Newton's experiment splitting white light into the colours of the spectrum by a prism, 1757.
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Percussion pendulum, 1725.
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George Atwood's machine for demonstrating the effect of gravity on falling bodies, c1780.
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William Wollaston's reflecting goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals, 1874.
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Lord Kelvin's mirror galvanometer, 1876.
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Colorimeter, after a design by Labilliardiere with modifications by Salleron, 1871.
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Physics research laboratory at the Sorbonne, Paris 1895.
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Spectroscope, 1882.
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Humphry Davy, English chemist in 1803, (c1870).
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Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, Paris, 18th century, (1874).  Artist: Amedee Guillemin
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Light, c1850.
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Leyden jar and Pieter van Musschenbroeck's electrical experiment of 1746 (1765).
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Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist, c1845. Artist: J Cook
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Von Guericke's demonstration of the strength of air pressure, 1672.
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Robert Boyle's second air pump, c1660 (1725).
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Air pump built for Robert Boyle by Robert Hooke, 1660.
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Robert Boyle's experiments with air pumps, 1725.
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Luigi Galvani's experiments with electricity, 1791.
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Faraday's electromagnetic induction experiment, 1882.
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Artist's impression of execution by electric chair, 1890.
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Michael Faraday, British physicist and chemist, 1881
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William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, 1908. Artist: Spy
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Library of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London, 1808-1811. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, British scientist, 1899.
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Hypnosis, 1680. Artist: Anon
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