Images Dated 4th August 2005 (page 12)

Andreas Osiander, 16th century German Lutheran theologian, 17th century. Osiander (1498-1552) was Professor of Theology at Konigsberg

Paddington Station, the London terminus of the Great Western Railway, 1854. Iron was used in the construction of the roof, and the spans supported on cast iron pillars

Advertisement for Ediswan incandescent light bulbs, 1898. The Ediswan brand was the result of a merging of the interests of the two pioneers of electric light bulbs

Geocentric or Earth-centred Universe, c1617. The Earth surrounded by the spheres of the elements water, air and fire, and by the spheres of the Moon

James Watts prototype steam engine Old Bess, c1778. Scottish engineer and inventor Watt (1736-1819) formed a successful partnership with the entrepreneur Matthew Boulton in 1775

The divine harmony of the microcosm and the macrososm, c1617
The divine harmony of the microcosm and the macrososm according to the Hermetic and Cabalistic teaching, c1617. God is always at the apex of the triangle. From Ultriusque cosmi

The relation of Man, the microcosm, with the Universe, the macrocosm, c1617. The spheres of the Sun, Moon and planets and the hierarchy of angels and archangels

The divine harmony of the universe, c1617. The hand of God turns the peg to tune the universe. From Utriusque cosmi... historia by Robert Fludd. (Oppenheim, 1617-1619)

God creating Eve from Adams rib, 1493. Having created the universe, the Earth and all living creatures, including man, God put Adam into a deep sleep and created Eve from Adams rib

The Seal and the Walrus, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Seal and the Walrus, c1850. Around the central illustration of the animals are vignettes of hunting and uses the to which their carcasses were put

The Cow, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Cow, c1850. Around the central image are vignettes of the products of the cow, from butter, cheese, milk, meat, candles, cutlery handles and turned horn goods

Fish, c1850. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Fish, c1850. Around the central image are vignettes of boats fishing for mackerel, and for anchovies with flares, of spearing fish and catching with rod and line

Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Cochineal and lac insects, c1850. Varnish and scarlet dye are derived from the lac insect native to parts of Asia, and a red colour from the cochineal insect of South America

Chinese agriculture, 1825-1835. Top: pounding rice in a foot-operated pestle and mortar. Middle: Chinese seed drill. Bottom: Chinese plough. From Costume Antico et Moderno. (Rome, 1825-1835)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the south-west, c1850. Artist: Thomas Abiel Prior
Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the south-west, c1850. This view shows the High Level Bridge built by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) between 1846 and 1849

Stone arched bridge across the Tyne at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, c1830. Artist: R Francis
Stone arched bridge across the Tyne at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, c1830. Below the bridge is the harbour area and the masts of moored ships can be seen

Barge crossing the Barton aqueduct over the Irwell, Salford, Greater Manchester, c1794. Artist: Robert Pollard
Barge crossing the Barton aqueduct over the Irwell, Salford, Greater Manchester, c1794. Financed largely by Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgewater (1736-1803)

Philippe Ricord, French surgeon and venereologist, 1867. Artist: Andre Gill
Philippe Ricord, French surgeon and venereologist, 1867. Ricord (1799-1889) was described by Oliver Wendell Holmes as The Voltaire of pelvic literature. Cartoon from La Lune, (Paris, 10 October 1867)

Raising water by means of a shaduf, China, 1825-1835. The shaduf was invented in ancient times and is a simple device with a bucket attached by a rope to one end of a shaft and, in this version

Needle-making equipment, 1819. The large machine at bottom right is George Priors dry grinder with a box partly enclosing the grindstone to minimise dust (1813)

Henri Moissan, French chemist, c1883 (1903). Moissan (1852-1907) working on fluorine in his laboratory at l Ecole de pharmacie, Paris. He isolated fluorine in 1883

Diseases of the potato, c1920. In the centre is Potato Blight (Phytophtera infestans) a fungal infection spread by aphids, which destroyed crops in Ireland

Henri Moissan, French chemist, c1900. Moissan (1852-1907) recovering diamonds after dissolving the iron surrounding them after the final stage in his production of artificial diamonds at the Edison

The Military Accelerator - Particularly Recommended to Cavalry Officers, c1820. Cartoon showing a suggested use for the Hobby-Horse or Dandy-Horse which was introduced into the British Isles in 1818

General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
General Post Office, Lombard Street, London, 1808. This shows the scene in a busy letter sorting office. The dozens of sorters, each with his own dedicated position

Jacobus Henricus Van t Hoff, Dutch chemist, 1902. In 1901 Van t Hoff (1852-1911) became the first winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Emil von Behring, German immunologist and bacteriologist, 1902. In 1901 von Behring (1854-1917) was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his development of a serum for

Spitalfields silk worker winding silk in her cottage, London, England, 1893. This enclave of the silk industry was founded by Huguenot refugees from France after Louis XIVs Revocation of the Edict of

Mr Punch thanking Marconi for wireless telegraphy which was saving lives at sea, 1913. Artist: Leonard Raven-Hill
Mr Punch thanking Marconi for wireless telegraphy which was saving lives at sea, 1913. Marconi (1874-1937) discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to another

Reaper / haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th century
Reaper/haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th century. Metal edged tools such as this needed constant sharpening. The whetstone was also known as a side stone

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and inventor and pioneer of wireless telegraphy, 1906. Marconi (1874-1937) discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe, 1651. She is depicted giving greater weight to Tycho Brahes system, right, than to that of Copernicus

William Wilberforce, philanthropist, evangelical Christian and anti-slavery campaigner, 1821
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist, evangelical Christian and anti-slavery campaigner, 1821. Entering Parliament in 1780

Mobile radio station used by Marconi, 1900. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), an Italian physicist and inventor, was the first to send radio signals across the Atlantic

Replica of Marconis first transmitter used in his early experiments in Italy, 1894. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), an Italian physicist and inventor

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, c1861. Brougham (1778-1868) defended Queen Caroline at her trial in 1820

A Spitalfields silk weaver at his hand loom, 1884. This man could earn 70p in a good week, below the average for a skilled worker

Telfords bridge over the Clyde at Broomielaw, Glasgow, 1891. This was the great Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telfords (1757-1834) last stone bridge

Lucas Gaurico, Italian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician, 16th century. Artist: Theodor de Bry
Lucas Gaurico, Italian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician, [16th century]. Gaurico (1476-1558) was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Ferrara in 1531 and became Bishop of Civitata in 1545

View of Sunderland and the Iron Bridge looking eastwards, 1833. This single span cast iron bridge over the Wear at Wearmouth, Sunderland, was opened in 1796

Conrad Gesner, 16th century Swiss physician and naturalist, 1662. Artist: Conrad Meyer
Conrad Gesner, 16th century Swiss physician and naturalist, [1662]. Gesner (1516-1565) practiced in Zurich until he died of plague

Thomas Wright, English astronomer, scientific instrument maker and teacher, 1793. Wright (1711-1786) was the first to propose that the Milky Way consisted of layers of stars

Alfred Russell Wallace, Welsh-born British naturalist, c1900. Wallace (1823-1913) independently arrived at a theory of evolution similar to that of Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

A General Display of Arts and Sciences, 1790. Artist: Reynolds Grignion
A General Display of Arts and Sciences, 1790. At first glance it seems that ancient science and technology is depicted, but a closer look shows not only Pythagoras (6th century BC)

Advertisement for Kodak cameras, 1893. This advertisement carries the famous slogan You press the button, we do the rest. From 1888 the Kodak box camera took Eastmans coated paper roll film

Releasing French army homing pigeons on board the transatlantic liner La Bretagne, 1898. The birds were released on the voyage between Le Havre and New York. From Le Petit Journal

Heroic wireless operators, 1912. Top: sending SOS signals from the wireless room of the Titanic as the water rises. Bottom: the last minutes of the wireless operators during the Fez massacre

Plymouth Breakwater from the West, 1829. Artist: Thomas Allom
Plymouth Breakwater from the West, 1829. Built by the Scottish civil engineer John Rennie (1761-1821), work was begun in 1812 and completed in 1841

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