Chemist Collection (page 8)

Portrait of Friedrich Wohler
865145 Portrait of Friedrich Wohler; (add.info.: Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882) German organic chemist. Isolated aluminium (1827), synthesised urea (1828), discovered beryllium (1828)

Portrait of Andre-Marie Ampere, c1870 (engraving)
865141 Portrait of Andre-Marie Ampere, c1870 (engraving); (add.info.: Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836) French mathematician and physicist who established the relationship of electricity and magnetism

Portrait of Joseph Black
865120 Portrait of Joseph Black; (add.info.: Joseph Black (1728-1799) Scottish chemist, born in Bordeaux, France, son of a wine merchant. Professor of chemistry at Glasgow University

Electrostatic machine used by J.Priestley
865091 Electrostatic machine used by J.Priestley; (add.info.: Electrostatic machine used in his experiments by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English chemist, nonconformist clergyman and teacher

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
864450 Michael Faraday (1791-1867); (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist, left, and John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) English chemist, physicist and meteorologist

Thomas Thomson (1773-1852)
864315 Thomas Thomson (1773-1852); (add.info.: Thomas Thomson (1773-1852) Scottish chemist, born at Creiff, Perthshire. A disciple of Joseph Black

William Brande (1788-1866)
863360 William Brande (1788-1866); (add.info.: William Brande (1788-1866), English chemist born in London. He succeeded Humphry Davy as professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution, London

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
863342 Michael Faraday (1791-1867); (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist. In 1813 became laboratory assistant to Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution, London

Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863)
863334 Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863); (add.info.: Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863), German chemist and crystallographer who, in 1819, noted the phenomenon of Isomorphism

William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)
863356 William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828); (add.info.: William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), English chemist, born at East Dereham, Norfolk, England

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
863343 Michael Faraday (1791-1867); (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist. In 1813 became laboratory assistant to Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution, London

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1874 (engraving)
1574764 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, 1874 (engraving); (add.info.: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist 'the father of modern chemistry'

Jospeh Priestley, one of discoverers of oxygen (engraving)
539746 Jospeh Priestley, one of discoverers of oxygen (engraving); (add.info.: Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English Chemist and Non-Conformist minister - Engraving after statue by JF Williamson

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist
539137 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist.; (add.info.: Bacteriology. Hydrophobia. Inoculation by attenuated culture)

Guiton de Morveau (1737-1816) French chemist, making the first flight in a dirigible (steerable) balloon, 12 June 1784
528363 Guiton de Morveau (1737-1816) French chemist, making the first flight in a dirigible (steerable) balloon, 12 June 1784. Chromolithograph c1883

Portrait of Michel Chevreul
673306 Portrait of Michel Chevreul; (add.info.: Michel Eugene Chevreul (31 August 1786 - 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art

Jons Jacob Berzelius, 1828 (engraving)
1577415 Jons Jacob Berzelius, 1828 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving of Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848) a Swedish chemist. Dated 18th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Advertisement for Isaac T Lloyd, Chelsea (b/w photo)
8626983 Advertisement for Isaac T Lloyd, Chelsea (b/w photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Isaac T Lloyd, chemists and post office, Chelsea)

Blowing up flood rock, Sectional view showing tunnelling for insertion of dynamite cartridges (engraving)
8643760 Blowing up flood rock, Sectional view showing tunnelling for insertion of dynamite cartridges (engraving) by English School

Blowing up flood rock, Placing of dynamite cartridges in the galleries (engraving)
8643757 Blowing up flood rock, Placing of dynamite cartridges in the galleries (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blowing up flood rock)

Gathering the India-Rubber Juice (engraving)
8643755 Gathering the India-Rubber Juice (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gathering the India-Rubber Juice)

Cutting cylinders, and flattening furnace for sheet glass (engraving)
8672400 Cutting cylinders, and flattening furnace for sheet glass (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cutting cylinders)

Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist and physicist
XEE5029002 Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist and physicist; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist and physicist); Stefano Bianchetti.

Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) English natural philosopher and chemist. Cavendish Physical Laboratory, Cambridge
539513 Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) English natural philosopher and chemist. Cavendish Physical Laboratory, Cambridge, named after him

Guillaume Francois Rouelle (1703-1770) French chemist. 1874 (engraving, Paris)
541186 Guillaume Francois Rouelle (1703-1770) French chemist. 1874 (engraving, Paris); (add.info.: Lavoisier's teacher: Professor (demonstrateur) at Jardin du Roi, Paris

John Frederic Daniell, 1845
1574517 John Frederic Daniell, 1845; (add.info.: John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) British chemist and meteorolgist.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist and physicist
XEE5029009 Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist and physicist; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British chemist and physicist); Stefano Bianchetti.

Robert Boyle (1627-91) Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist, in his laboratory with Denis Papin (1647-1712)
541673 Robert Boyle (1627-91) Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist, in his laboratory with Denis Papin (1647-1712) French physicist.; (add.info.: Papin is pointing to Boyle's air pump)

Chemist's shop-window bottle
CS31826 Chemist's shop-window bottle; Private Collection.

Signature of Louis Pasteur
3078436 Signature of Louis Pasteur; (add.info.: Signature of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French chemist and microbiologist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, used for chemical experiments, 1874 (engraving)
539766 Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, used for chemical experiments, 1874 (engraving) by French School

Frederic Charles (Franz Carl) ACHARD (1753-1821), a German chemist, physicist and biologist
JAB4121955 Frederic Charles (Franz Carl) ACHARD (1753-1821), a German chemist, physicist and biologist, studied the refining of beet sugar

Portrait of Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleiev, Mendeliev (or Dmitri Mendeleev, 1834-1907): Russian chemist
ELD4831627 Portrait of Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleiev, Mendeliev (or Dmitri Mendeleev, 1834-1907): Russian chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleiev, Mendeliev (or Dmitri Mendeleev)

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894) making an experience on oxygen and its influence on life
ELD4841450 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894) making an experience on oxygen and its influence on life, placing a mouse under a bell - Antoine Laurent Lavoisier French chemist

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist, in his laboratory at the Ecole Normale, Paris
527302 Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist, in his laboratory at the Ecole Normale, Paris, during his work on hydrophobia

Society of Surgeons and Bathers, after a Swiss painting on glass from 1524
955335 Society of Surgeons and Bathers, after a Swiss painting on glass from 1524. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs

Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving)
3733758 Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist, microbiologist

Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882)
863358 Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882); (add.info.: Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882), German organic chemist. Isolated aluminium (1827), synthesised urea (1828), discovered beryllium (1828)

The amateur chemist's laboratory bench, 1860 (lithograph)
540410 The amateur chemist's laboratory bench, 1860 (lithograph); (add.info.: The largest item on the bench is a Liebig condenser)

Lavoisier's investigation of the existence of oxygen in the air. Mercury in trough (right)
541898 Lavoisier's investigation of the existence of oxygen in the air. Mercury in trough (right) and in glass balloon (left) on prolonged heating, some red oxide of mercury found in balloon

Lavoisier and the "winds" of Napoleon, 19th century (engraving)
1804132 Lavoisier and the "winds" of Napoleon, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part.); Photo © CCI.

Antoine Lavoisier, 19th century (stained glass)
1797096 Antoine Lavoisier, 19th century (stained glass); (add.info.: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist, philosopher, economist, here in his laboratory

Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) (oil on canvas)
FIA5407457 Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) (oil on canvas) by Levy-Dhurmer, Lucien (1865-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of John Dalton (1766-1844), English physicist and chemist
XEE5028886 Portrait of John Dalton (1766-1844), English physicist and chemist; (add.info.: Portrait of John Dalton (1766-1844), English physicist and chemist); Stefano Bianchetti.

Andre-Marie Ampere, 1883 (engraving)
745859 Andre-Marie Ampere, 1883 (engraving).

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) with his Niece Jane and John Tyndall (1820-93) 1858 (b/w photo)
TRI141703 Michael Faraday (1791-1867) with his Niece Jane and John Tyndall (1820-93) 1858 (b/w photo); The Royal Institution, London

James Watt
3586308 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733831 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

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