LSE4403207: Scientific experiment: the calculation of the speed of sound, by Humboldt, Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac (Louis Joseph Gay Lussac), Bouvard, Prony and Mathieu, which determine the time elapses between the perception of light and that of a gun shot, on the night of 22 June 1822, near Paris., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4403407: My dear sir, it is absolutely impossible for me to please your business... you miss the most important pieces... (apart) the coins!... , from the “Gens de Justice”, series of cartoons on Justice by Honore Daumier (1808-1879). “Charivari”, 1846., Daumier, Honore (1808-79) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4402949: Frontispice; Samuel Champlain (1570-1635), “” Les voyages de la Nouvelle France Occidental, Dicte Canada, made by Sr. Champlain Xaintongeois, Captain for the Roy in the Navy of the Ponant, and all the discoveries he made in this country since the year 1603 iusques in the year 1629... Pierre Le Mur, Paris, 1632., French School, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images