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Line without measure, by Robert Marsden, 1990
Robert Marsden born 1947. A line without measure 1990. Patinated gilding metal. A distorted triangular metal tube

Satellite and computer generated image of the Arctic and Greenland

Reconstruction of east pediment of Parthenon
Reconstruction of the east pediment of the Parthenon according to a drawing by K. Schwerzek. The east pediment narrates the birth of Athena from the head of her father, Zeus

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) Scottish author and creator of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle also carried out experiments in psychical research

Woman in Orient Express
Compartment on the Orient Express reserved for women. Wood engraving published Leipzig c1895

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger as an unstoppable killing machine in the science fiction thriller " Terminator" 1984

Saloon car on Orient Express
Saloon car on the Orient Express. Wood engraving published Leipzig c1895

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger as an unstoppable killing machine in the science fiction thriller " Terminator" 1984

Interior of Cree Indian tent. Man smoking: Papoose in cradle : Cooking pot suspended over fire. From John Franklin " Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea", London, 1823

North American Indian, 19th century woven beadwork
North American Indian: Potowatami: Great Lakes. Bandolier bag, 19th century woven beadwork (detail). Photograph. Chicago, Field Museum

Female telephonists in Central Telephone Exchange
Central Telephone Exchange, rue de Lafayette, Paris, staffed by female telephonists. From Louis Figuier " Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science", 1883. Engraving

Hydraulic coal cutting machine, named " The Iron Man", in position on rail track underground in a coal seam. Made by Carrett, Marshall & Co

Telephone switchboard
Song of the Clouds - telephone switchboard, 1956

George Moores steam man. Petrol - fired boiler operated a 1/2 hp engine. Exhaustexhaust through helmet, steam exhaust through cigar. Walking speed 7 - 9 mph. Woodcut published London 1893

Mechanical blacksmiths
Hero of Alexandrias (lst century AD) mechanical blacksmiths. Woodcut from " Gli Artificiose e curiosi moti spiritale de Herone", Bologna, 1647. The mechanism is powered by water

Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
Black Rat - Rattus rattus - caught in trap. This is the rat that is a vector of Plague. Hand - colored engraving published Edinburgh 1838 in William Jardine " Naturalists Library" series

Robot head from film Westworld
Robot head from the film " Westworld", MGM, 1973

Gloria Swanson (1897 - 1893) on stage
Gloria Swanson (Gloria May Svensson) 1897 - 1893, American film actress of Polish extraction. Swanson, left, at a Grecian - style ball in " Don t Change Your Husband" (1919)

John Ericssons sketch for turret ship, 1890
John Ericssons sketch for his revolving turret ship Monitor. This shows a domed turret which was changed to a cylindrical one. Wood engraving published 1890

Inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937)
Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937), Italian physicist and inventor. Radio pioneer. Marconi with typical apparatus, including 10 - inch induction coil spark transmitter (right)

Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990) Swedish - born American film actress. Still from " Grand Hotel", MGM 1932. Based on 1930 novel by Austrian - born Vicki Baum (1880 - 1960)

Listers steam spray. This supplanted his Donkey Engine spray, and could fill a room with steam and carbolic vapor. From Richman Goodlee " Lord Lister", 1917

Image of Aids virus from Uganda. World Health Organisation/Institut Pasteur

Altarpiece of St Cosmas and St Damian
Altarpiece of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian (The Sick Sacristan). Twin brothers born in Syria, these Christian saints, martyred c 303

Advertisement for Lemco, the Liebig Companys meat extract, from " The Graphic", London, October 1901. The markings on the side of the bull show South America because Liebigs factory was in

Frederick William IV, cartoon
Frederick William IV (1795 - 1861), king of Prussia from 1840. Cartoon by Friedrich Engels showing Frederick William addressing the United Diet, 11 April 1847

Berlin laborer and his family at home, 1900
Berlin laborer and his family at home, c1900

Congress of Berlin, 1878. Otto von Bismarck the German chancellor, visiting the British delegate Lord Beaconsfield (Benjamin Disraeli) in the Kaiserhof Hotel

Sitting of the German National Assembly
A sitting of the German National Assembly, Frankfort, 1848. From " The Illustrated London News" (London, 7 October 1848)

Still from The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Still from " The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" (1920), German silent film directed by Robert Wiene

Between Two Fires :, Alfonso XII
Between Two Fires : Alfonso XII (1837 - 1885) king of Spain from 1874, being told by the German Chancellor, Bismarck, that recognition by Germany depended on Spain allowing the reopening of

Four pioneers of the Soviet Socialism
Left to right: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the four pioneers of the Soviet Socialism

Female workers during World War I
World War I: Women munitions workers at Krupps, Essen, Germany

Route of Trans - Siberian Railway
The route of the Trans - Siberian Railway. From " La Nature", Paris, 1904. Engraving

Alice Paul sewing suffrage flag

Alice Paul sewing suffrage flag

Reunion of Pioneers and Friends of Womans Progress

National Womans Party members, 1921

Suffragist Alice Paul using telephone

Lorenzo Bartolini Dirce, Marble, 1840

Portrait of Alexei Nikolaievich Kuropatkin
Alexei Nikolaievich Kuropatkin (1848 - 1925) in his library. Russian soldier, Commander - in - Chief in Manchuria in Russo - Japanese War, 1904 - 1905

Cambridge electrocardiograph, 1911
Cambridge electrocardiograph of 1911. Made by the Cambridge Instrument Company, England

John Lambert trial
John Lambert (d1538), English Protestant martyr, burnt at the stake at Smithfield, London, 22 November 1538. Trial of Lambert before Henry VIII

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) French chemist, in his laboratory at the Ecole Normale, Paris, during his work on hydrophobia. Around him are cages full of the rabbits he used during his experiments

Drive off of Rowland Taylor
Rowland Taylor (1510 - 1555), English Protestant martyr, forcibly ejected from his church. Burned in the reign of Mary I for heresy

Charles I of England on the throne in the House of Lords

Blueprint drawing for Susan B Anthony school

Main Parlor of Susan B. Anthony House

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