James Collection (page 48)

Joseph Black visiting James Watt in his Glasgow workshop, c1760 (c1879). Artists impression of Joseph Black (1729-1799), Scottish chemist, visiting James Watt (1736-1819)

Humphry Davy, British chemist, 19th century. Born in Penzance, Cornwall, Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

James Watts prototype steam engine Old Bess, c1778. Scottish engineer and inventor Watt (1736-1819) formed a successful partnership with the entrepreneur Matthew Boulton in 1775

Barge crossing the Barton aqueduct over the Irwell, Salford, Greater Manchester, c1794. Artist: Robert Pollard
Barge crossing the Barton aqueduct over the Irwell, Salford, Greater Manchester, c1794. Financed largely by Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803)

Persian wheel raising water from the Sutlej River, Punjab, 1842. Artist: James Atkinson
Persian wheel raising water from the Sutlej River, Punjab, 1842. From Sketches of Afghanistan by James Atkinson. (London, 1842)

Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

James Gregory, 17th century Scottish mathematician and astronomer. In 1663 Gregory (1638-1675) published Optica Promota describing his design for a reflecting telescope

James Hutton, Scottish geologist, 1787 (1877). Hutton (1726-1797) working at a rock face with a geological hammer. In 1794 he published his Theory of the Earth

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

Joules apparatus for determining the mechanical equivalent of heat, 1881
Joules apparatus for determining the mechanical equivalent of heat, 1872. A vessel of water, oil or mercury encloses vanes attached to a spindle. Cord is wound round the cylinder and drum

Steam engine by James Watt, 1915. Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor, greatly improved the efficiency of the steam engine by inventing the separate condenser

James Jeans, English mathematician and physicist. Jeans (1877-1946) held the chair of applied mathematics at Princeton University (1905-1909), lectured at both Oxford and Cambridge

Solar and lunar eclipses, 1785. Diagrams illustrating the causes and results of lunar and solar eclipses. From Astronomy Explained upon Newtons Principles (1785) by James Ferguson

Chemical lecture, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Chemical lecture; Scientific Researches! - New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or - an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air!, 1802

Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Artist: W Woollett
Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Captain Cook and his officers watching a group of Tahitians chanting as a man

Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin with the Lunar Rover, August 1971
Apollo 15 astronaut James Irwin, with the Lunar Rover with Mount Hadley in the background, August 1971. The Lunar Rover, which enabled the Apollo astronauts to travel further across the moon

Astronomical Observatory, 1814. Artist: James Black
Astronomical Observatory, 1814. Telescopes of various sizes and a revolving globe sit in the interior of a circular observatory

Casting the cylinder of the Britannia Press at the Bank Quay Foundry, Warrington, 1851. Casting the cylinders for the hydraulic press (lift)

Casting a mortar at Grissells Regents Canal Ironworks, City Road, London, 1855. A Nasmyth safety ladle (invented 1838) is being used. From The Illustrated London News, December 29 1855

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), English engineer and industrialist
Matthew Boulton, English engineer and industrialist. Works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

Natives of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, slaughtering swine before Captain Cook, c1778. Captain James Cook, the famed navigator and hydrographer, transformed our knowledge of the Pacific region

Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society (PRS), botanist, 1800s. Artist: Thomas Philips
Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society (PRS), botanist, 1800s. Banks travelled to Newfoundland in 1766 on an expedition to collect plants

Peter Dollond, optician, c1800. This engraving was published in the European Magazine in 1820. Dollond worked with both his father John Dollond and uncle George Dollond

Samuel Crompton, English inventor of the spinning mule, c1880s. Artist: James Morrison
Samuel Crompton, English inventor of the spinning mule, c1880s. Between 1772 and 1779 Crompton invented the spinning mule frame

Matthew Boulton, engineer and industrialist, c1801. Artist: William Sharp
Matthew Boulton, engineer and industrialist, c1801. Works owner Matthew Boulton and Scottish engineer and inventor, James Watt formed a partnership in 1773 to produce steam engines

James Watt as a young man, c1769. Artist: James Scott
James Watt as a young man, c1769. Watt was a Scottish engineer and instrument maker who invented the modern steam engine which became the main source of power in Britains textile mills

Wooden human form figure, Polynesian, (18th century?). Human figure with pearl shell and human bone inlay. Hawaiians used to believe that their gods could be called upon to enter images such as this

Beheading of Saint James the Great (Predella Panel of the Pistoia Santa Trinita Altarpiece), 1455-1460. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Apostle Saint James the Great, 17th century. Artist: Jusepe de Ribera
The Apostle Saint James the Great, 17th century. Found in the collection of the Regional A Deineka Art Gallery, Kursk, Russia

The Apostle Saint James the Great, c1630-c1635. Artist: Jusepe de Ribera
The Apostle Saint James the Great, c1630-c1635. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Statue of William of Orange commemorating the Battle of the Boyne
Statue of William of Orange (4 November 1650 - 8 March 1702) commemorating the Battle of the Boyne (1690) in Sandy Row. This battle was a crucial moment in James IIs

Detail of a coptic wall painting showing two apostles, 6th Century
Detail of a Coptic wallpainting form Baouit, Egypt, depicting John and Jacob/James, 6th Century. In the collection of the Coptic Museum in Cairo

Miniature portrait of King James II of England as the Duke of York. Artist: Samuel Cooper
Miniature portrait of James II of England (1633-701) as the Duke of York. James II was deposed after a four year reign to make way for the Prince of Orange. From the V&A

Great Fire of London, 1666 (1825). Charles II and Duke of Yorks party examining the scene. The fire, the worst in Londons history, began in a bakery in Pudding Lane and lasted for 4 days

Capture of James, Duke of Monmouth after the Battle of Sedgmoor, July 1685. James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1684) was the illegitimate son of Charles II

James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Artist: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world

St James the Apostle (St James the Great), Patron Saint of Spain. Tradition states that St James preached Christianity in Spain, after which he returned to the Holy Land, where he was martyred

Matthew Boulton, English entrepreneur, industrialist and engineer, 1809. English works owner Boulton (1728-1809) (front) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

Matthew Boulton and James Watt, British engineers and industrialists, 1871. Artist: J Moore
Matthew Boulton and James Watt, British engineers and industrialists, 1871. English works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) (front) and Scottish engineer and inventor Watt (1736-1819)

William of Orange landing with his army at Torbay, Devon, 5 November 1688. A protestant, William of Orange (1650-1702) was invited by a conspiracy of English notables to depose the Catholic James II

Scene from Shakespeares Richard III, (1591), c1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
Scene from Shakespeares Richard III, (1591) c1858. Richard III gives Sir James Tyrrell the order to kill the sons of Edward IV, the Princes in the Tower, with the inducement say it is done

James Ussher, 17th century English clergyman and Archbishop of Armagh, 18th century. Artist: George Vertue
James Ussher, 17th century English clergyman and Archbishop of Armagh, 18th century. Using scriptural chronology, Ussher (1580-1656) fixed the date of the Earths Creation at 4004 BC

Rolle Canal and Aqueduct, near Torrington, Devon, 1829. Artist: T Dixon
Rolle Canal and Aqueduct, near Torrington, Devon, 1829. Horses drawing tub boats over the aqueduct. The Rolle Canal was built at the instigation of Lord Rolle to link his estates corn mills with

William Hare, murderer and body snatcher. Hare (1790-1860) was an accomplice of William Burke (1792-1829) in a series of at least 15 murders

William Burke, Irish murderer and body snatcher. An accomplice of William Hare (1790-1860) in a series of at least 15 murders

Encampment of the 1st Bengal European Regiment, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. Artist: James Atkinson
Encampment of the 1st Bengal European Regiment, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. A long column of soldiers and artillery strung out over distant mountain passes

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