Maths Collection (page 8)

Blaise Pascal, 17th century French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher, 1878. Pascal (1623-1662) carrying out experiments with a mercury barometer on the tower of St

Pierre Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer, 18th century. Laplaces (1749-1827) five volume Mecanique celeste (1799-1825)

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts, American mathematician and astronomer, 1903. Roberts (1861-1942) at work on the Carte du Ciel at the Paris Observatory

Sonia (Sophie) Kowalevski, Russian mathematician, 1888. Kowalevski (1850-1891) was appointed professor of mathematics at Stockholm in 1884

Regular geometrical solids of various types, 1619. On centre right are the geometrical solids for the elements Earth, Air, Fire, Water and the fifth heavenly element

Using a quadrant with a plumb bob to calculate the height of a tower by triangulation, 1551. From Rudimenta Mathematica by Sebastian Munster. (Basel, 1551)

Plaquette commemorating the death of Henri Poincare, French mathematician, 1912
Plaquette commemorating the death of Henri Poincare, French mathematician and philosopher, 1912. Poincare (1854-1912) is best remembered for his work on topology and celestial mechanics

James Brindley, English civil engineer and canal builder, c1770 (1835). Brindley (1716-1772) rests a hand on a theodolite and points to the aqueduct over the Irwell on the Worsley to Manchester

Jean and Jacques Bernoulli working on geometrical problems, 18th century, (1874). Jacques (Jakob) Bernoulli (1654-1705) and his brother Jean (Johann) Bernoulli (1667-1748)

Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, French astronomer and mathematician, in Finland, 1736, (1874). In 1736 Maupertuis (1698-1759)

Galileo observing the swaying of the chandelier in Pisa Cathedral, c1584 (1870). Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist

Frontispiece of A New System of Mathematicks by Jonas Moore, 1681. This book, intended for the mathematical school at Christs Hospital

Jean le Rond d Alembert, 18th century French philosopher and mathematician, 1834. D Alembert (1717-1783) collaborated with Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Jean le Rond d Alembert, French philosopher and mathematician, late 18th century. Artist: Louis Jacques Cathelin
Jean le Rond d Alembert, French philosopher, mathematician and encyclopedist, late 18th century. D Alembert (1717-1783) collaborated with Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Keplers explanation of the structure of the planetary system, 1619. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) used the five regular polyhedra between the spheres of the planets in the diagram of his explanation

Lucas Gaurico, Italian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician, 16th century. Artist: Theodor de Bry
Lucas Gaurico, Italian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician, [16th century]. Gaurico (1476-1558) was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Ferrara in 1531 and became Bishop of Civitata in 1545

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician, 1801
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). Swiss mathematician, 1801

Weighing with a steelyard, 1547. Artist: Gaultherius Rivius
Weighing with a steelyard, 1547. From Gaultherus Rivius Architecture Mathematischen Kunst, Nuremberg

Albert Einstein (1879-1955), mathematical physicist, c1979. Medal awarded annually to deserving individuals for outstanding scientific findings, works, or publications related to Albert Einstein

Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944), British astronomer and physicist, c1934
Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944), British astronomer, physicist and mathematician.. Supporter and promoter of Einsteins theories of Relativity, c1934

Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician, c1720 (1794). Edmond Halley (1656-1742), Astronomer Royal from 1720 until 1742

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

Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, 1661. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry. Frontispiece of an edition of his Elements of Geometry. (London, 1661)

Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist. English scientist and mathematician Isaac Newtons (1642-1727) discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Sir Isaac Newtons house on the corner of Orange and St Martins Streets, London, c1880. English scientist and mathematician Isaac Newtons (1642-1727)

Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, 1840. (1642-1727). English scientist and mathematician Isaac Newtons (1642-1727)

Method of laying an artillery piece on target using Gunners scale, 18th century. Paths of trajectories and various types of ammunition are shown

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1876. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Albert Einstein and other physicists at Paul Ehrenfests home, Leyden, Netherlands. Einstein (1879-1955) (left) with Paul Ehrenfest, Paul Langevin (1872-1946) (centre)

Euclid, Greek mathematician, 1740. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry

Blaise Pascal, 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and theologian, c1830. Artist: Henry Meyer
Blaise Pascal, 17th century French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and theologian, c1830. Credited with founding the modern theory of probability

Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, demonstrating to his students, 1806. Artist: James Basire II
Euclid, Ancient Greek mathematician, demonstrating to his students, 1806. Euclids (fl300 BC) main achievements in mathematics were in the field of geometry. Frontispiece of Euclids Opus Elementorum

Pierre de Fermat, 17th century French mathematician, 1870. Fermats (1601-1665) contributions to mathematics include the founding of analytic geometry

Pythagoras, Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher, 6th century BC. Portrait bust. As a philosopher, Pythagoras (c580-c500 BC) promoted the doctrine of the transmigration of souls

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, early 17th century, (c1903). Kepler (1571-1630) went to Prague in 1600 to assist Tycho Brahe

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, c1600, (c1870). Kepler (1571-1630) went to Prague in 1600 to assist Tycho Brahe. On Tychos death the following year

Kepler and Brahe at work together (c1600), c1870. German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), left, with the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1564-1601)

Robert Stawell Ball, British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Artist: Spy
Robert Stawell Ball, Irish-born British astronomer, mathematician, lecturer and populariser of science, 1905. Ball (1840-1913), Lord Rosses astronomer at Parsonstown, Ireland

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

Ecole des Ponts-et-Chaussees, Paris, 1894. Civil engineering students at their studies in a classroom

Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician, c1700. Artist: Jacobus Houbraken
Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician, c1700. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician and mechanician, 1550s. Among the finest achievements of Tartaglia is his 1556 publication Trattato Generale

Counters and counting system, 16th century
Counters and counting system, from Munich, 16th century

The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans, 212 BC (late 19th century). Born in Syracuse on the island of Sicily

Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Title page of Quadrans Apiani by German mathematician and astronomer Peter Apian, 1532. The illustration shows his recently invented quadrant

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866
Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor standing on earth. Four Greek elements, earth, air, fire, water and dome of fixed stars

Funeral of Francois Arago, French astronomer, physicist and politician, Paris, 5 October 1853. Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) made important discoveries in the fields of astronomy

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