Caricature "Scene Royal Institution" depicting a meeting between Dalton (left) and Moll at the Royal Institution in London. John Dalton (1766-1844) was an English chemist who founded modern atomic theory. Gerrit,or Gerard,Moll (1785-1838) was a Dutch physicist and populariser of science. The picture is subtitled "Dedicated (but not) with Permission to the British Association",a reference to the scientific association founded in 1831 by scientists disillusioned by the alleged elitist and conservative attitudes of the Royal Society,the pre-eminent learned society of the time | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Royal Institution of Great Britain |
Bildgröße: | 3602 px × 4973 px |
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