Pierre Collection (page 8)

Admiral Francois Darlan, Commander of the French Navy, 1940. Artist: Pierre Falke
Admiral Francois Darlan, Commander of the French Navy, 1940. Jean Louis Xavier Francois Darlan (1881-1942) commanded the French naval forces early in World War II

Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot, French organic chemist and politician, c1885. Artist: Pierre Petit
Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot French organic chemist and politician, c1885. Berthelot (1827-1907) worked on explosives and dyes

Pierre Belon, French naturalist, 1553 (1762). Belon (1517-1564), aged 36. Financed by the Cardinal of Tournon, Belon undertook extensive travels through Greece, Asia Minor, Arabia

John Radcliffe, English physician, 1747. Artist: Pierre Fourdrinier
John Radcliffe, English physician, 1747. Born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, Radcliffe (1650-1714) was Royal Physician to William III, Mary II and Queen Anne

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

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1929. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1925. Marie Curie (1867-1934) in her office at the Radium Institute, Paris, of which she was director of research from 1918-1934

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, in her laboratory, 1912. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1931. Marie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre Curie continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Marie (1867-1934) and Pierre (1859-1906) Curie. With their daughter Irene in the garden of their house on Boulevard Kellermann, Paris

Pierre Curie, French chemist, when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906
Pierre Curie, French chemist, in the lecture theatre when Professor of Physics at the Sorbonne, 1906. Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie

Mining Pitchblende, Cornwall, England, c1916. Radium, isolated by the Curies in 1898, is extracted from this ore

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

Pierre and Marie Curie, French scientists, at work in the laboratory. Polish-born Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre (1859-1906)

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1910. Marie Curie (1867-1934) and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Medal commemorating Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1967. Obverse of a medal issued in 1967 to commemorate the centenary of her birth

Apparatus used by Pierre and Marie Curie in their research into radium, 1904. This equipment was used by the Curies to investigate the deflection of the beta rays from radium in a magnetic field

A stage in the separation of radium from pitchblende using sodium carbonate, c1900. A scene in the laboratory of the Nobel Prize winning physicists Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris

Title page of Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, 1908. French chemist Curie (1859-1906) was awarded the Nobel prize for Physics in 1903, jointly with his wife, Marie, and Henri Becquerel

Hans Lippershey, Dutch optician credited with the discovery of the telescope, 1655. Lippershey (c1570-1619) applied for a patent for his telescope in 1608, and word of his invention reached Galileo

Slave labour on a sugar plantation in the West Indies, 1725. Cane is cut and taken to vertical crushing mill powered by oxen

Radium experiment, 1904. Artist: Poyet
Radium experiment, 1904. Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma particles from a radium sample placed between the poles of an electromagnet, as used in Marie and Pierre Curies laboratory, Paris

Mummies and embalming, 1725. From A Compleat History of Drugs an English translation of a work by Pierre Pomet, physician to Louis XIV

Battle of Lens, 28 August 1648 (19th century). Artist: Pierre Franque
Battle of Lens, 28 August 1648 (19th century). Depiction of the Battle of Lens, the final large-scale engagement of the Thirty Years War

Part of Pierre and Marie Curies laboratory, Paris, 1904. It was here that they did much of their work on magnetism and radioacticity which led to the 1903 Nobel prize for physics which they shared

The Curie family, late 19th century. Standing (left to right): Jacques, Pierre (1859-1908), French chemist who married Marie Sklodowska with whom he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904

Work of Marie and Pierre Curie, 1904. High voltage equipment used by Pierre and Marie Curie to investigate the electrical conductivity of air exposed to radium. From La Nature. (Paris, 1904)

Electroscope fitted with microscope, 1904. This instrument was used in the Curies laboratory, Paris, to detect the presence of radioactivity. From La Nature. (Paris, 1904)

A corner of Pierre and Marie Curies laboratory, Paris, 1904. It was here that they did much of their work on magnetism and radioacticity which led to the 1903 Nobel prize for physics which they

Pierre Belon (1517-1564) French naturalist, 1553. Belon aged 36. In 1546-1549 Belon undertook an extensive scientific journey through Greece, the Middle East, Egypt and Arabia

(Antoine) Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist. In 1896 Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity while investigating the phosphorescence of uranium salts

Scene on an American tobacco plantation, 1725. Male, female and child slaves rolling dried tobacco into ropes. On the right is a tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

View through the trees in the Park of Pierre Crozat, 1715. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
View through the trees in the Park of Pierre Crozat, 1715. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1904. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Francois Rabelais (c1495-1553), 1777. Artist: Pierre Savart
Francois Rabelais, French writer, satirist, humanist, doctor and monk, 1777. Born at Chinon in Touraine, Rabelais (c1495-1553)

Leopold II, King of Belgium, 1865-1909 Artist: Pierre Tossyn
Leopold II, King of Belgium, 1865-1909. Leopold (1835-1909), King of Belgium from 1865, wears the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), French Protestant philosopher

Pierre Jeannin, ca. 1656. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pierre Jeannin, ca. 1656

Double Portrait of Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Double Portrait of Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49

Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pierre and Jacques Dupuy, ca. 1648-49

Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1648. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1648

Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1651. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Pierre Dupuy, ca. 1651

Woman Emptying a Bucket, 1834-75. Creator: Pierre Millet
Woman Emptying a Bucket, 1834-75

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