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Laboratory Collection (page 4)

In the realm of scientific discovery, laboratories have served as the birthplace of countless breakthroughs and innovations

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Dr Simmons selling his medicine from a horse carriage, 1840

Dr Simmons selling his medicine from a horse carriage, 1840
1575343 Dr Simmons selling his medicine from a horse carriage, 1840; (add.info.: Poster advertisement, Shows Dr Simmons selling his medicine from a horse carriage)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)

Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)
672894 Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)

Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)
672886 Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Kiln in Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)

Kiln in Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)
672884 Kiln in Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet

Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet
536622 Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet, as used in Curies laboratory, Paris, 1904; (add.info.: Paths of alpha, beta)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Modern Wonders, 1938: A 500, 000, Volt Flash (colour photo)

Modern Wonders, 1938: A 500, 000, Volt Flash (colour photo)
8659909 Modern Wonders, 1938: A 500, 000, Volt Flash (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A 500, 000, Volt Flash)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Berthold Schwarz, German alchemist (colour litho)

Berthold Schwarz, German alchemist (colour litho)
8655494 Berthold Schwarz, German alchemist (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Berthold Schwarz)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Obtaining tetanus serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)

Obtaining tetanus serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663554 Obtaining tetanus serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: A musician in his musical instruments workshop, 1967 (print on double-weight paper)

A musician in his musical instruments workshop, 1967 (print on double-weight paper)
3567034 A musician in his musical instruments workshop, 1967 (print on double-weight paper) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Moscow)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Portrait of John DALTON (1766-1844), (engraving)

Portrait of John DALTON (1766-1844), (engraving)
AIS5368593 Portrait of John DALTON (1766-1844), (engraving); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: British chemist and physicist. Madrid, National Library.); © Iberfoto

Background imageLaboratory Collection: The laboratory of Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German biologist

The laboratory of Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German biologist
XEE5029660 The laboratory of Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German biologist; (add.info.: The laboratory of Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German biologist); Stefano Bianchetti

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Tools for scientific experiments - in 'Nova experimenta physico-mechanica de vi aeris elastica

Tools for scientific experiments - in "Nova experimenta physico-mechanica de vi aeris elastica
XEE5028172 Tools for scientific experiments - in "Nova experimenta physico-mechanica de vi aeris elastica, et ejusdem effectibus

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Pharmacist making medicines in his pharmaceutical laboratory. Photography years 1915

Pharmacist making medicines in his pharmaceutical laboratory. Photography years 1915
IMB4933584 Pharmacist making medicines in his pharmaceutical laboratory. Photography years 1915; (add.info.: Pharmacist making medicines in his pharmaceutical laboratory)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: The interior of a laboratory with a biologist posing in a

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: The interior of a laboratory with a biologist posing in a work suit
LUX4811888 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: The interior of a laboratory with a biologist posing in a work suit, 1900 - Lot Z; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: The interior of the Woolwich Arsenal laboratory in 1750. Workers shape the ammunition charges

The interior of the Woolwich Arsenal laboratory in 1750. Workers shape the ammunition charges
MMM5483413 The interior of the Woolwich Arsenal laboratory in 1750. Workers shape the ammunition charges. English watercolor (38x55.5 cm), 1750.; National Maritime Museum, London

Background imageLaboratory Collection: American advertisement for a composing microscope. The years 1870

American advertisement for a composing microscope. The years 1870. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration
NWI4953990 American advertisement for a composing microscope. The years 1870. Colour engraving after a 19th century illustration.; (add.info.: American advertisement for a composing microscope)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904
LUX4792393 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Background imageLaboratory Collection: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904
LUX4792416 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Background imageLaboratory Collection: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904
LUX4792352 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69), Lyon: laboratory of Monsieur Girard, 1904); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Background imageLaboratory Collection: The doctor. The doctor reaches out his hand to receive, to examine him

The doctor. The doctor reaches out his hand to receive, to examine him, a urinal which death gives him
FLO4675560 The doctor. The doctor reaches out his hand to receive, to examine him, a urinal which death gives him, which contains the urine of an old man who says he presents

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Assay laboratory with various forms of furnace

Assay laboratory with various forms of furnace
863682 Assay laboratory with various forms of furnace; (add.info.: Assay laboratory with various forms of furnace including and athanor or Slow Harry, 7, self-stoking furnace for cementation, 9)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: James Young Simpson (1811-1870)

James Young Simpson (1811-1870)
865072 James Young Simpson (1811-1870); (add.info.: James Young Simpson, having experimented on himself with chloroform, found unconcious on the floor by his butler)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier during scientific experiment (engraving)

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier during scientific experiment (engraving)
1732389 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier during scientific experiment (engraving) by French School, (18th century); (add.info.: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) french chemist, economist

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Lavoisier's apparatus for weighing gases

Lavoisier's apparatus for weighing gases
539948 Lavoisier's apparatus for weighing gases. by French School, (18th century); (add.info.: From his Traite Elementaire de Chimie, Paris, 1789)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: A corner of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904

A corner of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904
537801 A corner of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904; (add.info.: A corner of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Robert Koch (1843-1910) German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory

Robert Koch (1843-1910) German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory
530414 Robert Koch (1843-1910) German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought was a cure for Tuberculosis

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Owen's College, Manchester: Laboratory (b/w photo)

Owen's College, Manchester: Laboratory (b/w photo)
8634021 Owen's College, Manchester: Laboratory (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laboratory)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Obtaining diptheria serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)

Obtaining diptheria serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663905 Obtaining diptheria serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Obtaining diptheria serum from horse blood, Marburg)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Antoine Lavoisier. circa 1830 (engraving)

Antoine Lavoisier. circa 1830 (engraving)
6437748 Antoine Lavoisier. circa 1830 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Science. Chemistry. French scientist Antoine Lavoisier in his laboratory)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: View of the Mecanics Hall of the Museum of History of Sciences in Florence (photo)

View of the Mecanics Hall of the Museum of History of Sciences in Florence (photo)
DEX5040740 View of the Mecanics Hall of the Museum of History of Sciences in Florence (photo); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
5311893 Michael Faraday; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Michael Faraday in his laboratory at the Royal Institute. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) an English scientist

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Trepanation of a rabbit at the Pasteur laboratory (Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895)

Trepanation of a rabbit at the Pasteur laboratory (Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895)
JAB4121558 Trepanation of a rabbit at the Pasteur laboratory (Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895).; (add.info.: Trepanation of a rabbit at the Pasteur laboratory (Louis Pasteur)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Zenobe Theophile Gram (1826-1901) invents the ring that bears his name

Zenobe Theophile Gram (1826-1901) invents the ring that bears his name
XEE5029751 Zenobe Theophile Gram (1826-1901) invents the ring that bears his name; (add.info.: Zenobe Theophile Gram (1826-1901) invents the ring that bears his name); Stefano Bianchetti

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Thomas Edison (1847-1931), nicknamed 'The Magician of Menlo Park' in his New Jersey laboratory

Thomas Edison (1847-1931), nicknamed "The Magician of Menlo Park" in his New Jersey laboratory
NWI4947882 Thomas Edison (1847-1931), nicknamed "The Magician of Menlo Park" in his New Jersey laboratory. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Science and Scientists: British physicist Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) in his laboratory

Science and Scientists: British physicist Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) in his laboratory
NWI4947174 Science and Scientists: British physicist Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) in his laboratory. He did work on electrons and nuclear physics

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Woulfe's apparatus for washing gases or saturating liquids. Peter Woulfe (1727-1803)

Woulfe's apparatus for washing gases or saturating liquids. Peter Woulfe (1727-1803) was an Irish chemist
FLO4590771 Woulfe's apparatus for washing gases or saturating liquids. Peter Woulfe (1727-1803) was an Irish chemist, mineralogist and alchemist

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)

Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving)
672895 Chemical laboratory. 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Laboratory for refining gold and silver, showing typical laboratory equipment

Laboratory for refining gold and silver, showing typical laboratory equipment
540745 Laboratory for refining gold and silver, showing typical laboratory equipment. 1, Athanor or Slow Harry, a self-feeding furnace maintaining a constant temperature. 2, 2

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Lavoisier's apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right)

Lavoisier's apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right)
539942 Lavoisier's apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right). From Robert Routledge A Popular History of Science, London, 1881

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Part of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904

Part of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904
537846 Part of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904.; (add.info.: Part of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Charles Sauria, inventor of the phosphoric friction matches, c.1900-1910 (chromo)

Charles Sauria, inventor of the phosphoric friction matches, c.1900-1910 (chromo)
1790239 Charles Sauria, inventor of the phosphoric friction matches, c.1900-1910 (chromo); (add.info.: Charles Sauria (1812-1895)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Steel converter (convertisseur d'acier). 19th century (object)

Steel converter (convertisseur d'acier). 19th century (object)
UIG5429750 Steel converter (convertisseur d'acier). 19th century (object); Dorling Kindersley/UIG

Background imageLaboratory Collection: A woodcut engraving depicting an assay laboratory. In this picture gold

A woodcut engraving depicting an assay laboratory. In this picture gold and silver are being assayed, 16th century
5311197 A woodcut engraving depicting an assay laboratory. In this picture gold and silver are being assayed, 16th century; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Rudolf II of Austria, c.1900 (print)

Rudolf II of Austria, c.1900 (print)
7293481 Rudolf II of Austria, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: History. Austria. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Rudolf II in his alchemy laboratory)

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
5312034 Michael Faraday; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Michael Faraday in his laboratory at the Royal Institute. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) an English scientist

Background imageLaboratory Collection: La Caricature (1830) politique, number 58, Satirique en N & B

La Caricature (1830) politique, number 58, Satirique en N & B, 1831_5_19: LABORATORY INFERNAL - Science
ICA4930356 La Caricature (1830) politique, number 58, Satirique en N & B, 1831_5_19: LABORATORY INFERNAL - Science, Medaille - Marianne, Diable; (add.info.: La Caricature (1830) politique, number 58

Background imageLaboratory Collection: 18th century copper still. Dim: 38 cm high and 27 cm diameter

18th century copper still. Dim: 38 cm high and 27 cm diameter. Musee de l'hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun
JEB4892935 18th century copper still. Dim: 38 cm high and 27 cm diameter. Musee de l'hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun. Mandatory mention:; Musee de l'Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun

Background imageLaboratory Collection: Laboratory of chemistry in wood and slate with instruments installed by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo

Laboratory of chemistry in wood and slate with instruments installed by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena (1747-1792)
DEX5040741 Laboratory of chemistry in wood and slate with instruments installed by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena (1747-1792), 18th century (photo); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza




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In the realm of scientific discovery, laboratories have served as the birthplace of countless breakthroughs and innovations. From the pioneering work of Rosalind Franklin in unraveling DNA's structure to Nikola Tesla's electrifying experiments, these hallowed spaces have witnessed some of history's most remarkable scientific feats. Back in 1899, Nikola Tesla's laboratory crackled with bolts of electricity discharging through the air. This visionary inventor pushed boundaries and revolutionized our understanding of electricity, paving the way for modern power systems. His laboratory became a playground for his mind-bending experiments that would shape the world we live in today. Meanwhile, Marie Curie (1867-1934) tirelessly worked in her laboratory on groundbreaking research into radioactivity. Her tireless efforts led to numerous discoveries and earned her two Nobel Prizes – one in physics and another in chemistry. Her legacy continues to inspire generations of scientists who follow in her footsteps. The laboratory is not just a place for individual brilliance; it also serves as a hub for collaborative endeavors. At CERN, home to cutting-edge particle physics research, teams working on projects like the ATLAS detector and CMS detector come together to unlock secrets about our universe’s fundamental building blocks. Science has always relied on precise measurements, which brings us to tools like mass spectrometers and tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks C016 / 2042 used within laboratories worldwide. These instruments ensure accuracy when analyzing samples or calibrating equipment—a testament to meticulousness required by scientists across disciplines. A photograph enlarger stands as an emblematic symbol within any photography lab—an essential tool that allows photographers to bring their images from small negatives into larger prints while preserving intricate details captured through lenses. Laboratory clamps serve as unsung heroes holding apparatuses firmly together during experiments—often overlooked but indispensable components ensuring safety and stability throughout various procedures conducted within these sacred spaces dedicated solely to science.