Historic Scientific Laboratories

Images featuring early 20th-century laboratories, showcasing scientists at work with various instruments and experiments in chemistry and physics.

Marie and Pierre Curie in their laboratory, Paris

Lippmann device to see photophic cliches color. Gabriel Jonas Lippmann (1845-1921) was a Luxembourgish and French physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his method of reproducing colors in photography, based on the phenomenon of interference. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

A scene in a chemical laboratory at Edgewood Arsenal, MD. This photograph was taken on November 20, 1918, by the Chemical Warfare Service photographer. It is designated as image number 60219 and was received on February 19, 1921. The photo captures a typical setting in the laboratory, with equipment and materials related to chemical warfare research and development.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor, listening to a recording on an electric model of his phonograph powered by a wet battery. Engraving

OLIN WILSON AT THE MICROPHOTOMETER.

Bezel at the Observatory of Paris, 14th arrondissement Bezel at the Observatory of Paris (14th arr.), 1850-1900. Anonymous photography.

Danville, Illinois: March 8, 1928 Two scientists looking at a test tube containing cornstalk pulp that they hope can be used to replace cellulose in manufacturing other products.

This is a portrait of Italian inventor, Marconi, born 1874, who revolutionised the world of communications with his wireless invention. He received many honours, international notoriety and half the Nobel prize for physics before his death on 20 July 1937. Date: 27/04/1912

Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1886), chemist, in his laboratory, dyeing workshop, Manufacture des Gobelins, 13th arrondissement, Paris. Portrait of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786-1886), chemist, in his laboratory, dyeing workshop, gobline manufacture. Paris (XIIIth Arr.). Photograph of e. David. Draw on albuminum paper. 1886.

CAMILLE FLAMMARION - French astronomer, towards the end of his life, with a telescope. Date: 1842 - 1925

EDISON, THOMAS ALVA INVENTOR USA. 1847-1931 REPRODUCCION FOTO.

Marie and Pierre Curie, shown in their Paris laboratory in 1904.

Poll photo collection. Visit to Naples and Vesuvius. Professor Luigio Carmera in the Observatory. 1938. Italy, Naples

State University, Medical Department, Toland Hall, Dissecting Room.. Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904)

Thomas A. Edison, U.S. Inventor, Helped Develop World-Wide Industries -- Edison's favorite invention was the phonograph. In 1877 while working with an automatic telegraph, he noticed that the device began to hum musically when it was revolved swiftly. From this Edison perfected a method of recording sound vibrations that could be played back and amplified. Edison, then a young man, is shown with the tinfoil phonograph that he exhibited at the National Academy of Science in Washington. June 20, 1951.

Wenona Marlin

James Hyatt Inhaling Chlorine Gas 1850-55 Peter Welling American Between 1850 and 1859 Welling operated a daguerreotype portrait studio at 226 Bleecker Street in New York City. No ordinary likeness, this daguerreotype (a unique silver image on a copper plate) of James Hyatt served as the basis for an engraving in his textbook for schoolchildren "The Elements of Chemistry" (1855). According to Hyatt, chlorine gas is used medicinally in pulmonary diseases, in which case it is best inhaled from an exceedingly dilute aqueous solution, by drawing with the mouth at the tube in a simple apparatus.” The portrait provided an effective illustration of the scientific technique as well as a cautionary tale: Hyatt warns his young readers that overexposure can lead to inflammation, coughing, spasms, and death.”. James Hyatt Inhaling Chlorine Gas 285781

Photograph of a Zoetrope Date: August 19th 1922

Student in the darkroom , Students, Photography, Darkrooms, Massachusetts College of Art

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor, listening to a recording on his phonograph. This is an electric model powered by a bichromate cell (left), a form of wet battery. Engraving c1895.

CURIE, Pierre (Paris, 1859-1906); Marie (Warsaw, 1867-Sallanches, 1934). French physicists. Discoverers of the radium in 1898. They received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903. Portrait of Pierre and Marie in the laboratory. YEAR 1904.

THOMAS ALVA EDISON Listening to the first phonogram sent to New York from England

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). Italian physicist. He managed the first radio transmission between France and Britain. Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909. Engraving at "L'Illustration", 1897.

Photography from "An account of manufacturing at the State Railway's prosthetic workshop in Nässjö", 1932. Visces the arm prosthesis's ability to move and usability.

PAUL EHRLICH German chemist working in his Frankfurt Lab. Date: 1854 - 1915

12/31/1909. Photograph of Santiago Ramón y Cajal in his laboratory. It is probably by Cajal himself, a great fan of photography who wrote a book titled "Color Photography." Cajal was an advanced amateur and even wrote a book about color photography.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor

Dr. phil. Johann Nikolaus Bartels (1829-1902) and the astronomer Julius Schmidt (1825-1884), director of the observatory of Athens. .

12/31/1905. Don Santiago Ramón y Cajal in his Biological Research laboratory.

Astronomy: Thomas Phelps (left) and John Bartlett making astronomical observations in the observatory of the Earl of Macclesfield, Oxfordshire. Mezzotint by J. Watson, 1778.

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Motifus depicting self portrait in "dark" room by John Hertzberg.Lights made up of a darkroom lamp with two light bulbs on resp 40 and 25 watts behind black filter bl. 1: 4.5 # Exp, time 30 sec. Note the electrical heating element and the plaster figure. In the picture, written infrared sheet is standing. Candle holder 2 bulbs (40 and 25 watts) behind black filter 1: 4.5. (For more text see picture) For more info See: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Other revised edition. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1958-59. Cape. 145. Different tasks for infrared photography. p.1074.

Henri Moissan, French chemist, 1900. Artist: Unknown

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1899. Artist: Unknown

THOMAS ALVA EDISON In his laboratory, circa 1900 Date: 1847 - 1931

Early model of a stock ticker, circa 1867. CSU Archives Courtesy Everett Collection

Dr. Robert Goddard with his apparatus for solar energy study at Clark University, Worcester, Mass. (1932-1934). Dr. Goddard's interest in the subject began much earlier. b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html rel= nofollow NASA Goddard Space Flight Center /a /b enables NASAs mission through four scientific endeavors Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASAs accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agencys mission. b Follow us on a href= http //twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix rel= nofollow Twitter /a /b b Join us on a href= http //www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897 ref=tsd rel= nofollow Facebook /a /b

Vinzenz Kletzinsky -, chemist, Unknown, photographer

The Optician. Fernando Alvarez Sotomayor (1875-1960). Oil on panel. 100 x 70cm.

Henri Moissan (1852-1907) French chemist, at his desk at the Edison workshops, Paris, where he worked on the production of artificial diamonds. From 'Pearson's Magazine', London, 1900.

Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) in his laboratory. Irish patriot and politician.

A physics laboratory room in the Faculty of Science, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, No 2708, January 19, 1895.

Geyser Spring. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)

Albert Samama is looking at a skeleton with an X-ray device ..

Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German zoologist and evolutionist. Recapitulation theory 'Ontology recapitulates phylogeny'. Haeckel in the Canaries in 1867 with his assistant Miklucho-Maclay.

George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) English astronomer and geophysicist. Astronomer Royal (183518-81). Richard Linley Sambourne cartoon in his 'Fancy Portraits' series from 'Punch' London May 1883 showing Airy on turret of Flamsteed House, Greenwich (Royal

Alexander Glen's facsimile telegraph system. From a paper read to the United Service Institution, England, 15 Janaury 1886. Engraving

Internal Revenue Bureau- Chemical Laboratory, Testing Oleomargarine. Photographs of Treasury Department Personnel, Facilities and Activities. Department of the Treasury

Old autographometer. An instrument which registers the topography of surfaces over which it is rolled. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

Edison: The Phonograph by unknown artist

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.exampel on rubber pressure. For more info see: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Other revised edition. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1948. p. 696.

Interior of the observatory on the Bolwerk Zonnenburg in Utrecht: the big viewer.

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Doctors and Scientists. 'Dietetics'. Dr. Nathaniel Edward Yorke-Davies. 12 April 1900, 1900. Chromolithograph.

Dr. Robert Goddard on the campus of Clark University, Worcester, Mass. mounting a srocket chamber for the 1915-1916 experiments. Dr. Goddard earned his doctorate at Clark and also taught physics there.

Teleprinter, telegraph apparatus for the transmission of writings, ca 1900, here as transmitter, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 18th century, exact original date not known

View of C.H. Marvin and Muscalonge. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Islands , New York (State), Resorts , New York (State), Thousand Islands (N.Y. and Ont.)

Interior of the organic chemical and hygienic laboratory (Catharijnesingel 60) in Utrecht: Laboratorium.n.b. The address Catharijnesingel 60 was changed in 1921 to Catharijnesingel 59.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), physicist. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph.

Spécimen d'une Expérience Électro-Physiologique.

Louis PASTEUR, 1822-95 French chemist and microbiologist, studying fermentation in grape juice, painted 1864

G. Moncada, F. Cadalso, E. Sihela

India: a field laboratory: scientists in white lab. coats work with microscopes inside a rudimentary building. Photograph, 1900/1920 ().

James Peter Hill. Photograph.

JJ Thomson, British nuclear physicist, 1898. Artist: Unknown

Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857 - 1935); Russian rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry and astronautics.

RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago (1852-1934). Spanish doctor and histologist, Nobel Prize in 1906. Class of dissection.

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist, working in his chemical laboratory. Painting by Robert Thom, ca. 1955.

Thomas Alva Edison. Date/Period: 1890. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,143 mm (45 in); Width: 1,387 mm (54.60 in). Author: ABRAHAM ARCHIBALD ANDERSON.

HUMAN SKELETON (EV001701_H)

Anefo photo collection. Straight organs. June 11, 1946

Edison, Famous Americans

Arthur Schuster and Ernest Rutherford with students: Physics Department, Manchester University. Photograph,

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.Delförstoraging from the same negative such as SKC7168, performed with magnifier with diffused light.Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Other revised edition. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1948. p. 645.

Photo Illustration of Nikola Tesla and Electricity

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist and philosopher of science. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). He is best known in popular culture for his mass-energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed 'the world's most famous equation'). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics 'for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect'. The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory. Einstein was visiting the United States when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and, being Jewish, did not go back to Germany, where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences. He settled in the USA, becoming an American citizen in 1940. On the eve of World War II, he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential development of 'extremely powerful bomb

03/14/1914. New Academic. Mr. Luis Octavio at the Academy of Exact Sciences was Verified Yesterday.

Eighth International Ophthalmological congress, Edinburgh. Photograph by Alexander Ayton, 1894.

Thomas Edison at his Laboratory on 16 June 1888, the morning after spending 48 hours perfecting phonograph

Prof. Charles Gilmore of Smithsonian Institution with fossil bones of a Diplodochus dinosaur, 1924. He was employed by the Smithsonian Museum in 1903. He worked in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology until 1945 (BSLOC_2016_10_21)

Untitled (Mayland Morse, Civil Engineer, 18 years) Made 1857 United States. Daguerreotype .

FLEMING, Alexander (1881-1955). British microbiologist, discoverer of the penicillin. Nobel Prize in 1945. Alexander Fleming in his laboratory with the discovery of penicillin. Oil on canvas. Private Collection.

Thomas Alva Edison with his cylinder phonograph, digitally edited

Portrait of a Man and a Portrait of a Woman. To make a daguerreotype, a copperplate, coated with silver, was polished and sensitized to light with iodine vapour. The plate was placed in the camera and exposed for 30-90 seconds. It was then removed from the camera in the dark and placed above a heated mercury bath. As the mercury vapour reacted with the plates surface, an image appeared, which was subsequentlyfixed.

Électro-Physiologie Photographique, Figure 23.

William Brodbeck Herms. Process print after a painting.

Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894). French diplomat and entrepreneur. Panama. Members of the study committee, chaired by Mr. de Lesseps, for opening the canal. Almanac of The Illustration, 1881. Colored.

This circa 1900 color print depicts 'Prof. Langeneck's Wonder of the World,' a display likely of curiosities or inventions, showing exhibition design and period visual presentation.

USA, New Mexico, Alamogordo: International Space Hall of Fame Gallery of Famous Space Explorers

Swarm of the Leonids, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, digitally restored reproduction of a collective image from around 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown

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