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Images 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))

Images 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)

Images 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)

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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)

Images 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

Images 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)

Images 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)

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

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

Images 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)

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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)

Images 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

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

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

Images 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)

Images 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

Images 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)

Images 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)

Images 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

Images 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)

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images 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

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1881. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne

Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1881. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1881. Playfair (1818-1898) in the chair as Deputy Speaker of the Commons during a late night session

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Edisons incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891

Edisons incandescent light globe in a table lamp fitting, 1891. The filament here is carbonised bamboo fibres. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Edisons incandescent lamps showing various forms of carbon filament, 1883

Edisons incandescent lamps showing various forms of carbon filament, 1883. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor, produced the first successful electric light bulb

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Edisons carbon filament lamp, 1880

Edisons carbon filament lamp, 1880. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor, produced the first successful electric light bulb

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, early 17th century, (c1903)

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, early 17th century, (c1903). Kepler (1571-1630) went to Prague in 1600 to assist Tycho Brahe

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, c1600, (c1870)

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, c1600, (c1870). Kepler (1571-1630) went to Prague in 1600 to assist Tycho Brahe. On Tychos death the following year

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Kepler and Brahe at work together (c1600), c1870

Kepler and Brahe at work together (c1600), c1870. German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), left, with the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1564-1601)

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Mesmers tub, 1779 (1875)

Mesmers tub, 1779 (1875). In 1779, soon after the publication of his treatise Memoire sur la decouverte de magnetism animal, Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), the founder of Mesmerism

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Hypnosis, 1889

Hypnosis, 1889. Placing a patient under the influence of hypnotism, top, and releasing him from that influence, bottom. From The Illustrated Practical Mesmerist by William Davey. (London, 1889)

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Hypnosis: introvision (power of looking into a body), 1889

Hypnosis: introvision (power of looking into a body), 1889. The most practical and valuable aspect of supersensuous perception, is known as introvision

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Jean Martin Charcot demonstrating hypnosis, 1879

Jean Martin Charcot demonstrating hypnosis, 1879. Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist and pathologist, demonstrating the production of hypnosis using beam of light from a magic lantern

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Ideal Jurassic landscape in America, 1884. Artist: Othniel Charles Marsh

Ideal Jurassic landscape in America, 1884. Artist: Othniel Charles Marsh
Ideal Jurassic landscape in America, 1884. From fossil evidence, Othniel Marsh imagined a scene during the late Jurassic epoch 163 to 161 million years ago, with Stegosaurus

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Jean Martin Charcot, French neurologist and pathologist, 1893

Jean Martin Charcot, French neurologist and pathologist, 1893. Charcot (1825-1893) worked at the Salpetriere Hospital, Paris from 1862, and established a neurological unit there

Images Dated 5th August 2005: A Sawrian, 1836. Artist: John Scott

A Sawrian, 1836. Artist: John Scott
A Sawrian, 1836. Cartoon on Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) the English geologist who discovered a saurian, the Iguanodon, near Cuckfield, Sussex, in 1820

Images Dated 5th August 2005: Samoyed travelling on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, late 16th-early 17th century

Samoyed travelling on a sleigh pulled by reindeer, late 16th-early 17th century. Dutch depiction of a Samoyed man (indigenous Siberian) driving a sleigh or sledge

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