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World Flat projection map from composite of satellite images. Credit NASA: Science Earth Geology Oceanography
Alchemical symbolism: toad and serpent represent two basic types of element, fixed and earthy (toad) and the volatile (serpent). Flying eagle represents Sublimation
The eye according to Hunain ibn Ishaq also called Johannitius (809-873) Baghdad physican and philosopher. Manuscript c1200
Surrey Zoological Gardens, Walworth, London, England. Engraving after the drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd. In about 1830 Edward Cross kept his menagerie here
Camera obscura: showing how the scene outside was collected by a mirror tilted at 45 degrees(B) passed through a meniscus lens between F and C and the image thrown onto the table below
The relation of man, the microcosm with the universe, the macrocosm, showing the spheres of the Sun, Moon and planets and the hierarchy of angels, archangels
Alchemical symbol of transmutation of base metal (Earth at bottom) into Gold (Sun) and Silver (Moon) through the agency of the dragon (Mercury - volatility)
Influence of the universe, the Macrocosm on Man, the Microcosm. The parts of the body are influenced by specific plants, constellations and planets
Constellation of Andromeda from Johannes Bayer Uranometria Ulm 1723. Andromeda chained to rocks waiting for rescue by Perseus. Copperplate engraving
Constellation of Argo Navis from Johannes Bayer Uranometria Ulm 1723. Copperplate engraving
Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Camel-mounted model. From The Science Record New York, 1862. Engraving
Comet Shoemaker-Levy, 1994. Impact with Jupiter 20 July 1994. NASA photograph
Marie (1867-1934) and Pierre (1859-1906) Curie. With their elder daughter Irene in 1904
All-sky images constructed from preliminary data from DMR (Different Microwave Radiometers) instrument on NASA cosmic background Explorer (COBE). Microwave maps at 3 frequencies. NASA photograph
Spectroscope of the type used by Gustave Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1889) and Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899). From Theodore Eckardt Physics in Pictures, London, 1882. Chromolithograph
Prize offered in Scientific American, New York, October, 1920, for an essay on Einstein sPrize offered in Scientific American, New York, October, 1920, for an essay on Einsteins theory of relativity. Einstein was travelling in the United States at thgis time
Wet Battery: Leclance cell, invented c1866. Glass vessel containing zinc rod, solution of chloride of ammonia, and porous block of carbon surrounded by pieces of carbon manganese dioxide
Copernican (heliocentric) system of the universe, showing the firmament of the fixed stars. From Johannes Hevelius Selenographia, Gdansk (Danzig) 1647. Engraving
Second part of the star chart of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere showing constellations. Engraving of 1747
Spectroscopist observing (top). Bottom, left to right, Absorption spectra of Indigo, Chromic Chloride, and Magenta. Lithograph
Pollen mass of Orchis mascula when first attached (A) and after depression (B). From Charles Darwin The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects, London, 1899 (second edition)
John Tyndall (1820-1893) Irish-born British physicist. (Professor at Royal Institution, London, 1854. Worked on Heat radiation and acoustics. Died of accidental Chloral poisoning)
Richard Owen (1804-1892) British naturalist, and anatomist, giving a Friday Evening Discourse on fossils at the Royal Institution, London. Cartoon by Richard Doyle from Punch, London 1849
Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) viewed from space. NASA photograph
Woolly mammoth approximately 9ft high and 16ft long, discovered frozen in a block of ice in Siberia, 1779. Engraving c1870
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) Scottish physicist and mathematician. Second law of thermodynamics: Temperature scale: Atlantic telegraph cable: Mirror galvanometer
Curvature of Earth. Because Earth is curved, distant objects seem to sink below the horizon. Wood engraving c1880
Mandrake (bottom left) Sensitive plant (bottom right) & Acacia. Print published London c1795
Einstein Cross Quasar: Gravitation Lens G2237 plus 0305. NASA photograph
Diagram of the Earth during Carboniferous period. Land - unshaded: Deep sea - diagonal lines: Shallow water - horizontal lines
Comet 1892a, Swift, May 1892. From a negative photograph by Dr Max Wolf (1863-1932) Not converted to positive to avoid any loss of detail
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, scientist and statesman. Lord Chancellor 1618. In science advocated observation and experiment rather than Aristotelian deductive logic
Robert Boyle, by Johann Kerseboom (died 1708). Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was an IrishRobert Boyle, by Johann Kerseboom (died 1708).Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was an Irish physicist
Henry Peter Brougham (1778-1868) 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. Scottish lawyer and politician. Queen Carolines defence: London University: founded Social Science Association (1857)
M. Sklodovski with his three surviving daughters. Left to right: Many (Marie Curie 1867-1934), Bronya and Hela
Earth from Space photographed by spacecraft Galileo 11, December 1992 from distance of 1.9 million km (1.2 million miles) Antarctica, bottom, and dawn rising over Pacific Ocean. NASA photograph
Microwave map of whole sky produced from one years data from COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer). NASA photograph
Particle accelerator, CERN, Geneva. CERN photograph
Cinchona (Jesuits or Peruvian Bark). Source of quinine. Used as febrifuge, particularly in treatment of malaria. Hand-coloured engraving, London 1795
The Hermetic Androgyne: King equals Sun equals Gold, Queen equals Moon equals Silver, Dragon equals Mercury equals Volatility and so transmutation. Miniature from late 17th century German manuscript
The astronomer Takiuddin at his observatory at Galata, 1581 showing astronomical instruments in use at the time. After an illuminated manuscript
Cartoon on Darwinism. From Punch, London, 10 December 1887
White Dwarf stars in Globular Cluster M4. H. Bond (STSCI). NASA photographWhite Dwarf stars in Globular Cluster M4.H.Bond (STSCI). NASA photograph
John Tyndall (1820-93) Irish born physicist, lecturing on electromagnetism at the Royal Institution, London. May 1870. Wood engraving
General properties of bodies: educational plate published Wurtemberg c. 1850. PhysicalGeneral properties of bodies: educational plate published Wurtemberg c.1850. Physical principles including Inertia: Centre of gravity: Centrifugal force: Parallelogram of forces
Gatling rapid fire gun (1861-62): Various models. From The Science Record New York, 1762. Engraving
Multispectral scanner reveals lithologic and structural features of Great Namaland in Namibia with clarity. Area extremely dry with little vegetation, so geology dominates image
William Crookes (1832-1919) holding discharge tube which carried his name. British physicist and chemist. Cartoon by Spy (Leslie Ward) from Vanity Fair, London, May 1903
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