Chemistry Collection (page 18)

TVA chemical plant, where elemental phosphorus is made, vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 1942
TVA chemical plant, where elemental phosphorus is made, vicinity of Muscle Shoals, Alabama

A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making... Muscle Shoals area, Alabama, 1942
A large electric phosphate smelting furnace used in the making of elemental phosphorus in a TVA chemical plant in the Muscle Shoals area, Alabama

Professor Benjamin Silliman, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Prof. Sillman [sic], between 1855 and 1865. [Professor of chemistry at Yale University; instrumental in developing the oil industry]

Agent Orange Plane, 1966 (b / w photo)
1700836 Agent Orange Plane, 1966 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: american Air Force duster plane sprays Agent Orange on dense jungle in South Vietnam in 1966)

Francois Raspail (b / w photo)
1733992 Francois Raspail (b/w photo) by Neurdein, Etienne (1832-p.1915) & Neurdein, Louis Antonin (1846-p. 1915); (add.info.: Francois Raspail (1794-1878) french chemist and politician

Claude Louis Berthollet (engraving)
1734157 Claude Louis Berthollet (engraving) by French School; (add.info.: Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) french chemist, engraving)

The audience at a lecture enjoying the effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)
527511 The audience at a lecture enjoying the effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Illustration by George Cruikshank for John Scoffern Chemistry No Mystery: or, a Lecturers Bequest, London, 1834

Humphry Davy, 1830 (colour litho)
1731208 Humphry Davy, 1830 (colour litho) by Lonsdale, James (1777-1839) (after); (add.info.: Sir Humphry Davy, 1st Baronet (17 December 1778 - 29 May 1829)

Fairground giant and dwarf forced out of their boothe by stench of sulpheretted hydrogen (hydrogen sulphide)
865301 Fairground giant and dwarf forced out of their boothe by stench of sulpheretted hydrogen (hydrogen sulphide). Illustration of 1834 by George Cruikshank

Audience at a lecture enjoying the effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Illustration of 1834 by George Cruikshank
865300 Audience at a lecture enjoying the effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Illustration of 1834 by George Cruikshank. by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Universal History Archive/UIG

Faun and Female Lasa or Fairy (engraving)
668279 Faun and Female Lasa or Fairy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Faun and Female Lasa or Fairy)

Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving)
1731203 Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) french chemist, engraving)

Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving)
1731187 Michel Eugene Chevreul (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) french chemist, engraving)

Statue of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French scientist, pioneer of microbiology
YOU4420037 Statue of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French scientist, pioneer of microbiology, Sculpture by Jean Baptiste Hugues (1849-1930), installed in the court of honour of the Sorbonne in Paris

Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish physicist and chemist (b / w photo)
817314 Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish physicist and chemist (b/w photo) by Manuel, Henri (1874-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marie Curie (1867-1934)

Dr Joseph Priestley, theologian and scientist, 1733-1804. 1806 (engraving)
7235108 Dr Joseph Priestley, theologian and scientist, 1733-1804. 1806 (engraving) by Opie, John (1761-1807) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Joseph Priestley, theologian and scientist)

Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor. 1800 (engraving)
7235083 Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor.1800 (engraving) by Hudson, Thomas (1701-79) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oval portrait of Reverend Dr)

Portrait of Antoine Louis Lavoisier (1746-1794) French chemist in uniform as Inspector General of Powders of Armees of
JLJ4633864 Portrait of Antoine Louis Lavoisier (1746-1794) French chemist in uniform as Inspector General of Powders of Armees of Land and Sea

Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor. 1801 (engraving)
7235084 Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor.1801 (engraving) by Hudson, Thomas (1701-79) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oval portrait of Reverend Dr)

Portrait of Mikhail Lomonosov (Mikhail Vassilievitch Lomonossov) (1711-1765) par Anonymous
FIA5401164 Portrait of Mikhail Lomonosov (Mikhail Vassilievitch Lomonossov) (1711-1765) par Anonymous, Second Half of the 18th cen

Giglamps, the weird (colour litho)
5198548 Giglamps, the weird (colour litho) by Shields, Leonard (1876-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giglamps, the weird. Illustration for The Champion Annual, 1925.); © Look and Learn

Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist, economist and nobleman. 1805 (engraving)
7235107 Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist, economist and nobleman.1805 (engraving) by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist)

Portrait of William Withering, physician and botanist, 1741-17991801 (engraving)
7235089 Portrait of William Withering, physician and botanist, 1741-17991801 (engraving) by Breda, Carl Frederik van (1759-1818) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Withering, MD, FRS)

Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev, 1878 (oil on canvas)
FIA5375489 Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Kramskoi, Ivan Nikolayevich (1837-1887); D. Mendeleev Memorial museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Photo © Fine Art Images

Stanislao Cannizaro (b / w photo)
7182381 Stanislao Cannizaro (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stanislao Cannizaro)

Occupations, 16th Century (engraving)
7185730 Occupations, 16th Century (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Occupations: winemaker; brewer; poulterer; grocer-druggist, 16th Century)

Cupidon chimiste. Peinture d un maitre russe, huile sur toile, seconde moitie du 18e siecle
FIA5344494 Cupidon chimiste. Peinture d un maitre russe, huile sur toile, seconde moitie du 18e siecle. State Art Museum, Ekaterinbourg (Iekaterinbourg) (Russie)

Nikolay Zelinsky, Soviet Moldavian chemist (b / w photo)
7200801 Nikolay Zelinsky, Soviet Moldavian chemist (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nikolay Zelinsky (1861-1953), Soviet Moldavian chemist

John Dalton (litho)
7182388 John Dalton (litho) by Lonsdale, James (1777-1839) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Dalton. Illustration for Famous Chemists, The Men and their Work)

Hall of Pleas and Bradford Dungeon, Yorkshire (b / w photo)
7202083 Hall of Pleas and Bradford Dungeon, Yorkshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hall of Pleas and Bradford Dungeon)

Woman admired by a chemistry professor (litho)
7172179 Woman admired by a chemistry professor (litho) by Bluhm, Oscar (1867-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman admired by a chemistry professor)

Chemical Lecture Theatre, Manchester Municipal Technical School (litho)
7200464 Chemical Lecture Theatre, Manchester Municipal Technical School (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chemical Lecture Theatre)

Boy performing a chemistry experiment (colour litho)
7186407 Boy performing a chemistry experiment (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy performing a chemistry experiment)

Phalanstery in the future, Scene 12 from Imre Madachs poem The Tragedy of Man (engraving)
7173221 Phalanstery in the future, Scene 12 from Imre Madachs poem The Tragedy of Man (engraving) by Zichy, Mihaly von (1827-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Phalanstery in the future)

Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev in the dress of the University of Edinburgh, 1885 (w / c & gouache on paper)
FIA5376884 Portrait of Dmitri Mendeleev in the dress of the University of Edinburgh, 1885 (w/c & gouache on paper) by Yaroshenko, Nikolai Aleksandrovich (1846-98); State Tretyakov Gallery

The alchemists office (oil on canvas)
PCT4256148 The alchemists office (oil on canvas) by Teniers, David the Elder (1582-1649); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Carcassonne, France; © Patrice Cartier

Dmitri Mendeleeff (b / w photo)
7182380 Dmitri Mendeleeff (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dmitri Mendeleeff)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Chimiste; Chemist; Chemiker (engraving)
7195371 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Chimiste; Chemist; Chemiker (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chimiste; Chemist; Chemiker)

Antoine Lavoisier. c. 1790 (painting)
6437757 Antoine Lavoisier. c. 1790 (painting) by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); Private Collection; (add.info.: Science. French scholAR Antoine Lavoisier)

Chemists bottle, late 19th century (glass)
7141126 Chemists bottle, late 19th century (glass) by English School, (19th century); height: 28.6 cm; Leeds Museums and Art Galleries (Abbey House Museum) UK; (add.info.: Tall glass bottle)

Thomas Britton.Engraved image in feb 1777 by lond mag.AdobeRGB.Now in the public domain

Alfred Naquet (French chemist and politician, 1834-1916), c. 1876. Creator: Pierre Petit
Alfred Naquet (French chemist and politician, 1834-1916), c. 1876. Woodburytype, from the periodical " Galerie Contemporaine Litteraire, Artistique" (1879), volume 7

Sir John Herschel, 1867, printed c. 1893. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir John Herschel, 1867, printed c. 1893. Photogravure, plate 11 from the album " Lord Tennyson and his friends" (1893); edition 138/140

Marie-Eugene Chevreul, 1886. Creator: Paul Nadar
Marie-Eugene Chevreul, 1886. [Portrait of French chemist Michel Eugene Chevreul]. Gelatin silver print

F. V. Raspail, c. 1876. Creator: Etienne Neurdein
F.V. Raspail, c. 1876. [Portrait of Francois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, botanist and politician]. Woodburytype, from the periodical " Galerie Contemporaine Litteraire

arsenic and lace dress
Ruth Franke

Portrait of John Torrey (1796-1873), Before 1873. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of John Torrey (1796-1873), Before 1873

Portrait of Oliver Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908), Between 1870 and 1873

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"Unveiling the Mysteries: A Journey through Chemistry's Timeline" Step back in time to 1869, when Dmitri Mendeleev introduced his groundbreaking creation - Mendeleyev's periodic table. This iconic masterpiece laid the foundation for understanding elements and their properties. Imagine holding a Bakelite telephone, marveling at its invention that revolutionized communication. It was during this era that chemistry began intertwining with everyday life, igniting curiosity and innovation. The mesmerizing dance of fire captivates our senses, reminding us of the transformative power of chemical reactions. From ancient alchemists like Count of St Germain to modern scientists like Dmitri Mendeleev, it has always been driven by those seeking knowledge and discovery. Colours derived from coal tar brought vibrant hues into our lives. Through colour lithography, we witnessed art merging with science as chemists unlocked the secrets hidden within nature's palette. Enter the realm of elements on the standard periodic table - a visual representation showcasing various element types and their unique characteristics. Copper and magnesium sulphate experiments (LM) exemplify how chemistry allows us to manipulate matter for practical purposes. In 1954, mass spectrometry emerged as a powerful tool enabling scientists to analyze complex substances at an atomic level. The birth of this technique marked another milestone in unraveling nature's mysteries. Chemistry not only impacts our physical world but also extends its reach into medicine. An anaesthetic inhibiting an ion channel C015/6718 showcases how chemicals can alter biological processes for therapeutic purposes. A laboratory clamp symbolizes precision and control in scientific experimentation – essential qualities that have propelled countless discoveries throughout history. Picture Ernest Rutherford standing tall amidst his research apparatus in Cavendish Laboratory – a testament to his pioneering work on atomic structure that reshaped our understanding of matter itself.