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Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Train crossing Stockport viaduct on the London & North Western Railway, c1845

Train crossing Stockport viaduct on the London & North Western Railway, c1845. Note the pollution of the river banks, smoking chimneys and the complete domination of the scene by the viaduct

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Whitby, 1824. Artist: JMW Turner

Whitby, 1824. Artist: JMW Turner
Whitby, 1824. From the Tate Gallery, London

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Advertisement for Sunlight household soap, c1890

Advertisement for Sunlight household soap, c1890. The advertisement recommends the soap it to the housewife by claiming it would make life easier

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. A barefoot Scottish woman with child in arms brings the official document releasing her wounded husband from prison after the failure of the Second Jacobite

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: The Engineer, 1867

The Engineer, 1867. The workman is using a file on an engine part held in a vice. Engineers made and maintained the steam engines and machinery used in manufacturing and transport

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: The Strawberry Thief, 1883. Artist: William Morris

The Strawberry Thief, 1883. Artist: William Morris
The Strawberry Thief, 1883. Disilllusioned by Victorian mass-produced items, in 1861 William Morris (1834-1896) and friends founded Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company to design and make furniture

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom-House, Venice: Canaletti Painting, 1833. Artist: JMW Turner

Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom-House, Venice: Canaletti Painting, 1833. Artist: JMW Turner
Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom-House, Venice: Canaletti Painting, 1833. This view of Venice includes the figure of the Venetian artist Antonio Canaletto

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Exterior of the north transept of the Crystal Palace, London, built for the Great Exhibition, 1851

Exterior of the north transept of the Crystal Palace, London, built for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Four moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, 1979

Four moons of Jupiter, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, 1979. Four separate pictures of these moons sometimes known as the Galilean moons taken from Voyager 1

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1833

James Watt, Scottish engineer and inventor, 1833. Watt (1736-1819) was born at Greenock on the Clyde, Scotland, and showed an interest in engineering and invention from an early age

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Whale, c1850. Around the main illustration of harpooning a whale and the whalers being tossed from their boat are vignettes of the uses to which the whale was put after the carcass had been cut

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: JJ Thomson, British nuclear physicist, 1898

JJ Thomson, British nuclear physicist, 1898. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940), the discoverer of the electron, with his students at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849

Water! Water! Everywhere; and not a Drop to Drink, 1849. Comment on the London water supply during the reappearance of cholera in 1848 and 1849

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1839

Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1839. Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1837 (1839). Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was appointed chief engineer of the London & Birmingham Railway (LBR)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: John Wood Approaching Bombay, c1850. Artist: Joseph Heard

John Wood Approaching Bombay, c1850. Artist: Joseph Heard
John Wood Approaching Bombay, c1850. At this time the East India Company was still governing India. The company was founded in 1600 to challenge the Dutch

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: The Story of Theseus, mid-15th century. Artist: Master of the Cassoni

The Story of Theseus, mid-15th century. Artist: Master of the Cassoni
The Story of Theseus, mid-15th century. Theseus lands on Crete from Athens and sets out to kill the Minotaur, the bull-headed monster which King Minos has had imprisoned in the labyrinth built by

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Chirk Aqueduct on the Ellesmere Canal, c1829. Artist: Thomas Barber

Chirk Aqueduct on the Ellesmere Canal, c1829. Artist: Thomas Barber
Chirk Aqueduct on the Ellesmere Canal, c1829. Now known as the Llangollen, the canal was built by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford (1757-1834)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Industrial polltion, Sheffield, Yorkshire, c1925

Industrial polltion, Sheffield, Yorkshire, c1925. Factory chimneys pouring out polluted smoke

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Friedrich Engels, German socialist and collaborator and supporter of Karl Marx, 1879

Friedrich Engels, German socialist and collaborator and supporter of Karl Marx, 1879. Engels lived mainly in England from 1842

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: The Lace Maker, c1664. Artist: Jan Vermeer

The Lace Maker, c1664. Artist: Jan Vermeer
The Lace Maker, c1664. The woman is making pillow lace which uses a strip of parchment on which the pattern has been pricked out

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Great Eastern on the stocks at Millwall on the Thames, 1857

Great Eastern on the stocks at Millwall on the Thames, 1857. View from the stern, showing the vessel in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Bird s-eye view of the Eiffel Tower at the time of the opening of the Paris Exposition of 1889

Bird s-eye view of the Eiffel Tower at the time of the opening of the Paris Exposition of 1889. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Artist: John Cooke Bourne

Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Navvies excavating the cutting. Wheelbarrows are filled with spoil at the bottom

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: New Lanark Mills, Scotland, c1815

New Lanark Mills, Scotland, c1815. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills and housing. Educational facilities were provided, as well as the worlds first day nursery

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Euston Station, London terminus of London and Birmingham Railway, 1840

Euston Station, London terminus of London and Birmingham Railway, 1840. A man greets a female passenger while luggage on the cariage roof is untied. Iron pillars and trusses support the station roof

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Battle at the Porte St Denis, 28th July, 1830, Paris. Artist: Hippolyte Lecomte

Battle at the Porte St Denis, 28th July, 1830, Paris. Artist: Hippolyte Lecomte
Battle at the Porte St Denis, 28th July, 1830, Paris. Fighting between the people and royalist troops during the French Revolution of July 1830. From the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist, c1908

Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist, c1908
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), New Zealand atomic physicist. Won 1908 Nobel prize for chemistry. Is considered by many to have laid the groundwork for the development of modern nuclear physics

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Microwave map of whole sky, c1990s

Microwave map of whole sky, c1990s. A map produced from one years data from NASAs COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Charles Darwin, English naturalist, 1871

Charles Darwin, English naturalist, 1871. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836. He first made his name as a geologist

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor and pioneer of wireless telegraphy. Artist: Spy

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor and pioneer of wireless telegraphy. Artist: Spy
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor and pioneer of wireless telegraphy. Marconi (1874-1937) discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to another

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, c1890. Artist: W&D Downey

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, c1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, c1890. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, at his desk, c1880

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

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1883

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1883. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Thomas, Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield

Thomas, Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Thomas, Henry Huxley, English biologist, 1877. Huxley (1825-1895) was a prominent supporter of Darwin in the controversy that raged over his theory of evolution in the 19th century. From Men of Mark

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Richard Owen, English zoologist, 1884. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne

Richard Owen, English zoologist, 1884. Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
Richard Owen, English zoologist, 1884. After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen (1804-1892) made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: The Blind Girl, 1856. Artist: John Everett Millais

The Blind Girl, 1856. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Blind Girl, 1856. Two beggar girls, the elder one blind and with a concertina rest by a wayside stream after rain. A double rainbow in background. Forget-me-nots bloom at bottom left

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Napoleon at Arcola Bridge, 15 November 1796

Napoleon at Arcola Bridge, 15 November 1796. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) holding the French flag and personally leading an assault across Arcola Bridge in a three-day battle against the Austrians

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December, 1805, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin

Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December, 1805, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle of Austerlitz, 2 December, 1805, (c1835). Regarded as Napoleon Bonapartes greatest victory, Austerlitz was a sublime trap that destroyed the armies of his enemies Russia and Austria

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Battle of the Pyramids, 21 June, 1798, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin

Battle of the Pyramids, 21 June, 1798, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle of the Pyramids, 21 June, 1798, (c1835). Trudging towards Cairo, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and 25, 000 men faced two forces of Mamelukes under Murad

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Battle of Fleurus, 26 June 1794

Battle of Fleurus, 26 June 1794. An important battle in deciding the fate of the infant French republic, Fleurus in Belgium is also noted for being one of the first battles to include aerial

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Music Party, East Cowes Castle, c1835. Artist: JMW Turner

Music Party, East Cowes Castle, c1835. Artist: JMW Turner
Music Party, East Cowes Castle, c1835. From the Tate Gallery, London

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, 1871

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, 1871. Huxley (1823-1883) at the time of his presidency of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Lead chamber for production of sulphuric acid, 1866

Lead chamber for production of sulphuric acid, 1866. Also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2S04, sulphuric acid was one of the most important industrial chemicals

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Harry John Lawson, English inventor of a safety bicycle, 19th century

Harry John Lawson, English inventor of a safety bicycle, 19th century. In 1879 Lawson produced the first bicycle driven by a chain from centrally positioned pedals to the rear wheel

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1834

Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1834
Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1830. La Perouse (1741-1788) spent four years (1785-1788)

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias Olbers, German astronomer and physician, 1864

Heinrich Wilhelm Mathias Olbers, German astronomer and physician, 1864. Olbers (1758-1840) was a founder member of the astronomers called the Celestial Police who searched for a supposed missing

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Viaduct on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, c1838. Artist: Henry Adlard

Viaduct on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, c1838. Artist: Henry Adlard
Viaduct on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, c1838. Illustration after a painting by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) who visited the United States in the 1830s

Background imageImages Dated 4th August 2005: Colt Frontier revolver, invented by Samuel Colt (1814-62), c1850

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



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