History Collection (page 2)

242 items

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History Collection: Fossilised dinosaur footprints

Fossilised dinosaur footprints at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado, USA. This region was home to the iguanodon, a massive herbivorous bipedal dinosaur with a long heavy tail

History Collection: Fossilised ammonite (Asteroceras obtusum)

Fossilised ammonite (Asteroceras obtusum). Ammonites are an extinct group of molluscs that are thought to be related to modern cephalopods such as octopus, squid and cuttlefish

History Collection: Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35

Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35
Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, historical map. This expedition took place between 1933 and 1935, and followed an earlier expedition from 1928 to 1930

History Collection: Soviet cholera vaccination poster, 1967

Soviet cholera vaccination poster, 1967
Soviet cholera vaccination poster. Poster which appeared in the USSR in 1967, urging citizens to get themselves vaccinated against cholera

History Collection: Yuri Gagarin, souvenir postcard

Yuri Gagarin, souvenir postcard. This is one of many postcard designs issued in the Soviet Union after the spaceflight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), the first man in space

History Collection: Solar eclipse, 18th century artwork

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

History Collection: Human body postures, historical artwork

Human body postures, historical artwork
Human postures, historical artwork. The images show an outline of the shape of the body in four postures; standing, bowing, stooping and squatting

History Collection: Thomas Scott Baldwin, US aviator

Thomas Scott Baldwin, US aviator
Thomas Scott Baldwin (1854-1923), US aviator and balloonist, at the wheel of the Red Devil aeroplane that he designed. Baldwin began his career as a circus performer

History Collection: Tornado, historical artwork

Tornado, historical artwork
Tornado. Coloured historical artwork of a mother and child fleeing from a tornado. A tornado is a rapidly rotating funnel of air that can form below certain types of storm clouds

History Collection: Waterspout, historical artwork

Waterspout, historical artwork
Waterspout. Coloured historical artwork of a waterspout threatening a ship. A waterspout is a tornado over water instead of land

History Collection: Gusmaos Passarola airship, 1709

Gusmaos Passarola airship, 1709
Gusmaos Passarola airship. Historical artwork of the Passarola airship design that was proposed in 1709 by the Portuguese priest and naturalist Bartolomeu de Gusmao (1685-1724)

History Collection: Rainbow optics, historical artwork

Rainbow optics, historical artwork
Formation of a rainbow, coloured historical artwork. The diagram shows the paths of two beams of light from the Sun (top left corner)

Human body postures, historical artwork
Human postures, historical artwork. The images show an outline of the shape of the body in four postures; standing, bowing, stooping and squatting

History Collection: Nikolai Surov, magnetic man

Nikolai Surov, magnetic man
Nikolai Surov, a Russian man reputed to have paranormal magnetic properties. Here he is apparently attracting metallic objects. Photographed in 1990

History Collection: Franklins lightning experiment, 1752

Franklins lightning experiment, 1752
Benjamin Franklins lightning experiment. Coloured artwork of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and his 21-year-old son William, performing their famous experiment on 15 June 1752

History Collection: Benjamin Franklin, US scientist

Benjamin Franklin, US scientist
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, inventor and statesman. As well as his numerous scientific discoveries

History Collection: Benjamin Franklin, caricature

Benjamin Franklin, caricature
Benjamin Franklin. Caricature of the American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706- 1790) holding a kite attached to a key, which he used to show that lightning is electricity

History Collection: Wright brothers, US aviation pioneers

Wright brothers, US aviation pioneers. Wilbur (1867-1912, right) and Orville (1871-1948, left) built and flew the first powered aircraft

History Collection: Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism

Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism
Gautama Buddha (c.563-483 BC), Indian spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism. Born Prince Siddhartha Gautama, he spent time as an ascetic and hermit before turning to meditation

History Collection: Rene Descartes, French mathematician

Rene Descartes, French mathematician
Rene Descartes (1596-1650), French mathematician and philosopher, also known as Renatus Cartesius. Descartes most important scientific works were in mathematics

History Collection: Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French microbiologist and chemist. Louis Pasteur proved the germ theory of disease, which holds that germs attack the body from the outside

Leonardo da Vinci artwork

History Collection: Ball lightning kills Richmann, 1753

Ball lightning kills Richmann, 1753. Artwork of the German physicist Georg Wilhelm Richmann (left, 1722-1753), of Saint Petersburg, Russia

History Collection: Franklin designing lightning rods

Franklin designing lightning rods. Historical artwork of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, inventor and statesman, working on the design of lightning rods

History Collection: Dalibards lightning experiment, 1752

Dalibards lightning experiment, 1752
Dailbards lightning experiment, 1752. Artwork of French scientist Thomas-Francois Dalibard (1709- 1799) carrying out his lightning experiment on 10 May 1752, at Marly, France

History Collection: Aristotle studying in his youth

Aristotle studying in his youth. The Ancient Greek philosopher and naturalist Aristotle (384-322 BC) influenced many later thinkers, working in areas such as logic, astronomy, zoology

$Haloes in the winter sky. Historical artwork of a spectacular display of haloes around the Sun over a snowy forest. Haloes are formed by the refraction of the Suns light inside tiny regular ice$

Haloes, historical artwork
Haloes in the winter sky. Historical artwork of a spectacular display of haloes around the Sun over a snowy forest. Haloes are formed by the refraction of the Suns light inside tiny regular ice

Mammoth leg (Mammuthus sp.). This leg was found preserved in permafrost in Berelekh, eastern Siberia, Russia. Its soft tissues and wool are largely intact

History Collection: Phonetic Egyptian hieroglyphs

Phonetic Egyptian hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were written characters used by the Ancient Egyptians between around 3000 BC and 300 AD. They were used mainly for inscriptions on monuments and tombs

Roman mosaic

History Collection: Leonardos kite glider

Leonardos kite glider
Leonardo da VinciÔé¼Ôäós study of a Ôé¼╦£Ôé¼kite-gliderÔé¼ (hang glider) for sailplaning flight c. 1497

History Collection: Ice sailing on skates, 19th century

Ice sailing on skates, 19th century
Ice sailing on skates, 19th-century artwork. The skater is using a kite-like apparatus to use the wind to sail across the ice

Jacques de Romas
Coloured portrait of Jacques de Romas.In 1750 Romas wrote a dissertation on the physical similarities between lightning and electricity

History Collection: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin Franklin, American scientist, inventor and statesman, shown here in his physics laboratory in Philadelphia. As well as his numerous scientific discoveries

History Collection: Charles de Secondat Montesquieu

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu with the scientific cenacle at Castle Clairac, France.With him are his son Jean-Baptiste de Secondat, the Chevalier de Vivens, Jacques Romas and the brothers Dutilh

History Collection: Early Russian telephone

Early Russian telephone
Early telephone. Preserved example of a 1910 model telephone, formerly used at a factory in St. Petersburg. Photographed at the City of Moscow Telephone Network museum, Russia

History Collection: Jacques de Romas kite experiment

Jacques de Romas kite experiment
In 1750 Romas wrote a dissertation on the physical similarities between lightning and electricity. Subsequently the famous kite experiment was invented by Franklin and Romas independently

History Collection: Lightning striking St, Marks Tower 1745

Lightning striking St, Marks Tower 1745
On 23 April, 1745 lightning struck St. Marks Tower, Venice causing considerable damage. The tower had previously been struck in 1388, 1417, 1489, 1548

History Collection: German WWII ramjet bomber in flight

German WWII ramjet bomber in flight. This is a Dornier Do 217 heavy bomber with a ramjet propulsor mounted on top of its fuselage

Franklins lightning experiment, 1752
Franklins lightning experiment. Historical artwork of the US scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and his 21-year-old son William, performing their famous lightning experiment

History Collection: June Bug aeroplane, 1908

June Bug aeroplane, 1908. Also called Aerodrome number 3, the June Bug was a single-seat, single-engine biplane that was the third aircraft successfully designed

History Collection: Dangers of steam carriages, 19th century

Dangers of steam carriages, 19th century
Dangers of steam carriages. 19th-century caricature lampooning the dangers of the steam carriages being developed at this time. A steam carriage at right has exploded

History Collection: Daniel Hanbury, British pharmacologist

Daniel Hanbury, British pharmacologist
Daniel Hanbury (1825-1875), British pharmacologist and botanist. Hanbury built up a large collection of plants, and added to it by contributions from others around the world

History Collection: 1880 Sir Richard Owen engraved portrait

1880 Sir Richard Owen engraved portrait
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892) 1880s engraving by C.H. Jeens. Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeontologist who became one of the most famous

History Collection: 1626 Francis Bacon Portrait Philosopher

1626 Francis Bacon Portrait Philosopher
Sir Francis Bacon British Scientist, Philosopher and Statesman (22 January 1561 - 9 April 1626). Copper frontis engraving from Bacons Sylva Sylvarum

History Collection: 1868 Waterhouse Hawkins & hadrosaur 1868 Waterhouse Hawkins & hadrosaur

1868 Waterhouse Hawkins & hadrosaur 1868 Waterhouse Hawkins & hadrosaur
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkin and his Hadrosaurus foulkii, the worlds first mounted dinosaur skeleton. From Sketches of Creation by Winchell 1870 engraved from photographs taken around 1868

History Collection: 1870 Fuegians by the Reverend J. G. Wood

1870 Fuegians by the Reverend J. G. Wood
Woodcut by Zwecker in the Rev. J.G.Woods Natural History of Man 1870. These unflattering portraits are clearly designed to accentuate the perceived primitive nature of the Fuegians

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