Physique Collection

British Military Recruitment Poster - Inter-war period
Recruitment poster printed by Gale and Polden Limited, 1929 (c). Associated with the Royal Sussex Regiment. Vacancies exist in this famous regiment for smart

Ahmed Madrali, Turkish wrestler known as the Terrible Turk, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler in 1904 after losing a match for the world wrestling championship at Olympia against the Russian

Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Nikola Tesla / Nature 1892
He lectures on the subject of alternating high-frequency current to the Societe de Physique and the Societe Internationale des electriciens, at Paris

Harry Wills, Boxer
Harry Wills (1889-1958) the heavyweight boxer, who held the title World Colored Heavyweight Champion three times. Although a heavyweight title match with white boxer Jack Dempsey was planned for

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

Electrical machine, Voltaic pile, Leyden jar
Electrical machine 1, Voltaic pile 2, Leyden jar 3, and electrical stool 4. Physique: machine electrique, pistolet de Volta, bouteille de Leyde, tabouret electrique

League of Health & Beauty demonstration in Hyde Park
Page from The Sketch reporting on the fourth annual demonstration in Hyde Park by the Womens League of Health and Beauty, led by Prunella Stack, whose mother, Mary Bagot Stack

Members of the German gymnastics club at Chodov
circa 1910s

Sculpture of a male ball player by Georg Mattes (1874-1942). Date: circa 1900s

Statue of an Athlete by Richard Wilhelm Daniel Fabricus
Statue of a German Athlete by Richard Wilhelm Daniel Fabricus (1863-1923) - stands outside the Hygiene Museum of Wilhelm Kreis in Dresden, Germany. Date: 1907

Sculpture of a Male Swedish Swimmer Date: circa 1900s

Annette Kellerman
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman (1886 - 1975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time

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

Woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one
La physique confond l ignorance Dedie aux souscripteurs. French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbe Miollan)

Alex Aberg - Estonian Wrestler
Aleksander Richard Aberg (1881-1920) - Russian-Estonian professional Greco-Roman and free-style wrestling world champion of the early 20th century. Date: circa 1910

Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot
Team photo from the Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot, Hampshire. Date: 1941

OPPENHEIMER, Julius Robert (1904-1967). American physicist

HEWISH, Anthony (1924). British radio astronomer. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974. Oil

MAXWELL, James Clerk (1831-1879). Scottish theoretical physicist. Engraving

BECQUEREL, Antoine Henri (1852-1908). French physicist, Nobel laureate 1903, and the discoverer of radioactivity. Oil

FERMI, Enrico (1901-1954). Italian physicist, Nobel laureate in 1938. Oil

TORRICELLI, Evangelista (1608-1647). Italian physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer. Opera Geom鴲 ica. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Lagrange, Joseph-Louis comte de lEmpire (1736-1813). French mathematician and astronomer. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

CAUS, Salomon de (1576-1626). French architect and engineer. Les Raisons des Forces Mouvantes (1615). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

BERNOUILLI, Daniel (1700-1782). Swiss mathematician and physicist. Litography

GAY-LUSSAC, Joseph-Louis (1778-1850)

Spectators of balloon ascent, Paris
Aux Amateurs de Physique, Vue d Optique. An image of chaos as spectators try to get over the wall without a ticket, to watch the balloon ascent of Messrs Charles

Aux amateurs de physique. French cartoon shows people crowded outside the Tuileries Garden wall in Paris to view the first balloon ascension of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert in 1783

Cookery lesson, 1885
A French cookery lecture, held at the Grand Amphitheatre de Physique de la Faculte des Sciences at Rouen. A keen audience, composed mostly of women, look on and take notes

Modesty bathing car / W H Robinson
Ideal for those who hold no illusions about their physique, and are reluctant to display it in a bathing suit. Incorporating a collapsible canvas tunnel attached to the back of the car down which

Brunhildes Departure
BRUNHILD(E)s DEPARTURE FROM ISENSTEIN : Painting celebrating Brunhild(e), the German mythical woman renowned for her superhuman physique

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