Prominent Scientists in Research

Images depicting notable scientists engaged in experimental work and presentations, highlighting their contributions to fields like physics and chemistry.

Pierre Curie (1859-1908) French chemist, in the lecture theatre in 1906 when professor of physics at the Sorbonne

Pierre Curie (1859-1908) French chemist, in the lecture theatre in 1906 when professor of physics at the Sorbonne

Mr. R. Chatfield, of Leicester (Eng.). with his electrical device, which is stated to have killed flies and mice by shattering their nervous impulses. Electric death ray that destroys flies and Mice. Mr. R Chatfield, of Leicester, with his electric ray ***** which is stated to have killed flies and mice by ***** their nerve impulses. He used the small ***** these two valves for the purpose. The larger is to ***** used for a more powerful experimental ray. ***** post office has given him permission to install ***** apparatus. March 05, 1934.

"Jumbo" prawn caught by Dr. Racek off the central coast of New South Wales. April 6, 1955.

Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian physicist, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXV, No 46, November 13, 1938.

Sir Joseph John Thomson, physicist and inventor, 1900. Artist: Unknown

Russell G Robinson, Assistant Director Ames Research Center

Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907). French chemist and politician. Berthelot in his laboratory at the College de France in Paris. Engraving in 'L'Illustration' (1901).

Georges Fernand Isidore Widal. Photograph by Studio Phebus.

Portrait of Thorvald Gehrman in its laboratory. Probably self portrait or taken by his wife Hildur.

Emile Berliner (1851-1929), American inventor of the phonograph, in laboratory working on disc, looking up from desk, circa 1920s.

HENRY NORRIS RUSSELL EXAMINING SPECTRA IN HIS OFFICE AT SANTA BARBARA STREET. (same image as #3355)

$Watching The Sunspots - Telescopic Examination at the Melbourne Observatory today of the sunspot group which is the largest that has appeared for some time. Mr. G. H. Woodhouse is using an 8-inch equatorial refractor. Auroral and magnetic disturbances may be caused by the sunspots. March 20, 1946.$

Mussolini appointing famous tropical disease specialist As M.O. in East Africa.Sir Aldo Castellani one of the world's leading experts on tropical diseases and possessor of an extensive Harley Street practice, has been appointed by Mussolini to be health consultant in Italy's East African territories. He will there fore have supreme responsibility for the health of both the civil and military populations. Sir Aldo is now in Rome, he is chief of the Ross Institute.O.P.S. Sir Aldo Castellani, famous tropical diseases specialist, who is to be Italian M.O. in East Africa. August 24, 1935. (Photo by Keystone)

12/31/1929. Photograph taken by Professor Bustiza of Sir Alexander Fleming, during one of the visits to his laboratory at the Santa María Hospital.

A. Bodansky i.e., Bodanzky

Thomas Edison and Edwin C. Barnes with Ediphone

Dr. Robert Goddard works on a rocket at his shop in Roswell, New Mexico. Dr. Goddard is recognized as the 'Father of American Rocketry.' October 1935.

Ernest Henry Starling. Photograph.

Joseph John Thomson (1856 - 1940) physicist, working at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, circa 1904 Date: circa 1904

Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), at laboratory table. Painting by Dean Fausett.

Thomas Edison speaking through the phonograph

Anefo photo collection. Prof. Zernike Nobel Prize winner. November 4, 1953

FLAMMARION, CAMILO. FLAMMARION, CAMILLE. ASTRONOMO FRANCES. 1842-1925.

Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901-1958), at the 10 inch Cyclotron at Berkeley. He won the 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention and development of the cyclotron. Ca. 1935

The board of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. Photograph, 1945.

Atomic Research - Power & Energy - Science. February 18, 1950.

Albert Michelson (1852-1931), in his laboratory with a spectroscope. He was the first American to receive a Nobel award in the sciences when he received the physics prize in 1907.

EDOUARD EUGENE BRANLY French electrical engineer, recogised by Marconi as the true father of wireless : photo 1900. Date: 1844 - 1940

ALEXANDER FLEMING (1881-1955) - Scottish physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist.

Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, photograph by Adolfo Croce, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 16, April 1906.

HEINRICH HERMANN ROBERT KOCH German physician and pioneer bacteriologist in search of the Rinderpest microbe at Kimberley Date: 1843 - 1910

Portrait of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIV, No 19, May 9, 1897.

Old black and white photo, Thomas Edison and Jehr reenactment of the evacuation of an experimental light bulb, 1929, Fort Myers, Florida, USA, North America

Photograph of Frederick Grant Banting (1891ñ1941) was a Canadian physician who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1923, along with John James Rickard MacLeod, for being the first to extract insulin from the pancreas. This advancement allowed insulin to be collected from animal glands and used to treat people with diabetes. He and colleagues partnered with pharmaceutical companies to mass produce insulin.

Man with a recording mercurial barograph, an instrument made and perfected by the U.S. Weather Bureau which measures, on a magnified scale, the fluctuations in the pressure of the air circa 1936.

THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor on his 77th birthday in his West Orange laboratory Date: 1847 - 1931

Inventor Thomas Edison and His Original Dynamo

JEAN HENRI FABRE French entomologist and writer on natural history, in 1880. Date: 1823 - 1915

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

Jagadis Chandra Bose (1858-1937) Indian botanist and physicist, demonstrating electrical changes in plant stems (1926). Halftone from a photograph.

Portrait of Ludwik Pasteur by unknown artist, Woodcut, Private Collection

FRANCISCO SALVA (1751-1828) - SPANISH PHYSICIST, DOCTOR AND ENGINEER. Author: MARQUES JOSE M. Location: REAL ACADEMIA DE MEDICINA DE CATALUÑA. Barcelona. SPAIN. SALVA Y CAMPILLO FRANCISCO.

Oswald Richter (1878-1955) was an Austrian botanist in the spirit of Gregor Mendel. Its botanical author abbreviation (he described the new algae) is 'O. Richt'. Oswald Richter was born as the son of the director of the Prague High School.

The Electrolux laboratory. The Laboratorial Rit Office with Personal.

Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), Swedish physicist and chemist in his laboratory, 1909. Artist: Unknown

By the year 2000, factory workers will be no more than machine minders, controlling automated machines Date: 1911

Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Croatian inventor in his American laboratory

The New Photography or X Ray photography From The Modern Cyclopedia Vol VI 1903

Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) French entomologist in his study at Serignan studying insects.

Thomas Edison and Phonograph.

Stereo image. S.A. Andrée's work room before the expedition at the Academy of Sciences 1895-1896.

1880s INVENTIVE GENIUS THOMAS A. EDISON & PHONOGRAPH CYLINDRICAL INVENTION EDISON LISTENING ON EAR PHONES LOOKING AT CAMERA

The photograph shows Mr. Alfred Lucas, Director of the Chemical Department of the Egyptian Government, moistening a 3000 year-old object from the Tomb of Tutankhamun with a brush for preservation. Date: 17th February 1923

Alfred Nobel (1833-96) Swedish chemist and inventor. Dynamite. Endowed Nobel Prizes

Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (1896 - 1986) Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the mechanism of chemical transformation.

Photograph of an early breathalyser being demonstrated in London. The machine determines the level of alcohol in the bloodstream. Dated 20th Century

A ships cabin showing a Marconi wireless operator. After the Titanic disaster of 1912, it became mandatory on all ships carrying over 50 people. Date: January 3rd 1925

Rice experiment, Department of Agriculture ca. between 1918 and 1928.

Inventor Thomas Edison in Laboratory

Vintage Photograph. Chief technician of Paleontology at Royal Ontario Museum.

Prof. Dr. A. A. Nijland professor in astronomy in / Utrecht

THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor, in his workshop at West Orange, New Jersey

The Very Fragrant Weed: Sixty Years of Cigarette Smoking: The cigarette-maker: filling, 1909. '...with the introduction of the cigarette...condemnation of tobacco began to wane, for not only did the cigarette avoid the clumsiness of the pipe and the heavy flavour of the cigar, but it also for the first time offered to English smokers the rare charm and delicacy of Turkish tobacco... Muratti and Sons opened a warehouse and factory in Manchester in1885... the large, handsome building in Whitworth Street...has become the centre of an enormous and world-wide trade. Consisting of six floors and a

PIERRE-PAUL-EMILE ROUX French medical, director of the Institut Pasteur, Paris Date: 1853 - 1933

Albreaks screw -, mineraloge, Unknown, Photographs

Four performances concerning the Nature and Medical Congress in Leiden, Theo Van Hoytema, 1889 print At the top a portrait of Prof. dr. Dr. G. van Overbeek de Meijer; At the bottom a portrait of Prof. dr. Dr. A.A.W. Hubrecht. On the left a room with set tables; On the right a microscope. In the middle a bond with the inscription τη υγιεια. paper professor. microscope. dining-room

Scientist transferring liquid from one container to another

Dr. Robert Goddard at Clark University

Wilson & Poincare

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. Louis Pasteur, 1822 - 1895. French chemist and microbioligist who discovered, amongst other things, pasteurization and the principlies of vaccination. He was also a

Sir H. Plunkett, Dr. J.H. Kellog, G. Pinchot, S.S. McClure, and Irving Fisher

Lead four performances regarding nature and medical congress. At the top a portrait of Prof. dr. Dr. G. van Overbeek de Meijer; At the bottom of a portrait of Prof. dr. Dr. A.A.W. Hubrecht. On the left a room with covered tables; Right a microscope. In the middle a bond with the inscription τη υγιεια.

Thomas Henry Huxley lecturing on the skull of the gorilla. Photograph by Cundall Downes & Co.

Photograph of Edward Mills Purcell (1912-1997) an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Dated 20th century

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel. Photogravure after N. Perscheid, 1904.

Thomas Alva Edison, Famous Americans

Mounting the Wilson chamber. Core models of magnetic pieces and soft iron bits. The potential barrier is demonstrated.

Anefo photo collection. Gold medal for Professor Dr. W.G. Citizens. Here in his laboratory. December 5, 1963

Robert Herrlinger. Photograph.

ALEXANDER FLEMING (1881-1955) - Scottish physician, microbiologist, and pharmacologist.

Robert Koch (1843-1910), photographed with the first post graduate course given in Bacteriology in Berlin, 1891.

Michael Yonemetsu, i.e., Yonemitsu x-ray technician. Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.

Scientist transferring liquid from one container to another

Novel electric devices were invented for health, pleasure, and amusement, such as this electric vibrating machine, which claimed to be a chest developer. 1909.

Cartoon - The Great Experiment. John Collins (1917-2007)

Sir Oliver Lodge, Principal of the University of Birmingham and leader in research on the nature of the atom, circa 1923

Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England: research students, 1898. J(oseph) J(ohn) Thomson (1856-1940) is in the centre of the front row with his arms crossed. In the middle row are C(harles) T(homson) R(ees) Wilson and Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), 3rd and 4th from left respectively. From 'Recollections and Reflections' by JJ Thomson (London, 1936).

Atomic Scientists (Medicine). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage Photograph. A scientist comparing beakers in lab while sitting at desk.

Elsevier photo collection. Dr. S.T. Bok Den Dolder appointed professor histology lead microscopic anatomy. undated. Den Dolder

Photograph showing one of the world's smallest water-cooled valves, being compared with a large one. Dated 20th century

Leading Atom Scientists: Dr. Niels Bohr, Ph.D. -- Danish physicist, won Nobel Prize in 1922; now at Princeton University, N.J., USA, where our photo was taken.He worked on the Rutehrford atom-splitting project with Niels Bohr (right), winner of the 1922 Nobel Prize. May 08, 1950. (Photo by Camera Press).

Anefo photo collection. Gold medal for Professor Dr. W.G. Citizens. Here in his laboratory. December 5, 1963

The chemical "in the factory. The image is part of two large photo albums by director Karl Wilhelm Hagelin who worked for a long time at Nobel's oil facilities in Baku.

Otto Loewi (3 June 1873 - 25 December 1961) was a German-born pharmacologist and psychobiologist who discovered the role of acetylcholine as an endogenous neurotransmitter. For his discovery he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1936

Group image of staff from the cooler laboratory.

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