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Scientific Collection (page 6)

Background imageScientific Collection: Advert for Lancaster & Sons bellows cameras 1890

Advert for Lancaster & Sons bellows cameras 1890
Advertisement for 19th century bellows cameras, pocket combination aneroid barometers, selection of scientific equipment compound microscope, achromatic microscope

Background imageScientific Collection: Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543). Orbes Celestes. Engraving, 1

Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543). Orbes Celestes. Engraving, 1
Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543). Renaissance mathematician and astronomer. Orbes Celestes. French engraving, 1667

Background imageScientific Collection: Rene Descartes (1596-1650). French philosopher. Engraving by

Rene Descartes (1596-1650). French philosopher. Engraving by Rousseau. Colored

Background imageScientific Collection: Robert Koch (1843-1910). Engraving. Colored

Robert Koch (1843-1910). Engraving. Colored
Robert Koch (1843-1910). German physician. Nobel Prize, 1905. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored

Background imageScientific Collection: Thermo-electric battery Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-189

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

Background imageScientific Collection: Computer. MAC model. Early 80 s. 20th century. National Muse

Computer. MAC model. Early 80 s. 20th century. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Background imageScientific Collection: Georgius Agricola (1494-1555). German scientist

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555). German scientist. Known as the father of mineralogy. Engraving belonging to his work De Re Metallica. Basel 1564. Colored

Background imageScientific Collection: Joseph Wright (1734-1797). An Experiment on a Bird in the Ai

Joseph Wright (1734-1797). An Experiment on a Bird in the Ai
Joseph Wright (1734-1797). Known as Wright of Derby. English painter. An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768). Oil-on-canvas. Detail. National Gallery. London. England. UK

Background imageScientific Collection: Printing press used by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Printing press used by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), U.S. statesman and scientist. Colored engraving

Background imageScientific Collection: Euclid. Elementum. Page of the Book of Geometry

Euclid. Elementum. Page of the Book of Geometry
Euclid (first half 3rd century BC). Greek mathematician, founder of the School of Alexandria. Elementum. Page of the Book of Geometry, in an edition of 1557, published in Paris

Background imageScientific Collection: PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Vaccination of sheep against ant

PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Vaccination of sheep against ant
PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895) French chemist and bacteriologist. Vaccination of sheep against anthrax. Agerville (France), 1884. Engraving

Background imageScientific Collection: Paracelsus (1493-1541)

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

Background imageScientific Collection: WEGENER, Alfred Lothar

WEGENER, Alfred Lothar (Berlin 1880-Greenland, 1930). German geophysicist and meteorologist. Author of the hypothesis of continental drift

Background imageScientific Collection: Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (Paris, 1743-1794). French chemis

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (Paris, 1743-1794). French chemist.. Established the composition of the water and the basis of bioenergetics

Background imageScientific Collection: Tubular Slide Rule

Tubular Slide Rule
OTIS KING TUBULAR SLIDE RULE a mechanical calculating devise using addition & subtraction of logarithms to simplify division and multiplication Date: circa 1960

Background imageScientific Collection: Paris Exhibition - Palace of science, letters and art 1900

Paris Exhibition - Palace of science, letters and art 1900
The entrance of printing exhibits, the scholastic exhibits, the display of books, ancient and modern, mathematical, scientific and musical instruments. Date: 1900

Background imageScientific Collection: WAKSMAN, Selman Abraham (1888-1973). American microbiologist

WAKSMAN, Selman Abraham (1888-1973). American microbiologist. He discovered streptomycin. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1952. Oil

Background imageScientific Collection: NIEPCE, Joseph-Nicephore (1765-1833). French inventor

NIEPCE, Joseph-Nicephore (1765-1833). French inventor, most noted as one of the inventors of photography. Engraving

Background imageScientific Collection: MEUCCI, Antonio (1808 - 1889). Italian inventor

MEUCCI, Antonio (1808 - 1889). Italian inventor of the telephone. Meuccis telephone. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

Background imageScientific Collection: SCHLEIDEN, Matthias Jakob (1804-1881). German botanist

SCHLEIDEN, Matthias Jakob (1804-1881). German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory. Oil

Background imageScientific Collection: Oscilloscope for EEG monitoring in ESP testing

Oscilloscope for EEG monitoring in ESP testing
A Hewlett Packard four-beam oscilloscope for EEG (electroencephalogram) monitoring during ESP testing. Date: 20th century

Background imageScientific Collection: Lyall Watson, South African scientist and author

Lyall Watson, South African scientist and author
Lyall Watson (1939-2008), South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and author. Through his work he attempted to make sense of natural

Background imageScientific Collection: Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, physician and researcher

Albert von Schrenck-Notzing, physician and researcher
Dr Albert Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing (1862-1929), German physician, psychiatrist and psychical researcher. He investigated various spiritualist mediums

Background imageScientific Collection: Alan and Iris Owen, psychical researchers

Alan and Iris Owen, psychical researchers
Alan Robert George Owen (1919-2003), mathematician, psychical researcher and author, associated with poltergeist investigation and the Philip experiments (Toronto)

Background imageScientific Collection: Joseph Gaither Pratt, American parapsychologist

Joseph Gaither Pratt, American parapsychologist
Joseph Gaither Pratt (1910-1979), American psychologist who specialised in the field of parapsychology. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageScientific Collection: Brazil - Sao Paulo - Serpentarium of the Instituto Butantan

Brazil - Sao Paulo - Serpentarium of the Instituto Butantan, a Brazilian biomedical research centre affiliated to the Sao Paulo State Secretary of Health

Background imageScientific Collection: Nautical atlas (1436) of Andrea Bianco. Study

Nautical atlas (1436) of Andrea Bianco. Study of the cardinal points. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)

Background imageScientific Collection: AUSTRIA. Linz. Statue of Johannes Kepler

AUSTRIA. Linz. Statue of Johannes Kepler

Background imageScientific Collection: LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de (1701-1774). Map

LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de (1701-1774). Map
" LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de (1701-1774). Map of Quito. 1741. It appears in the book " Mesure des trois premiers degr鳠 du m鲩 dien dans l h魩 sph貥 austral

Background imageScientific Collection: THOMAS DICK / 1774-1857

THOMAS DICK / 1774-1857
THOMAS DICK Scottish scientific writer, author of The Christian Philosopher and The Sidereal Heavens Date: 1774 - 1857

Background imageScientific Collection: The Theatre on board HMS Alert, British Arctic Expeditio

The Theatre on board HMS Alert, British Arctic Expeditio
Engraving showing the theatre on board HMS Alert during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Plays were staged aboard the ship to keep up morale during the cold, dark winter months

Background imageScientific Collection: Map of Smith Sound and Greenland, 1875

Map of Smith Sound and Greenland, 1875
Engraving showing a map of Smith Sound and Greenland, as it was known in May 1875. Much of the map is erroneous or missing in detail

Background imageScientific Collection: The Scene on the Deck of HMS Discovery at Portsmouth, 1876

The Scene on the Deck of HMS Discovery at Portsmouth, 1876
Engraving showing the scene on the deck of HMS Discovery at the end of her Arctic expedition, Portsmouth, 1876. In 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships

Background imageScientific Collection: Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby

Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe opticians, Derby
Advertisement for Lancaster & Thorpe, The Opticians, The Spot, Derby, offering sight testing and the scientific fitting of glasses

Background imageScientific Collection: Gay Lussac Biot Balloon

Gay Lussac Biot Balloon
French scientists GAY-LUSSAC and BIOT conduct scientific observations in a balloon at 4000 metres altitude; later they went even higher, up to 6500 metres

Background imageScientific Collection: National Observatory, Santiago, Chile, South America

National Observatory, Santiago, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910

Background imageScientific Collection: Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884

Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884
Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies

Background imageScientific Collection: Hugh Miller, Scottish geologist

Hugh Miller, Scottish geologist
Hugh Miller )1802-1856), Scottish geologist. 19th century

Background imageScientific Collection: Observatory, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East Africa

Observatory, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East Africa
Astronomical Observatory, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. circa 1910

Background imageScientific Collection: Bacteriology Laboratory, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

Bacteriology Laboratory, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. 1931

Background imageScientific Collection: Brain stereotaxy

Brain stereotaxy - using apparatus to locate the target of a medical operation. Date: 1897

Background imageScientific Collection: Advert for Electropathic Belt 1882

Advert for Electropathic Belt 1882
Electropathic Belt for gentlemen and ladies, consists of a series of constant current electric generators, which are constantly in action while the belt is being worn. 1882

Background imageScientific Collection: Advert for Electropathic Belt of Life 1882

Advert for Electropathic Belt of Life 1882
Professor Barkers Belt of Life for women and men, helps stimulate, invigorate strengthen and exhilarate. 1882

Background imageScientific Collection: Advert for Patent Electropathic socks 1882

Advert for Patent Electropathic socks 1882
Patent Electropathic socks, simply put inside the shoes or boots, and after a short time a continued and most beneficial warmth creating a bodily comfort

Background imageScientific Collection: Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - H H Turner

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - H H Turner
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture. A new fairyland opened for children: little girls fanning away the white cloud formed by the pouring of liquid air on to water, at the Royal Institution

Background imageScientific Collection: Startling Stories - Twice in Time

Startling Stories - Twice in Time by Stanley G. Weinbaum. A crowd of important figures (including Mona Lisa) stand admiring two giant men

Background imageScientific Collection: Splitting the Atom by G. H. Davis

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

Background imageScientific Collection: Atoms of which things are made

Atoms of which things are made
Sir William Braggs experiments in his opening lecture, concerning the Nature of Things delivered at the Royal Institution. Date: 1924



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