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Creator/Photographer: Paul Nadar Birth Date: 1856 Death Date: 1939

Medium: Medium unknown

Dimensions: 21.1 cm x 15.3 cm

Date: prior to 1908

Collection: Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology - As a supplement to the Dibner Library for the History of Science and Technology's collection of written works by scientists, engineers, natural philosophers, and inventors, the library also has a collection of thousands of portraits of these individuals. The portraits come in a variety of formats: drawings, woodcuts, engravings, paintings, and photographs, all collected by donor Bern Dibner. Presented here are a few photos from the collection, from the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Repository: Smithsonian Institution Libraries


Accession number: SIL14-B2-08
Date circa 1905
Source Portrait of Antoine-Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), Physicist
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Image title Scientific Identity, Portrait of Antoine-Henri Becquerel
Author Smithsonian Institution Librarie
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 400 dpi
Vertical resolution 400 dpi
Software used GIMP 2.6.11
File change date and time 10:00, 10 August 2011
Colour space sRGB

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