Physique Populaire Collection

John Feeks being electrocuted, 1889
John Feeks being electrocuted. In Lower Manhattan, New York, USA, in 1889, Western Union lineman John Feeks was electrocuted by alternating current (AC) wires

Cycloidal geometry. Historical artwork showing a geometrical curve called a cycloid. This curve can be generated by tracing the path of a point on a circle that is rolling along a straight line

Early television system, 19th century
Early television system. Historical artwork of a proposed 19th century system to transmit an image by using optical and telephone technology. The original image (a womans head) is at left

19th-century wave power. Historical artwork of the wave-powered pumping station built at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA, in the 1880s

Galileo using a telescope, historical artwork. The Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is famed for his 1610 use of his telescope to discover the four largest moons of

Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901), Belgian electrical engineer in his workshop. Gramme was interested in improving the efficiency of electrical devices

Rumfords thermodynamics experiment. Count Rumford (1753-1814, centre), born Benjamin Thompson, was an Anglo-American physicist and reformer

Moissan isolating fluorine, 1886
Moissan isolating fluorine. Historical artwork of the French chemist Henri Moissan (1852-1907) isolating fluorine in 1886

Lavoisier making water. Historical artwork of the French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743- 1794) conducting his 1783 experiment on water

Franklin designing lightning rods. Historical artwork of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, inventor and statesman, working on the design of lightning rods

Early use of fire. Historical artwork of early humans gathered around a fire. There is evidence for the controlled use of fire over one million years ago

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