Scientists Collection

Emerald Tablet, Smaragdine Table or Tabula Smaragdina

Ufos / Cattle Mutilation
Modern phenomena, whereby cattle are taken and mutilated by unknown entities. Strange surgical procedures are employed, baffling scientists

German inventions for war in the air by G. H. Davis
The ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war in the air. Illustrating the methods and machines exploited and used by the Germans during the Second World War. Date: 1945

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519). Anatomic studio. Drawing

Celestial map by Johannes Van Keulen (1654-1715). SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

Ideal Scientist
The ideal scientist - interested in the old as well as the new, anatomy as well as astronomy, the laws of chance and of mathematics, the skill of chess, the hues of a rose

Dinosaur / Iguanodon Dine
Hawkins invities scientists to dine inside his iguanodon model at the Crystal Palace exhibition at Sydenham

JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961). Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. Founder of analytical psychology. Oil

NOSTRADAMUS, Michel de Notre Dame (1503-1566). French physician and astrologer, author of book of predictions Astrological Centuries (1555). Illustration in card of 18th century. Drawing

A discussion on the Piltdown skull by John Cooke
Portrait group of well-known British scientists examining the Piltdown skull

Nicholas of Cusa, Nikolaus Krebs, called (1401-1464). Philosopher, politician and cardinal of the Catholic church. Page of the dialogue De Ludo Globi (the ball game), 1460

WUNDT, Wilhelm (1832-1920)

Lab at Pratt Institute
The Department of Domestic Science (Chemistry) at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

Glaisher and Coxwe conducting scientific experiment in a balloon, the two scientists suffer from lack of oxygen and pass out, though they manage to release air and descend

Leon Theremin (1896 - 1993) giving a demonstration of his electronic musical instrument to a group of invited Scientists (including Sir Henry Wood (left) and Sir Oliver Lodge) at the Savoy Hotel

Views of the volcano Mount Etna erupting. Three scientists viewing and sketching from a ledge above the crater

Giant basalt columns at Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. 18th century tourists and scientists clamber over the hexagonal pillars

Scientists investigating basalt columns, Staffa, Scotland
18th-century scientists investigating the hexagonal basalt columns of the island of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Perhaps one of them is Sir Joseph Banks

Cave with columnar cliffs near Stappen, Iceland, 1811
Cave with columnar cliffs and natural rock arch near Stappen, Iceland, 1811. Scottish scientists explore the caves in a rowboat. Hohte zu Stappen

View of the Sulphur Mountain, Iceland, 1811
View of the Sulphur Mountain or Brennisteinsfjöll, Iceland. Scottish scientists watching volcanic eruptions

Leading scientists during the reign of King George V
Leading scientists during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Rutherford, Sherrington, Lodge, Eddington, Jeans. Date: 1935

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio del bosc es la destruccio de l'economia (Destruction of the forest is the destruction of economy). Poster edited by the Generalitat of Catalunya

WORLD OF LIVING DEAD
WORLD OF THE LIVING DEAD (Ed. Earl Repp) The scientists explore the subterranean world Date: 1932

Boeing VB-17G Flying Fortress N207EV Shady Lady (msn 32426, ex N809Z, ex 44-83785)

French sourcier Bleton, blindfolded and using no apparatus, convinces a committee of scientists of his dowsing ability. Date: 1782

Scientists in a lab examining specimens in jars, through a microscope, with bloated animal and bird corpses on the floor. Copperplate engraving by Daniel Chodowiecki, Berlin, 1787

ILN cover - Dr. Mildred C. Rebstock
Chloromycetin synthesised for the first time by Dr. Mildred C. Rebstock. Chloromycetin was discovered to be a powerful means of fighting typhus and typhoid. On March 27th 1949, Parke, Davis and Co

Sir William Huggins, President of the Royal Society
Sir William Huggins (1824-1910), President of the Royal Society (1900-1905), English astronomer. 1902

Piccards Feat - recovery on landing
Aftermath of the ascent by Professor Picard of Brussels University on August 18 1932, by balloon to around 10 1/2 miles, the greatest height achieved by a man at that point

Piccards feat - Atmospheric Exploration Illustrated
The Meaning of Piccards Feat: atmospheric exploration illustrated

Scientists examining maps and statistics at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist in a mask, examining locusts in perspex containers at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist in a mask, examining a locust in a perspex container at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist at work in the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Close-up of a scientist examining and testing a locust at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman attaches sensors to a patient. Date: 1972

Scientist examining and testing a locust at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Close-up of a scientist examining a locust through a microscope at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Scientist examining a locust through a microscope at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Biomedical centre, London -- a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones while a woman operates a machine in the room beyond. Date: 1972

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman operates a machine while a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones. Date: 1972

Scientists at work in a laboratory at Vinolia Soap Co. Date: 1911

Explaining theory of circulation to King Charles I

Horse doping tests in a laboratory, Newmarket
Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat turns a knob on a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, used for testing samples at the Horse Doping Test Centre in Newmarket

London Zoo
A crowd of holidaymakers at the Zoological Gardens in Regents Park, with a pair of elephants. London Zoo was the worlds first scientific zoo

POOR INVENTOR AT WORK
A scruffy, poor inventor is immersed in his work while his wife and daughter try to warm themselves at the stove - will they ever get rich? Date: 1886

SCIENTIST AND TEST TUBES
A female scientist working in a laboratory. Date: 1960s

Nikola Tesla
NIKOLA TESLA American electrician and inventor, born in Croatia of Serbian parents; seen here lecturing to scientists in Paris Date: 1856 - 1943

THE MAGNETIC POLE
Determining the MAGNETIC POLE as opposed to the geographical pole - a problem scientists were well aware of in the 17th century Date: circa 1680

AMATEUR SCIENTISTS
AMATEUR NATURALISTS A French family at the seaside explore the beach for interesting specimens Date: circa 1855

DINING INSIDE IGUANODON 1854
Hawkins invities scientists to dine inside his iguanodon model at the Crystal Palace exhibition at Sydenham. Date: 1854

th Huxley / Eastbourne
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY English scientists home, Hodeslea, Staveley Road, Eastbourne, where he died Date: 1825 - 1895

Ebers papyrus. ca. 1500 BC. Ancient Egypt. Amenhotep Is reign. 18th Dynasty. One of the first treatises on medicine written in human history. Hieratic, hieroglyphic writing. GERMANY. SAXONY. Leipzig

Representation of a trepanation in Ancient Egypt. Painting

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

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

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

MERCATOR, Gerhard Kremer, called Gerardus (1512-1594). Earth Globe by Mercator. Dimensions: 64 x 55 cm. Diameter: 41 cm. BELGIUM. Sint-Nikls. Mercatormuseum

Flat Earth Puzzle
The Puzzled Cleric - torn between his faith and science - how can he reconcile what God (via the Bible) tells him and what the scientists tell him about the Earth ? Date: 1895

Portait of photographer Leandro A. Stanzani with Dolphin

Portait of photographer Leandro A. Stanzani

Startling Stories - When New York Vanished by Henry Kuttner. A large robotic alien insect is imprisoned under a glass dome and is being experimented on by two male scientists

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

LEEUWENHOEK, Antony van (1632-1723). Dutch naturalist and optician. First to observe bacteriae. He is commonly known as the Father of Microbiology, and considered to be the first microbiologist. Oil

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

BABBAGE, Charles (1792-1871). English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best remembered now for originating the concept of a programmable computer. Engraving

VIRCHOW, Rudolf (1821-1902). German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician, known for his advancement of public health. Engraving

WW1 - Austrian Scientists at work in Adana, Turkey
A pair of Austrian Scientists working in secrecy in Adana, Turkey during the First Work War

AUSTRIA. Linz. Statue of Johannes Kepler

Louis Sebastien Mercier
LOUIS SEBASTIEN MERCIER Caricature of French writer, who attacked all other writers, artists, architects and scientists, claiming they outmoded or worthless

Life on Titan, one of Saturns satellites - a world of swamps and of ferocious beasts and giant plants. Scientists speculate that it may be warm enough to support life

Reading Subconscious
In Ray Avery Myers fiction Into the subconscious, future scientists develop machines that read the subconscious mind and project its thoughts as images

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

Richard Levin Working on Camouflage
Richard Levin, Director of the British Industrial Design Group, demonstrates with models his idea to protect cars from air raids by having them camouflaged half for the country and half for the town

Woman at work, Snail Research Centre
Woman at work in a Snail Research Centre. Date: 1967

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman attaches sensors to a patient. Date: 1972

Horse doping tests in a laboratory, Newmarket
Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat pours a sample from a large glass jar into a smaller container as part of the testing process at the Horse Doping Test Centre in

Anti-Locust Research Centre, London
Scientist examining a locust through a magnifying glass at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

United States. New York. 50th Anniversary of the introductio
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). German physician, founder of homeopathy. New York. 50th Anniversary of the introduction of homeopathy. Commemorative banquet in the Hospital of Wards Island

Trephination of a rabbit injected with rabies virus to achieve the rabies vaccine. Pasteur Institute. Paris. Colored engraving, 1890

History of England. Meeting at the Royal Society of London. Engraving, 1890. Colored

Radioactivity / Plants 60S
Isotope Research Division of the Wantage Research Laboratory. Testing uptake of radioactive elements by plants. Date: 1961

th Huxley / St Johns Wood
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY English scientists home at 4 Marlborough Place, St Johns Wood, where he wrote many of his works Date: 1825 - 1895

Advert for Parkinsonism cooker 1929
The Parkinson New Suburbia Gas Cooker - experience plus experiment equals success Date: 1929

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