Images Dated 3rd October 2007 (page 6)

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

Father Time
Father time

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

Edward Jenner & Patient
EDWARD JENNER In 1798 he announced that if a child is inoculated with cowpox, two months later s/he won t contract smallpox even though inoculated with it

First Manned Flight
Pilatre de Rozier and le marquis d Arlandes make the first manned flight, in a hot- air Montgolfiere, over Paris

Livingstone / Harill
DAVID LIVINGSTONE Missionary and explorer

Livingstone / Title Page
DAVID LIVINGSTONE Missionary and explorer

Parisienne in Shower
An elegant Parisienne in her shower

Entertaining a visitor to afternoon tea
A lady entertains a visitor to afternoon tea in a lush interior. The maid stands ready to pour more tea or offer a plate of food

Ladies in a conservatory
Four elegant ladies and a child in a large conservatory (or greenhouse). They are tending plants and one of them is consulting a large book

Ormsons conservatory (or greenhouse)

Proposed conservatory for Glasgow
Inside a proposed conservatory (or greenhouse) for the Queens Park, Glasgow

Convert to Palmistry
a convert Date: 1881

Men playing golf
A group of men playing golf

Ewings glass wall, Chiswick, London
Ewings glass wall, designed for the Horticultural Societys garden at Chiswick, west London

A Jewish rabbi in traditional costume

Gladstones illness, Downing Street, 1880
The scene at 10 Downing Street, Central London, as anxious enquirers wait for news of the condition of Prime Minister William Gladstone, recovering from a lung infection

Marcus Porcius Cato, Roman statesman, educating son
MARCUS PORCIUS CATO (234-149 BC), Roman statesman, known as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Maior (the Elder). Seen here educating his son

Girolamo Cardano
Girolamo (or Gerolamo) Cardano (1501-1576), also known as Jerome Cardan, Italian physician, mathematician, astrologer, etc

Camillo Cavour, Italian statesman
Camillo Cavour (1810-1861), Italian statesman

Casanova fights a duel with Branecki
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) fights a duel with Branecki

Casanova meeting the Duchess of Northumberland
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is introduced to the Duchess of Northumberland by Lady Harrington

Royal Horticultural Society exhibition
An exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society, showing people admiring a formal garden

Horticultural fete, Chepstow Castle, South Wales
A horticultural fete taking place at Chepstow Castle in South Wales

The Bottle, 2 -- Cruikshank
The Bottle, scene 2 The family pawn clothing to pay for The Bottle

Apocalypse, The Great Beast
Scene from the Apocalypse -- The Great Beast

Paul Cezanne, French artist
PAUL CEZANNE French artist seen here at his easel

Elegant woman in scarlet hat
Elegant woman wears a scarlet hat

Leicester Improved breed of sheet
The Leicester Improved breed of sheep

Royal Albert railway bridge, Saltash, Cornwall
The Royal Albert railway bridge at Saltash, Cornwall

Stopping the train at Woodford, Australia
A female passenger raises a signal to stop the train at Woodford, Australia

Building underground railway near Kings Cross, London
Construction work in progress on the worlds first underground railway near Kings Cross, Central London

Underground railway works, Thames Embankment, London
Underground railway works on the Thames Embankment, Central London

Orient Express dining car
The Orient Express -- the wagon-restaurant or dining car

Last train from Charing Cross, Central London
Passengers - many of them evidently theatregoers - await the last train of the day out of Charing Cross, Central London

First train from Shanghai to Kung-Wang, China
The first train leaves Shanghai for Kung-Wang, China

Crowded platform, South Western Railway station
Passengers crowd the platform of a station of the South Western Railway

Old Quarter of Athens, Greece
Tourists from Western Europe find the smells in a Greek street hard to take

Temperance meeting in cathedral town
A temperance meeting in a cathedral town meets opposition. Attended by Wilfred Lawson, George Trevelyan & Dr Temple

St Patricks vision of ship
SAINT PATRICK The Saints vision of the ship which would take him home

British bombarding Canton, First Opium War
First Opium War - the British bombard Canton

French forces, Second Opium War, Peking
French forces occupy the Summer Palace in Peking during the Second Opium War

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