Scientists Collection (#6)

Astronomical glass plate slide of portrait of George Hale at Palomar observatory, early 20th century (glass negative)
7342392 Astronomical glass plate slide of portrait of George Hale at Palomar observatory, early 20th century (glass negative) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Maritime Museum

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), c.1656 (engraving)
7341594 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), c.1656 (engraving) by Villamena, Francesco (1566-1624); 21.4x15.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Maria Sklodowska-Curie, 1894 (b/w photo)
7339073 Maria Sklodowska-Curie, 1894 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Maria Sklodowska as a student at the Sorbonne, France); Krzysztof Chojnacki Collection/East News

Maria Sklodowska-Curie, c.1902-05 (b/w photo)
7338838 Maria Sklodowska-Curie, c.1902-05 (b/w photo); Lech Charewicz Exclusive/East News

Pierre Curie
5304802 Pierre Curie.; (add.info.: Photograph of Pierre Curie (1859-1906) a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity

Richard Mead (1673-1754), English physician, in the 17th 18th century, etching from an book about 1766 (etching)
UTD4916767 Richard Mead (1673-1754), English physician, in the 17th 18th century, etching from an book about 1766 (etching); (add.info.: Richard Mead (1673-1754), English physician

Sir Isaac Newton, English natural philosopher, from a book, 1766 (etching)
UTD4916987 Sir Isaac Newton, English natural philosopher, from a book, 1766 (etching); (add.info.: Sir Isaac Newton, English natural philosopher)

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733830 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving)
3733755 Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist, microbiologist

William Ramsay
3733487 William Ramsay.; (add.info.: Photograph of William Ramsay (1852-1916) a British chemist who discovered the Nobel Gasses and Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom
3733273 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom.; (add.info.: Photograph of Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854-1907) a Dutch chemist. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Benjamin Franklin, 1800
3507778 Benjamin Franklin, 1800; (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin (1705 - 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

James Watt
3586207 James Watt; (add.info.: Cartoon of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

James Watt
3586204 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin
3586032 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin; (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829) a French pharmacist and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

James Watt
3586205 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Gaston Tissandier
3586341 Gaston Tissandier; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899) a French chemist, meteorologist, aviator and editor. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Gaston Tissandier
3586340 Gaston Tissandier; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899) a French chemist, meteorologist, aviator and editor. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Nicolas Lemery giving a public lecture
3359523 Nicolas Lemery giving a public lecture; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715) a French physician and chemist, giving a public lecture on science

Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur constructing a thermometer
3359522 Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur constructing a thermometer; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur (1683-1757) a French scientist

Guillaume-Francois Rouelle performing a public experiment
3359520 Guillaume-Francois Rouelle performing a public experiment; (add.info.: An engraving of Guillaume-Francois Rouelle (1703-1770) a French chemist and apothecary, performing a public experiment

Benjamin Franklin, c.1780 (engraving)
2911689 Benjamin Franklin, c.1780 (engraving); (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin by Edward Fisher); Universal History Archive/UIG

Robert Hare (1781-1858)
863365 Robert Hare (1781-1858); (add.info.: Robert Hare (1781-1858) American chemist. Invented an oxyhydrogen blow-pipe and a calorimeter

Thomas Thomson (1773-1852)
863359 Thomas Thomson (1773-1852); (add.info.: Thomas Thomson (1773-1852), Scottish chemist born at Crieff, Perthshire. Regius professor of chemistry at Glasgow university (1817)

Thomas Graham (1805-1869)
863341 Thomas Graham (1805-1869); (add.info.: Thomas Graham (1805-1869) Scottish chemist who laid the foundations of physical chemistry

Eben Norton Horsfod (1818-1893)
863340 Eben Norton Horsfod (1818-1893); (add.info.: Eben Norton Horsfod (1818-1893) American chemist and disciple of Liebig. Called "The father of American food technology"

Christoph Hendrick Diderick Buys-Ballot
865148 Christoph Hendrick Diderick Buys-Ballot; (add.info.: Christoph Hendrick Diderick Buys-Ballot (1817-1890) Dutch meteorologist and physical chemist

Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy
865143 Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy; (add.info.: Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy (1794-1882) French chemist, physician and pharmacist, born at Marseilles

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1874 (engraving)
1574763 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1874 (engraving); (add.info.: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist the father of modern chemistry'

Portrait of Edouard Branly, c. 1910 (painting)
1755769 Portrait of Edouard Branly, c. 1910 (painting); (add.info.: Edouard Branly (1844-1940) inventor of wireless telegraph, painting, c. 1910); Photo: Tallandier

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

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 19th century (engraving)
1732392 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 19th century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) french chemist, philosopher, economist

Sir Humphry Davy, 1860 (engraving)
1579641 Sir Humphry Davy, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (1778-1829) Cornish chemist and inventor. Dated 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Benjamin Franklin standing before the Lords in Council in Whitehall Chapel, 1774
1579958 Benjamin Franklin standing before the Lords in Council in Whitehall Chapel, 1774; (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin standing before the Lords in Council in Whitehall Chapel, London in 1774)

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)

Max Planck, German physicist (b/w photo)
8673271 Max Planck, German physicist (b/w photo) by Byk, Suse (1884-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist

Portrait of Christian Huygens, 1629-95 (litho)
8634710 Portrait of Christian Huygens, 1629-95 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christian Huygens, 1629-95. Illustration for Armchair Science, 1931)

Portrait of Jospeh Gay-Lussac, 1778-1850 (litho)
8634704 Portrait of Jospeh Gay-Lussac, 1778-1850 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jospeh Gay-Lussac, 1778-1850. Illustration for Armchair Science, 1931)

Portrait of Paracelsus, 1490-1541 (litho)
8634703 Portrait of Paracelsus, 1490-1541 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paracelsus, 1490-1541. Illustration for Armchair Science, 1931)

Portrait of James Hutton, 1726-97 (litho)
8634701 Portrait of James Hutton, 1726-97 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Hutton, 1726-97. Illustration for Armchair Science, 1931)

Portrait of Edmund Cartwright, 1743-1823 (litho)
8634695 Portrait of Edmund Cartwright, 1743-1823 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edmund Cartwright, 1743-1823. Illustration for Armchair Science, 1931)

Portrait of Sir John Sinclair, 1754-1835 (litho)
8634685 Portrait of Sir John Sinclair, 1754-1835 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir John Sinclair, 1754-1835. Illustration for Armchair Science, 1931)

Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer, naturalist and explorer (engraving)
8676967 Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer, naturalist and explorer (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)

Professor Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Russian scientist on a visit to London (b/w photo)
8664296 Professor Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Russian scientist on a visit to London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Feline impressions (litho)
8663021 Feline impressions (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Feline impressions. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist (etching)
8663789 Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist (etching) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robert Koch (1843-1910), German physician and microbiologist

Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (colour litho)
8655452 Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (colour litho) by Weitsch, Friedrich Georg (1758-1828) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Caricature of the use of gas, 1807 (engraving)
8650635 Caricature of the use of gas, 1807 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Caricature of the use of gas, 1807)

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