Chemist Collection (page 6)

James Prescott Joule, English physicist, c1895. Joule (1818-1889) was born at Salford near Manchester and studied chemistry under John Dalton

James Prescott Joule, English physicist, 1876. Joule (1818-1889) was born at Salford near Manchester and studied chemistry under John Dalton

James Prescott Joule, English physicist, 1875. Joule (1818-1889) was born at Salford near Manchester and studied chemistry under John Dalton

Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1882. Playfair (1818-1898) on the first day of the new session in the Commons

La Pharmacie Rustique, c1775. Artist: Barthelemi Hubner
La Pharmacie Rustique, c1775. After a painting done in 1774 by G Locher, the composition shows a visit to a country chemist

Dr Lyon Playfair, (c1850-c1880?). Artist: G Cook
Dr Lyon Playfair, (c1850-c1880?). This eminent Victorian rose from being a chemist in the Geological Survey in 1845, to become Secretary for Science and Art in 1855

Soap manufacturing, c1905. The Vinolia Soap Companys London laboratory where raw materials and essential oils were tested

Sir Humphrey Davy, English chemist, 1803. Artist: C Turner
Sir Humphrey Davy, English chemist, 1803. Whilst at the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol, Davy discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist and physician, 16th century. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist, physician and pioneer of medical chemistry, 16th century

Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist, c1900s. Artist: Spy
Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist, c1900s. After studying at the Royal College of Chemistry, London, Crookes went on to make significant contributions in several fields of science

Joseph Black, Scottish chemist, c1780s. Artist: C Cooke
Joseph Black, Scottish chemist, c1780s. Black was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1756, and, in 1766

Robert Bunsen, German chemist, 1850s. Artist: C Cook
Robert Bunsen, German chemist, 1850s. Signed portrait; Bunsen (1811-1899) is widely considered one of the greatest experimental chemists of the 19th century

Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1890-1894. Artist: W&D Downey
Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1890-1894. Playfair (1818-1898) studied chemistry at Glasgow under Thomas Graham, and under Liebig at Giessen

Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist and politician, 1877. Playfair (1818-1898) studied chemistry at Glasgow under Thomas Graham, and under Liebig at Giessen

Johann Freidrich Bottger, German chemist and ceramicist, c1895. Bottger (Botticher, 1682-1719) was the originator of Dresden china

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist, c1890-c1907(?). One of the greatest figures in the history of chemistry, Mendeleev (1834-1907)

Children of the Sklodowski family, Polish, c1870-1875. Left to right: Zosia, Hela, Maria (Marie Curie 1867-1934), Joseph and Bronya

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

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

Louis Pasteur, 1885. Artist: Albert Edelfelt
Louis Pasteur, 1885. Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and biologist at work in his laboratory. Pasteur developed the pasteurisation process which kills pathogens in milk, wine and foods

Joseph Black, Scottish chemist, 1787. Artist: John Kay
Joseph Black, Scottish chemist, 1787. Black (1728-1799), who discovered carbon dioxide and bicarbonates and formulated the theory of latent heat, lecturing at Glasgow in 1787

Karl Bosch, German chemist, c1930s. In 1910 Bosch (1874-1940) and Fritz Haber patented the Haber-Bosch process for the industrial production of ammonia

Hermes the Egyptian, alchemist, 17th century. Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary fount of occult and alchemical knowledge

Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa, Arab chemist and alchemist. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Al Jabir) (c721-c815) was court physician to Harun al-Rashid. He is also known as Geber in Latin

Antoine Cesar Becquerel (1788-1878), French physicist, 1878. Antoine Cesar Becquerel was the first to use electrolysis for separating metals from their ores

Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902). English chemist and inventor, 1893
Frederick Augustus Abel (1827-1902), English chemist and inventor, 1893. Together with James Dewar, Abel invented the explosive cordite. He also devised a new method for manufacturing gun-cotton

Max von Pettenkofer (1818-1901), German chemist and physician, Professor of Hygiene, Munich University, from 1865. Engraving

Michael Faraday, British physicist and chemist, mid 19th century. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Michael Faraday, British physicist and chemist, 1881. Top left: reading when apprenticed to Riebau as a bookbinder; top right; experimenting; bottom

William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Artist: Spy
William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Ramsay (1852-1916) discovered four of the inert gases, Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon, for which he won the the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 1904

Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
Lyon Playfair, Scottish chemist, politician and administrator, 1875. Playfair (1819-18980 rose from being a chemist in the Geological Survey in 1845)

William Crookes, British physicist and chemist, 1903. Artist: Spy
William Crookes, British physicist and chemist, 1903. Crookes (1832-1919) holding the discharge tube which carries his name

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and founder of modern bacteriology, 1887. Pasteur (1822-1895) holding rabbits used in his work on hydrophobia (rabies)

Henri Moissan, French chemist, 1900. Moissan (1852-1907) at his desk at the Edison workshops, Paris, where he worked on the production of artificial diamonds

Jons Jacob Berezelius, Swedish chemist, c1890. Berzelius (1779-1848) introduced modern chemical symbols. He discovered the elements selenium, thorium and cerium, and was first to isolate others

Chemist, 1508. A chemist or alchemist is using bellows to heat up the fire under a crucible. Behind him an alembic standing on a furnace is being used for distillation

Mendeleyevs first Periodic Table of Elements, 1869. Artist: Dmitri Mendeleev
Mendeleyevs first Periodic Table of Elements. From his Principles of Chemistry, St Petersburg, 1869

Joseph Wilson Swan, c1880
Joseph Wilson Swan, English chemist and physicist, c1880. Swan (1828-1914), pioneer of electric lighting and inventor of bromide photographic paper

Jean Augustin Barral (1819-1884), French agricultural chemist, 1884. Barral was the first to extract nicotine from tobacco leaf

The Future of Inoculation, 1881. As foreign travel to exotic locations became increasingly popular, so did the practice of vaccination become ever more necessary

Portrait of Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738- 1822), 1785. Creator: Lemuel Abbott (1760-1802)
Portrait of Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738- 1822), 1785 (oil on canvas). Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792)

Emil Fischer, German organic chemist, 1904. Photographed with scientific instruments. In 1874 he discovered the first hydrazine base, phenylhydrazine

Marie and Pierre Curie, physicists, 1904. Photograph with their daughter Irene. Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by H Becquerel

Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist, early 19th century. Berzelius devised the first consistently accurate method of using the oxidation technique developed by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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