Images Dated 12th March 2002

Dust mite, SEM
Dust mite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a dust mite (Dermatophagoides sp.). The mites head is at centre left. Millions of dust mites inhabit the home, feeding on shed skin cells

Diatoms, SEM
Diatoms. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of diatoms (Campylodiscus sp.). These microscopic, single-celled algae possess rigid and finely-sculpted cell walls known as frustules

Benjamin Franklin, US scientist
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, inventor and statesman

Caledonie-Environnement
Photo prise le 11 mars 2002 du recif corallien du lagon de Nouvelle-Caledonie

Dust mite, SEM
Dust mite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a dust mite (Dermatophagoides sp.). The mites head is at lower left. Millions of dust mites inhabit the home, feeding on shed skin cells

EPROM silicon chip, SEM
EPROM silicon chip. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) silicon microchip

EPROM silicon chip, SEM
EPROM silicon chip. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) silicon microchip

Oesophagus epithelium, SEM
Oesophagus epithelium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the lining of the human oesophagus (gullet)

Small intestine villus, SEM
Small intestine villus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fracture section through a villus from the mucosal lining of the small intestine

Small intestine villus, SEM
Small intestine villus. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze fracture section through a villus of the intestinal lining

Oesophagus epithelium, SEM
Oesophagus epithelium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the lining of the human oesophagus (gullet)

Urinary bladder epithelium, SEM
Urinary bladder epithelium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the folded inner surface of a healthy human bladder

Dover-Calais telegraph cable
First cross-Channel telegraph cable. Historical artwork of the composition of the first telegraph cable linking England and France. This was laid in 1851 by the British engineer Jacob Brett

Chappes semaphore station. Historical artwork of one of the semaphore telegraph stations set up by Claude Chappe (1763-1805) in 1794. Each station bore a set of wooden arms (upper left)

Morses telegraph transmitter
Morses telegraph. Historical artwork of the transmitter of a telegraph machine used to send Morse code. The operator tapped out the code on the button at upper left

Ptolemy, Greek-Egyptian astronomer
Ptolemy. Historical artwork of the 2nd century Greek-Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus). Ptolemy wrote four major books, the most influential being Almagest

Joseph Henry, American physicist
Joseph Henry (1797-1878), American physicist. Henry made numerous discoveries in the field of electromagnetism. In 1829 he made the most powerful electromagnet then known

Louis Daguerre, photography inventor
Louis Daguerre. Illustration of the French inventor of practical photography, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre (1789-1851), at work

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