"Interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, with Benjamin Wilson standing at left holding a torch at the end of a long conducting device, two assistants at different points in the apparatus at right."--British Museum online catalogue and "The scene probably depicts Wilson's demonstration for the King in 1777 to demonstrate his theories about lightning conductors (see G. L'E. Turner 'A Portrait of James Short, F.R.S., Attributable to Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S' Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 22, No. 1/2 (Sep., 1967), pp. 105-112, p.106)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Frontispiece to: Wilson, B. An account of experiments made at the Pantheon on the nature and use of conductors. London : Printed for J. Nourse ..., 1778., and Bound in before page 339 in volume 4 part 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
J. Nourse
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., London, and England.
Subject (Name):
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788,
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, electricity, Experiments, Scientific equipment, and Electrical apparatus
Title etched above image., Date in British Museum catalogue: ca. 1700., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Placement instructions in lower left corner of plate: P. 163, Voll. 1., and Plate from: The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical. 5th ed. London: Printed for Sam Briscoe ..., 1719, v. 1.
Publisher:
S. Briscoe
Subject (Topic):
Alligators, Astrology, Books, Experiments, Fish, Globes, Medical procedures & techniques, and Physicians
Title derived from volume title., Frontispiece for: Essai sur l'ectricité́ des corps, Paris, 1746., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Scales & Balances; Weights & measures.
Publisher:
Chez les Frères Guérin
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, Experiments, Biomagnetism, Spectators, Scientists, and Scientific equipment
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication from item., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Basan, rue du Foin
Subject (Name):
Hippocrates,
Subject (Topic):
Research, Alchemy, Laboratories, Furnaces, Experiments, Physicians, Skulls, Hourglasses, and Dogs
Two men sit facing each other as the one on the right pulls on a string which has been tied around a front tooth of the man on the left, his left foot bent up and braced in the patient's left hand. The doctor with a large hooked nose laughs as the other man screams in agony
Alternative Title:
Laughter and experiment
Description:
Title from item., Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate numbered '7' published as part of a 1810 edition of Bobbin's Human passions delineated, with an engraved dedication page, a portrait of the artist, and at least 25 individual prints depicting human passions., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Date of original painting: 1896., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
M. Barbot, Edit, Louis Durville, Succ, 60 Rue Madame and Imp. R. Engelmann, (Atelier Belfond), Paris
Subject (Name):
Chéron, Jules, 1839-1900,
Subject (Topic):
Injections, Neurasthenia, Sick persons, Physicians, Nurses, Experiments, Scientific equipment, Microscopes, Laboratories, Medical equipment & supplies, Hypodermic syringes, and Stoves
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's know place of business., Print depicts Dr. Jenner, James Phipps (the 8-year-old son of his gardener), and Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid who had cowpox., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Photogravure Goupil & Co.
Subject (Name):
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823,
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Vaccination, Physicians, Experiments, Boys, Yokes, and Spectators
