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Description	Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Medium unknown Dimensions: 9.3 cm x 5.9 cm Date: prior to 1879 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. Persistent URL: Repository: Smithsonian Institution Libraries Accession number: SIL14-M002-13
Date	before 1879
Source	Portrait of James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Physicist
Author	Unidentified photographer. Smithsonian Institution from United States
Permission ( Reusing this file)	http://www.si.edu/copyright/

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Image title	Scientific Identity, Portrait of James Clerk Maxwell
Author	Smithsonian Institution Librarie
Width	936 px
Height	1,461 px
Bits per component	8 8 8
Compression scheme	Uncompressed
Pixel composition	RGB
Orientation	Normal
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	400 dpi
Vertical resolution	400 dpi
Data arrangement	chunky format
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time	18:56, 24 April 2012
Colour space	Uncalibrated
Image height	936 px
Image width	1,410 px
Exif version	2.21
Date and time of digitizing	15:10, 20 May 2008
Date metadata was last modified	20:56, 24 April 2012
Short title	Portrait of James Clerk Maxwell
Keywords	James Clerk Maxwell Physics Physicist
Credit/Provider	Smithsonian Institution Librarie
Source	Smithsonian Institution
Online copyright statement	http://www.si.edu/copyright/
Contact information	libmail@si.eduwebmaster@si.edu www.sil.si.eduwww.si.eduphotography.si.edu Washington, DC, 20013 U.S.A. (202) 633-2240
IIM version	2

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