Lectures Collection (page 3)

Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, carnivorous plant.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

Seed vessel pericarpium of the pea Pisum sativum and cherry Prunus avium.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures on Botany

A lantern lecture for soldiers in a YMCA hut, WW1
Mental refreshment for fighting men: a lantern lecture in a Y.M.C.A. hut. A lantern slide lecture in progress inside one of the 2000 YMCA centre available to Allied soldiers during the First World

Lectures at the Front, WW1
A lecture on scouting by a British officer in a small theatre behind the firing line on the Western Front. The audience, comprising British officers

Eve talks to Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, WW1
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine, lectures Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller during the latter part of the First World War, on the fact that his economy campaign

Chemical Theatre, Guys Hospital
Frontispiece illustration of Chemical Theatre, Guys Hospital and title page of A syllabus of a course of chemical lectures read at Guys Hospital. Date: 1816

Anna Eliza Lord Chamberlain, American spiritualist
Anna Eliza Lord Chamberlain (1842-?), American spiritualist, the first to give trance lectures in New York. Seen here with a guitar. Date: 19th century

Henry Moyes
HENRY MOYES Scottish scientist, depicted lecturing - he was renowned for his lectures. Date: 1749 - 1807

Minister questions Scotsmans non-attendance at Church Minister - " Hoo is t, Sandy, I never see you at the Kirk, the noo

Father O Flynn unconvinced by drunks claim to sober
Father O Flynn - " Pat, you re dhrunk again." Pat - " Oi m not, Yer Riverence." Father O Flynn - " Yis ye are, Pat; an if ye were not, you wouldn t deny it." !!

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music. Poster announcing activities related to home defense held at Adelphi College, Garden City

WPA. Federal Music Project offers instruction in piano, voice, violin, cello, theory... Lectures and concerts for children and adults at Christodora House

Popular lectures on human nature. Date c1895 Jan. 31

Dr. J. Simms. Lectures on physiognomy. Date c1880 Sept. 16

Overeating leads to disturbed sleep at Christmas
" A good deal my own fault!" " I took too much dinner!" (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Hugh Stowell Brown
HUGH STOWELL BROWN Engine driver who became a Baptist minister at Liverpool, known for his lectures to working men. Date: 1823 - 1886

Murchison Lectures
Sir Roderick Murchison lectures on geology (the distribution of gold ore) at the Royal Institution in London. Date: 1850

Artists impression of a colliery explosion
An artists impression of a colliery explosion caused by firedamp, used in lectures on mining, taken from the Illustrated London News

Home Guard march to lecture
Members of the Home Guard on their way to a field in the grounds of Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London, where lectures

Lecture on Cookery at the International Exhibition
Lecture on cookery attended by a well-heeled crowd at the London International Exhibition of 1873. The short lectures, by Mr Buckmaster

Pierre Curie Lectures
PIERRE CURIE explains their findings at the Sorbonne, Paris

Faraday / Popular Lecture
Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist, gives one of his popular lectures

Royal Institut n Lecture
A lecture in progress at the Royal Institution, London

Nollet Lecturing
The Abbe Nollet lectures on electricity at the College de Navarre, Paris

Balloon at Windsor 1784
A balloon is demonstrated to King George III at Windsor (top), and a professor lectures on the same subject (below)

Mr. Mrs. Caudle / Fiction
Mr. & Mrs. Caudle in bed: " No! Mr. Caudle, I shall not go to sleep like a good soul! "

Sorbonne Physics Girls
Lectures in Physics for girls at the Sorbonne, Paris

Faraday / Lecture / Children
Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist, lectures to an audience of children

Paris Chemistry Lecture
A chemistry professor, holding a glass vessel, holds forth in a Parisian lecture hall

C17 Science Lecture
A science lecture in progress

School of Cookery / 1873
At the school of cookery at the International Exhibition in South Kensington, London, Mr Buckmaster lectures from a pulpit while his assistants prepare the food

Davy Lectures
Humphry Davy lectures at the Surrey Institution, London

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