GASSIOT JOHN PETER: (1797-1877) English amateur scientist associated with public demonstrations of electrical phenomena and the development of the...

MCCULLOCH JOHN RAMSAY: (1789-1864) Scottish economist, author and editor. A.L.S., J. R. McCulloch, one page, 8vo, Statistics Office, 22nd January ...

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, ...

STEPHENSON SNR. ROBERT: (1788-1837) English civil engineer, the elder brother of George Stephenson, the 'father of railways'. A.L.S., R Stephenson...

LISTER JOSEPH: (1827-1912) British surgeon, a pioneer of antiseptic surgery. A.L.S., Joseph Lister, two pages, 8vo, Park Crescent, Portland Place ...

PAGET JAMES: (1814-1899) English surgeon and pathologist. A.L.S., James Paget, one page, 8vo, n.p., 18th April 1887, to Mrs. Popham. Paget states ...

HOFMANN ALBERT: (1906-2008) Swiss Chemist known for being the first to synthesize and learn of the psychedelic effects of LSD (LSD). Hofmann autho...

TELLER EDWARD: (1908-2003) Hungarian-American theoretical Physicist, known as 'the father of the hydrogen bomb'. Teller was an early member of the...

WOZNIAK STEVE: (1950- ) American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer & computer programmer, the co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve J...

SCIENTISTS: Small miscellaneous selection of signed cards (3), a commemorative cover (1) and signed photographs (2; postcard size and slightly lar...

SHACKLETON ERNEST: (1874-1922) Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. Ink signature (´yours sincerely Ernest Shackleton´) on a page removed from an autog...

FUCHS VIVIAN: (1908-1999) English scientist and explorer who led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which reached the South Pole overland...