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Port of London Authority Building, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, City of London: sculpture plaque of the physicist Issac Newton
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NOTES: This is one of ten carved wooden medallions of ten famous men associated with London adorning the 'Smoke room' on the second floor.
Port of London Authority Building, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, City of London: sculpture plaque of the physician William Harvey
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NOTES: This is one of ten carved wooden medallions of famous men associated with London adorning the 'Smoke room' on the second floor.
Oxford University Museum, Parks Road, Oxford: detail of an ornate pier decoration and statue of Galileo Galilei
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NOTES: This statue in Caen stone was executed by the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor, Alexander Munro. The carvings of the stonemasonry were the work of the Irish brothers, John and James O'Shea, and their nephew John Whelan.
Oxford University Museum, Parks Road, Oxford: detail of an ornate pier decoration and statue of the chemist Joseph Priestley
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NOTES: The carvings of the stonemasonry were the work of the Irish brothers, John and James O'Shea, and their nephew John Whelan. The statue in Caen stone was executed by the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor, John Tupper.
Oxford University Museum, Parks Road, Oxford: statue of the Swedish botanist Carl von Linnaeus
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NOTES: This statue in Caen stone was executed by the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor, John Tupper. The carvings of the stonemasonry were the work of the Irish brothers, John and James O'Shea, and their nephew John Whelan.
Oxford University Museum, Parks Road, Oxford: statue of the Greek physician Hippocrates seen through the hind quarters of a dinosaur skeleton
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NOTES: This statue in Caen stone was executed by the Pre-Raphaelite sculptor, Alexander Munro.
National Institute of Medical Research, Mill Hill, London: scientists at work in one of the many laboratories
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NOTES: Work on these headquarters began in 1938. The carcass of the main building was completed in 1942, when it was lent to the Admiralty during World War II for occupation by the WRNS (Women's Royal Naval Service). Work recommenced in 1946 and the building was completed in 1950.
Pilkington Perkin-Elmer factory, St Asaph, Clwyd: the prototype shop for the optical and electro-optical systems
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NOTES: This is one of the images taken for 'Manplan 3: Town Workshop' in Architectural Review, vol. 146, 1969 Nov.
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Letter by John Percy to Decimus Burton accepting his invitation to dine, dated 17 July [?] 1865
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NOTES: This letter on House of Commons stationery is from Professor John Percy, metallurgist, who in 1865 was superintendent of ventilation for the Houses of Parliament.