Images

Allegory of Peace, an allegory of the peace and happiness of the state; depicted are Dike (justice), Eunomia (order), and in the centre, Eirene (peace), oil on canvas by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer...

A map showing the layout of the innovative pre-fabricated Renkioi Hospital designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) for use during the Crimean War (1853-6). Map drawn by John Brunton.

A c. 1860 photograph of the English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) who greatly improved survival rates in military hospitals during the Crimean War (1853-56) and lobbied the British government for better facilities...

A plan of the innovative pre-fabricated Renkioi hospital designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) for use during the Crimean War (1853-6).

Silver coin of Roman emperor Augustus, with a capricorn on the reverse, minted 27-20 BCE. The British Museum, London.

The typewriting telegraph invented by David E Hughes (c. 1829-1900) in 1855. The machine could transform telegraph messages into written text. (Science Museum, London)

A section of the first electrical telegraph cable, used for a machine invented by William Fothergill Cook and Charles Wheatstone in London in 1837. Made of copper and wood, the cable was first used underground before it...

Equatorium of Jafar al-Khazin (900-971 CE). Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam.

A morse key for an electrical telegraph machine. From a British post office and in use in the 19th to 20th century. (Science Museum, London)

A model of the first telegraph machine developed by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) of Massachusetts, probably made around 1835. (Science Museum, London)