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Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: George Stephenson

George Stephenson (June 9, 1781 - August 12, 1848). British engineer who designed a famous and historically important steam-powered locomotive named The Rocket

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Robert Fulton 1765-1815 American Engineer And Inventor Of The Steamship Engraving From A 19Th

Robert Fulton 1765-1815 American Engineer And Inventor Of The Steamship Engraving From A 19Th Century Print

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Robert Fulton 1765 - 1815. American Inventor And Engineer. Builder Of First Steam Powered Warship

Robert Fulton 1765 - 1815. American Inventor And Engineer. Builder Of First Steam Powered Warship In 1812. From Painting By Alonzo Chappel

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790. American Statesman, Philosopher, Scientist, Inventor And Publisher

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790. American Statesman, Philosopher, Scientist, Inventor And Publisher. From Painting By Alonzo Chappel

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: The Ingenious Spinning Jenny Invented by James Hargreaves, c1925

The Ingenious Spinning Jenny Invented by James Hargreaves, c1925. James Hargreaves, (c1720-1778), English inventor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 3 by Harold Wheeler

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Statue of Sir Isaac Newton in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, c1850

Statue of Sir Isaac Newton in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, c1850. Newtons discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: 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 imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: FAMOUS ENGINEERS. Fictional group portrait of famous British engineers and inventors

FAMOUS ENGINEERS. Fictional group portrait of famous British engineers and inventors. Front row: Mark Brunel, James Watt, George Stephenson; back row: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Thomas Telford

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Millican Dalton looking toward Derwentwater from Borrowdale

Millican Dalton looking toward Derwentwater from Borrowdale
Derwentwater from High Lodore, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England. This card features Millican Dalton (1867-1947), famous outdoors man

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Fred Hoyle, caricature C015 / 6705

Fred Hoyle, caricature C015 / 6705
Fred Hoyle (1915-2001). Caricature of the British astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle. Hoyle is most famous for his adoption of the steady-state theory of the universe

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Edmond Halley, caricature C015 / 6703

Edmond Halley, caricature C015 / 6703
Edmond Halley (1656-1742). Caricature of the British astronomer Sir Edmond Halley. Halley is famous for deducing that the comets seen in 1456, 1531, 1607 and 1682 were the same object

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Robert Brown, British botanist C016 / 4997

Robert Brown, British botanist C016 / 4997
Robert Brown (1773-1858), Scottish botanist. Brown, who travelled on an expedition to Australia, spent years working on plant taxonomy

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Family of Thomas Edison, US inventor

Family of Thomas Edison, US inventor. Edison is famous as the inventor of many devices, including the phonograph and an improved light bulb. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931, right) married twice

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist

Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist
Aleksandr Ivanovich Oparin (1894-1980), Russian biochemist. Oparin is famous for his work on theories of the origin of life

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Legend of Archimedes and the lever

Legend of Archimedes and the lever, historical artwork. Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287-212 BC), Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Rev. William Buckland grave, church, home

Rev. William Buckland grave, church, home
The Reverend William Buckland D.D. F.R.S. Canon of Christ Church and Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Oxford 1833. Dean of Westminster 1845

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: 1860s Charles Lyell portrait photo cdv

1860s Charles Lyell portrait photo cdv
CDV photograph of Sir Charles Lyell (14th November 1797-22 February 1875) by John Watkins taken some time in the 1860 s. Lyell began his career as a lawyer

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Arthur C. Clarke, British futurist

Arthur C. Clarke, British futurist
Arthur C. Clarke. Caricature of the British-born science fiction writer, inventor and futurist Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008)

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Stephen Hawking, British physicist

Stephen Hawking, British physicist
Stephen Hawking. Caricature of the British physicist Stephen William Hawking (born 1942). Hawking is famous for his work on cosmology, quantum gravity and black holes

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Newtons optics

Newtons optics. Coloured artwork of the English physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727) conducting his famous experiment on light

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician

Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician and physical theorist. Fermat is most famous for devising Fermats principle to derive the path taken by light rays

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Albert Einstein, artwork

Albert Einstein, artwork
Albert Einstein. Cartoon of the Swiss-German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) surrounded by electrons in a bohr model of an atom

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Aldus Manutius, Italian printer

Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
Aldus Manutius (1449-1515), Italian humanist printer. Mauntius was born Teobaldo Mannucci in Bassiano near Rome. He was educated as a humanistic scholar, studying the classics of Latin and Greek

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: S. F. Cody and War Kite

S. F. Cody and War Kite
Samuel Franklin Cody, British- American aviator and inventor of the famous war kite, an early type of aeroplane and communication device

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Charles Robert Darwin, 1809 - 1882. English naturalist, geologist and biologist

Charles Robert Darwin, 1809 - 1882. English naturalist, geologist and biologist. Illustration by Gordon Ross, American artist and illustrator (1873-1946), from Living Biographies of Famous Men

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 -1543. Polish Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer

Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 -1543. Polish Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer. Illustration by Gordon Ross, American artist and illustrator (1873-1946), from Living Biographies of Famous Men

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Archimedes of Syracuse, c. ?287 - c. ?212 BC. Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor

Archimedes of Syracuse, c. ?287 - c. ?212 BC. Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
Archimedes of Syracuse, c.?287 - c.?212 BC. Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Illustration by Gordon Ross, American artist and illustrator (1873-1946)

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Dr. Jonas Salk Giving Vaccine

Dr. Jonas Salk Giving Vaccine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; February, 1954. Dr. Jonas Salk gives an eight year old boy a trial polio vaccine at the Frick Elementary School in Pittsburgh

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Orville Wright and Henry Ford

Orville Wright and Henry Ford
Dearborn, Michigan: 1937 L-R: Orville Wright, Charles Taylor and Henry Ford look over the blueprint of Wrights 1903 engine at Greenfield Village

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, preparing to go cycling

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

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Edward Jenner, English physician, 1837

Edward Jenner, English physician, 1837. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire. He noted immunity to smallpox was given by cow-pox

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904

Marie Sklodowska Curie, Polish-born French physicist, 1904. Marie Curie (1867-1934) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904, together with her husband Pierre and Henri Becquerel

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian naturalist and explorer, (1900)

Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian naturalist and explorer, (1900). Humboldts (1769-1859) interests included geophysics, geology and botany and he is sometimes called the founder of ecology

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, 1835 (20th century)

Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, London, 1835 (20th century). Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920. Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel Prize winner, seated in her laboratory. (Colorised black and white print)

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792), British industrialist and inventor. Arkwright was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of mechanical spinning using

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. - Selbstbildnis, 1934

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. - Selbstbildnis, 1934
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. 1934. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Alfred Krupp 1812-1887. - Gemalde von Grun, 1934

Alfred Krupp 1812-1887. - Gemalde von Grun, 1934
Alfred Krupp 1812-1887, 1934. Alfred Krupp (1812-1887), German inventor, industrialist and steel magnate, part of the prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen famous for their production of

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Fulton Explains His Submarine to Napoleon, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon

Fulton Explains His Submarine to Napoleon, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
Fulton Explains His Submarine to Napoleon, c1925. Robert Fulton, (1765-1815), American engineer and inventor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Edison and Steinmetz Join Forces to Achieve Success, 1922, (c1925)

Edison and Steinmetz Join Forces to Achieve Success, 1922, (c1925). Thomas Alva Edison, (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Jean-Henri Fabre - The Humble Study of One of the Greatest of Naturalists, c1925

Jean-Henri Fabre - The Humble Study of One of the Greatest of Naturalists, c1925. Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre, (1823-1915), French naturalist

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: WH Fox Talbot, British photography pioneer, 1901

WH Fox Talbot, British photography pioneer, 1901. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) is best known for his development of the calotype

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Edmond Halley, English astronomer, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist, (c1850)

Edmond Halley, English astronomer, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist, (c1850). Halley (1656-1742), Astronomer Royal from 1720 until 1742

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician

Nicolas Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician. Copernicus (1473-1543) is considered to be the father of modern astronomy and founder of heliocentric cosmology

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Joseph Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, c1890

Joseph Lister, English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, c1890. Lister (1827-1912) pioneered the use of antiseptics in surgery

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Darwins study at Down House, his home near Beckenham, Kent, 1883

Darwins study at Down House, his home near Beckenham, Kent, 1883. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Charles Babbage (1791-1871) English mathematician and pioneer of computing, 1871

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) English mathematician and pioneer of computing, 1871. In the 1820s, Babbage began to develop a Difference Engine which could perform simple mathematical calculations

Background imageFamous inventors and scientists Collection: Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Artist: Giulio Monteverde

Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Artist: Giulio Monteverde
Edward Jenner, English physician, vaccinating his son, c1796 (c1900). Edward Jenner (1749-1823) practiced as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire



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