Element Collection (page 5)

Earth surrounded by Water, Air, Fire, the planets and stars, 13th century. Astronomical diagram showing the Earth, centre, surrounded by the three other elements: Water, Air, Fire

Work of Marie and Pierre Curie, 1904. High voltage equipment used by Pierre and Marie Curie to investigate the electrical conductivity of air exposed to radium. From La Nature. (Paris, 1904)

Female Riddle, 1819-1823. Artist: Francisco Goya
Female Riddle, 1819-1823. Plate 1 of Proverbs, published in 1864 by the Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. The series is also known as disparates, meaning follies

Germain Sommeillers compressed air rock drill used in excavation of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1874
Germain Sommeillers compressed air rock drill used in the excavation of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, 1874. The Mont Cenis Tunnel was built between 1857

Leon Gambetta, French politician about to escape besieged Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870
Leon Gambetta (1838-82), French Republican politician (in hat, centre) about to escape besieged Paris for Tours by balloon, 7 October 1870. Dictator of France for 5 months. [Paris, 1890]

Balloon ascent at night from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War
Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War. In foreground men are picking up basket of homing pigeons which the baloon

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

God creating Eve from Adams rib, 1508. Scene from the Bible (Genesis). It illustrates Thales concept of the universe based on the four Greek elements with a flat earth floating on water with air

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

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

Inflation of Charles and the Robert brothers hydrogen balloon, 1783 (c1807). Jean and Noel Robert helping Jacques Charles (1746-1823)

Inflating a hydrogen balloon, 1845. Hydrogen is produced by covering barrels of iron filings with sulphuric acid. The gas is then fed into the balloon

Crash of La Republique, 1909. The French military airship (dirigible) La Republique which made her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne in 1908

La Republique on her maiden flight, 1908. The French military airship (dirigible) La Republique on her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 20 September 1908)

The worlds largest wind tunnel, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, California, USA, 1947. 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel which, when built, was the worlds largest

American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. Creator: NASA
American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. This motor was used in the flight of ARS #4 on Staten Island, New York City, USA, on September 9, 1934. It burned liquid oxygen and gasoline

The Sylph from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Air. Creator: Louis Felix de la Rue
Air

Vincenzo Lunardi, c1770, was an Italian diplomat who, on 15 September 1784, made the first British ascent in a hydrogen balloon

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