Photo Materials for History of Science

MATHEMATICS
 AJIMA Naonobu[10/04/01]
 SEKI Kowa (Takakazu)
 Abacus[10/04/30]  Suzuki Abacus Museum  Unshu Abacus[10/04/01]  Banshu (Ono) Abacus[10/04/01]  Otsu Abacus[10/04/30] 





ASTRNOMY
 HAZAMA Shigetomi
 TAKAHASHI Yoshitoki and INO Tadataka
 Landmarks of the Tropic of Cancer
 Gnomon at Takao (Gaoxiung, Kaohsiung)
 Mishima-goyomi Calendar[10/04/01]
 The Nobeyama Radio Observatory[10/10/20]
 Armillary Sphere, Suwa, Nagano, JAPAN[10/10/20]
 The Monument for Transit of Venus, Kobe, JAPAN[12/07/01]
PHYSICS
 YUKAWA Hideki






CHEMISTRY
 Seimikyoku






MEDICAL SCIENCE
 OGATA Koan
 NOGUCHI Hideyo[10/10/28]





TECHNOLOGY
 Tomioka Factory
 Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace[17/05/24]





Photo by Prof Shigeru Jochi

Mathematics

Cheng Dawei (1533-1606) 程大位 in the Ming dynasty, China.

 [Cheng Dawei's House-1] [Cheng Dawei's House-2]

Cheng Dawei's House, Tonxi, Huangshan, Anhui, China.
程大位の旧宅（程大位記念館）・中国安徽省黄山市屯渓

Mei Wending (1633-1721)梅文鼎 in the Qing dynasty, China.

 [Mei Wending Museum]
Mei Wending Memorial Museum, Anhui, China.
梅文鼎記念館・中国安徽省市

[Tombstone of Mei Wending]
Tombstone of Mei Wending, Mei Wending Memorial Museum, Anhui, China.
梅文鼎の墓碑、梅文鼎記念館蔵・中国安徽省市

  康熙六十年九月内内部江寧織造（３字欠）曹「兆頁」（曹雪芹の父）
聖旨営建
      光禄大夫左都御史
                         曽祖
皇清誥贈
        一品婦人
                               老（２字欠）
    乾隆五十三年吉日曽孫

SEKI Kowa (Takakazu) (1642?-1708) 関孝和 in the Edo period, Japan.

 [Fujioka] [Jorinji] 　　 [Original Tomb] 　　 [300th]
The Statue of Seki in Fujioka, Gumma, Japan.
His father, however, worked in Edo (Tokyo) in 1642, thus if Seki were born at Fujioka, it must be in 1939 or before.
The Tomb of Seki in the Jorinji temple, Ushigome, Shinjuku, Edo (Tokyo),
He died on 24th Oct. 1708 (5th Dec. in Western calendar).
2nd Dec. 2007, 300th Anniversary of Seki Takakazu(Kowa)'s Memorial

AJIMA Naonobu (Chokuen) (1732-1798) 安島直円 in the Edo period, Japan.[10/04/01]

 [Ajima1] [Ajima2] [Jorinji Temple] [Keigakuji] [Keigakuji]
The Lunar crater of “Naonobu” (4.6S 57.8E) commemorated him and was named in 1976.

Suzuki Abacus Museum, Nagoya, Japan.

 [Suzuki Abacus Museum-1] [Suzuki Abacus Museum-2] [long Abacus] [3-5 Abacus]
(3) 132 Decimal Place Abacus for Higher Degree Equation
天元術用132桁の算盤
(4) 3 Five Beans Abacus
梁上三珠算盤（割り算九九用）

Unshu Abacus Traditional Craft Hall, Izumoyokota, Shimane, Japan.[10/04/01]

 [Unshu Abacus 1] [Unshu Abacus 2]
Unshu Abacus Traditional Craft Hall, Izumoyokota, Shimane, JAPAN
雲州そろばん伝統産業会館

Banshu (Ono) Abacus Museum, Hyogo, Japan.[10/04/01]

 [Ono Abacus Museum-1] [Ono Abacus Museum-2]
Traditional Craft Hall, Ono, Hyogo, JAPAN
小野市伝統産業会館

Otsu Abacus, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.[10/04/01]

 [Otsu Abacus Monument] [Votive Picture Hall, Onjoji] [Mathematical Votive Picture, Onjoji] [Otsu Abacus, 1705]
Otsu Abacus were supported by the Onjoji-temple (Miidera-temple), Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Otsu Abacus Monument, Onjoji, 1975
Votive Picture Hall, Onjoji, 1802
Mathematical Votive Picture, presented by HORIIKE Yoshitatsu and et. al., 1828
Otsu Abacus, 1705 kept by the Otsu City Museum of History

Astronomy

HAZAMA Shigetomi 間重富 (1756-1816)

[HAZAMA Shigetomi] [Hazama:s tomb] [Tokokuji]
Hazama's picture is kept at the Osaka Museum of History, and obtain the permission to use it.
間重富の肖像画は、大阪歴史博物館の所蔵であり、掲載にあたってはその許可を得ております。

TAKAHASHI Yoshitoki 高橋至時 and INO Tadataka 伊能忠敬

[TAKAHASHI Yoshitoki] [INO Tadataka] [Genkuji]
The tombs of Astronomer TAKAHASHI Yoshitoki(1764-1804) and his student INO Tadataka(1745-1818).
INO made the map of Japan in 1821.

Landmarks of the Tropic of Cancer in Taiwan

[1908] [6 and 7] [summer solstice] [Kuiyang] [Kuiyang]
Landmarks of the Tropic of Cancer at Shuishang, Jiayi, Taiwan
At the noon of the summer solstice, it is the top on the sun,
therefore, the sun makes the sunlight spot in the vertical peephole.
At the noon of 22nd June 2003.


Gnomon at Takao (Gaoxiong, Kaohsiung)

[20041221] [20041221] [Kuiyang]
It is 22°43'58'' N.L. , therefore the Sun come the top at 6th June and 6th July
at the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park.
Lianhebao newspaper at 22 Dec. 2008, the day after the winter solstice

Ancient Observatory, Kyonju, KOREA



[Kyonju Observatory-1] [Konju Observatory-2]
Ancient Observatory, Kyonju, Korea.
韓国慶州古天文台

Dengfeng-xian Ancient Observatory, Dengfeng-xian, Henan, CHINA


[40 chi Gnomon-1] [40 chi Gnomon-2]
40 chi Gnomon in the Yuan dynasty, Dengfeng-xian Ancient Observatory, Dengfeng-xian, Henan, China.
元代の４０尺の圭表、中国河南省登封県古観星台

[Zhougong's Gnomon]
Duke Zhou's Gnomon?, Dengfeng-xian Observatory in the Yuan dynasty.
伝周公の圭表、中国河南省登封県古観星台

[Sundial-1] [Sundial-2]
Sundial, Dengfeng-xian Observatory in the Yuan dynasty.
日時計、中国河南省登封県古観星台

Angb Sundial, Seoul, KOREA


[Seoul Angb-1] [Seoul Angb-2] [Kyonju Angb] [Kyonju Angb]
Angb Sundial, Seoul, Korea.
韓国京城仰釜（元代に中国より製法伝来）

8 chi Gnomon, Beijing Ancient Observatory, CHINA


 [8 chi Gnomon-1] [8 chi Gnomon-2]
8 chi Gnomon, Beijing Ancient Observatory, China.
８尺の圭表（模造品）、中国北京古観象台

10 chi Gnomon in the Qing dynasty, Nanjing Observatory, CHINA


 [10 chi Gnomon]
10 chi Gnomon in the Qing dynasty, Nanjing Observatory.
清代１０尺の圭表、中国南京紫禁山天文台

Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA


 [lowell]
Old Telescope at the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, USA
Clyde Tombaugh used this telescope and discovered Pluto in 1930.
米国アリゾナ州フラッグスタッフ・ローウェル天文台旧望遠鏡
この望遠鏡を使って、1930年トンボーにより冥王星が発見された。

508 cm Hale Telescope, Paroma Observatory.CA, USA


 [Hale Telescope] [Statue of Hale] [Hale telescope]
508 cm Hale Telescope, Paroma Observatory.
米国カリフォルニア州パロマ山天文台口径508cmハール望遠鏡

Mishima-goyomi Calendar, Shizuoka, JAPAN[10/04/01]


 [Master Kawai's house] [Master Kawai's house] [Mishima city Musuem of Local History] [Mishima Taisha shrine ]
The oldest of Mishima-goyomi Calendar was recorded in 1374.
三嶋暦　最古の記録は1374年である。

The Nobeyama Radio Observatory[10/10/20]


 [45m radio telescope and 1st radio telescope in Japan by Prof. Hatanaka, 1949] [3rd fl. of 45m radio telescope with Prof. NAKAYAMA Shigeru] [Console room of 45m radio telescope] [the highest point of JR Line, 1375m]
45m radio telescope and the 1st radio telescope in Japan by Prof. HATANAKA Takeo, 1949
3rd fl. of 45m radio telescope with Prof. NAKAYAMA Shigeru
Console room of 45m radio telescope
the highest point of JR Line, 1375m
45ｍ電波望遠鏡と日本最初の電波望遠鏡（畑中武夫教授、1949年）
45ｍ電波望遠鏡３階にて（エレベータ）中山茂教授と
45ｍ電波望遠鏡コンソールルーム
JR標高最高地点　野辺山ー清里間

Armillary Sphere at Suwa, Nagano, Japan, Imitation at the Song dynasty[10/10/20]


 [Entrance of Armillary Sphere] [Armillary Sphere] [Entrance of Armillary Sphere, Qu, Nakayama, Jochi]
Armillary Sphere, Suwa, Nagano, JAPAN
Entrance of Armillary Sphere, Suwa, Nagano, JAPAN
Armillary Sphere, Prof. QU Anjing, Prof. NAKAYAMA Shigeru, Prof. JOCHI Shigeru
長野県諏訪郡下諏訪町　儀象堂（宋代の複製）
儀象堂入口
曲安京教授、中山茂教授、城地茂教授

The Monument for Transit of Venus, 9th Dec. 1874, Suwayama, Kobe, JAPAN,[12/07/01]


 [The Monument for Transit of Venus] [The Monument for Transit of Venus] [The Monument for Transit of Venus]
The Monument for Transit of Venus, 9th Dec. 1874, Suwayama, Kobe, JAPAN
神戸諏訪山公園　金星台 金星過日測檢之處

Physical Science

Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727), England.

 [Newton's House]
Apple Tree in front of the Newton's House, England.
ニュートンの旧宅とりんごの樹・英国

Prof. Dr. YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1981), Kyoto, Japan.

 [YUKAWA's statue] [Kita-Shirakawa Gakusha]
The Statue of Prof. YUKAWA Hideki who was be awarded A Novel Physics Prize (1949)
湯川秀樹教授胸像・京都大学基礎物理学研究所(1953)

The Kita-Shirakaa Gakusha (1955) by YUKAWA Memorial Foundation(1956)
白川学舎（現、北白川学舎）湯川記念財団による

Chemistry

Seimikyoku school (1869), Osaka, Japan.

. [monument] [Third High School]
The monument of Seimikyoku school, Osaka. But the building was in the south side of it.
舎密局記念碑（実際の校舎は南側）・大阪

The gate of Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto Univ.
The Seimikyoku was developed to the Thirad High School, then Faculty of Integrated Human Studies. 京都大学総合人間学部正門（旧第三高等学校）・京都市左京区吉田二本松町

[Novel Prize]
The monument of A Novel Chemistry Prize (1981) for Prof. FUKUI Ken'ichi, Kyoto Univ.
福井謙一教授ノーベル化学賞受賞記念碑・京都市左京区吉田本町

Medical Science

Biochemistry and History of Science in China, Dr Joseph Needham (1900-94), Cambridge, England.

 [Needham's House] [Late Dr Needham]
Late Dr Joseph Needham's House, Cambridge, England.
ニーダムの旧宅・英国剣橋

Kitazato Shibasaburo, Japan.(1852-1931）北里柴三郎

 [Kitazato Institute] [Statue of Dr. Kitazato]
The Old House of Kitazato Institute (1914-), now Inuyama, Aichi.
旧、北里研究所。現在愛知県犬山市明治村
The Statue of Prof. Kitazato Shibasaburo
北里柴三郎胸像

Ogata, Koan (1810-63), Japan 緒方洪庵
who founded the Tekitekisai-juku (or Teki-juku)適々斎塾.

 [Ryukaiji] [Tomb of Ogata]
Ryukaiji, Kita, Osaka, Japan.
龍海寺、大阪市北区
The Tomb of Prof. OGATA Koan
緒方洪庵之墓

[Tekijuku] [statue of Ogata] [Jotokan]
Tekitekisai-juku, Kita, Osaka, Japan.
It is developed to the Medical School, Osaka Univ.
適々斎塾

Dr. Noguchi, Hideyo (1876 - 1928), Japan 野口英世
who studied the yellow fever.

[Kaiyo Hospital] [Kaiyo Hospital] [statue] [parents' home] [parents' home]
Kaiyo Hospital, Aidu-wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan.
会陽医院、福島県会津若松市
The statue of Dr. Hideyo NOGUCHI at the Seishun (young) square, , Aidu-wakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan.
青春広場の銅像、福島県会津若松市
Dr. Hideyo NOGUCHI's parents' home, Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan.
野口英世生家、福島県猪苗代町

Technology

Tomioka factory.

 [Tomioka Seishijo]
The Steam engine of Tomioka Factory, Tomioka, Gumma, now Inuyama, Aichi.
富岡製糸場の蒸気機関。現在愛知県犬山市明治村

Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace.

[Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace] [Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace] [Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace] [Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace] [Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace]
The statue of EGAWA Hidetatsu and the Reverberatory Furnace, Nirayama, Izunokuni, Shizuoka.
江川英龍像と韮山反射炉。静岡県伊豆の国市韮山

The Reverberatory Furnace and Mt. Fuji, Nirayama, Izunokuni, Shizuoka.
韮山反射炉と富士山。静岡県伊豆の国市韮山

The Tomb of EGAWA Hidetatsu (1801-1855) at the Honryu-ji temple, who founded the Reverberatory Furnace in 1853.
反射炉の製作者・江川英龍の墓。静岡県伊豆の国市韮山本立寺

The Tomb of EGAWA Hidetake (1770−1834) at the Honryu-ji temple, who is Hidetasu's father and made the Sangaku (Mathematical Votive Picture) in 1802.
英龍の父・江川英毅の墓、1802年に算額を作成した。静岡県伊豆の国市韮山本立寺

EGAWA Hidetake's Sangaku in 1802
江川英毅の算額（1802年）
Egawa Hidetake's Sangaku is kept at the Public Interest Incorporated Foundation EGAWA-bunko, and obtain the permission to use it.
江川英毅の算額は、公益財団法人 江川文庫の所蔵であり、掲載にあたってはその許可を得ております。

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