STEPHENSON GEORGE: (1781-1848) English civil engineer whose pioneering of rail transport was one of the most important technical inventions of the...

BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British civil engineer, one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution. A good A.L.S., I K Brunel, ...

DOLOMIEU DEODAT GRATET DE: (1750-1801) French geologist after whom the mineral and the rock dolomite were named. A supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte...

SHARPEY WILLIAM: (1802-1880) Scottish anatomist and physiologist, known as the ‘father of British physiology’. A.L.S., W Sharpey, one page, 8vo, B...

TYLOR EDWARD BURNETT: (1832-1917) English anthropologist. An interesting A.L.S., Edward B. Tylor, four pages (the last bearing a few lines of cros...

SCHIAPARELLI GIOVANNI: (1835-1910) Italian Astronomer and science Historian. Well-known for his studies of Mars. An excellent A.L.S., `G. Schiapar...

[PASTEUR LOUIS]: (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist, renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination and pasteurisation. ...

BUCHNER HANS ERNST: (1850-1902) German Bacteriologist. His brother Eduard was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 1907. Buchner was a pi...

BHATNAGAR SHANTI SWAROOP: (1894-1955) Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator, revered as the ‘father of research laboratori...

TYNDALL JOHN: (1820-1893) Irish physicist. A.L.S., John Tyndall, one page, 8vo, n.p. (London), n.d. (‘Saturday, 12.45’), to [William] Bowman, on t...

BAUER EDMOND: (1880-1963) French physicist, a student of Marie Curie and Paul Langevin who made studies on radiation early in his career. Manuscri...

NERVI PIER LUIGI: (1891-1979) Italian Engineer and Architect. Nervi is worldwide known for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and his tin s...

GAUSS CARL FRIEDRICH: (1777-1855) German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields in mathematics and science....

FERRI ANTONIO: (1912-1975) Italian scientist who was prominent in the field of aerodynamics and specialised in hypersonic and supersonic flight. T...

LISTER JOSEPH: (1827-1912) British surgeon, a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. Ink signature (‘Joseph Lister’) and three additional words in his han...

BRAZZA PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE: (1852-1905) Italian-French explorer of Central Africa. A.L.S., P S. de Brazza, three pages, 12mo, n.p., 21st June 1882...