Inventor Collection (page 8)

Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870. Artist: JH Rennefeld
Christiaan Huygens, 17th century Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist, c1870. Huygens (1629-1695) made important contributions in several scientific fields

Pieter van Musschenbroek and Andreas Cunaeus, Dutch scientists, c1870. Artist: CL van Kesteren
Pieter van Musschenbroek and Andreas Cunaeus, Dutch scientists, c1870. In 1745, Musschenbroek and his student, Cunaeus, invented a cheap and convenient device for storing an electric charge

Self Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, c1512-1515 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Self Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, c1512-1515 (1954). Found in the collection of the Biblioteca Reale in Turin. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematician, physicist and engineer, 1877. Kelvin (1824-1907) was a leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), 16th century (1849). Da Vinvi was an Italian artist, engineer, scientist and inventor whose drawings featured ideas such as a spinning wheel and a flying machine

Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, 1926. Morse was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977), of the Morse code

Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), English chemist and physicist, 1926. In 1861, Crookes discovered a previously unknown element with a bright green emission line in its spectrum

Sergius Orata and other Romans, 1473-1480. Artist: Francois Fouquet
Sergius Orata and other Romans, 1473-1480. Sergius Orata pointing to the hanging baths (balneae pensiles) invented by him; Sergius Orata inspecting his artificial preserves for sea-fish;

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, c1920. Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), physicist and inventor of wireless transmission

A Marconi wireless operator receiving wireless messages as the Empress of Britain crosses the Atlantic, c1934. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), an Italian physicist and inventor

Benjamin Franklin, 18th century American scientist, inventor and politician, c1819. Artist: Holl
Benjamin Franklin, 18th century American scientist, inventor and politician, c1819. Franklin (1706-1790) was a member of the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American inventor, 19th century. Bell (1847-1922), who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man. (Colorised black and white print)

Louis Daguerre, French photography pioneer, c1845-1851. Daguerre (1787-1851) is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography

The death of Leonardo de Vinci, 1519. Artist: Walker
The death of Leonardo de Vinci, 1519. One of the greatest figures of the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo (1452-1519) died at Clos Luce, Amboise, France, on 2nd May 1519

Joseph Whitworth, British engineer, entrepreneur and inventor, c1880. Whitworth (1803-1887) produced the standard screw thread which bears his name and invented numerous machine tools

Sir Henry Bessemer, English engineer, c1880. Portrait of Bessemer (1813-1898), inventor of the Bessemer process for the mass production of steel

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, soldier and inventor, 1799

Richard Arkwright, 18th century British industrialist and inventor, (1836). Artist: James Posselwhite
Richard Arkwright, 18th century British industrialist and inventor, (1836). Arkwright (1732-1792) was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of

Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and inventor, (1836). Artist: J Thomson
Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and inventor, (1836). Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823) was an Anglican clergyman who lived at Marnham in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of Gabelsberger shorthand, (1900)
Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, 19th century German inventor of a system of shorthand, (1900). Born in Munich, Gabelsberger (1789-1849) devised the system of shorthand writing that is named after him

Isaac Pitman, 19th century British inventor of a system of shorthand writing, 1900. Pitman (1813-1897) developed the most widely used system of shorthand, which is named after him

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), British photography pioneer, 1900. Artist: Blechinger
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), British photography pioneer, 1900. Talbot is best known for his development of the calotype

Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), French photographer, 1900. Although he was also an artist and a chemist, Daguerre is most famous for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography

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

Joseph Lister, British surgeon, (20th century). Lister (1827-1912) pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery. He made important discoveries on the microscopical investigations of inflammation

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, 1926. Portrait of Marchese Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), physicist and inventor of wireless transmission

Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519). Artist: H C Maguire
Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519). Portrait of Leonardo. Hand-coloured later

Four industrial reformers: Colbert, Turgot, Arkwright and Watt, (1903). Jean Baptiste Colbert, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Richard Arkwright and James Watt

Justus von Liebig (1803-1873), German chemist, 1900. Von Liebig was one of the most illustrious chemists of his age; he was the founder of agricultural chemistry

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor and engineer, 1881. Bessemer (1813-1898) was a prolific inventor, but is best known for discovering the Bessemer Process for manufacturing steel

Warren de la Rue, British astronomer and physicist, 1882. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Warren de la Rue, British astronomer and physicist, 1882. De La Rue (1815-1889) was a brilliant astronomer who discovered 525 nebulae

Charles William Siemens, DCL, FRS, German electrical engineer and inventor, 1883. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Charles William Siemens, DCL, FRS, German electrical engineer and inventor, 1883. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science

Sir Henry Cole, KCB, British designer, civil servant and writer, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir Henry Cole, KCB, British designer, civil servant and writer, 1877. Cole (1808-1882) assisted Rowland Hill in designing the worlds first adhesive postage stamp, the Penny Black

Hon Sir William Robert Grove, DCL, FRS, Judge of the Hight Court of Justice, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Hon Sir William Robert Grove, DCL, FRS, Judge of the Hight Court of Justice, 1877. As well as being a lawyer, Grove was also a scientist who invented the first fuel cell

James Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and astronomer, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
James Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and astronomer, 1877. Nasmyth is best known for his invention of the steam hammer. From Men of Mark

William Rosecrans, Union general during the American Civil War, 1862-1867. Rosecrans (1819-1898) commanded the Army of the Cumberland in the Western Theatre of the war from 1862-1863

Leonardo da Vinci, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving of Leonardo (1452-1519) from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer and astrologer, (1870). Artist:s Freeman
John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer and astrologer, (1870). Napier (1550-1617) is most remembered as the inventor of logarithms and the calculation tool known as Napiers Bones

Dr Cartwright, 19th century. Artist: J Thomson
Dr Cartwright, 19th century. Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823) was a British clergyman and inventor of the power loom. He was a clergyman of the Church of England and lived at Marnham in Nottinghamshire

Leonardo da Vinci, 19th century. Artist: James Posselwhite
Leonardo da Vinci, 19th century. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist, engineer, scientist and inventor whose drawings featured ideas such as a spinning wheel and a flying machine

Richards shop soon became the fashion, 1750s, (1905). Artist: As Forrest
Richards shop soon became the fashion, 1750s, (1905). Richard Arkwrights barber shop undercut all the others. Arkwright, the Englishman credited with the invention of the water frame

James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, (1870). Artist: William Holl
James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, (1870). Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist, (c1924). In 1891, James Dewar (1842-1923) discovered a process to produce liquid oxygen in industrial quantities

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pioneer of aviation, (c1924). Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an important early pioneer of aviation

Lord Kelvin, Irish-Scottish mathematical physicist and engineer, (c1924). Kelvin (1824-1907) was a leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century

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