Latest posts tagged with #ScienceMuseum on Bluesky
Photo of my quick ink sketch of a pair of cuddling Domino Cockroaches held next to the pair of cuddling bugs themselves (in their tank).
Learned a new type of bug yesterday at the museum and knew I had to doodle them. Do they like it? I dunno. I hope so
Domino Cockroaches 😊 - Therea petiveriana
#bugart #bugs #sciart #sciencemuseum #museum #bugsky #bugfacts #blattodea
foto close up de um crocodilo
O Museu da Ciência, em Londres, está com uma exposição gratuita da biodiversidade do Pantanal e o contraste causado pelas queimadas. Não perca!
www.travelaholics.com.br/museus-de-ci...
#Museu #Londres #Pantanal #ScienceMuseum #exposição #travelaholics
Marconi 1.5 kW transmitter, used by the BBC London station 2LO, 1922-25
On a foggy November night in 1922, the words 'This is 2LO calling' announced the arrival of the BBC
2LO, the BBC's first transmitter, took words from studios in Savoy Hill and transmitted them to listeners at home
#ScienceMuseum
„Anaesthesia. The nemesis which has overtaken pain." Sir William Osler, 1894
„Antisepsis relieved patients from the terrors of death and gave to the surgeon restful nights and joyous days." William Williams Keen, 1915
Nachtrag zur Medizingeschichte:
„Anaesthesia. The nemesis
which has overtaken pain."
Sir William Osler, 1894
„Antisepsis relieved patients from the terrors of death and gave to the surgeon restful nights and joyous days."
William Williams Keen, 1915
#ScienceMuseum London
RESCUED BY WIRELESS When the Titanic hit an iceberg in April 1912, the stricken ship's officers sent out distress calls by wireless telegraphy. Help arrived in time to rescue 712 survivors, who otherwise would have perished. The disaster gave wireless a publicity boost, and made pioneer Guglielmo Marconi a celebrity.
Funk Titanic, 1912
#ScienceMuseum London
Grand Junction Railway Locomotive Columbine, 1845 Columbine was one of a series of locomotives built to a standard design, replacing a number of locomotives by different makers. Columbine ran on the Grand Junction Railway - Britain's first trunk railway when it opened in 1837. Engineered by Robert Stephenson and Joseph Locke, the railway ran north from Birmingham to a junction with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Grand Junction Railway Locomotive Columbine,
1845
#ScienceMuseum London
Mill engine by Burnley Ironworks Company, 1903 This mill engine was constructed in 1903 by the Burnley Ironworks Company for Harle Syke Mill, Burnley. It's an example of a 'horizontal' engine, a type that was widely used after 1850, and was direct-acting, doing away with the giant rocking beams of earlier engines. This one is typical of many built during the period and it worked right up until 1970. Inv. 1971-78 Source: Finsley View Manufacturing Co. Ltd The mill engine is a horizontal engine. This drawing shows the first horizontal steam engine to be sold commercially, by Taylor & Martineau of London. Engraving published by John Murray, London, September 1826.
Mill engine by Burnley Ironworks Company,
1903
#ScienceMuseum London
ROE I TRIPLANE, 1909 This three-winged triplane was the first all-British aeroplane to fly. It was designed, built and flown by Alliott Verdon Roe (1877-1958). Roe began building y experimental models in 1902 and used his £75 winnings from a 1907 model aircraft competition to begin building full-size aircraft. This triplane's success was Roe's first step towards founding the aircraft manufacturing company A V Roe and Co.
ROE I TRIPLANE,
1909
#ScienceMuseum London
Soyuz TMA-19M descent module and parachute 2015 This is the spacecraft used by an international crew, including Britain's Tim Peake, to reach and return from the International Space Station. Tim flew as the European Space Agency's first British astronaut. The friction Soyuz encountered as it plunged through the atmosphere during its return was so great, its surface burned away. This helped slow its descent, along with the parachute above you, which is the size of two tennis courts.
Soyuz TMA-19M descent module and parachute
2015
#ScienceMuseum London
Heat shield
Control cockpit
Apollo 10 Command Module 'Charlie Brown'
1969
Heat shield and Cockpit
#ScienceMuseum London
Apollo 10 Command Module 'Charlie Brown' 1969 This spacecraft took astronauts Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan and John Young around the Moon in May 1969. The mission successfully practised everything required to reach the Moon - except land. Once Apollo 10 reached the Moon, Tom and Gene flew the Lunar Module above the lunar surface, before returning to join John in this Command Module for their journey home. Two months later, Apollo 11 became the first mission to successfully put humans on the Moon.
Apollo 10 Command Module 'Charlie Brown'
1969
#ScienceMuseum London
Cray-1A Supercomputer C. 1976 Seymour Cray founded the high-performance computing industry with machines like this 1976 Cray-1A. Its cylindrical shape kept wires short, so signals arrived at their destination sooner. With Freon cooling and pioneering processing systems, the machine achieved then-unrivalled operating speeds. It cost £8 million in 1979 and operated at England's Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment. Cray's designs embodied innovative technology and a great aesthetic sense, but he liked to work with simple tools - often a pencil and paper. It is said that when he was told that Apple had bought a Cray to simulate their next desktop machine he remarked, 'Funny, I am using an Apple to simulate the Cray-3.' Source: Cray Research (UK) Ltd Inv. 1991-159
Cray-1A Supercomputer
1976
#ScienceMuseum London
Enigma machine 1934 Probably the most famous encryption system is the Enigma machine. This is an early example. Enigma machines were electromechanical devices designed to resist advanced mathematical techniques for code-breaking. Enigmas were originally made for business use, but were taken on by the German military and used extensively in the Second World War. Mathematicians in Poland, France and the UK developed advanced techniques that broke the Enigma code, helping shorten the war. Find out more on the touch screen nearby. Donated by: Government Communications Headquarters.
Enigma machine
1934
#ScienceMuseum London
The society will continue organizing similar events to inspire and educate the community.
Don't miss your chance to be part of the next stargazing adventure!
#ESSS #UPC #ScienceMuseum #DomeTheater #Stargazing
Last night, the Ethiopian Space Science Society co-organized Ethiopia's first-ever planetarium and stargazing event in collaboration with the Unity Park Corporation, the Ethiopian Science Museum, and the Dome Theater team.
#ESSS #UPC #ScienceMuseum #DomeTheater #Stargazing
Painting with science celebrities
Science celebrities at the Technorama in Winterthur, who remembers Marissa Meyer? #technorama #winterthur #sciencemuseum
#ScienceMuseum: You can’t pretend to care about climate change while giving legitimacy to the corporations causing it. I urge you to stop taking money from BP and Adani immediately.
You need to listen to Indigenous leaders and cut your ties with the corporations that are causing this destruction.
Barn owl taxidermy taken at Museum of Science in Boston
#barnowl #owl #owls #bird #birds #tytoalba #aves #photography #taxidermy #museum #sciencemuseum
London & North Western Railway (ex-Grand Junction Railway) “Crewe Type” 2-2-2 1868 “Columbine”
#sciencemuseum #londonandnorthwesternrailway #grandjunctionrailway #columbine #steamlocomotive #photography
Ever wondered what that giant "D" is? 🌀 Discover the mind-blowing physics behind the cyclotron at Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science! High-energy science starts here. phys-edu.net/wp/?p=58826&... #Physics #ScienceMuseum
Discover 10 weird museums in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/museums ( #museum, #artMuseum, #scienceMuseum, #sexMuseum, #penisMuseum, #waxMuseum, #science, #art, #exhibit, #exhibition, #discovery, #attraction, #touristAttraction, #tourist)
Sokol #spacesuit worn by Helen Sharman when she became the first Briton in space - now displayed at #sciencemuseum London #Space 🔭
🧠📚 Why STS still matters.
A new Science Museum Group Journal piece revisits 40 years of Leviathan & the Air-Pump and the anniversary event hosted by the Science Museum & UCL Department of Science & Technology Studies.
👉 https://bit.ly/4pxtnse
#WeareSTS #UCL #ScienceMuseum
Watch to find out what our Sci-Comm lot got up to the in the @sciencemuseum.org.uk WonderLab. Students were tasked with evaluating museum and exhibition ethics.🏛️🧪
#sciencemuseum #scienceandtechnology #museumexhibition #universitylife #universitytrip #londonlife #scicomm #sciencecommunication
Vickers Vimy biplane used by Alcock and Brown in the first non stop transatlantic flight.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVowels
Sneaky A. Alcock and Brown, first nonstop #Transatlantic flight in this! in 1919. What a feat. #ScienceMuseum #London
#VickerVimy #biplane
I mean come on, open cockpit and all. Who wouldn't. Respect.
Discover 10 weird museums in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/museums ( #museum, #artMuseum, #scienceMuseum, #sexMuseum, #penisMuseum, #waxMuseum, #science, #art, #exhibit, #exhibition, #discovery, #attraction, #touristAttraction, #tourist)
