Physicist Collection (page 4)

Galilei 1564-1642, 1934. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher and mathematician. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte

Lippmann, c1893. Artist: Eugene Pirou
Lippmann, c1893. Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921), physicist and inventor. From the 2e collection [Felix Potin, c1893]

Professor Low propounds: The Quality of Perfection Defies Analysis, But It Is Significant That It Is Present In Those Cocktails Which Contain Booths Gin, c1935 (1935)

Sir Oliver Lodge, 1927. Artist: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward
Sir Oliver Lodge, 1927. A portrait of Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), British physicist and writer involved in the development of radio. [The Bookman, Christmas portfolio, 1927]

Sir William Thomson, Irish physicist and engineer, c1870s (1883). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. III, 1852-1860, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

D Alembert, 1753. Artist: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour
D Alembert, 1753. Jean-Baptiste le Rond d Alembert (1717-1783), French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music. Held at the Musee du Louvre, Paris

He could not refrain from shouting in triumph. c1918. William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), as a boy. From Story-Lives of Great Scientists, by F. J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co

Why an apple falls, c1918. Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) often told the story that he was inspired to formulate his theory of gravitation by watching the fall of an apple from a tree

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727), English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, 1924
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727), English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, 19th century. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Sir Isaac Newton, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), English physicist and mathematician. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled Celebrities of British History produced by Carreas Ltd, 1935

Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, 1898 (1951)
Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory. 1898, (1951). Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Sir JJ Thomson, British physicist, 1932 (1956). In 1896 Thomson (1856-1940), began experiments on cathode rays, proving that they are particles with a negative charge and much smaller than an atom

Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and politician, 1782 (1956). Franklin (1706-1790) was a member of the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1917. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Francois Arago, French scientist and statesman, 1853. Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786-1853) made important discoveries in the fields of astronomy, magnetism and optics

Pierre Curie, French chemist and physicist, 1899. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel

Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate

Louis de Broglie, French physicist, 1933. De Broglies (1892-1987) work on a new branch of quantum physics called wave mechanics won him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1906. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Edouard Branly, French physicist, 1900. Branly (1844-1940) was a pioneer of early radio and inventor of the coherer (1892)

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

Dominique Francois Jean Arago, French astronomer, physicist and politician, (c1900). Portrait of Arago and the fall of a meteorite at noon

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

Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940), English physicist and writer, early 20th century. Lodge was involved in the development of the wireless telegraph

Professor William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908), British physicist and electrical engineer, 1893. Artist: W&D Downey
Professor William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908), British physicist and electrical engineer, 1893. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, fourth series, Cassell and Company Limited (London)

Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist, 1926. In 1898, Curie and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium

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

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

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), English chemist and physicist, 19th century. Artist: Thompson
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), English chemist and physicist, 19th century. Davy is probably best remembered today for his invention of the Davy lamp, used widely by miners of the time

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

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, 19th century. Artist: John Le Keux
Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, 19th century. Statue in the ante chapel, Trinity College, Cambridge

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

Letter by Galileo Galilei, 1627 (1865). Artist: Frederick George Netherclift
Letter by Galileo Galilei, 1627 (1865). A print from The Autograph Souvenir, A collection of Autograph Letters, Interesting Documents, &c, Executed in Facsimile, by Frederick George Netherclift

Letter to Lord Monteagle which led to the discovery of The Gunpowder Plot, 1605 (1865). (From the original in Her Majestys Public Record Office.) A print from The Autograph Souvenir

William Hyde Wollaston, Physiologist, chemist and physicist, 19th century. Artist: William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston, Physiologist, chemist and physicist, 19th century

William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), English physiologist, chemist and physicist, (1829). Artist: Thomson
William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), English physiologist, chemist and physicist, (1829). Wollaston discovered two chemical elements and developed a method of processing platinum ore

Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist, mathematician and astronomer, (c1850). Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, designer, astronomer and geometrician, (c1850). Wren (1632-1723) is best remembered for his rebuilding of St Pauls Cathedral

Robert Boyle, 17th century Irish natural philosopher, (c1850). Boyle (1627-1691) was the seventh son of the first Earl of Cork

Leonhard Euler, 18th century Swiss mathematician and physicist, (1836). Artist: B Holl
Leonhard Euler, 18th century Swiss mathematician and physicist, (1836). Euler (1707-1783) was one of the founders of pure mathematics

Joseph Black, 18th century Scottish physicist and chemist, (1836). Artist: James Posselwhite
Joseph Black, 18th century Scottish physicist and chemist, (1836). Black (1728-1799) was the first to isolate carbon dioxide in a pure state

Julius Robert von Mayer (1814-1878), German physician and physicist, 1900. In 1842, von Mayer described the vital chemical process - now referred to as oxidation - as the primary source of energy for

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

Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist, (20th century). After studying at the Royal College of Chemistry, London

Michael Faraday, 19th century British chemist and physicist, (20th century). Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, 1835 (20th century). Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Sir Isaac Newton under the apple tree, (20th century). Newton under the apple tree where, according to popular legend, a falling apple prompted him to devise his theory of gravity

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