Photo Materials for History of Science

MATHEMATICS	AJIMA Naonobu	SEKI Kowa (Takakazu)
ASTRNOMY	HAZAMA Shigetomi	TAKAHASHI Yoshitoki and INO Tadataka	Landmarks of the Tropic of Cancer	Gnomon at Takao (Gaoxiung, Kaohsiung)
PHYSICS	YUKAWA Hideki
CHEMISTRY	Seimikyoku
MEDICAL SCIENCE	OGATA Koan

Photo by Prof Shigeru Jochi

Mathematics

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

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

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.

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.

The Lunar crater of “Naonobu” (4.6S 57.8E) commemorated him and was named in 1976.

Suzuki Abacus Museum, Nagoya, Japan.

(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）

Astronomy

HAZAMA Shigetomi(1756-1816)

Hazama's picture is kept at the Osaka Museum of History, and obtain the permission to use it.

TAKAHASHI Yoshitoki and INO Tadataka

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

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)

It is 22°43'58'' N.L. , therefore the Sun come the top at 6th June and 6th July
at the Kaohsiung Metropolitan Park.

Ancient Observatory, Kyonju, Korea.
韓国慶州古天文台

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

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, 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.
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尺の圭表（模造品）、中国北京古観象台

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

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.
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

Physical Science

Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727), England.

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.

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.

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