Physics Collection (page 8)

An engraving depicting an apparatus for demonstrating induction by the motion of a coil, 19th century
5311348 An engraving depicting an apparatus for demonstrating induction by the motion of a coil, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A diagram showing the lines of magnetic force. The bar magnet is placed on a table covered with a piece of card
5311308 A diagram showing the lines of magnetic force. The bar magnet is placed on a table covered with a piece of card: iron filings are shaken on to the card

Hermann von Helmholtz's contact breaker
5310289 Hermann von Helmholtz's contact breaker; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Hermann von Helmholtz's contact breaker. Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) a German physician and physicist

A man sharpening a blade on a grindstone
5310271 A man sharpening a blade on a grindstone; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a man sharpening a blade on a grindstone which his colleague is turning with a crank-handle)

Portraits of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber
5308541 Portraits of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber; (add.info.: Portraits of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber. Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) a German mathematician

Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
5308227 Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot.; (add.info.: Portrait of Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832) a French military engineer and physicist. Dated 19th century

A mechanical catapult
5308082 A mechanical catapult.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a mechanical catapult wound up by a winch (right). When the rope was released

Marie Sklowdowska Curie, who twice won the Nobel Prize: 1903 and 1911
NWI4949439 Marie Sklowdowska Curie, who twice won the Nobel Prize: 1903 and 1911.; (add.info.: Marie Sklowdowska Curie, who twice won the Nobel Prize)

BARTHOLIN, Thomas (1616-1680). Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian
CUL4875561 BARTHOLIN, Thomas (1616-1680). Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of the lymphatic system in humans

ARCHIMEDES
CUL4858942 ARCHIMEDES by Unknown Artist; Civica Raccolta Stampe Bertarelli, Milan, Italy; (add.info.: ARCHIMEDES (257-212 BC). Mathematician, geometrician, physicist and technician of the antiquity

Ole Romer, 1837 (etching)
8716402 Ole Romer, 1837 (etching) by Eckersberg, Christoffer-Wilhelm (1783-1853); Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark; (add.info.: Ole Romer or Roemer by C.W.Eckersberg)

Telescopic appearance of the moon (backlit), 1846-60 (engraving)
7340569 Telescopic appearance of the moon (backlit), 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Comparative magnitude of the planets, 1846-60 (paper, engraving)
7340568 Comparative magnitude of the planets, 1846-60 (paper, engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60) & Emslie, John (1813-75); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Replica of Marconi's wireless telegraph. 1899 (object)
UIG5430125 Replica of Marconi's wireless telegraph. 1899 (object); (add.info.: ©Clive Streeter/Dorling Kindersley/UIG/Leemage, Courtesy of The Science Museum, London); Dorling Kindersley/UIG.

Replica of Wimshurst machine (machine de Wimshurst), a generator. Invented by James Wimshurst, 1880s (object)
UIG5430099 Replica of Wimshurst machine (machine de Wimshurst), a generator. Invented by James Wimshurst, 1880s (object); Dorling Kindersley/UIG.

Aristotelian concept of the path of a projectile
5310083 Aristotelian concept of the path of a projectile; (add.info.: Illustration of Aristotelian concept of the path of a projectile)

Engraving depicting a double convex lens, showing refraction of light and the conjugate focus (b,a), 19th century
5309416 Engraving depicting a double convex lens, showing refraction of light and the conjugate focus (b,a), 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a double convex lens)

An Astronomical and Cronological Clock showing all the Most Usefull Parts of an Almanack (engraving)
7341587 An Astronomical and Cronological Clock showing all the Most Usefull Parts of an Almanack (engraving) by Naylor, John (fl.c.1725-52); 37.8x38 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Nevil Maskelyne (1732 -1811), c.1776 (chalk on paper)
7340699 Nevil Maskelyne (1732 -1811), c.1776 (chalk on paper) by Russell, John (1745-1806); National Maritime Museum, London

Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving)
7340908 Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving) by Apianus, Petrus (1495-1552); National Maritime Museum, London

Natural Philosophy, 1878 (engraving)
1574797 Natural Philosophy, 1878 (engraving); (add.info.: Boy lighting paper using the sun's rays focused by a concave mirror. Engraving from ''Natural Philosophy'' by E)

High voltage equipment used by Pierre and Marie Curie to investigate the electrical conductivity of air exposed to
537807 High voltage equipment used by Pierre and Marie Curie to investigate the electrical conductivity of air exposed to radium

Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet
536622 Paths of alpha, beta, and gamma rays from a radium sample placed between poles of electromagnet, as used in Curies' laboratory, Paris, 1904; (add.info.: Paths of alpha, beta)

Michael Faraday, English scientist (engraving)
8676377 Michael Faraday, English scientist (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867), English scientist

Sir Isaac Newton's House, Orange Street, Leicester Square, London (engraving)
8676573 Sir Isaac Newton's House, Orange Street, Leicester Square, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Isaac Newton's House)

Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving)
8676522 Inauguration of Sir Isaac Newton's statue, Grantham, Lincolnshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Young James Clerk Maxwell as a new boy at the Edinburgh Academy (litho)
8673171 Young James Clerk Maxwell as a new boy at the Edinburgh Academy (litho) by Paget, Walter (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)

Dedication page of the book "Newtoni Principia Philosophia" (Principle of Newtonian Philosophy)
AIS5351162 Dedication page of the book "Newtoni Principia Philosophia" (Principle of Newtonian Philosophy) by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph)
AIS5354024 First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph); (add.info)

James Prescott Joule, 1818 - 1889
3083228 James Prescott Joule, 1818 - 1889.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English physicist and brewer. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900).

Sir William Crookes, 1832 - 1919
3083226 Sir William Crookes, 1832 - 1919.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English chemist, physicist and inventor. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900).

The Theory of the seasons and the signs of the zodiac, 1846-60 (engraving)
7340558 The Theory of the seasons and the signs of the zodiac, 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The phases of the moon, 1846-60 (engraving)
7340556 The phases of the moon, 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Solar system (backlit), 1846-60 (engraving)
7340571 Solar system (backlit), 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), 17th century (oil painting)
7337904 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), 17th century (oil painting) by Cochin, Nicolas (1610-86); 61x50.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A pulley and basket for raising building materials
5310276 A pulley and basket for raising building materials; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a pulley and basket for raising building materials to the roof level)

Diagram depicting Galileo's experiment to measure the force of a ball
5310105 Diagram depicting Galileo's experiment to measure the force of a ball; (add.info.: Diagram depicting Galileo's experiment to measure the force of a ball rolled down an inclined plane)

Leon Foucault's silver-on-glass reflecting telescope
5310088 Leon Foucault's silver-on-glass reflecting telescope; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Leon Foucault's silver-on-glass reflecting telescope)

William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle
5310063 William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle)

Mechanical forces
5310195 Mechanical forces; (add.info.: Engraving depicting mechanical forces. A horse pulling a cart along a road exercises an animal force)

One of Evangelista Torricelli's experiments on barometric pressure
5312008 One of Evangelista Torricelli's experiments on barometric pressure; (add.info.: Engraving depicting one of Evangelista Torricelli's experiments on barometric pressure)

A man fascinated by the properties of the pendulum
5311980 A man fascinated by the properties of the pendulum; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a man fascinated by the properties of the pendulum. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Turbines on the Portrush railway, Ireland
5311972 Turbines on the Portrush railway, Ireland; (add.info.: Engraving depicting turbines on the Portrush railway, Ireland. This was the first railway to be powered by hydroelectricity)

An engraving depicting Andreas Cuneus attempting to electrify water contained in a Leyden bottle (1746)
5311346 An engraving depicting Andreas Cuneus attempting to electrify water contained in a Leyden bottle (1746). Muschenbroek, Cuneus' teacher

A woodcut engraving depicting Bradford's hydrostatic instrument for measuring the specific gravity
5311321 A woodcut engraving depicting Bradford's hydrostatic instrument for measuring the specific gravity and therefore the purity, of a coin

Francois Laurent le Vieux d'Arlandes and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in their Montgolfier balloon
5308095 Francois Laurent le Vieux d'Arlandes and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier in their Montgolfier balloon.; (add.info)

A self-acting aerial ropeway
5308177 A self-acting aerial ropeway.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a self-acting aerial ropeway: the velocity of a full container travelling down the hillside drew an empty container at the top)

Santorio Santorio
5307546 Santorio Santorio.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Santorio Santorio seated in his balance (a steelyard) in which he could eat and sleep

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