Oxford Science Archive Collection (page 2)

Colt Frontier revolver, invented by Samuel Colt (1814-62), c1850. Fig. 2: the breech disc. Fig. 3: the cartridge in section. From The Mechanics Magazine. Also known as the Colt Peacemaker

Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor of the Colt revolver, 1856. The American inventor and industrialist invented the weapon which, after the Mexican war of 1846-8, was adopted by the US army

Illustration from John Miltons Paradise Lost, 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Illustration from John Miltons Paradise Lost, 1866. Illustration for Miltons (1608-1674) epic poem dramatising the fall of Man in the Book of Genesis in the Bible

Microscope made by C Reichert, Vienna, 1895. Artist: C Reichert
Microscope made by C Reichert, Vienna, 1895. The microscope featured objectives of different powers which could be turned into viewing position as required

First magnetoelectric motor built by Hippolyte Pixii, c1832 (c1890). This was the first application of Faradays demonstration (1831) that magnetism produces an electric current

Equilibrium and movement of the air, c1851. The effects of pneumatics and barometric pressure underwater and in the air, showing ballooning, a diving bell, divers in diving suits, an air gun

The Anatomist, 1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Anatomist, 1811. Cartoon showing the terror of a patient and his wife as a surgeon opens his bag of instruments. Seeing the skeleton in the cupboard

Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist. Berthollet (1748-1822) helped Antoine Lavoisier in his research into gunpowder and in devising the nomenclature that underpins the modern system for naming

Alfred Lothar Wegener, German geophysicist and meteorologist. Wegener (1880-1930) formulated the theory of Continental Drift (Wegener Hypothesis), published in 1915

Marco Polo sailing from Venice in 1271, (15th century). Together with his father and uncle, Venetian traveller and merchant Marco Polo (1254-1324) set off from Venice

The barrack hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War, 1854. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

The Sorcerer, Medicine Man, or Shaman. Late 19th century design after a Paleolithic or Old Stone Age image on the wall in the Trois Freres cave near St Girons, Ariege, France, created perhaps 2, 500

Fantascope disc, 1833. Artist: Thomas Mann Baynes
Fantascope (Phenakistoscope), 1833. An optical toy depending on persistence of vision for its effect. The disc shows multiple images of cat chasing a bird

Hindu concept of the universe, c1880. The universe is encircled by a serpent, the symbol of eternity. Mount Meru represents paradise, the earth below it is supported by six elephants

Six early forms of bicycles and tricycles, 19th century. The cycles shown are the Otto Dicycle, the Rover Safety, Singers Special Safety, the King of Clubs

Agricultural, c 1845. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Agricultural, c1845. Showing a farmer lying on top of a haywagon led by two oxen. Plate from Graphic Illustrations of Animals - Showing Their Utility to Man

Nearly full view of Io, one of the moons of Jupiter, 1979. Taken from Voyager this moon was named the pizza moon because of its mottled appearance

Full view of Io, one of the moons of Jupiter, 1979. Taken from the Voyager 1, this moon was named the pizza moon because of its mottled appearance

Jupiter and Io, one of its moons, 1979. This picture was taken by Voyager 1 from a distance of 20 million kilometres. Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the planets in the outer

The planet Jupiter, 1979. Taken from Voyager 1 at 20 million kilometres this pictures shows the Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging for hundreds of years

Four moons of Jupiter. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, 1979. Four separate pictures of these moons taken from Voyager 1

Great Red Spot on Jupiter, 1979. Voyager 1s image of a close up of the turbulent region around the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, a storm that has been raging for hundreds of years

Woman operating a power loom for weaving cotton, c1840. The model illustrated is that invented by Roberts (c1815-1820). Belting connecting to the drive shaft is shown at centre back of the picture

Solar corona and prominences 1860 (1870)
Solar corona and prominences 1860. Observations made by the English astronomer Warren de la Rue ( 1815-1889) at Rivabellosa in Spain during the total solar eclipse, 18 July 1860

Otto Lilienthal, German aeronaut, early 20th century. Lilienthal taking to the air in one of his gliders. He made more than 2000 flights before being killed in a crash

The Express Train, USA, 1870. Artist: Currier and Ives
The Express Train, USA, 1870. A locomotive with a cowcatcher hauls a train through a cutting

Sectional view of a telegraph tower for Claude Chappes semaphore, 1792, (c1870). Chappes (1763-1805) system was in use in France and French colonies until about 1850

James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist in his laboratory, c1890. In 1872 Dewar (1842-1923) invented the vacuum flask, one of which hs is shown holding

The Cabalistic analysis of the mind and the senses, 1617. This attributed different functions to different regions of the brain. From Ultriusque cosmi...historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619

Naturalists dining inside a model of a dinosaur, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, New Years Eve, 1853. Dinner given by sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1889)

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, at his desk in 1882 (1883). Huxley (1825-1895) was President of the Royal Society from 1883-1885

The Meeting of the (Royal) Zoological Society, Hanover Square, London, 1885. Artist: Harry Furniss
The Meeting of the Zoological Society, Hanover Square, London, 1885. The naturalist Richard Owen (1804-1892) is in the left foreground, next to Mr Punch, holding an Apteryx bursting from its egg

A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent Savan, 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle
A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent Savan, 1849. Richard Owen (1804-1892) British naturalist and anatomist

Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist, c1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist, c1880. Hooker (1817-1911) was a botanist and plant collector who travelled on several scientific expeditions in the 1840s

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, c1880. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1881. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1881. Huxley (1825-1895) was Inspector of Fisheries from 1881-1885. He was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of

Samuel Wilberforce, English prelate, 1873. The third son of the anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce (1759-1833), Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873)

John Lubbock, first Baron Avebury, English banker, archaeologist, naturalist and politician, c1880. Lubbocks (1834-1913) Prehistoric Times, first published in 1865

Karl Friederich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Born in Brunswick, Gauss (1777-1855) founded the modern form of complex analysis

Rhubarb, 1823
Rhubarb, 19th century. Rhubarb (Rheum officinalis) was used medicinally as a laxative, a tonic and an astringent. From Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw. (London, 1823)

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

Nicholas Lemery, French chemist, 1762. Lemery (1645-1715) was a pharmacist and lecturer in Paris. He wrote a textbook on chemistry and a treatise on the element antimony

Carolus Linnaeus, 18th century Swedish naturalist, 1835. Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) (1707-1778) founded the modern system of plant and animal nomenclature

Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, 1732 (early 19th century). Artist: William Home Lizars
Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist, 1732 (early 19th century). Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) (1707-1778), the founder of the modern system of plant and animal nomenclature, aged 25 in Lapland dress

Antoine Lavoisiers apparatus for weighing gases, 1789. The discoverer of oxygen, French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) is regarded as the founder of the modern science of chemistry

Antoine Lavoisiers apparatus for synthesizing water from hydrogen (left) and oxygen (right), 1881. The discoverer of oxygen

Carolus Linnaeus, 18th century Swedish naturalist. Linnaeus (Carl von Linne) (1707-1778) founded the modern system of plant and animal nomenclature

Justus von Liebig, German chemist, 1866. Liebig (1803-1873) was one of the most illustrious chemists of his age; he was the founder of agricultural chemistry

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