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Evocations


Evocations of famous composers, sciencists, discoverers and historical figures.



27 subcategories
Beethoven, Ludwig van

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Brahms, Johannes

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Bruckner, Anton

BRUCKNER, ANTON

Chopin, Frederic

CHOPIN, FREDERIC

Copernicus, Nicolaus

COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS

Einstein, Albert

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

Erasmus von Rotterdam

ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM

Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand

FRANCOIS-RENE VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

Franklin, Benjamin

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Galilei, Galileo

GALILEI, GALILEO

Haydn, Franz Joseph

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH

Honoré de Balzac

HONORé DE BALZAC

Jefferson, Thomas

JEFFERSON, THOMAS

Kepler, Johannes

KEPLER, JOHANNES

Louis-Philippe

LOUIS-PHILIPPE

Mahler, Gustav

MAHLER, GUSTAV

Marcus, Siegfried

MARCUS, SIEGFRIED

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon III.

NAPOLEON III.

Newton, Isaac

NEWTON, ISAAC

Pascal, Blaise

PASCAL, BLAISE

Proust, Marcel

PROUST, MARCEL

Schubert, Franz

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Strauss, Johann

STRAUSS, JOHANN

Verdi, Giuseppe

VERDI, GIUSEPPE

Wagner, Richard

WAGNER, RICHARD

254 photos
Kaplan Turbine, invented by Victor Kaplan (1876-1934).
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Kaplan Turbine, invented by Victor Kaplan (1876-1934).

Laboratory of Carl Auer von Welsbach, chemist (1858-1929), inventor of the Auer Gas Lamp which is still in use today. The lamp contains the Auer Stocking, made of rare earths.
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Laboratory of Carl Auer von Welsbach, chemist (1858-1929), inventor of...

Scale model of the ship "Civetta", the first ship driven by a screw-propeller. Technical drawings by Josef Ressel (1793-1857) inventor of the ship propeller.
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Scale model of the ship "Civetta", the first ship driven by a screw-propel...

Double-decker airplane, model built by Wilhelm Kress (1836-1913).
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Double-decker airplane, model built by Wilhelm Kress (1836-1913).

Amplifier tube for telephone and radio invented by Robert von Lieben (1878-1899).
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Amplifier tube for telephone and radio invented by Robert von L...

Joseph Petzval (1807-1891) calculated the first photographic portrait lens in 1840. The "Petzval-lens" opened at f 1:3,4 and was built by Friedrich Voigtlaender.
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Joseph Petzval (1807-1891) calculated the first pho...

"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed by Blaise Pascal, and technical drawings.
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"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed by Blaise Pascal, and te...

Pierre Corneille's library in Rouen, France.
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Pierre Corneille's library in Rouen, France.

"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed by Blaise Pascal, and technical drawings.
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"La Pascaline", calculating machine constructed by Blaise Pascal, and te...

The Puy de Dome experiment by which Pascal proved that air pressure depends on height: "De la pesanteur de la masse d'air" - on the weight of air",653.
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The Puy de Dome experiment by which Pascal proved that air pressure depends on...

Convent of Port Royal de Paris, courtyard. Blaise Pascal's sister entered the convent in 1662. He often visited her and was attracted by the life of austerity of the Jansenists.
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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, courtyard. Blaise Pascal's sister e...

Convent of Port Royal de Paris, the Capitular Hall. This room was the spiritual center of French Jansenism in the 17th.
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Convent of Port Royal de Paris, the Capitular Hall. This room was the spirit...