Chemistry Collection (page 20)

Moissan, c1893. Creator: Unknown
Moissan, c1893. Portrait of Ferdinand Moissan (1852-1907), French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds

Professor Walther Nernst, c1928. Creator: Unknown
Professor Walther Nernst, c1928. Portrait of German chemist Walther Nernst (1864-1941), winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry

Robert William Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor
3588318 Robert William Boyle, Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor, from Les Merveilles de la Science, pub.1870 by French School

Particles in blood vessel, illustration
Nanoparticles in blood vessel, computer illustration. Conceptual image demonstrating a potential application of nanotechnology for diagnosis and treatment of diseases

Interior of the Rotunda, Blackfriars Road, in 1820, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Rotunda, Blackfriars Road, in 1820, (c1878). German chemist Friedrich Accum (1769-1838) lecturing at the Surrey Institution in Southwark, south London

Preparation of chlorine water, wood engraving, published in 1880
Preparation of chlorine water: Chlorine gas is fed into a filled halfway with water bottle until the water is saturated with chlorine, and continues to flow into the next bottle

Domestic chemistry class, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Female students at work in a laboratory

Boys in a chemistry laboratory, Hackney Downs School, London, 1911

Chemistry lesson, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Three pupils assist their teacher with an experiment concerning the properties of air, watched by the rest of the class

Lab technician at a steelworks in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Laboratories were essential for checking the quality of the raw materials

A physician takes care of a wounded person. Miniature from al-Hariris Maqamat, 1225-1235. Found in the Collection of Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Analysis. Artist: Ostade, Adriaen Jansz, van (1610-1685)
Analysis. Found in the collection of Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris

French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822?1895). Artist: Anonymous
French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822?1895). From a private collection

Portrait of the chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), 1830s. Artist: Anonymous
Portrait of the chemist Jons Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), 1830s. From a private collection

James Prescott Joule, English physicist, 1889. Joule (1818-1889) was born at Salford near Manchester and studied chemistry under John Dalton

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904, together with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920. Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel Prize winner, seated in her laboratory. (Colorised black and white print)

Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, 1651, illustrating that the Philosophers Stone must be combined with gold to produce new gold, just as a lion eats a serpent to change it into its own substance

A Chemical Laboratory in 1747, 1747, (1904). From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1904]

Joseph Wilson Swan, British physicist and chemist, demonstrating electromagnetism, 1889. Swan (1828-1914) was the inventor of bromide paper for photography and of an incandescent light bulb

Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Artist: J Cook
Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Student laboratory, Sterling Chemical Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926
In the student laboratory, Sterling Chemical Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926. Soapstone table tops supported on metal standards provide working space

Sterling Chemical Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLIV [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1926]

Sir Henry Roscoe, c1891. Artist: W&D Downey
Sir Henry Roscoe, c1891. Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915), English chemist noted for his early work on vanadium and for photochemical studies

Liebig in His Laboratory-Chemistry, mid 19th century (c1885). German chemist Baron Justus Freiherr von Liebig (1803-1873) was one of the most illustrious chemists of his age; he was the founder of

Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, 1898 (1951)
Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory. 1898, (1951). Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1917. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist and chemist, 19th century. Portrait of Pasteur (1822-1895), pioneering scientist who founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease

Pierre Curie, French chemist and physicist, 1899. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel

Michel Eugene Chevreul, French chemist, 1891. Chevreul (1786-1889) worked with animal fats, discovering margaric acid which led to the development of margarine

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1906. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Eugene Turpin, French chemist, 1905. Francois Eugene Turpin (1848-1927) was involved in research into explosives. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres

Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, 1903. Pierre-Eugene Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, 1893. Pasteur (1822-1895), was a pioneering scientist who founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease

Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Artist: E Scriven
Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Acid manufacturing, 1832. Artist: William Orr
Acid manufacturing, 1832

Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist, 1926. In 1898, Curie and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium

Antoine Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, 19th century. Artist: CE Wagstaff
Antoine Lavoisier, 18th century French chemist, 19th century. Among other achievements, Lavoisier (1743-1794) was one of the discoverers of oxygen, and established the laws of chemical combination

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist, 1848. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) made balloon ascents to investigate terrestrial magnetism and composition

Robert Boyle, 17th century Irish natural philosopher, (c1850). Boyle (1627-1691) was the seventh son of the first Earl of Cork

Joseph Black, 18th century Scottish physicist and chemist, (1836). Artist: James Posselwhite
Joseph Black, 18th century Scottish physicist and chemist, (1836). Black (1728-1799) was the first to isolate carbon dioxide in a pure state

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, 19th century German chemist, (1900). Bunsen (1811-1899) is widely considered one of the greatest experimental chemists of the 19th century

August Wilhelm von Hofmann, 19th century German organic chemist, (1900). Through his work on coal-tar derivatives, Hofmann (1818-1892)

Louis Pasteur, 19th century French microbiologist and chemist, (1900). Pasteur (1822-1895) developed the pasteurisation process which kills pathogens in milk, wine and foods

Julius Robert von Mayer (1814-1878), German physician and physicist, 1900. In 1842, von Mayer described the vital chemical process - now referred to as oxidation - as the primary source of energy for

Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Artist: Thomson
Sir Humphry Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, 19th century. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist, (20th century). After studying at the Royal College of Chemistry, London

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