History Collection (page 3)

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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

History Collection: 1841 Richard Owen coined dinosaur

1841 Richard Owen coined dinosaur
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892) 1894 engraving from an 1840s painting by Pickersgill, later hand colouring. Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeontologist

History Collection: Bethlem Hospital, 18th century

Bethlem Hospital, 18th century
Bethlem Hospital. 18th century engraving of Bethlem Hospital at Moorfields, London. The first Bethlem Hospital was founded in the 14th century

History Collection: Alpine Geology flood evidence Scheuchzer

Alpine Geology flood evidence Scheuchzer
1731 Copperplate print of alpine geology and recurved strata as evidence of the catastrophe of Noahs Flood. Print is from Johann Jakob Scheuchzers (born August 2nd 1672 - died June 23rd 1733)

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 6th day

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 6th day
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas Pfeffel (1674-1748)

History Collection: 1516 amphisbaenid Plinys Natural History

1516 amphisbaenid Plinys Natural History
1516 A page detail from Francois Regnaults early printing of Pliny the Elders " Natural History". Plinys Natural History (written up to AD 77)

History Collection: Guys Hospital, 18th century

Guys Hospital, 18th century
Guys Hospital. 18th century engraving of Guys Hospital in Southwark, London. Guys was founded in 1721 by Sir Thomas Guy, a governor of the nearby St. Thomas Hospital

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer star magnitudes

1731 Johann Scheuchzer star magnitudes
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) " Stars without number" star magnitudes and numbers

History Collection: Early naturalist collecting guide books

Early naturalist collecting guide books
Two books on collecting natural history specimens (particularly insects) published at the end of the 18th century. They would have influenced the famous specimen collectors of the early 18th century

History Collection: 1889 Sir Richard Owen portrait in old age

1889 Sir Richard Owen portrait in old age
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). 1889 Portrait mezzotint by H.J. Thaddeus with contemporary face but pose taken from an earlier 1852 photograph with dinosaur

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 4th day b

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 4th day b
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) the fourth day of creation, the sun and the moon, folio copper engraving (with later hand colouring)

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Bible giraffe

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Bible giraffe
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733), Dueteronomy, fanciful Giraffe and other horned animal representing cloven footed beasts (artiodactyla)

History Collection: 1846 Richard Owen and Moa leg fossil

1846 Richard Owen and Moa leg fossil
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892) photo-engraved by Walker and Boutall around 1894 from an 1846 Daguerrotype

History Collection: 1871 Richard Owen on megatherium fossil

1871 Richard Owen on megatherium fossil
Richard Owen (20 July 1804- 18 December 1892) 1871 engraving by Frederick Waddy republished 1873 in " Cartoon Portraits and Biographical sketches of Men of the Day"

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer gravity comet

1731 Johann Scheuchzer gravity comet
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) God " opening the windows of heaven", astronomical phenomenon showing orbits and gravitational effects on comets etc

History Collection: 1878 Sir Richard Owen photograph portrait

1878 Sir Richard Owen photograph portrait
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). Woodburytype photograph by Lock & Whitfield published in Men or Mark 1878

History Collection: 1731 Scheuchzer Creation 3rd day plants

1731 Scheuchzer Creation 3rd day plants
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) folio copper engraving of the third day of creation (plants)

History Collection: Leeuwenhoeks microscope, 17th century

Leeuwenhoeks microscope, 17th century. This is one of the early microscopes used by the Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)

History Collection: 1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve 1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve

1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve 1731 Scheuchzer Creation Adam & Eve
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) creation of Eve from Adams rib, folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas Pfeffel

History Collection: 1873 British Museum Open to the Public

1873 British Museum Open to the Public
Holiday Time: British Museum by F. Smith in the Illustrated London News 1873. This image shows the general public visiting one of the natural history rooms in the British Museum

History Collection: Scheuchzer portrait 17th / 18thC naturalist

Scheuchzer portrait 17th / 18thC naturalist
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (born August 2nd 1672 - died June 23rd 1733). Swiss traveller naturalist and geologist. Contemporary Folio size Portrait copper engraving at 59 years old (1731)

History Collection: Panagaeus cruxmajor Darwins lost beetle

Panagaeus cruxmajor Darwins lost beetle
From Donovans " Natural History of British Insects" (plate by Donovan, volume circa 1806). Greater crucifix beetle, Panagaeus cruxmajor, on a grass stem

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5 / 6th day

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5 / 6th day
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) folio copper engraving of the fifth day of creation (with later hand colouring)

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer astronomy orbits

1731 Johann Scheuchzer astronomy orbits
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) astronomy the heavens revealing the glory of God, folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5th day

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5th day
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) fifth day of creation (sea creatures) folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas

History Collection: Castlereagh the suicidal uncle of Fitzroy

Castlereagh the suicidal uncle of Fitzroy
Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh (18th June 1769 - 12 August 1822). An unpopular Irish and British senior statesman, his scientific importance lies in the fact that he was an uncle of Captain Fitzroy

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 5th day
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) the fifth day of creation (sea creatures) folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann

History Collection: 1873 Richard Owen Vanity Fair CU portrait

1873 Richard Owen Vanity Fair CU portrait
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). Caracature from Vanity Fairs Men of the Day series. Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeontologist who became one of the most famous

History Collection: 1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum

1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum
Copperplate print page 318 by Proud in R. Brookes 1763 " The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals etc."

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Creation 6th day
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) creation of animals, folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas Pfeffel (1674-1748)

History Collection: 1863 Lyells Antiquity of Man desktop

1863 Lyells Antiquity of Man desktop
Printers page title and frontispiece engraving from Charles Lyells 1863 " The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man" together with a paleolithic flint handaxe from the Thames gravels

History Collection: Burying plague victims, engraving

Burying plague victims, engraving
Burying plague victims. Plate depicting a group of men burying victims of the Great Plague that struck London in 1665. This outbreak of bubonic plague was the last major infection seen in the city

History Collection: 1889 Sir Richard Owen portrait old age cu

1889 Sir Richard Owen portrait old age cu
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). Portrait mezzotint by H.J. Thaddeus. Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeontologist who became one of the most famous

History Collection: 1607 Tiger by Topsell

1607 Tiger by Topsell
" Of the Tiger" a 1607 engraving with later tinting from Edward Topsells " History of four Footed Beasts"

History Collection: 1697 Fossil sea urchin Clypheus from Plot

1697 Fossil sea urchin Clypheus from Plot
The Jurassic fossil sea urchin Clypheus ploti is shown on top of the engraving from 1697 where Robert Plot illustrates the species for the first time in his " Natural History of

History Collection: 1731 Johann Scheuchzer Hairy Esau Bible

1731 Johann Scheuchzer Hairy Esau Bible
1731 Physica Sacra (Sacred Physics) by Johann Scheuchzer (1672-1733) " Hairy Esau" folio copper engraving drawn by a team of engravers under the direction of Johann Andreas Pfeffel

History Collection: 1749 God creates solar system and planets

1749 God creates solar system and planets
Copperplate engraving from Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon " Histoire Naturelle" Volume 1, Plate 1. " Of the Formation of the Planets" 1749. N. Blakey del. and St

History Collection: 1795 Domesticated female orangutan

1795 Domesticated female orangutan
1795 " A Domesticated Female Orang Outang" (sic). J. Thle del et J. Chapman sculpt. from J. Frid Gmelin and Carl Linnaeus (posthumous)

History Collection: 1833 Jardine Papio sylvanus baboon

1833 Jardine Papio sylvanus baboon
Papio sylvanus, Chacma baboon. Steel plate engraving with contemporary hand colouring from " The Naturalists Library" Mammalia, Vol. I " The Natural History of Monkeys"

History Collection: Plato, Greek philosopher

Plato, Greek philosopher
Plato (428 BCE - 347 BCE), Greek philosopher. Platos work was, and is, a major influence on the development of European philosophical and scientific thought

History Collection: 1872 meteorite explosion, artwork

1872 meteorite explosion, artwork
Meteorite Explosion over Lance, France in 1872. The xplosion could be head in a 80 kilometer circle. The meteorite fell at 5:20 p.m. on July 23, 1872

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