Principles Collection

Emerald Tablet, Smaragdine Table or Tabula Smaragdina. Work attributed to the legendary alchemist Hermes Trismegistus who summarizes the process Magnum Opus or Great work for the creation of

BABBAGEs ENGINE (2)
Charles Babbages Difference Engine, an instrument which went beyond simple calculation to embody some of the principles of computers

The Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball
A flamboyant fancy-dress ball given by the Chelsea Arts Club at the Albert Hall. It was based on the principles of Dazzle

Card Game - The Game of Suffragette
The Game of Suffragette was devised and produced by the Kensington branch of the Womens Social & Political Union. It was announced in the November 1907 issue of the Unions publication

Alexander Herzen
ALEXANDER HERZEN Russian revolutionary, editor and writer, son of nobleman, exiled in the west, espoused socialist principles

J. B. Side Spring Corsets Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for J. B. Side Spring Corsets, which consider health and hygenic principles, alongside fashion concerns, the image portrays a woman modelling the product. Date: circa 1919

Jean Rousselot at work at the Big Bertha research lab in Paris, he was a French phonetician and dialectologist. He himself signs his publications under the name of L'abbe Rousselot or L'abbe

Michael Faraday FRS (1791-1867), an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry

HEROS WATER DISPENSER
Coin-in-the-slot scent dispenser, patented 1889, operates on the same principles as holy water dispenser by Hero of Alexandria in 1st century AD Date: 1st century AD

JOSEPH-MARIE JACQUARD French inventor of the Jacquard loom, explains to Napoleon the principles of his invention Date: 1752 - 1834

Michael Faraday - English scientist
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) - English scientist - contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His discoveries included the principles underlying electromagnetic induction

SIR JOHN CHEKE 1514-1557
SIR JOHN CHEKE, M.A Professor of Greek at Cambridge University. Adopted principles of the Reformation. Date: 1514 - 1557

Sagese. Force. Beaut頨wisdom. Force. Beauty). 19th
Sagese. Force. Beaut頨 wisdom. Force. Beauty). 19th century composition with allegorical symbols and principles of Freemasonry. Litography. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

WWII - Buy War Bonds - First Day Cover
The Roosevelt-Churchill " Atlantic Charter" of World Freedom - August 1941 - surplanted with a large red V for Victory. Date: 1941

Edward VII as a freemason
Edward VII pictured with the Duke of Connaught as a Grand Master freemason. Freemasonry is a fraternal, secular society dedicated to the principles of brotherly love

Splitting the Atom by G. H. Davis
A possible source of unlinited power. Tapping a source of power that may drive all the machinery in the World: Experiments designed to release the forces imprisoned in the atom. Date: 1924

Martin Von Dunin
MARTIN VON DUNIN Polish archbishop, in constant conflict with the Prussian authorities, he sticking to Catholic principles, they seeking more flexibility. Date: 1774 - 1842

Slingsby Bethel
SLINGSBY BETHEL Sheriff of London whose Republican principles got him into difficulties. Date: 1617 - 1697

Kh Branting / Fantasio
KARL HJALMAR BRANTING (1860 - 1925), Swedish statesman and pacifist, satirised for his socialist principles Date: 1918

Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli Naples, Italy
Title page and frontispiece of vol.1 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, showing the partially submerged Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli Naples, Italy. Date: 1830

The Valle del Bove - Etna
Frontispiece to vol. 2 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, depicting Mount Etna. View of the Valle del Bove Etna. Date: 1830

The volcanoes around Olot in Catalonia
Frontispiece to vol. 3 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, depicting volcanoes near Olot in Catalonia. View of the volcanoes around Olot in Catalonia. Date: 1833

The mine used by Germany by G. H. Davis
The mine: a weapon used by Germany for unrestricted warfare. The basic principles of mine laying: a form of naval warfare whose restrictions under international law are ignored by Germany to ensure

Francis Tallents
FRANCIS TALLENTS nonconformist churchman who was ejected from his living on account of the horridness of his religious principles. Date: 1609 - 1708

Swinburne and Sally Army
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE poet who was unsympathetic to the principles and conduct of the Salvation Army, describing them as yelling Yahoos. Date: 1837 - 1909

Horse Trainer standing up for his principles
Owner - " I heard as how you ve been fighting with Bob Smith?" " Yus. He said my sister was cross-eyed." " But you haven t got a sister?" " I know that

GALVANI, Luigi (1737-1798). Italian physicist and doctor. He discovered the principles of bioelectricity. De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari mutinae

The three cardinal principles of the grand army of the republic. Date c1884

Death of President William Henry Harrison

Death of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), ninth American President, I wish you to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more

Scouts learn about science
One American Boy Scouts demonstrates some equipment in a Scout-built project to show another group of Scouts the principles of static electricity

Boileau Despreaux
NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX An elaborate design celebrates this writer who is generally considered as establishing the principles of classical French verse. Date: 1636 - 1711

Macmahon Stuck in Mud
Macmahon sticks to his conservative principles, stuck in the mud despite the rising tide of Republicanism

Macmahon Yields
Macmahon is obliged to abandon his conservative principles and to go along with the growing sentiments of Republicanism

Pestalozzis School
PESTALOZZIs SCHOOL Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi founds a school for poor children on his estate at Neuhof on the principles of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The New Curate
The new curate - is appraised by the ladies of the parish : oh, bother his principles, how will he perform on the croquet lawn ?

Death of Tory Principle
THE FUNERAL OF TORY PRINCIPLE Dutifully Dedicated to the HOLY ALLIANCE A procession of Tory grandees mourn the abandonment of their principles (Wellington 3rd l)

Lycurgus of Athens
LYCURGUS Athenian statesman of aristocratic birth and high principles

Heros Water Dispenser
Coin-in-the-slot scent dispenser, patented 1889, operates on the same principles as holy water dispenser by Hero of Alexandria in 1st century AD

Theosophy Man (Back)
Back view of a man (or woman?), according to theosophical principles

Theosophy Regenerated
Regenerated man (or woman?), according to theosophical principles

Theosophy Zodiac 1696
A zodiacal chart, showing the image of God in Man, according to the three principles of divine being

Theosophy Man (Front)
The perfect man (or woman?), living according to the three principles of divine being

G Clemenceau / Moloch 1882
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU French statesman depicted riding his " principles"

Three Taoist Principles
THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE TAOIST PANTHEON (SAN KOAN) - T IEN KOAN brings happiness - TI KOAN wipes out your sins - CHOEI KOAN delivers you from misfortune

Pacifist Coat of Arms
The Royal Arms of Britain, as amended to suit the principles of the Peace Society - a king Charles spaniel and a rabbit replace the lion and the unicorn

Francesco De Lana Flight
The project of Francesco de Lana, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault

Liebig Games - 2
Three boys construct a tower with wooden bricks, learning some of the basic principles of physics - gravity, balance and the distribution of loads

Liebig Games - 1
Children make a fountain and in doing so learn some basic principles of physics, such as gravity, pressure and the flow of liquids

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