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Robert Hooke Microscope
A microscope of the type invented by the English scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Made between 1671 and 1700. The device on the left, designed by Hooke, is a scotoscope which helped better illuminate the specimen under...
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Portrait of Robert Hooke
A posthumous portrait of the celebrated scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703), a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. Painted by Rita Greer in 2009. (Department of Engineering Science, Oxford University)
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Maize
Various types of corn (maize).
Photo by Keith Weller. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Lahore Fort
Lahore Fort, Pakistan, called Shahi Qila (meaning "Royal Fort") in Urdu, was originally built in the 11th century, then destroyed and rebuilt several times. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981.
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Medieval Stone Masons' Tools
A board showing the tools commonly used by stone masons in the Middle Ages in Europe. On display at Guédelon castle in Treigny, Burgundy, France.
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Medieval Carpenters' Tools
A board showing the carpentry tools commonly used in the Middle Ages in Europe. On display at Guédelon castle in Treigny, Burgundy, France.
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Tomb of Isaac Newton
The tomb of the mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727) in Westminster Abbey, London.
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Newton Commemorative Medal
A gilded commemorative medal showing the mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727). Made in England in 1726. (Science Museum, London)
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Newton's Copy of Principia
The personal copy of Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) own work Principia in which he outlines his three laws of motion and universal law of gravity. (Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge)
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Isaac Newton by Kneller
A 1689 oil on canvas portrait by Godfrey Kneller of Isaac Newton (1642-1727).
