Scientific instruments posters & prints

Microscope made by C Reichert, Vienna, 1895 C Reichert

Spectroscope, 1882 Unknown

Giant galvanometer in the physics laboratory, Cornell University, New York, USA, 1886 Unknown

The Kew heliograph being used in an eclipse-viewing expedition to Spain, 1860 Unknown

Barometer John Frederick Newman

Spectroscopic apparatus used by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, c1895 Unknown

Galileo's thermometer, 1592 Galileo Galilei

Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691 Unknown

Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, Paris, 18th century, (1874). Amedee Guillemin

Compound Microscope and Case Anonymous

An otheoscope Anonymous

Cuthbertson's electrometer Barend de Backer

An radiometer Anonymous

William Wollaston's reflecting goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals, 1874 Unknown

Thomas Edison's improved form of JW Trowbridge's electric dynamometer, 1879 Unknown

Radiometers and otheoscopes Anonymous

Cruger's azimuth quadrant A Steck

Von Guericke's water barometer, 1672 Unknown

Scientific Instrumentation Anonymous

Spectroscopy Unknown

Early thermometers, 1691 Unknown

Portrait of a Gentleman, c.1800 English School

Wilson's cloud chamber, c1927 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

William Herschel's reflecting telescope of 40 ft (12 m) focal length, 1789 (1807) Unknown

Antoine Lavoisier's apparatus for weighing gases, 1789 Unknown

Hauksbee air pump Francis Hauksbee

Thomas Wright, English astronomer, scientific instrument maker and teacher, 1793 Unknown

Lord Kelvin's mirror galvanometer, 1876 Unknown

Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691 Unknown

Surveying, early 17th century Unknown

Cartouche surrounded by scientific instruments Johannes Petrus van Horstok

Equilibrium and movement of the air, c1851 Unknown

Spectroscopic apparatus used by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, c1895 Unknown

James Clerk Maxwell's (1831-1879) comparison apparatus, 1880 Unknown

Colorimeter, after a design by Labilliardiere with modifications by Salleron, 1871 Unknown

Barometer John Frederick Newman