Science Collection (#58)

Using Armillary Sphere
An astronomer using an ARMILLARY SPHERE whose rings show the equator, tropics, polar circles and so forth

Mary Somerville / Leisure
MARY SOMERVILLE nee FAIRFAX Scottish writer on mathematics and physical science, with one of her daughters in Florence

Origin Species, CH Bennett, title page
Like a bull at a gate. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of man from pig via bull. Title page

Wilson Experiment / 1760
English artist Benjamin Wilson conducts an experiment with electricity in the Pantheon, Oxford Street, London

Plante Accumulator
The accumulator (a secondary or storage battery) invented by French physicist Gaston Plante

Gramme Dynamo / 1870
A dynamo (electricity generator) developed by Belgian engineer Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901) in 1870

Scientist Loves Cadburys
An archetypal scientist, with a flowing beard and surrounded by apparatus, studies a sample of Cadburys Cocoa; he of course concludes that it is the finest available

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

Medical Student in Lab
A female medical student studies a beaker in the chemistry laboratory of the Royal Free Hospital, London

Freres Barometer
Richard Freres registering aneroid barometer

Bunsens Battery
BUNSENs CELL A carbon-zinc electric cell invented by Robert Bunsen in 1841

Rocket Train Predicted
A rocket-powered train predicted

Laser Anemometer 1968
This experiment measures how much light from a laser beam can pass through the water in the glass tube when the water moves at different speeds

Llangefri Clock Tower
This Neo-Gothic clock tower in Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales, is a War Memorial to George Pritchard Rayner, who died at Bloemfontein Hospital (Boer War) in 1900. Unveiled 1902

Giant Sundial
A giant sundial, looking almost like a modern day satellite dish, on the outside of a private cottage at Seaton Ross, Yorkshire

Benson Watch Advert 1894
An advertisement for J.W. Bensons keyless brooch watches

Weighing Machine 1883
A little girl sits on a weighing machine on the London underground

Aneroid Barometer 1875
An aneroid barometer

Woman and Garden Sundial
A woman sits pensively in a garden with a sundial

Nollet Experiment 2
Nollet, at the College de Navarre, Paris, demonstrates how electricity can be generated by stroking a glass globe, and then passed from one person to another

Electrical Spark / 1745
William Watson produces an electrical spark from a human body

Galvani Replicated
While some scientists share Galvani s, and some Voltas views of the nature of electricity, Galvanis findings are confirmed by Halle and von Humboldt

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

Man and other Primates
Man with other Primates

Oersted Experiment
Christian Oersted, at the university of Copenhagen, discovers the deviation of a compass needle when subjected to an enclosed electric current

Nollet and Gold Leaf
Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrates how an electrical charge can be passed from one person to another, enabling the second to attract pieces of gold leaf

Nollet Experiment
Jean-Antoine Nollet stands beside some of the apparatus with which he researches how electricity can be generated and transferred

Selection of Microscopes
A selection of single microscopes

William Harvey Explains
WILLIAM HARVEY explains his discovery of the circulation of the blood to king Charles I, whose physician he is

Mathematicians
Two scholars use a mathematical device, perhaps to help them in some surveying or astronomical calculations

Indian Astronomer
An Indian Astronomer studies his charts

March of Machinery
The March of Machinery. The usefulness of technological advances - artificial limbs dentures - street cleaners and mechanical horses

Making Ether / 1747
The chemical processes used to make ether

Lavoisier Botanising
ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER French scientist, depicted collecting botanical specimens in a wood

Niagara Burning Spring
The burning springs at McGill Mills, Bridgewater, above the Niagara Falls, are a popular tourist attraction : they are due to natural gas and can be ignited with a candle

Science / Lab / Sorbonne
Physics Laboratory, Sorbonne, France

Silvester II (Mono)
POPE SILVESTER II (Gebert) French pope who took so keen an interest in science that he was rumoured to be a magician

Power from the Skies
Atmospheric energy will be captured by kite-like devices, putting to good use the forces that are otherwise dissipated as lightning

Artificial Sunlight
The use of artificial sunlight will make it possible to have three crops every year

Underground Harvesting
Crops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production

Power from the Tides
The massive force of the tides will be captured and converted into energy, driving turbines which in turn will generate electrical power

Giant Windmills
Giant windmills will harness the power of the winds on a vastly greater scale than the traditional type, providing an efficient - and free ! - energy resource

Electric Light in Home
LUMIERE ELECTRIQUE A DOMICILE (Electric Light in the Home) - catalogue of a Paris company specialising in the supply and installation of domestic electrical services

Tunnel under Channel ?
One day it may be possible to realise the age-old dream of a tunnel beneath the English channel, providing a direct high-speed link between France and the off-shore island

Power from the Seas
Future power stations will harness the enormous thermal energy of the seas and convert it into usable power, along the lines proposed by Claude and Boucherot Date: circa 1935

Science Exhibition 1930
LIEGE, BELGIUM Exhibition of Grande Industrie, Sciences & Applications

Astronomy / Caxton 1481
The study of Astronomy from Caxtons Myrrour of the Worlde, printed in 1481

Geologists at Swanage
Labourers and geologists working at a site in Swanage, Dorset, where geological discoveries were made

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