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Different forms of blast furnace. Bellows supplying draught are powered by overshot water wheel. From Vannocio Biringuccio De la Pirotechnia, Venice 1540
Ernest RUTHERFORD (1871-1937) New Zealand atomic physicist, Nobel prize for chemistry 1908. Photograph
Trojan Horse: Greek raiding party secreting themselves in the great wooden horse, 13th or 12th century BC. From the Rev. Royal Robbins The World Displayed, New York, 1830
Tutankhmun (Tutankamen), king of Egypt, reigned 1361-1352 BC. Gold and lapis lazuli funerary mask
Hand-to-hand fighting with swords in defence of a castle. 14th century manuscript. British Museum
Model of a seated scribe. 18th Dynasty. Berlin Museum
Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805 during Napoleon Wars. British fleet defeated Franco-Spanish fleet. Artists impression of Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory
Joseph Black (1728-99) Scottish chemist. Theory of latent heat. Black lecturing at Glasgow in 1787. Etching by John Kay
Penitent Magdalene. Studio of Anton van Dyck (1599-1641). Oil on canvas. Private collection
Detail from Gallo-Roman mosaic pavement showing head and shoulders of woman and sprig of tree, and part of decorative border
Selim I (1467-1520) Emperor of Turkey from 1512 attacking Persians under Esmai il I or Isma il (1487-1524) founder of Safavid dynasty, at Khoi, Azerbaijan. Woodcut
Using bellows to increase draught in furnace for refining copper. Note cupellation cakes of partially refined copper beneath the bellows. From Vannocio Biringuccio De la Pirotechnia, Venice 1540
Ignaz Philip Semmelweis (1818-1865) Hungarian obstetrician. Discovered cause of puerperal fever and introduced antiseptic measures in Vienna maternity hospital. Reduced mortality from 18.27% to 1.27%
William McKinley (1843-1901) 25th president of USA from 1896. Shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, 6 Sept 1901 and died 14 Sept
Trephination: Using an elevator to remove piece of bone from the skull. Woodcut from Hans von Gersdorf Veldt Boeck van den Chirugia Scheel-Hans, Amsterdam 1593. Woodcut from 1517 Strasbourg edition
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Indian philosopher and poet
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) English botanist, Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Woodburytype published 1881
God creating Adam. Chatres Cathedral stained glass window of the Good Samaritan. 13th century
Ankh, Ancient Egyptian symbol of life, and Bee carved on column at Temple of Karnak
Apollo with lyre: In Greek pantheon, god of music, poetry, archery, prophecy and healing and sometimes identified with the Sun (Helios): The model of manly beauty. Roman marble statue
Imigrants to US landing at Ellis Island circa 1900. They head for the processing centre carrying paper with entry number which they hope will soon be traded for a visa
Joseph Whitworth (1803-1887) British engineer and inventor. Machine tools: Screw thread. Tinted lithograph c.1880
Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1918) and her daughter Christabel (1880-1958), English suffragettes in prison dress
The Two Lovers. On the bank beside the man is an instgrument of the viol family. 16th century woodcut
Napoleonic Wars: Napoleons the Grand Armee catching sight of Moscow, 1812. Early 20th century book illustration
Henry VII (1457-1509) first Tudor king of England from 1485. His first act of parliament with initial portrait of king. Border illuminated with flora and fauna. Thomas Pigots Book of Statutes
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894). German physicist and physiologist, giving a lecture on 7 July 1894. Opthalmascope
Harrys Truman (1884-1972) 33rd President of USA
Bull and lion: Detail of carving on N wing of E stairway at palace of Persian king Xerxes I (486-465 BC) at Persepolis
Goddess Isis with King Tuthmosis III (15th century BC) at Deir el Bahn, Luxor, Egypt. Painted limestone relief. Isis principal goddess of Egypt shown with horns and solar disc on head
Woman and children coal putters - Mid and East Lothian, Scotland. From Matthias Dunn A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848
Seated scribe. Model, 5th Dynasty
Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exhibition at Buffalo. It was in this building that William McKinley (1843-1901) 25th president of the USA was shot on 6 Sept 1901
English grandee rides in an Indian procession. Company Style (East India Company), Indian 1825-1830. Gouache
Blast furnace for smelting iron ore. From Agricola De re Metallica, Basle, 1556. Woodcut
Cliff Palace: 12th -13th century. North American Indian, Mesa Verde, Colorado
Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand (Franz Ferdinand) 1863-1914, heir to the Austrian throne, at Sarajevo 28 June 1914. The coffins of Franz Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophie lying in state
Vesuvius during one of its early 19th century eruptions viewed from the Bay of Naples, Italy. In centre foreground fishermen are using flare to attract their catch. Aquatint c1815
Galileos 1611 drawing of lunar craters. (c1655). Galileo Galilei (1554-1642), Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) English nurse, statistician and hospital reformer. From a photograph
Canopic Jars: These were used to contain viscera of dead person, usually for burial with their mummified body. 26th Dynasty 664-525 BC
Pre-binomial classification of species. Here two different species of the genus camel are named in Hebrew, Latin and Dutch, although only one species, the Bactrian is depicted
Cardinal Infante Don Fernando in hunting dress. c1632-3. Younger brother of Philip IV of Spain. Artist, Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) Spanish
Thomas Paine (1737-1809) English-born American revolutionary, writer and philosopher. From John Kay Original Portraits, Edinburgh c1790
Brewing beer: Egyptian tomb model, 9th Dynasty c2160 BC from Meketra
East room of the White House, Washington, where president McKinley shook hands with all comers
St Anthony the Great (Antony) of Thebes 251-356. Egyptian aesthetic: Father of Christian monasticism: Patron saint of herdsmen
Otto Lilienthal (1848-96) German aeronaut, taking to the air in one of his gliders. He made more than 2, 000 flights before being killed in a crash. Early 20th century book illustration
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