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The First Telegraph Cable
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...
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10th-century Equatorium
Equatorium of Jafar al-Khazin (900-971 CE).
Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam.
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Telegraph Morse Key
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)
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Samuel Morse's First Telegraph Machine
A model of the first telegraph machine developed by Samuel Morse (1791-1872) of Massachusetts, probably made around 1835. (Science Museum, London)
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Coat of Arms of Sheffield
The coat of arms of the city of Sheffield, England, granted in 1875. A representation of Thor stands on the left and Vulcan on the right, indicating the city's heritage as a world-famous steel manufacturer. The legend...
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Bessemer Converter Model
A cut-away model of a Bessemer converter, invented by Henry Bessemer in 1856 during the Industrial Revolution in order to mass-produce steel. (Science Museum, London)
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Making Steel by Skinner
A 1917 oil on canvas painting by E.F. Skinner showing steel being made using a Bessemer converter, an invention of the Industrial Revolution. (Science Museum, London)
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John Spurling
John Spurling, author of Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths.
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Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths
Arcadian Days: Gods, Women, and Men from Greek Myths by John Spurling and published by Pegasus Books.
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Hymn to Nungal
Hymn to Nungal, a Sumerian poem dated to the Old Babylonian Period (c. 2000-1600 BCE), owing to the number of copies found from that era, but possibly composed during the Ur III Period (2047-1750 BCE). Exhibit in the Oriental...
