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Images Dated 5th August 2005 (page 5)

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Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Music of the Spheres, 1619

Music of the Spheres, 1619. The divine musical scales of the planets which German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) calculated from the velocities of the planets when closest to

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician

Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician, c1720 (1794). Edmond Halley (1656-1742), Astronomer Royal from 1720 until 1742

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: John Flamsteed, English astronomer and clergyman, 1712 (1725). Artist: George Vertue

John Flamsteed, English astronomer and clergyman, 1712 (1725). Artist: George Vertue
John Flamsteed, English astronomer and clergyman, 1712 (1725). Born in Denby, Derbyshire, and educated at Cambridge, Flamsteed (1646-1719)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: John Locke, English philosopher, c1713 Artist: George Vertue

John Locke, English philosopher, c1713 Artist: George Vertue
John Locke, English philosopher, c1680-1704. Locke (1632-1704) is regarded as the father of British empiricism. He was the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: John Locke, English philosopher, c1680-1704. Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller

John Locke, English philosopher, c1680-1704. Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller
John Locke, English philosopher, c1680-1704. Locke (1632-1704) is regarded as the father of British empiricism. He was the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: James Gregory, 17th century Scottish mathematician and astronomer

James Gregory, 17th century Scottish mathematician and astronomer. In 1663 Gregory (1638-1675) published Optica Promota describing his design for a reflecting telescope

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: John Locke, English philosopher, 1689. Artist: Verelst Harman

John Locke, English philosopher, 1689. Artist: Verelst Harman
John Locke, English philosopher, 1689. Locke (1632-1704) is regarded as the father of British empiricism. He was the author of Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Robert Boyle, Irish born chemist and physicist, c1689-1690

Robert Boyle, Irish born chemist and physicist, c1689-1690. Boyle (1627-1691) was the seventh son of the first Earl of Cork

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Paris Observatory, France, 1740

Paris Observatory, France, 1740. Astronomers using telescopes to observe objects in the night sky including Saturn and the Moon

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Thomas Willis, 17th century English physician, 1742. Artist: George Vertue

Thomas Willis, 17th century English physician, 1742. Artist: George Vertue
Thomas Willis, 17th century English physician, 1742. Willis (1621-1675) was the first in modern times to notice the sweetish taste of diabetic urine in diabetes mellitus

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: John Wilkins, 17th century English cleric and astronomer

John Wilkins, 17th century English cleric and astronomer. Wilkins (1614-1672) became Bishop of Chester in 1668. One of the founder members of the Royal Society

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-born French astronomer, 1777

Jean-Dominique Cassini, Italian-born French astronomer, 1777. In the background is the Paris Observatory, which Cassini (c1625-1712) became the first director of in 1671

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Gresham College, London, 1739

Gresham College, London, 1739. Gresham College was established in 1597 in the mansion of Sir Thomas Gresham in Bishopsgate under the terms of his will

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Title page of Elias Ashmoles Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, 1652

Title page of Elias Ashmoles Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, 1652. Isaac Newton owned a copy of this book. Ashmole (1619-1692)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, 1661

Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, 1661. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry. Frontispiece of an edition of his Elements of Geometry. (London, 1661)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Title page of A Discourse Concerning a New World & Another Planet by John Wilkins, 1683

Title page of A Discourse Concerning a New World & Another Planet by John Wilkins, 1683. Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler are represented in the bottom corners. (London, 1683 (Ist edition 1640))

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Alchemical laboratory showing various forms of furnace and vessels, 1652

Alchemical laboratory showing various forms of furnace and vessels, 1652. From Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum by Elias Ashmole. (London, 1652)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: The four great alchemists, 1652. Artist: Robert Vaughan

The four great alchemists, 1652. Artist: Robert Vaughan
The four great alchemists, 1652. From left to right: Al-Jabir (Geber, 14th century Spanish); Arnald or Arnold of Villanova (Spanish, c1240-c1310); Rhazes (Abu Bakr Abu Bakr al-Razi)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Alchemical symbolism, 1652

Alchemical symbolism, 1652. A toad and serpent representing two basic types of element; fixed and earthy (toad) and the volatile (serpent). The flying eagle represents sublimation

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Flamsteed House in Greenwich Park, London, late 17th century

Flamsteed House in Greenwich Park, London, late 17th century. Flamsteed House was designed by Christopher Wren on the orders of Charles II as a royal observatory

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Courtyard of Gresham College, London, 18th century

Courtyard of Gresham College, London, 18th century. Gresham College was established in 1597 in the mansion of Sir Thomas Gresham in Bishopsgate under the terms of his will

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Comet of December 1680 (Kirch), 1681

Comet of December 1680 (Kirch), 1681. Isaac Newton calculated that the comet was travelling at 88, 000 mph and that it passed so near the Sun that at one time it was only 1/6 of the Suns diameter

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Descartes model of the Universe, 1668

Descartes model of the Universe, 1668. Descartes Universe showing how matter which filled it was collected in vortices with a star at the centre of each, often orbiting planets

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Keplers concept of an attractive force from the Sun - a virtue, early 16th century

Keplers concept of an attractive force from the Sun - a virtue, early 16th century. Johannes Keplers (1571-1630) idea of gravity by which he hoped to account for his elliptical planetary orbits was

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Great comet of 1680 (Kirch) as it appeared as it approached the Sun

Great comet of 1680 (Kirch) as it appeared as it approached the Sun. Isaac Newton calculated that the comet was travelling at 88

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Keplers illustration to explain his discovery of the elliptical orbit of Mars, 1609

Keplers illustration to explain his discovery of the elliptical orbit of Mars, 1609. Working with data collected by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet, 1680

An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet, 1680. Title page of pamphlet by John Hill on the comet of December 1680 (Kirch)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist

Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist. English scientist and mathematician Isaac Newtons (1642-1727) discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Sir Isaac Newtons house on the corner of Orange and St Martins Streets, London, c1880

Sir Isaac Newtons house on the corner of Orange and St Martins Streets, London, c1880. English scientist and mathematician Isaac Newtons (1642-1727)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, 1840

Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, 1840. (1642-1727). English scientist and mathematician Isaac Newtons (1642-1727)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Newtons experiment splitting white light into the colours of the spectrum by a prism, 1757

Newtons experiment splitting white light into the colours of the spectrum by a prism, 1757
Newtons experiment showing how white light is refracted by a prism and split into the colours of the spectrum, 1757. The dotted line shows the beam of light entering through the window

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Optical phenomena observed and described by Sir Isaac Newton, 1704

Optical phenomena observed and described by Sir Isaac Newton, 1704. The formation of a rainbow by dispersion and total internal reflection (Fig 15)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Suspension bridge to the South Stack lighthouse near Holyhead, Wales, c1860

Suspension bridge to the South Stack lighthouse near Holyhead, Wales, c1860. Designed by David Alexander, the 91 foot lighthouse was completed in 1809

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist and Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870

Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist and Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870
Robert Boyle, 17th century Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist, in his laboratory with Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870. Papin (1647-1712) is pointing to Boyles (1627-1691) air pump

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Frozen materials viewed by English microscopist Robert Hooke, 1665

Frozen materials viewed by English microscopist Robert Hooke, 1665. Observations of several kinds of frozen figures showing frozen urine (1), snowflakes (2) and ice flakes (4, 5, 6)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Hookes observations of the cellular structure of cork and a sprig of Sensitive Plant, 1665

Hookes observations of the cellular structure of cork and a sprig of Sensitive Plant, 1665
Hookes observations of the cellular structure of cork and a sprig of Sensible (Sensitive) Plant, 1665. Hooke was the first to use the word cell to describe the honeycomb nature of cork

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Hookes microscope with condenser for concentrating light, 1665

Hookes microscope with condenser for concentrating light, 1665. From left to right above are his barometer, refractometer for measuring refractive power of liquids, and lens-grinding machine

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer, 1647

Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer, 1647. Known now by the latinized form of his name - Jan Hewel or Hewelcke - Hevelius (1611-1687)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Illustrations from English microscopist Robert Hookes Micrographia, 1665

Illustrations from English microscopist Robert Hookes Micrographia, 1665. 1: underside of a stinging nettle leaf; 2: beard of wild oat used in Hookes hygrometer; 3: section of head of wild oat; 4

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Flea, wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect, 1665

Flea, wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect, 1665. The human flea (Pulex irritans) can transmit plague. From Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635-1703)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Louse clinging to a human hair, 1665

Louse clinging to a human hair, 1665
Human Louse, a wingless parasitic insect, 1665. The human louse, a wingless parasitic insect, is now known to be a vector for epidemics of typhus. From Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1635-1703)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Percussion pendulum, 1725

Percussion pendulum, 1725. An experiment to investigate the inertia of bodies using two suspended weights whose movements could be accurately measured

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Distillation, 1500

Distillation, 1500. The Rosenhut, a form of still. From Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus by Hieronymus Braunschweig. (Strasbourg, 1500)

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Design for a pendulum clock, 1673

Design for a pendulum clock, 1673. Note the cycloidal pendulum with cheeks (fig.II). In 1657 Christiaan Huygens began work on developing Galileos work on the pendulum

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Marco Polo, Venetian traveller and merchant, 19th century

Marco Polo, Venetian traveller and merchant, 19th century. Together with his father Niccolo and uncle Matteo, Marco Polo (1254-1324) set off from Venice for Asia in 1271

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Reconstruction of a medieval conception of the universe, 19th century?

Reconstruction of a medieval conception of the universe, 19th century?
Reconstruction of medieval conception of the universe, 19th century? A flat earth surrounded by the crystalline spheres. A man has broken through the outermost of these

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Copernican sun-centred (heliocentric) system of the universe, 1708

Copernican sun-centred (heliocentric) system of the universe, 1708. This shows the orbit of the Moon round the Earth, and the orbits of the Earth and planets round the Sun

Background imageImages Dated 5th August 2005: Ancient Egyptian cosmos, c1025 BC

Ancient Egyptian cosmos, c1025 BC. Nut (heaven), stretches over the Earth, represented by her brother Geb, who lies below her



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