Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology

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Scientist:	Painlevé, Paul (1863 - 1933)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 6.9 x 4.9 cm / Sheet: 10.3 x 7.6 cm

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Scientist:	Palissy, Bernard (ca. 1510 - 1590)
Discipline(s):	Biology ; Geology
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 10.4 x 7.9 cm /

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Scientist:	Palissy, Bernard (1510? - 1590)
Discipline(s):	Biology ; Geology
Print Artist:	Tony Goutiere, 1808-1890
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Charles-Barthelemy-Jean Durupt, 1804-1838.
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 8.5 x 8.7 cm / Sheet: 23. 5 x 14.3 cm

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Scientist:	Palitzsch, Johann Georg (1723 - 1788)
Discipline(s):	Astronomy ; Astrology ; Physics
Print Artist:	Friedrich Zimmermann, 1823-1884
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 12.5 x 12 cm / Sheet: 28.5 x 18.4 cm

Portrait of Johann Georg Palitzsch (Palizsch)

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Scientist:	Palitzsch, Johann Georg (1723 - 1788)
Discipline(s):	Astronomy ; Astrology ; Physics
Print Artist:	Christian Gottfried Schulze, 1749-1819
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Anton Graff, 1736-1813
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 32 x 23.3 cm / Sheet: 34.6 x 24.9 cm

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Scientist:	Paracelsus (1493 - 1541)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry ; Medicine
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 10.3 x 7.5 cm / Sheet: 15.6 x 10 cm

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Scientist:	Paracelsus (1493 - 1541)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry ; Medicine
Print Artist:	William Ridley, 1764-1838
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	P. P. Rubens, school of Metsys
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 8.5 x 7.2 cm / Sheet: 18 x 12.8 cm

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Scientist:	Paracelsus (1493 - 1541)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry ; Medicine
Print Artist:	Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607-1677
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	P. P. Rubens, school of Metsys
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 26.6 x 20.7 cm / Sheet: 31.8 x 22.2 cm

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Scientist:	Paré, Ambroise (ca. 1510 - 1590)
Discipline(s):	Medicine
Print Artist:	William Holl, 1807-1871
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 12.7 x 10.1 cm / Sheet: 26.4 x 17.6 cm

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Scientist:	Parkes, Samuel (1759 - 1825)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry
Print Artist:	Parker
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 14.2 x 11.5 cm / Sheet: 24.1 x 15.6 cm

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Scientist:	Parkes, Samuel (1759 - 1825)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry
Print Artist:	Alfred William Warren, 19th C.
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 14 x 11 cm / Sheet: 22.2 x 14.1 cm

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Scientist:	Parkinson, John (1567 - 1650)
Discipline(s):	Botany ; Medicine
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 6.5 x 4.8 cm / Sheet: 11.7 x 8.8 cm

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Scientist:	Parsons, Charles (1854 - 1931)
Discipline(s):	Engineering
Original Artist:	Russell and Sons, London
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 18.3 x 13.4 cm / Sheet: 29.7 x 21.1 cm

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Scientist:	Pascal, Blaise (1623 - 1662)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Physics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 14.8 x 10.6 cm / Sheet: 25.6 x 17.2 cm

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Scientist:	Pascal, Blaise (1623 - 1662)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Physics
Print Artist:	T. Dale
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 14.4 x 8.1 cm / Sheet: 27.8 x 21.3 cm

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Scientist:	Pasteur, Louis (1822 - 1895)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 21 x 15.2 cm / Sheet: 33 x 23.3 cm

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Scientist:	Pasteur, Louis (1822 - 1895)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry
Print Artist:	Attributed to Heliogre Dujardin
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Albert Edelfelt, 1854-1905
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 15.7 x 13.7 cm / Sheet: 18.5 x 15.2 cm

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Scientist:	Pauling, Linus (1901 - 1994)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry ; Physics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 16.9 x 11.6 cm / Sheet: 18 x 12.7 cm

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Scientist:	Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri de (1580 - 1637)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Astronomy
Print Artist:	Jacques Lubin, 1637-1695
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 24.2 x 18.7 cm / Sheet: 27.7 x 20.3 cm

Portrait of Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc

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Scientist:	Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri de (1580 - 1637)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Astronomy
Print Artist:	Johannes Vorsterman, ca. 1643-ca.1699
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 21.4 x 15.4 cm / Sheet: 23.8 x 15.9 cm

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Scientist:	Pender, John (1816 - 1896)
Discipline(s):	Engineering
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 30.5 x 18.9 cm / Sheet: 35.9 x 23.4 cm

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Scientist:	Penther, Johann Friedrich (1693 - 1749)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Economics
Print Artist:	Johann Jakob Haid, 1704-1767
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Georg-Danie Heumann, 1691-1759
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 31 x 18.7 cm / Sheet: 38.4 x 24.9 cm

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Scientist:	Perrault, Claude (1613 - 1688)
Discipline(s):	Biology ; Medicine
Print Artist:	Gerard Edelinck, 1640-1707
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Vercelin
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 23.1 x 16.3 cm / Sheet: 27.1 x 19.5 cm

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Scientist:	Petitot, Jean (1607 - 1691)
Discipline(s):	Art
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 11.5 x 8.1 cm / Sheet: 21 x 17.3 cm

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Scientist:	Petty, William (1623 - 1687)
Discipline(s):	Economics ; Geography
Original Artist:	Johann Baptist Closterman, 1660-1713
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 7.6 x 7.6 cm / Sheet: 14 x 9.1 cm

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Scientist:	Petzval, Joseph (1807 - 1891)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics
Print Artist:	Adolf Dauthage, 1825-1883
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Artist:	J. Hoefelich
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 20.5 x 19.8 cm / Sheet: 28.8 x 21.2 cm

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Scientist:	Peucer, Kaspar (1525 - 1602)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Medicine
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 8.8 x 7.5 cm /

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Scientist:	Physick, Philip Syng (1768 - 1837)
Discipline(s):	Medicine
Print Artist:	Richard W. Dodson, 1812-1867
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Henri Inman, 1801-1846
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 12 x 9.5 cm / Sheet: 24.3 x 17.6 cm

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Scientist:	Piazzi, Giuseppe (1746 - 1846)
Discipline(s):	Astronomy
Print Artist:	F. Bordiga
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 11.9 x 9.4 cm / Sheet: 20.7 x 15.9 cm

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Scientist:	Pictet, Marc-Auguste (1752 - 1825)
Discipline(s):	Physics
Print Artist:	Am Bouvier
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Firmin Massot, 1766-1849
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 17.2 x 14.7 cm / Sheet: 24.9 x 17.2 cm

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Scientist:	Pius II, Pope (1405 - 1464)
Discipline(s):	Humanist
Print Artist:	Bruehlse
Medium:	Woodcut
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 11.9 x 8.9 cm / Sheet: 16.4 x 9.1 cm

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Scientist:	Planck, Max (1858 - 1947)
Discipline(s):	Physics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 16.3 x 11.5 cm /

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Scientist:	Playfair, John (1748 - 1819)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Geology
Print Artist:	James Thomson, 1789-1850
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 13 x 12.5 cm / Sheet: 26.9 x 17.4 cm

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Scientist:	Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron (1818 - 1898)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry
Print Artist:	George Cook, 1793-1849
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Antoine Claudet, 1797-1867.
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 15.1 x 12 cm / Sheet: 22.4 x 15.8 cm

Portrait of Lyon Playfair, Baron Playfair

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Scientist:	Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron (1818 - 1898)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry
Original Artist:	Lock and Whifield
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 11.3 x 8.9 cm /

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Scientist:	Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron (1818 - 1898)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry
Original Artist:	John Watkins
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 8.7 x 5.7 / Sheet: 10.5 x 6.3 cm

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Scientist:	Plucker, Julius (1801 - 1868)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Physics
Print Artist:	Rudolf Hoffmann, fl. ca. 1840
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Artist:	Schafgans
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 19 x 15 cm / Sheet: 33.1 x 23 cm

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Scientist:	Poggendorff, Johann Christian (1796 - 1877)
Discipline(s):	Physics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 9.3 x 5.8 cm / Sheet: 10.7 x 6.7 cm

Portrait of Johann Christian Poggendorff

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Scientist:	Poincaré, Henri (1854 - 1912)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 21.3 x 17.1 cm / Sheet: 23.5 x 18.1 cm

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Scientist:	Poincaré, Henri (1854 - 1912)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 14.8 x 10.6 cm / Sheet: 36 x 27 cm

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Scientist:	Poinsot, Louis (1777 - 1859)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Physics
Print Artist:	Julien Leopold Boilly, 1796-1874
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 18.5 x 15.3 cm / Sheet: 31.8 x 24.5 cm

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Scientist:	Poisson, Siméon-Denis (1781 - 1840)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics
Print Artist:	François-Seraphin Delpech, 1778-1825
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 9.8 x 9.2 cm / Sheet: 24.4 x 16.2 cm

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Scientist:	Poisson, Siméon-Denis (1781 - 1840)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics
Print Artist:	François-Seraphin Delpech, 1778-1825
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Artist:	Maurin
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 25 x 22.3 / Sheet: 30.8 x 22.5 cm

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Scientist:	Poncelet, Jean Victor (1788 - 1867)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Engineering
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 9.9 x 9.5 cm / Sheet: 19.6 x 14.3 cm

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Scientist:	Pontecoulant, Gustave de (1795 - 1874)
Discipline(s):	Astronomy
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 13.7 x 8 cm / Sheet: 22.9 x 15.3 cm

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Scientist:	Popper-Lynkeus, Josef (1838 - 1921)
Discipline(s):	Aeronautics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 15.2 x 11.3 cm / Sheet: 21.6 x 16 cm

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Scientist:	Pordage, John (1607 - 1681)
Discipline(s):	Medicine ; Astrology
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 10.9 x 10 cm / Sheet: 13.6 x 10.8 cm

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Scientist:	Porta, Giambattista della (ca. 1535 - 1615)
Discipline(s):	Physics ; Mathematics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 6 x 4.3 cm / Sheet: 7.2 x 4.3 cm

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Scientist:	Porta, Giambattista della (ca. 1535 - 1615)
Discipline(s):	Physics ; Mathematics
Print Artist:	Pietro Beccnei, 1755-1829
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Giuseppe Bossi, 1777-1815
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 11.7 x 9.7 cm / Sheet: 23.5 x 16.8 cm

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Scientist:	Pouillet, Claude Servais Mathias (1790 - 1868)
Discipline(s):	Physics ; Engineering
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 9 x 5.6 cm / Sheet: 10.5 x 6.3 cm

Portrait of Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet

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Scientist:	Pouillet, Claude Servais Mathias (1790 - 1868)
Discipline(s):	Physics ; Engineering
Original Artist:	Charles Reutlinger
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 9 x 5.6 cm / Sheet: 10.5 x 6.3 cm

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Scientist:	Praetorius, Johann (1537 - 1616)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics
Print Artist:	Wolfgang Philip Kilian, 1654-1732
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Wolfganag Philip Kilian, 1654-1732
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 16.6 x 9.5 cm /

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Scientist:	Priestley, Joseph (1733 - 1804)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry ; Physics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 8.1 x 6 cm / Sheet: 16.9 x 11.5 cm

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Scientist:	Priestley, Joseph (1733 - 1804)
Discipline(s):	Chemistry ; Physics
Print Artist:	Franz-Josef Leopold, 1783-1832
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 9.5 x 7.6 cm / Sheet: 12.3 x 8.5 cm

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Scientist:	Prieur-Duvernois, Claude Antoine (1763 - 1832)
Discipline(s):	Engineering
Print Artist:	Emile Giroux, 19th C.
Medium:	Engraving
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 7 x 6.4 cm / Sheet: 23.4 x 15.2 cm

Portrait of Claude Antoine Prieur-Duvernois

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Scientist:	Pringle, John (1707 - 1782)
Discipline(s):	Medicine
Print Artist:	W. H. Mote, fl. 1850
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 11.5 x 9.5 cm / Sheet: 28.6 x 22.2 cm

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Scientist:	Proctor, Richard Anthony (1837 - 1888)
Discipline(s):	Astronomy
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 13.4 x 9.4 cm / Sheet: 24.8 x 16.8 cm

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Scientist:	Proctor, Richard Anthony (1837 - 1888)
Discipline(s):	Astronomy
Print Artist:	Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Artist:	Leslie Ward ("Spy") 1851-1922
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 31 x 18.5 cm / Sheet: 38.5 x 28.4 cm

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Scientist:	Prony, Gaspard-François-Clair-Marie Riche, Baron de (1755 - 1839)
Discipline(s):	Engineering ; Mathematics
Print Artist:	Julien Leopold Boilly, 1796-1874
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 15.8 x 19.3 cm / Sheet: 28.5 x 19.3 cm

Portrait of Gaspard-François-Clair-Marie Riche, Baron de Prony

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Scientist:	Ptolemy (ca. 100 - ca. 170)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Astronomy
Print Artist:	Theodore de Bry, 1528-1598
Medium:	Woodcut
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 13.6 x 10.5 cm / Sheet: 19 x 15 cm

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Scientist:	Pulteney, Richard (1730 - 1801)
Discipline(s):	Botany
Print Artist:	Piercy Roberts, 18th/19th C.
Medium:	Engraving
Original Artist:	Thomas Beach, 1738 - 1806
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 16.1 x 13.2 cm / Sheet: 25.3 x 16.8 cm

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Scientist:	Pupin, Michael Idvorsky (1858 - 1935)
Discipline(s):	Physics
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 23.9 x 18.7 cm /

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Scientist:	Purkyne, Jan Evangelista (1787 - 1869)
Discipline(s):	Medicine
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 18 x 15.3 cm / Sheet: 28.2 x 19.5 cm

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Scientist:	Pythagoras (ca. 580 BCE - ca. 500 BCE)
Discipline(s):	Mathematics ; Astronomy
Print Artist:	John B. Pendleton, 1798-1866
Medium:	Lithograph
Original Artist:	A. Hartwell
Original Dimensions:	Graphic: 15.2 x 15 cm / Sheet: 28.6 x 20 cm

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