Physics Collection (page 3)

Joseph Wilson Swan, British physicist and chemist, demonstrating electromagnetism, 1889. Swan (1828-1914) was the inventor of bromide paper for photography and of an incandescent light bulb

Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, (1818). Artist: R Page
Isaac Newton, English mathematician, astronomer and physicist, (1818). Newtons (1643-1727) discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Artist: J Cook
Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Studies of Water Formations, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of Water Formations, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

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

The discovery of the Leyden Jar, 1745 (1894). An experiment conducted by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek. Musschenbroeck (1692-1761) and his student, Andrea Cunaeus

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

Magnet that lifts 46 tons, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Cleaning air by electricity, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

High voltage test house, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Million volt X-ray tube, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

High power grid-glow tube, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

The Ignitron tube, 1938. Invented by Joseph Slepian, an employee of Westinghouse, the Ignitron is a gas-filled tube known as a mercury-arc rectifier

Weighing the Earth, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Thomsons Lantern, 19th century(?)

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

The first pivoted needle compass, c1269 (1956). From Epistola de Magnete the first treatise on magnets, written by French scholar Pierre de Maricourt (Petrus Peregrinus)

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

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

Trajectories of thrown stones and drops, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Trajectories of thrown stones and drops, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Codex Atlanticus, 79r-c. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

Flow of eddies in a waterfall, 1509-1511 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Flow of eddies in a waterfall, 1509-1511 (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

Studies of water eddies, c1513 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of water eddies, c1513 (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954)

The Most Mysterious Substance in Nature - Radium, 1903. Artist: Alfred Hugh Fisher
The Most Mysterious Substance in Nature - Radium, 1903. Experiments made in Paris by the discoverers, Pierre and Marie Curie

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

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

A letter from Isaac Newton, and a view of his birthplace at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1682, (1840)
A letter from Sir Isaac Newton, and a view of his birthplace at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, 1682, (1840). Fac-simile extract from Sir Isaac Newtons letter to Dr Briggs

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

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

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

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

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