Scientific Collection

Isaac Newton using a prism to analyze the colors in a ray of light. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory. Hand-colored photogravure of an illustration by Albert Edelfelt

Bacteriologist Elie Metchnikoff in his laboratory. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Greek astronomer Hipparchus mapping the stars over Alexandria, ancient Egypt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ptolemys earth-centered cosmological system, explained by Muller, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th century woodcut reproduction of the 1543 edition

William Herschel and his sister Caroline at their telescope, 1700s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Galileo attempting to defend his belief in the heliocentric solar system before the Inquisition in Rome, 1633. Hand colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Greenwich Observatory
Astronomers taking sightings from the old observing-room at Greenwich, England. Hand-colored engraving

Charles Darwin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Charles Darwin seated in a wicker chair. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

Huygens clock diagram
Side view of Huygenss clock, showing the pendulum mechanism, 1600s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Darwins ship, the Beagle
The " Beagle" beached, ship in which Darwin sailed. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Human evolution as described in the 1870s
Theory of the " descent of man" as illustrated in the 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Galileo Galilei. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut

Surveyors compass, 18th century
Surveyors compass from the 1700s, displayed during a reenactment at Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Park. Digital photograph

Tycho Brahe portrait, 1586. Hand-colored engraving

Tycho Brahes quadrant. Hand-colored woodcut

Thomas Edison, the " wizard of Manlo Park, " in his New Jersey laboratory. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut

Alexander Graham Bell in New York communicatiing for the first time with Chicago by telephone. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph

Thomas Edison in his workshop, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Physicist James Prescott Joule. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Louis Pasteur supervising an inoculation for hydrophobia (rabies), 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

Isaac Newtons handwritten solution of the brachystochrone, or curve of quickest descent. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Ernst Haeckel teaching in his laboratory at Jena University, Germany. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Professor Ernst Haeckel with an ancestral human skeleton at Jena, about 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Robert Boyle. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Robert Fulton sitting at his easel, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a painting

Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Geologist Charles Lyell. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Thomas Young. Hand-colored woodcut of a portrait

Astronomer John Frederick William Herschel. Hand-colored engraving of a painting by H. W. Pickersgill

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Galileo Galilei, astronomer. Hand-colored engraving of a painting

Thomas Edison with the dynamo that generated the first commercial electric light, New York City. Printed halftone reproduction of a photograph

Professor Henri Becquerel in his laboratory. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier conducting an experiment in his laboratory, 1700s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century Illustration

Frontispiece of Galileos " Systema Cosmicum, " 1641, showing the author with Ptolemy and Copernicus. Hand-colored woodcut of the document

Professor J. J. Thomson in his laboratory. Hand-colored halftone of a 20th-century illustration

Sir Isaac Newton. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait by Sir Godfry Kneller

Young Charles Darwin, London. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century photograph

Surveyors level, 18th century
Surveyors level from the 1700s, displayed during a reenactment at Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Park. Digital photograph

George Westinghouse, circa 1900. Photogravure reproduction of a photograph

Archimedes using calipers to plan raising water with the Archimedean screw in ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut

Thomas Edison with his motion picture apparatus, 1893. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Astronomer William Herschel with Uranus document. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Thomas Alva Edison in 1879. Hand-colored woodcut of a drawing by Francis Lathrop

Samuel Morse with his invention, the telegraph. Hand-colored halftone from a 19th-century portrait

Isaac Newton. Hand-colored engraving from a portrait by Vanderbank

Joseph Priestley. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Maria Mitchell, Professor of Astronomy, Vassar College. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrati

John James Audubon, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Joseph Priestley. Hand-colored engraving of a portrait

Physicist Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford. Hand-colored woodcut of a portrait

Thomas Edison speaking through his perfected phonograph. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Geologist James Hutton. Hand-colored woodcut of a portrait

Paleontologist O. C. Marsh. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Professor E. D. Cope working at his desk, University of Pennsylvania. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Copernicus studying the night sky. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

George Stephenson experimenting with his safety lamp in an English coal mine, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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