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1707-1783, mathematician; physicist, Swiss

Euler, Leonhard

1707 - 1783

1714-1786, second earl of Stanhope, peer, English; British

Stanhope, Philip

1714 - 1786

1710-1782, natural philosopher; astronomer, British

Demainbray, Stephen Charles Triboudet

1710 - 1782

1710-1776, lecturer; inventor; astronomer, Scottish; British

Ferguson, James

1710 - 1776

1706-1775, ceramic modeller, German

Kändler, Johann Joachim

1706 - 1775

1709-1777, poet; dramatist, French

Gresset, Jean-Baptiste-Louis

1709 - 1777

c. 1712-1777, painter; artist, English; British

Cleveley, John

1712 - 1777

1708-1787, painter; draughtsman, Italian

Batoni, Pompeo

1708 - 1787

1710-1790, chemist; physician, Scottish; British

Cullen, William

1710 - 1790

active 1714-1796, watchmaker, Paris, France

Romilly, John

1714 - 1796

1703-1791, Church of England clergyman; founder of Methodism, English

Wesley, John

1703 - 1791

1709-1776, active 1745-1776, mathematical instrument maker, British; English

Bird, John

1709 - 1776

1704-1767, artist; engraver, German

Haid, Johann Jakob

1704 - 1767

1785-1867, surgeon; astronomer, British

South, Sir James

1710 - 1867

1707-1778, naturalist; taxonomist, Swedish

Linnaeus, Carl

1707 - 1778

1709-1794, active 1761-1790, silversmith, English; British

Bateman, Hester

1709 - 1794

1709-1759, royal princess, British

Anne

1709 - 1759

bap.1706-1737, bone-setter, English

Mapp, Mrs. Sarah

1706 - 1737

1706-1775, printer and typefounder, English; British

Baskerville, John

1706 - 1701

1721-1793, physician; surgeon, English; British

Mudge, John

1710 - 1793

1709-1772, active 1734-72, mathematical, philosophical & optical instrument maker, lecturer, English

Adams, George

1709 - 1772

Kay, John

1704 - 1781

1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883

1707-1801, national government, British

Parliament of Great Britain

1707

1704-?, active about 1730-1780, physician, German

Behling, Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm

1704

1704-1764, astronomer; assay-master at the mint, London, England, Welsh

Harris, Joseph

1704

1714-?, medical curiosity, English

Short, Robert

1714

A photographic print from the Daily Herald Archive folder: Industry » Agriculture » Vegetables - Potatoes.

A photographic print of Vegetables - Potatoes

19\60-11-15

Return of overcharges, The Kington and Eardisley Railway Company, Blank form for return of overcharges.

The Kington and Eardisley Railway Company

187_

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Mr & Mrs Phillips lived with their three children (4,3 & 1 1/2 years) in a council owned slum house. A few years before Mr Phillips was earning £30.40 as a spot welder and they lived in a new council house. Then Mr P began going blind (a danger of his trade) he lost his job, fell into rent arrears was evicted into this sub-standard property-no bath, no hot water, outdoor lavatory. They live on £10.15 per week'. See interview P17 "Happy Christmas"'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Mr & Mrs Phillips…

00/10/1970

Planet News photograph titled 'Laurence Olivier takes 'Old Vic' Company on tour'. caption on back reads: Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife (actress Vivien Leigh) left Euston Station on the 'Corinthic' boat train with the Old Vic company for a nine months tour of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. Photo shows -- Vivien Leigh says good-bye to Mr. W.J. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner, watched by her husband Sir Laurence Olivier, at Euston.

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh leave for Australia

14 Februry 1948

This graphite pencil drawing of the Great Nebula in Orion was made by John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) while on a trip to South Africa in 1835. Herschel was able to draw the nebula with the aid of a 20 feet reflector telescope at 'Feldhausen' in the Cape of Good Hope. The drawing is probably one that is referred to in his diary entry for the date, Sunday 4 January 1835.

The Great Nebula in Orion as seen in the 20 feet Reflector at Feldhausen - Cape of Good Hope

Sunday 4 January 1835

Two "Tenby Pilot" double wall switches made of phenol formaldehyde, made in England, 1929-1940

Two double electrical wall switches

1920-1040

Large polychrome tin glazed earthern-ware vase, scene of St.Martin and the begger, Castelli, Italian, dated 1703

Large polychrome tin glazed earthern-ware vase

1703

Bronze adze blade probably early dynastic, c.3000 B.C.

Bronze adze blad

circa 3000 BCE

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Third Class Picnic Saloon. Exterior and interior views. Revised series. Published November 1904. Published November 1904. (Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited).

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Third Class Picnic Saloon

1904-11

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Queen Victoria's Saloons. Exterior and interior views. Revised series. Published November 1904. (Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited).

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Queen Victoria's Saloons

1904-11

[Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics etc.; illustrated with experiments. ca.1710. 98p. ms., in English but with Latin passages in the hydrostatics section. Comprises sections on mechanics, on hydrostatics, on thermometers, hygrometers and barometers, on catoptrics and dioptrics and on 'Sir Isaac Newton's colours'. Written at a fairly popular level, with many sketches and suggestions for simple experimental demonstration]

Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Optics etc.

circa 1710

The Art of Metals (Ores) in which is taught the true method of treating by mercury those of gold and silver: the manner of smelting them all and how they are to be refined and separated from one another / Alvaro Alonso Barba. [357 ts. leaves. 1952 translation made by Oswald Hardey Evans in Valparaiso, Chile of an 1817 reprint (in Lima) of the original Spanish version of ca.1640]

The Art of Metals ....

circa 1640; 1817; 1952

[Broadside] La sphere Automatique, travailee par Thrasius, par les soins de Mr. Adrien Vroesen, & suivant les calculs de Nicolas Stampioen. 1711. [Broadside re the 'Leiden Sphere' (bearing image of same) made ca.1672 by Steven Tracy. Parallel text in French and Dutch. "Elle fut donnee a l'usage du Public par la Veuve & les Heritiers de Mr. Sebastien Scheppers, senateur de la ville de Rotterdam, &c. et augmentee & mise en un meilleur ordre par le tres ingenieux Bernard Cloesen"]

La sphere Automatique, travailee par Thrasius ...

1711

[Stationery bills (2) issued to Charles Babbage]/William Creswick, papermaker, John St, Oxford St, 1841 Dec & 1843 Apr. [The bills are for cartridge paper ruled to order]

Stationery bills issued to Charles Babbage

1841-43

Marble copy of a Greek(?) statue of Homer, original possibly 4th to 2nd century BC, copy possibly 1800-1920

Homer

1800-1920; 400-200 BCE

Rail profile set, cased, for flat-bottomed rail, by Glass Developments Ltd, London c.1955.

Rail profile set

1950-1060

Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device, hand operated by pulling a handle to strengthen limbs weakened through accident or illness, can be rigged to exercise any part of the body, assembled by hospital workshops, type and additional composing equipment included, 1930-70.

Standard printing press converted to an occupational therapy device

1930-70

Plaster copy of female bust, original probably Roman, 100BC-200AD, replica made 1901-1940

Plaster copy of female bust

100 BCE-200 CE; 1901-1940

Reproduction of Hauksbee's frictional electrical machine

Hauksbee's frictional electrostatic machine, 1706-1708, reconstruction

1706-1708

Hammer head, bronze, with restored wooden handle, Graeco-Roman, 500BC-500AD

Hammer head

1851-1930; 500 BCE-500 CE

Two flint drill Heads and Sandstone Block used for testing similar drills, found on the site of the Temple of Zoser Saqqara, c.3000 BCE

Sandstone blockhead

3000 BCE

Model of English 60-gun warship HMS "Chester", of establishment of 1708. This represents a fourth-rate, 663 tons burthen, 125ft x 34.5ft., built and launched at the Chatham dockyard in 1708, which remained in service until it was broken up in February 1749.

Model of English 60-gun warship HMS 'Chester'

circa 1708

Goods guard journal, Rhymney Railway; Aberdare Branch, Listing stations between Aberdare and Cardiff Docks, Actual and published times of arrival and departure, Waggons, Owners , First Trip, Second trip, Remarks, Instruction to fully report cause of delay.

Rhymney Railway; Aberdare Branch

187_

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