Painted Water Glasses, 1974. Oil on canvas. Whitney Museum of American Art.

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A variety of caterpillars from Rudolph Mell's Biologie und systematik der südschinesischen sphingiden, zugleich ein versuch einer biologie tropischer lepidopteren überhaupt (1922) Full text here.

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Winter Queen’s Flowers. Vintage Polish postcard with artwork by Zofia Plewińska Smidowiczowa, 1934.

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"The Shortest Day", illustration by Carson Ellis.

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winter art by Vanessa Bowman

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Andrew Wyeth - "Dusk" (1978)

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Hilary Pecis, 1979-

Big Boy, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 173x137.5 cm

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Hummingbirds from Emil Goeldi's Album de aves amazonicas (1900-1906).

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Anna Syperek (Canadian, b.1949)

"Little Red Cabin in Lanark," 2019

Watercolor