Mono Chrome Collection (page 5)

Engraving of a tree split by lightning
Engraving depicting a tree that had split after being hit by lightning at Hanwell, west London. When a lightning bolt strikes a tree

Dentistry, satirical artwork
Dentistry. Satirical artwork titled Without Effort, showing a dentist and his assistant removing a patients tooth in a public display area

Early car, 1904 Buick. This photograph is from a collection of Buick photographs dating from 1904 to 1938

German WWII ramjet bomber blueprint. This design, for a propulsor ramjet engine mounted on top of a Dornier Do 217 E-2 heavy bomber, dates from 1942

Martin Frobisher, English explorer
Martin Frobisher (c.1535-1594), English navigator and explorer. Frobisher became a cabin boy in 1544 and rose to the rank of captain by 1565

Injured Vitruvian Man, conceptual image

Early telephone, historical artwork
Early telephone. Historical artwork of three men gathered around an early telephone. The man at right is talking into the speaking tube

Toscanellis world map, 1474
Toscanellis world map. This map was drawn by the Italian mathematician and astronomer Paolo Toscanelli (1397-1482) in 1474

Moons surface, Zond 3 image
Moons surface. Photocopy of an image taken by the Soviet lunar probe Zond 3, on 1st September 1966, showing the cratered surface of the far side of the Moon

1861 Punch Dinosaurs & Comet cartoon 1861 Punch Dinosaurs & Comet cartoon
From Punch 41 (1861) page 34, July. " The age of the comet ascertained to a nicety. The antediluvians recognise an old acquantance of A.M. 1372"

1858 Prehistoric marine reptiles
1858 Marine Monsters by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. Plate 23, to face page 33, of the New Edition, postumously published

Dinner in Iguanodon dinosaur
1854 Illustrated London News January 7th, page 22. Dinner in the iguanodon model, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. Hosted 31st December 1853 by the Crystal Palace model maker Benjamin Waterhouse

Egyptian solar system model
Solar System. An engraving depicting the layout of the Solar System. It is shown as the route taken by a scarab beetle. The path starts at the Earth (centre) and passes out to the heavens (top)

Galvanic experiments, 17th century
Galvanism. Engraved plate showing various pieces of equipment used to study galvanism, or static electricity. In addition to several plans for making a galvanic pile (battery)

Chemistry equipment, 19th century
Chemistry equipment. Engraving of various pieces of equipment used in chemistry experiments. Most are concerned with the isolation of gas or with producing acids

Octopus attacking a ship
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Maori head tattoos, artwork
Maori head tattoos. 19th century artwork of tattooed Maori heads. The Maoris, the indigenous population of the islands of New Zealand

Stonehenge, 17th century artwork. This megalithic stone circle was constructed over 5000 years ago as a Druid temple, burial ground, or astronomical observatory

Egyptian palm tree, 16th century artwork. The fruits of this palm tree are being harvested. The palm tree most commonly cultivated in this way is the date palm tree, which has sweet edible fruit

Poppy, 19th century artwork
Poppy (Papaver somniferum), 19th century artwork. These botanical drawings are from Text-book of forensic medicine and toxicology (London)

Cornelius Valerius, Dutch humanist
Cornelius Valerius (1512-1578), Dutch humanist. Valrius was born at Utrecht. He studied at Louvain and became professor of Latin at Utrecht and Louvain

Demonstration of the wireless telephone, June 1920. In the 1920s, broadcasting was still in its infancy, with radio transmitters and receivers owned only by amateur enthusiasts

First World War surveillance kite. US soldier being lifted up by a surveillance kite during the First World War (1914-1918)

Frances Densmore, US anthropologist
Frances Densmore (left, 1867-1957), US ethnologist, using a phonograph (left) to record the voice and stories of Mountain Chief, a Native American from the Piegan tribe

Solar eclipse, 18th century artwork
Solar eclipse. 18th century diagram showing the principles behind solar eclipses. Figure I shows difference in appearance between total (B) and annular (A) eclipses

Total solar eclipse, 1860. Series of images of the Sun during the totality of a total solar eclipse. The disc of the Moon is covering the disc of the Sun so that only the Suns corona (atmosphere)

Gersh I. Budker, Soviet physicist
Gersh Itskovich Budker (1918-1977), Soviet physicist. Budker was a nuclear physicist who, in 1959, founded the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Akademgorodok, in Siberian Russia

Flight to the Moon by Jules Verne
Flight to the Moon. Artwork depicting a scene from the science fiction novel From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre a la Lune, 1865) by the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905)

1827 Nukahiva Marquesas tattooed couple
Early Lithographic print by Carl Brodtmann from Dr. Shinz, " Naturgeschichte und Abbilldungen des Menschen der verschiedenen" 1827, with hand colouring

Instructions for capturing a spirit
Capturing a spirit. Woodcut illustration of a diagram that shows the procedure for attempting inclosing a spirit in a christall

Barbed wire, computer image. Close-up of barbs on a section of barbed wire

NPL headquarters, 1906
NPL headquarters. Bushy House, the NPL (National Physical Laboratory) headquarters, not only contained numerous research laboratories but also was the venue of NPL staff garden parties

Campbell standard of mutual inductance. Mr A. Campbell designed this standard of mutual inductance in 1907-8. Two single-layer copper coils (upper and lower centre)

Soviet satellite monitoring, 1958
Soviet satellite monitoring. Telescopes being used, in 1958, by Soviet astronomers, to monitor a satellite as it passes overhead

Ship testing tank, being filled with water from a hose pipe (bottom). This tank was used to test models of ships being developed by engineers

Soviet Arctic explorer Papanin, 1937
Soviet Arctic explorer Ivan Papanin (1894-1986) in 1937 while commanding the first Soviet drifting station " North Pole-1". Expedition members and equipment are in the background

Ilyushin and test pilot Kokkinaki, 1942
Soviet aircraft designer Sergei Ilyushin (centre right) and test pilot Vladimir Kokkinaki (left, in overalls), talking with a group of soldiers in front of an aircraft during World War II

Rosenhain optical microscope. The viewing lens (eyepiece, upper right), focusing wheel (lower right) and objective lens (centre) are seen

Otto Schmidt, Soviet Arctic explorer
Otto Yulievich Schmidt (left, 1891-1956), Soviet Arctic explorer and geophysicist, greeting one of the rescue pilots (right) during the Chelyuskin expedition to the Arctic

Rene Descartes, French mathematician
Rene Descartes (1596-1650), French mathematician and philosopher. His coat-of-arms (upper right) mark his self-styled title of Lord of Perron

Nikolai Basov, Soviet physicist
Nikolai Gennadiyevich Basov (1922-2001), Soviet physicist. Basov is primarily known for his work with Aleksandr Prokhorov on developing masers (amplified beams of microwaves)

Beritashvili and students, Tbilisi, 1962
Ivan Beritashvili (1885-1974, centre), Soviet physiologist, instructing students who are studying the brain of a laboratory animal

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, German physicist
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887), German physicist. While he was still a student, Kirchhoff formulated what became known as Kirchhoffs Laws

Tsiolkovskys works on space conquest
Konstantin Tsiolkovskys early works on space conquest. Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) was a Russian rocket pioneer. Although he never built a rocket

Nikolai Dubinin, Russian geneticist
Nikolai Petrovich Dubinin (1907-1998), Russian geneticist, examining microscope slides in a laboratory. Dubinin was one of the founding members of the Cytology

Spring train, X-ray
Spring train. X-ray showing the mechanism inside a toy train

Spring train, X-ray
Spring train. X-ray showing the mechanism inside a toy train

Snowman toy, simulated X-ray
Snowman toy. Simulated X-ray of a novelty snowman toy. The mechanism of cogs and electronics inside the toy causes it to play music and move

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"Mono Chrome: A Journey through Time and Art" Step into a world where shades of black and white intertwine, revealing the essence of history, science, and art. From the 1919 solar eclipse to Da Vinci's crossbow, each hint in this captivating collection unveils a unique facet of our human experience. As the sun hid behind the moon during that fateful eclipse in 1919, scientists witnessed an extraordinary phenomenon that confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity. The monochromatic scene symbolized mankind's relentless pursuit of knowledge. In Durer's iconic artwork depicting praying hands, we find solace in simplicity. These hands transcend language barriers and remind us of our shared humanity—a powerful message conveyed through monochrome strokes. The grainy footage captured by Roger Patterson in 1967 brought Bigfoot into popular culture. This mysterious creature emerged from shadows cast by black-and-white film reels, leaving viewers captivated by its enigmatic existence. A haunting figure from the past emerges with plague doctor artwork dating back to the 17th century. In their eerie masks and dark robes, these doctors fought against disease while embodying both fear and hope within their monochromatic presence. Mendeleyev's periodic table revolutionized chemistry when it was published in 1869. Each element found its place on this grayscale chart—forming a mosaic that unraveled nature's secrets one square at a time. Amelia Earhart soared above gender norms as she became a pioneering figure in US aviation history. Against the backdrop of her daring flights stood her monochrome aircraft—an emblematic representation of courage defying societal limitations. The HMS Beagle ship carried Charles Darwin on his transformative voyage around the world. Its silhouette laid up ashore serves as a reminder that scientific breakthroughs often begin with humble beginnings—a testament to exploration painted only with shades between black and white. Carl Sagan gazed upon distant galaxies as he unraveled the mysteries of our universe.