Science:invention Gallery

First use of anesthesia in surgery, 1846

First public demonstration of surgical anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1846.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustratioin

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1800s, 1846, 19th Century, American, Anesthesia, Anesthetic, Art, Boston, Cf Hayward, Dentist, Doctor, Ether, H Bigelow, Historic, History, Hospital, Illustration, John Warren, Mason Warren, Massachusetts, Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical, Medical Treatment, Medicine, North America, Patient, Physician, Sd Townsend, Surgeon, Surgery, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, William Morton, Wtg Morton

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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

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1600s, 1633, 17th Century, Argue, Art, Astronomer, Astronomy, Catholic, Debate, Europe, European, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, Heresy, Heretic, Historic, History, Illustration, Inquisition, Italian, Italy, Math, Mathematician, Mathematics, Physicist, Physics, Religion, Roman Catholic, Rome, Science, Science Vs Religion, Scientific, Scientist, Trial, Vintage

Telegraph poles following the transcontinental railroad

Linemen stringing telegraph wire beside the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1860s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1860s, 19th Century, American, Art, Communication, Great Plains, Historic, History, Illustration, Industrial Revolution, Invention, Ladder, Linemen, North America, Plains, Prairie, Rail Road, Steam Train, Technology, Telecommunications, Telegraph, Telegraph Pole, Telegraph Wire, Telegraphy, Traditional, Train, Transcontinental Railroad, United States, Us A, Vintage, West, Western, Worker