Thomson Collection (page 8)

Jan III Sobieski, monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Artist: J Thomson
Jan III Sobieski, monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Portrait of Sobieski (1629-1696)

Spencer, 19th century. Artist: Thomson
Spencer, 19th century

Birmingham, England, 19th century. Artist: D G Thomson
Birmingham, England, 19th century. View of smoking factory chimneys in the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands. During the Industrial Revolution

Jan III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Artist: J Thomson
Jan III Sobieski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 19th century. Sobieski (1629-1696) was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1674-1696

Francois Fenelon, French Roman Catholic theologian, poet and writer, (1833). Artist: J Thomson
Francois Fenelon, French theologian, poet and writer, (1833). Francois de Salignac de la Mothe, more commonly known as Francois Fenelon (1651-1715), was a French Roman Catholic theologian

Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1831. Artist: J Thomson
Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1831. Leopold (1790-1865) was the first king of Belgium

Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer of Western Africa, 1870. Laing (1793-1826) was the first European known to have reached the ancient city of Tombouctou (Timbuctoo)

Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879. Behind the doors is the 80 hp engine

Lord Kelvins mirror galvanometer, 1876. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) devised this instrument for measuring small electric currents

Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. Artist: John Wright Oakes
Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. William Thomsons (Lord Kelvin) (1824-1907) receiving apparatus used at Brest, France, including his mirror galvanometer (left)

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

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin in 1869 (c1890). Kelvin (1824-1907) Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist

Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Artist: Hugh Thomson
Scene from Jane Austens Persuasion, 1897. Austens last novel, Persuasion was published in 1818. In this scene, Captain Wentworth gives Anne Elliot his note of declaration

JJ Thomson, British physicist, at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1922. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Artist: Spy
Lord Kelvin, Scottish physicist and mathematician, 1897. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

The National Anthem and Rule, Britannia, 18th century. Artist: Thomas Arne
The National Anthem and Rule, Britannia, 18th century. A hand-written score of the National Anthem by Thomas Arne, 1745, and Rule, Britannia, also by Arne with words by James Thomson

Lord Kelvin, Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, c1900. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Korrigan, French navy submarine, 1906. Monsieur Thomson, the French navy minister, making a dive in the submarine Korrigan at the location where her sister ship Lutin was lost

Trophies won by Hector Thomson, 1930s and 1940s. Hector Thomson was one of the best amateurs of his time. The trophies include a silver salver

John Abernethy F. R. S. 1819. Creator: J Thomson
John Abernethy F.R.S. 1819. Portrait of John Abernethy, English surgeon and physiologist. Abernethy (1764-1831) was a pupil of the prominent surgeon John Hunter

Lord Kelvin and his compass, 1902. Artist: James Craig Annan
Lord Kelvin and his compass, 1902. Kelvin was born William Thomson and was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge. He was professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics)

Sir Joseph John Thomson, physicist and inventor, 1900
Sir Joseph John Thomson, British physicist and inventor, 1900. Thomson studied sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduating

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