Science Collection (#62)

Scheele Discovers
KARL WILHELM SCHEELE Swedish chemist depicted conducting his experiments to determine the composition of air

Chicago Exhibition - 7
The Yerkes telescope is an impressive exhibit at the Chicago Exhibition, 1893

Foucaults Telescope
Leon Foucaults telescope, constructed in Paris by Secretan

C17 Ball Timekeeper
The FALLING BALL TIMEKEEPER has a central band which slowly rotates; the time is indicated by a pointing figure

C16 Alarm Watch
An early ALARM WATCH : the small inside dial regulates the alarm

C17 Striking Clock
A STRIKING CLOCK of the early 17th century : as the hours sound, the mans head moves and the animal at his feet jumps

C17 Table Clock
A TABLE CLOCK, of traditional octagonal design, combining practicality with ornament

Portable Sun Dial
Combined PORTABLE SUN-DIAL, with a compass so that it can be correctly oriented : made by Butterfield, an Englishman working in Paris

Pocket Sun Dial
The POCKET SUN-DIAL - a precursor of the pocket watch - let the suns light pass through a small hole to reach a dial marked on the inside rim

Early Sun Dial
An early British SUN DIAL of traditional design - a favourite garden ornament

C17 Clepsydra
A sophisticated form of CLEPSYDRA, in which the emptying of liquid causes a drum to rotate, which in turn causing the handles to move round the clock face

Lamp Timekeeper
The LAMP TIMEKEEPER is used by Felipe II of Spain, and his contemporaries, to mark time at night, the level of liquid dropping slowly through the night, measured against marks

C17 Sand Glass
The SAND GLASS, also known as CLEPSAMMIA, measures time by how long sand takes to filter from the upper bulb into the lower; different apertures measure different periods

Egyptian Clepsydra
The CLEPSYDRA, used throughout the Near/Middle East in ancient times, measures time by how long it takes the upper bowl to fill the lower one

Greek Hemicycle Dial
The GREEK HEMICYCLE DIAL is an early form of sundial, using the movement of a shadow to measure the passage of time

Roman Polos
The ancient Roman POLOS, or HELIOTROPION, is a staff standing in a basin, time being measured by the movement of the shadow from one point to another

Shadow Timekeeper
The ancient Greeks are said to have used shadows to measure time, the length of a persons shadow, varying at different times of day, giving a rough indication as to the time

Candle Timer
King Alfred is credited with the invention use of CANDLES as timekeepers, time being measured by how long it takes for the candle to burn from one mark to the next

Wick Timekeeper
WICK TIMEKEEPER of the ancient Chinese and Japanese : time is measured by how long it takes for the smouldering wick to burn from one knot to the next

Medieval Mathematician
Jean de Montreuil, medieval French mathematician

Indian Clepsydra
An ancient clepsydra from Southern India : the bowl has a small hole in it, and gradually fills, at which point the watching boy strikes a gong

Herschel / Telescope / 1863
William Herschels 40 foot telescope as it was in 1863, Herschel House, Slough

Observatory / Feldhausen
Sir John Herschels Observatory at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope

Futuristic telescope for astronomy
An astronomer at work, using a futuristic machine that will display the stars and planets on a table top

Adding Machines / Fortune
An array of adding machines

Is Mars Signalling ?
is Mars Signalling to US ?

Nollet Experiment 6
The Abbe Nollet demonstrates the electrical conductivity of the human body, at the College de Navarre, Paris

Nollet and Soldiers
Nollet demonstrates electrical force at Versailles, sending a current through soldiers who stand with linked hands; in one experiment he does this with 240 soldiers

Volta and his Pile
VOLTAs PILE (battery) He demonstrates it to the Institut Francais and the consul Napoleon Bonaparte

Evolution / Baby & Monkeys
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book " The Descent of Man" (1871)

Denis Papin & Kettle
DENIS PAPIN French pioneer of the steam engine, depicted formulating his theories in just the way Watt did, by watching a kettle steaming in the hearth

Vaucansons Automata
JACQUES DE VAUCANSON French inventor, notably of automata; here, he astonishes his servant with a mechanical flute-player Date: 1709 - 1782

Georges, Baron Cuvier
GEORGES, BARON CUVIER French naturalist, lecturing on paleontology at the Museum (sic) d histoire naturelle, Paris

Metric Series - Length
Length - a metre

Metric Series - Contents
Contents - a litre

Metric Series - Surface
Surface - a square metre

Metric Series - Weight
Weight - a gram

Metric Series - Money
Money - a franc

Metric Series - Volume
Volume - a cubic metre

Daguerres Discovery
Daguerres discovery of an effective permanent photographic process, is announced by Arago to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. Date: 10 August 1839

Fortress of Utopia
THE FORTRESS OF UTOPIA: On a lifeless mystery satellite, five lone mortals summon the secret forces of science to free the earth from the doom of the black nebula!

Father / Children / Nature
Father explains the wonders of nature to his three children

Electricity / Magnetism
Magnetism demonstrated

Watch & 2nd Pendulum
The mechanisms of the watch and second pendulum

MOOREs STEAM MAN 1893
Two illustrations of Canadian inventor George Moores Steam Man, a fully mobile robot automaton powered by an internal steam engine

MOOREs STEAM MAN C1890
The Steam Man automaton of Canadian Professor George Moore, which has an internal engine allowing it to walk, and vent steam through a well placed cigar!

Jet-Propelled Snowmobile

Interplanetary TV
Interplanetary Television

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