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Charles Wheatstone

British scientist and inventor (1802–1875)

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Field of work
Physics

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Images featuring Charles Wheatstone

7 images from works
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone. Engraving by W. H. Mote, 1867.
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone. Wood engraving.
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone. Stipple engraving by C. Cook after W.E. Kilburn.
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone. Stipple engraving by C. Cook after W.E. Kilburn.
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone. Oil painting by S. Hodges.
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone. Photograph by Hill & Saunders.
  • Sir Charles Wheatstone. Stipple engraving by C. H. Jeens, 1876, after J. Mayall.

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17 works

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    Physiological chemistry / by C. G. Lehmann ; translated by George E. Day.

    Lehmann, Carl Gotthelf, 1812-1863. | Date: 1851-1854
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    An introduction to the study of chemical philosophy : being a preparatory view of the forces which concur to the production of chemical phenomena / by J. Frederic Daniell.

    John Frederic Daniell | Date: M.DCCC.XLIII [1843]
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    On the aqueous lines of the solar spectrum / by Josiah P. Cooke.

    Josiah P. Cooke | Date: [1866?]
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    On the minute structure and movements of voluntary muscle / By William Bowman, Esq., Demonstrator of Anatomy in King's College, London, and Assistant Surgeon to the King's College Hospital.

    Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet | Date: 1840
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    On binocular vision and the stereoscope : a lecture delivered at the London Institution, March 19, 1862 / by William B. Carpenter.

    William Benjamin Carpenter | Date: 1862
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King's College London
St. Thomas's Hospital. Medical School. Library
Robert Bentley Todd

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