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The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans, 212 BC (late 19th century). Born in Syracuse on the island of Sicily
Chiromancy, 1617-1619. Title page of a chapter on chiromancy from Robert Fludds Utriusque cosmi...historia, showing the lines of the hand. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)
Oscar Asche (1871-1936), Australian-born British actor. Asche was a member of Frank Bensons Shakespeare company. He is depicted in costume for the role of Bottom in A Midsummer Nights Dream
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), Italian poet. Ariosto, pictured wearing a laurel crown, was the author of the epic poem Orlando Furioso (1516)
Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), British orientalist, poet and journalist, c1890. Arnold became leader writer for The Daily Telegraph in 1861, and the newspapers chief editor in 1873
Boston mob attempting to force government Stamp Officer to resign, c1773. Wood engraving
Exploring a subterranean river in the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA, c1870Exploring The Styx, a subterranean river in the Mammoth Cave, the system of limestone caverns in Kentucky, USA, c1870. Wood engraving
William George Armstrong (1810-1900), British industrialist, inventor and scientist, c1890. Armstrong established Elswick Engine Works at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1847
Daniel Boone (1735-1820), American pioneer and Indian fighter purporting to show him trying out his coffin for size. Woodcut
George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scottish Whig politician and scientist, c1880George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Scottish Whig politician and scientist, c1880. Campbell was Secretary of State for India from 1868-1874
Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought
St Anselm reluctantly accepting the Archbishopric of Canterbury, 1093 (1864). Anselm (1033-1109), an Italian-born Benedictine monk was an influential philosopher and theologian
Archimedes Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (1642). A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes
Nicolas Francois Appert (1749-1841), French chef and inventor, c1870. Appert devised a method of preserving food, first in glass bottles that had been sealed with wax and immersed in boiling water
Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet, critic and educationalist, c1880. He was the eldest son of Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School
Henry Hugh Armstead (1828-1905), British sculptor, c1880. Armstead worked on the Albert Memorial (1864). He became a Royal Academician in 1879
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), Swedish physicist and chemist in his laboratory, 1909. Arrhenius work covered a wide range of subjects including immunology, cosmic physics and environmental issues
Anne of Brittany (1476-1514), Duchess of Brittany and Queen of France. Anne married Charles VIII of France in 1491, then after Charles death, married Louis XII in 1499
Archimedes Crow, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (18th century). A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes
Arthur Arnold (1833-1902), British surveyor and land agent and radical politician, 1896. Appointed Government Inspector of Public Works in 1863
Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), British educationalist and scholar, 1869. Arnold was the famous headmaster of Rugby School, who features in Thomas Hughes Tom Browns Schooldays
Louis Satchmo Armstrong (c1898-1971), American jazz trumpeter and singer. Armstrong was a major influence on the development of jazz as a popular form of music in the 1920s
Archimedes screw for raising water from one level to another, 1815. This device, invented by Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician, is still used for irrigation today
Riot by railway workers at Martinsbury on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, August, 1877. Workers went on strike when the Company cut their wages. Wood engraving
Aristides the Just (c530-c468 BC), Ancient Greek (Athenian) soldier and statesman, 1493. Aristides was a strategos (general) in the wars between the Greeks and Persians
Allegory of Justice, from Aristotles Ethics, 14th century. Allegorical illustration of Dame Justice ruling all aspects from legal justice down to personal justice and obedience
Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Arkwright was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of mechanical spinning using
Anne Boleyn (c1504-1536), second wife of Henry VIII of England, c1880. The divorce of Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon and his subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn caused a political
Francis Edmund Anstie (1833-1874), English physician, 1874. Anstie died as a result of an infection contracted when he scratched himself while carrying out a postmortem
Title page of Quadrans Apiani by German mathematician and astronomer Peter Apian, 1532. The illustration shows his recently invented quadrant
Aristarchos of Samos (fl260 BC), Alexandrian astronomer, 1493. Aristarchos was the first recorded astronomer to maintain that the Earth orbits the Sun (heliocentric universe)
The first cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, and Richard Arkwrights house, 1836. Arkwright (1732-1792) was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means
Early American railroad car adopted from road transportEarly American railroad car showing type of carriage adopted from road transport that was used on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Mohawk and Hudson lines. Woodcut
St Thomas Aquinas, 13th century Italian philosopher and theologian. Thomas Aquinas (c1225-1274) joined the Dominican order and studied under Albertus Magnus at Cologne
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, 1531. First page and initial portrait from Aristotelis Meteorologicis Commetaria by Agostini Nifo (Venice, 1531)
Antonius de Monte Ulmi (fl1384-1390), Italian physician, necromancer, magician and astrologer, 1493. Antonius was physician to Francesco the Younger (1393-1406), despot of Carrara
Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894), British archaeologist, poltician and diplomat, 1851. Excavated Nimrud/Nineveh, Iraq. Wood engraving
Chiromancy: Country girl having her hand read by a fortune teller who sees misfortunes aheadChiromancy: Country girl having her hand read by an itinerant fortune teller who sees misfortunes ahead
Horse-drawn carriage on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad c1830Horse-drawn carriage on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1830-35). Woodcut
Michael Arlen (1895-1956), British writer and novelist of Armenian extraction, 1937. Arlen, whose real name was Dikran Kuyumjian, was born in Bulgaria to Armenian parents
Marian Anderson (1899-1993), American contralto. In 1955 she became the first black singer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Admiral George Anson in the Centurion taking a Spanish galleon off the Philippines, 1743Admiral Anson in the Centurion taking a Spanish galleon off the Philippines, 1743 (c1895). Admiral George Anson (1697-1762)
Race between Peter Coopers locomotive Tom Thumb and a horse-drawn railway carriage, 1829Race between Peter Coopers locomotive Tom Thumb and a horse-drawn railway carriage, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1829
Peter Christian Asbjornsen (1812-1885), Norwegian folklorist and naturalist. Asbjornsen was employed as Inspector of Forests for Trondheim
Negro labour loading sacks of cotton on cart, Southern states of USANegro labour loading sacks of cotton on cart to be taken for dressing and ginning, Southern states of USA. Wood engraving, 1860
Edward Armitage, British painter and professor and lecturer to the Royal Academy, 1877. A historical painter, Armitage was influential in the movements for the restoration of fresco painting in
Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor standing on earth. Four Greek elements, earth, air, fire, water and dome of fixed stars
Thomas Andrews (1813-1885), Irish physical chemist. Andrews discovered the critical temperature of gases, that above which they cannot be liquified, no matter how great the pressure applied
