Scientists at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science mb-artistname Zwirn This original figure in portrait

This original figure in portrait format with the 15 figures arranged as 3x5 images was re-worked for publication into landscape format with the figures arranged 5x3 by the engraver

Antoine Lavoisier was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763

'Young Man with a Book'

View showing spectators watching a fencing match

the other an 'imbecile'

Scientists at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science mb-artistname Zwirn This original figure in portraitGroup portrait centred on William Thomson, Baron Kelvin FRS (1824 1907) mathematician and physicist, seated in a wicker chair looking to the left as viewed, with his legs extended. He wears a hat and monocle. Also seated are to the left, Sir Andrew Noble FRS (1831 1915) industrialist and expert in artillery: and to the right, Osborne Reynolds FRS (1842 1912) engineer and physicist. Behind, left to right are: Sir George Smyth Baden Powell (1847 1898)