Physics Collection

Marie Curie
Born in Poland in 1867, after receiving her secondary education she worked as a governess for eight years. Marie moved to Paris and read Physics at the Sorbonne

Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist

Marie Curie - Nobel Prize-winning Polish Scientist
Marie Curie (1867-1934) - Polish Scientist, twice the recipient of the Nobel Prize for her pioneering research on radioactivity, the first woman Nobel winner. Date: 1911

Lev Davidovich Landau
Russian physicist, LEV DAVIDOVICH LANDAU (1908-1968), who won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1962

Roentgen X-Rays Patient
William Konrad Roentgen examines a patient. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 for his discovery in 1895 of what was to be called the x-ray

Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist

Nicholas of Cusa, Nikolaus Krebs, called (1401-1464). Philosopher, politician and cardinal of the Catholic church. Page of the dialogue De Ludo Globi (the ball game), 1460

Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
This is a portrait of Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention

Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher and author. Seen here in front of bookshelves

Dr J D Cockcroft listening for atomic disintegration
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

Infra red photographs by Professor Wood
A selection of landscapes photographed using infra-red rays, the result of pioneering work by Professor Robert Williams Wood whose pictures were exhibited at the Royal Society of Photography in 1911

Allegorical scene with Flora, Botany, Physics and Pomona
Flora, crowned with a garden of flowers, offering floral tributes to three figures - Botany (shown holding an alembic), Physics (who is looking through a magnifying glass)

Early x-ray equipment in the laboratory of Henry Augustus Rowland, the first president of the American Physical Society, Victorian period

Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806)
History of Air Transport. 18th century. Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) before King Charles IV and the entire royal family, on January 8, 1793. Etching on paper by Jose Rodriguez

Balloon ascent of Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) on the Buen Retiro, August 12, 1792. Etching on paper, circa 1793. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

Meteor shower orbit prediction
The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Temple??Tuttle, which are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American scientist, inventor and politician. In 1776 he wrote, with Jefferson and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

Medieval war machine. Catapult. Parabolic motion machine, used to launch long-distance projectiles. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Isaac Newton (1642-1726/1727). English mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Chromolithography, 1876. Date: 2014

Physics Building, University of Sydney
An architectural sketch of the Physics building of the University of Sydney, at Camerdown, Darlington. Date: circa 1922

Portrait bust of Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist, philosopher and author -- a bronze portrait bust on a marble plinth, made by Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), American-born British sculptor

Albert Einstein with Charlie Chaplin at movie premiere
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), theoretical physicist, with Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), film star and director, at the premiere of Chaplin's movie, City Lights

Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874 -1936), Italian inventor who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention

Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937), Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention

Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1934), Italian inventor, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention

Electrical equipment. Electrical mirror 1, electroscope 2, electrometer 3, 4, battery 5, condesator 6 and electrophorus 7

Pneumatic machine and batteries
Pneumatic machine 3, and batteries 1, 2. Physique: Pile a auge, pile a colonnes, machine pneumatique. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard

NOLLET LECTURES 1754
JEAN-ANTOINE (abbe) NOLLET gives a course in physics at the College de Navarre, Paris, where he is professor Date: 1754

JEAN-ANTOINE NOLLET known as the Abbe Nollet, French professor of physics who carried out important early electrical experiments Date: 1700 - 1770

NOLLET MACHINE
The electrical machine of Jean-Antoine Nollet, abbe and professor of experimental physics at the University of Paris. Date: circa 1750

Java, Indonesia - remarkable bridge. Date: circa 1930s

Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (1747-1795). Medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. 18th century colored engraving

Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Rontg
Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Discovered Roentgen rays or X-ray (1895). In 1901 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Physicist, Italian mathematician and astronomer. Galileo demonstrating his astronomical theories. Engraving by Rico in the Spanish and American Illustration (1884)

PLANCK, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig (1858-1947). German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. Oil

Sir Isaac Newtons tomb in Westminster Abbey
Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727), English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist

Johannes Stark
JOHANNES STARK German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1919

Thermo-electric battery Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-189
Thermo-electric battery, invented in 1866 by French physicist Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891). Colored engraving

Catapult used by Roman army during its military campaigns. Colored engraving. 19th century

Paracelsus (1493-1541)
Paracelsus (Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim) (1493-1541). Swiss physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist. Engraving

Foucault Pendulum, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, USA
Foucault Pendulum, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California, USA, designed by Jean Foucault in 1851 to demonstrate the earths rotation. Date: 20th century

Philipp Lenard / Photo
PHILIPP EDUARD ANTON LENARD German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1905

Atmospheric Refraction
A diagram explaining atmospheric refraction using pictures of ships at sea to illustrate the concept

Antoine-Henri Becquerel
ANTOINE-HENRI BECQUEREL French physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics in 1903

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907) - a Scotch-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer. Date: circa 1905

Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894). Engraving. Colored
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894). German physician and physicist. Engraving in Our Century, 1883. Colored

Michael Faraday (1791-1867). British physicist and chemist. Colored engraving

Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894). Statue. Berlin. Germany
Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894). German physician and physicist. Marble statue sculptured 1895 to 1896 by Ernst Herter. Cour d honneur of the Humboldt University Berlin. Germany

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