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Joseph Louis Collection

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Ceremonie de l inauguration de la colonne de juillet, 1840, 1840

Ceremonie de l inauguration de la colonne de juillet, 1840, 1840

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: La Grange, c1833. Creator: Robert Hart

La Grange, c1833. Creator: Robert Hart
La Grange, c1833. Portrait of French mathematician Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736-1813), From a Bust in the Library of the Institute of France

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Joe Louis, American boxer, 1938

Joe Louis, American boxer, 1938. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis (1914-1981) is one of the iconic figures of heavyweight boxing history

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist, 1848

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist, 1848. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) made balloon ascents to investigate terrestrial magnetism and composition

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussacs hot air balloon ascent, Paris, September 1804 (1900)

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussacs hot air balloon ascent, Paris, September 1804 (1900). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, 19th century French chemist and physicist, (1900)

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, 19th century French chemist and physicist, (1900). Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) made balloon ascents to investigate terrestrial magnetism and the composition

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Joseph Louis Lagrange, French mathematician, 1833

Joseph Louis Lagrange, French mathematician, 1833. Lagrange (1736-1813) is best known for his work on theoretical mechanics

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Sectional view of lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1870

Sectional view of lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1870. Also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2S04, sulphuric acid was one of the most important of industrial chemicals

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Sectional view of Gay-Lussacs lead chambers and absorption towers, 1870

Sectional view of Gay-Lussacs lead chambers and absorption towers, 1870. These were for the large-scale production of sulphuric acid also (Oil of Vitriol or H2SO4)

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874

Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid, 1874. Sectional view showing the process from beginning to end from the furnace (left) to the denitrating (or Glover) tower (right)

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac making a balloon ascent from Paris, 14 September 1804 (1910)

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac making a balloon ascent from Paris, 14 September 1804 (1910). On this flight, French chemist and physicist Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist, physicist and balloonist, c1824

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist, physicist and balloonist, c1824. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850) investigated the behaviour of gases and developed techniques of chemical analysis

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Jean Baptiste Biot and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientists, 1804 (1870)

Jean Baptiste Biot and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French scientists, 1804 (1870). Biot (1774-1864) and Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822, (c1880). Artist: Robert Brown

Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822, (c1880). Artist: Robert Brown
Experiment to calculate the speed of sound in air, Paris, 1822, (c1880). In 1822 the French appointed a commission to find the speed of sound in air

Background imageJoseph Louis Collection: Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist, early 19th century

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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