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Images Dated 4th August 2005 (page 8)

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Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Truro, from Trennick Lane, 1860

Truro, from Trennick Lane, 1860. The Cornwall Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway (GWR), at Truro, showing one of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) timber viaducts

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Berkhamsted Station, Hertfordshire, on the London and Birmingham Railway, c1860

Berkhamsted Station, Hertfordshire, on the London and Birmingham Railway, c1860. On top of the building on the left is a water tank for supplying locomotives while, on the right

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Sectional view of lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1870

Sectional view of lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1870. Also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2S04, sulphuric acid was one of the most important of industrial chemicals

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Sectional view of Gay-Lussacs lead chambers and absorption towers, 1870

Sectional view of Gay-Lussacs lead chambers and absorption towers, 1870. These were for the large-scale production of sulphuric acid also (Oil of Vitriol or H2SO4)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874

Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874. Sectional view showing the process from beginning to end from the furnace (left) to the denitrating (or Glover) tower (right)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Platinum still for concentrating sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844

Platinum still for concentrating sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844. The view shown here was at the Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. From British Manufacturers by George Dodd

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Production of sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844

Production of sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2S04), 1844. View of the passage between two lead chambers, Felling Chemical Works, Newcastle, England. From The Penny Magazine. (London 1844)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Distillation of Oil of Vitriol (sulphuric acid or H2S04), 1651

Distillation of Oil of Vitriol (sulphuric acid or H2S04), 1651. An iron retort with cover, detail at C, D, is placed in a furnace and connected to a receiver at A

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Artist: J Jenkins

Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Artist: J Jenkins
Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Paxton (1801-1865) was Superintendent of the Duke of Devonshires gardens at Chiswick and Chatsworth from 1826, and designer of the Crystal Palace

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873)

Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist and mathematician

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873)

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor, 1880

Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor, 1880. Jacquard (1752-1834), inventor of the punched card loom being attacked by the silk weavers of Lyon who were afraid his invention would put them out of

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Von Guerickes water barometer, 1672

Von Guerickes water barometer, 1672. Fig I: details of parts; Fig II: complete barometer; Fig III: apparatus for the investigation of the weight of air; Fig IV: details of indicator

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Blaise Pascal, 17th century French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher, 1878

Blaise Pascal, 17th century French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher, 1878. Pascal (1623-1662) carrying out experiments with a mercury barometer on the tower of St

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691

Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691. Closed tube with mercury (left) and double water barometer (right)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Cross section of a Newcomen-type steam engine attributed to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1767

Cross section of a Newcomen-type steam engine attributed to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1767. After training as an architect and working as a civil engineer

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Newcomen-type steam engine attributed to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1767

Newcomen-type steam engine attributed to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1767. After training as an architect and working as a civil engineer

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Frontispiece of Ontledigen en Ondekkigen... Brieven by Anton van Leeuwenhoek, 1686

Frontispiece of Ontledigen en Ondekkigen... Brieven by Anton van Leeuwenhoek, 1686
Frontispiece of Ontledigen en Ondekkigen...Brieven by Dutch microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, 1686. Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Title page of Microscopium by Dutch microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, 1708

Title page of Microscopium by Dutch microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, 1708. Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was one of the first to recognise cells in animals

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Isaac Lea, American publisher, geologist and conchologist, 1896

Isaac Lea, American publisher, geologist and conchologist, 1896. Lea (1792-1886), whose field of scientific expertise was research into freshwater molluscs

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: William Lee, English inventor of the frame-knitting machine, 19th century

William Lee, English inventor of the frame-knitting machine, 19th century. Born in Nottinghamshire, Lee (c1550-c1610) invented his knitting machine in 1589

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne

John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) began experimental farming on his estate at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882

John Bennett Lawes, English agriculturalist, 1882. Lawes (1814-1900) began experimental farming on his estate at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss physiognomist and theologian, early 19th century

Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss physiognomist and theologian, early 19th century. Physiognomy is the art of reading psychological traits from physical characteristics

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Dionysius Lardner, Irish-born scientific writer, 1835

Dionysius Lardner, Irish-born scientific writer, 1835. Lardner (1793-1859) was Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at London University (University College)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Pierre Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer, 18th century

Pierre Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer, 18th century. Laplaces (1749-1827) five volume Mecanique celeste (1799-1825)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1830. Artist: Delpech

Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1830. Artist: Delpech
Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1830. La Perouse (1741-1788) spent four years (1785-1788)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Dorothea Klumpke Roberts, American mathematician and astronomer, 1903

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts, American mathematician and astronomer, 1903. Roberts (1861-1942) at work on the Carte du Ciel at the Paris Observatory

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Sonia (Sophie) Kowalevski, Russian mathematician, 1888

Sonia (Sophie) Kowalevski, Russian mathematician, 1888. Kowalevski (1850-1891) was appointed professor of mathematics at Stockholm in 1884

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Gustav Kirchhoff, Robert Bunsen and Henry Roscoe, scientists, c1860

Gustav Kirchhoff, Robert Bunsen and Henry Roscoe, scientists, c1860. Left to right: Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887), German physicist; Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen (1811-1899)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, German physicist, 1873

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, German physicist, 1873. Kirchhoff (1824-1887) is known for his work on electricity, heat and optics

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, German physicist, 1876

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, German physicist, 1876. Kirchhoff (1824-1887) is known for his work on electricity, heat and optics

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Robert John Kane, Irish chemist, c1860

Robert John Kane, Irish chemist, c1860. Kanes (1809-1890) name is remembered in Ireland for the book published in 1844 entitled The Industrial Resources of Ireland

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Regular geometrical solids of various types, 1619

Regular geometrical solids of various types, 1619. On centre right are the geometrical solids for the elements Earth, Air, Fire, Water and the fifth heavenly element

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Antoine de Jussieu, 18th century French botanist, 1807

Antoine de Jussieu, 18th century French botanist, 1807. One of a family of distinguished botanists, Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758) was director of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Antoine-Laurent Jussieu, French botanist, 1880

Antoine-Laurent Jussieu, French botanist, 1880. Born in Lyon, Jussieu (1748-1836), the nephew of the botanist Bernard de Jussieu, studied medicine, graduating in 1770

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Bernard de Jussieu, 18th century French botanist, 1880

Bernard de Jussieu, 18th century French botanist, 1880. A member of the family of distinguished botanists, de Jussieu (1699-1777) was director of the gardens at the Trianon, Versailles

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Edward Jenner, English physician, 1800

Edward Jenner, English physician, 1800. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire. He noted immunity to smallpox was given by cow-pox

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Edward Jenner, English physician, 1837

Edward Jenner, English physician, 1837. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire. He noted immunity to smallpox was given by cow-pox

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: William Jessop, British civil engineer, c1860

William Jessop, British civil engineer, c1860. Jessop (1745-1814) is particularly well known for his work on canals, harbours and early railways in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Don John of Austria, 16th century Spanish soldier, 17th century

Don John of Austria, 16th century Spanish soldier, 17th century. Don John (1545-1578) was the illegitimate son of the Emperor Charles V, and half-brother of Philip II of Spain

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932

Amy Johnson, British aviator, about to set out for Cape Town, 1932. Johnson (1903-1941) saying goodbye to her husband, fellow pilot James Mollison, before starting off

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Paul Jablochkoff, Russian telegraph engineer, 1883

Paul Jablochkoff, Russian telegraph engineer, 1883. In 1867 Jablochkoff (1847-1914) invented the Jablochkoff candle, a carbon arc lamp. From Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science by Louis Figuier

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Jules Pierre Cesar Janssen, French astronomer, 1893

Jules Pierre Cesar Janssen, French astronomer, 1893. Janssen (1824-1907) at the eyepiece of his reflecting telescope at Meudon Observatory, France

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist, 1833

Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist, 1833. Jameson (1774-1854) was Regis professor of natural history at Edinburgh from 1804-1854

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Dr John Jeffries, American balloonist, 1786

Dr John Jeffries, American balloonist, 1786. Jeffries (1744-1819) during a balloon ascent to investigate the atmospheric temperature

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Isaac Judaeus, physician to the rulers of Tunisia, 9th-10th century (1493)

Isaac Judaeus, physician to the rulers of Tunisia, 9th-10th century (1493). Isaac Judaeus (c855-c955) was one of the first whose works were translated from Arabic to Latin

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Edwin Ray Lankester, British zoologist, 1905. Artist: Spy

Edwin Ray Lankester, British zoologist, 1905. Artist: Spy
Edwin Ray Lankester, British zoologist, 1905. Lankester (1847-1929) established clear morphological distinctions in different orders of invertebrates, demonstrating that they had different origins



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