Demonstrated Collection

Hockey - Footwork, Dribbling and Passing demonstrated. Date: circa 1910s

A Selection of Ways to Ride a Penny Farthing Bicycle, 1881
Engraving showing a number of adventurous ways to ride a penny farthing bicycle; as demonstrated at a bicycle meeting held in Boston, USA, 1881

English Electric Canberra B2 WD932
English Electric Canberra B2, WD932, was demonstrated at Martin Airport to 20, 000 employees of Martin and their families and civic and business leaders of Maryland and Baltimore. 11 March 1951

Grafiti Wall, Belfast, 1973
?Graf?ti Wall?, Belfast, 1973 - Oil on board, by Ralph Lillford, 1973. Associated with Northern Ireland (1969-2007). During ?the Troubles

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials

New type of light tank demonstrated at Aldershot
A group of small machines with a pill-box turret, working over rough ground at Aldershot

Eight-seater Dynasphere designed by Dr J A Purves
Eight-seater Dynasphere, a monowheel vehicle designed by Dr J A Purves, demonstrated at Westland Flying Ground, Yeovil, Somerset, 8 July 1933. 1933

Pregnant Guppy N1024V under construction with On Mark Engineering at LAX - March 1962. the conversion was carried out in stages

Maggie Clifton music hall gymnast and equilibrist. Originally a member of The 5 Cliftons from Belgium. Demonstrated head and hand balancing techniques. Date: circa 1913

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - new plough tested at Peterhof
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II examines a new model of Plough being demonstrated in the grounds of the Peterhof Palace, a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg

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GRINDELL MATTHEWS - British inventor, almost certainly a charlatan though some of his inventions seemed to work : best known for his death ray of 1924, never demonstrated. Date: 1880 - 1941

EGLINTON & WRITING
Slate writing by the spirits of the dead is demonstrated at an Eglinton seance Date: 1886

Train with pneumatic wheels demonstrated at Bletchley
A rail road car, a train with pneumatic wheels which runs on rails was demonstrated at Bletchley this morning in a trail run to Oxford

The Defences of Callao
Canon Blakeley of the Santa-Rosa battery, being demonstrated or tested for manoeuvres. Date: 1866

Battery or Junin Tower
An artillery battery dubbed Junin Tower. Surrounded by girded metal barriers, a group of cannons are being demonstrated to watching military officers. Date: 1866

United States Army Square Dance Team - Sikorsky H-19D Chickasaw (one of the boys) The Square Dance Team, which was first based at the Army Aviation School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Miles M. 71 Merchantman U-21
The sole Miles M.71 Merchantman U-21 (msn 6695), at Woodley aerodrome, with stored unwanted Miles M.33 Monitor target-tugs in the background

Reads patent garden watering engine 1851
Reads patent garden watering engine, exhibited at the Crystal Palace in 1851, demonstrated here in a real garden. Date: 1851

REFRACTION DEMONSTRATED
A man uses a handheld device to study refraction. Date: 19th century

Magnesium flash 1865
Magnesium flash demonstrated at Birmingham : this device will, it is claimed, enable photographers to operate even when the ambient light is inadequate Date: 1865

ARCHITAS / MAGNETISM / C17
Magnetism demonstrated by the dove of Architas. The dove flies in a circle, not because of the wind, but through the influence of magnetism. Date: 17th century

Concert Mecanique, invented by M Richard
A Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello

New York World Fair - The Goodrich Building
The Goodrich Sidney Arena, New York Worlds Fair 1939. In the Goodrich Safety Arena Jimmie Lynch and his dare-devil stunt drivers entertain Worlds Fair visitors comfortably seated in the covered

The Duchess of York at the Abercynon Colliery, South Wales - she is being shown a Davy Safety lamp (and how it works) by one of the miners Date: 1933

Magdeburg Hemispheres
In 1650 Otto von Guericke demonstrated that even a team of horses could not tug apart his hermetically sealed hemispheres from which the air had been evacuated

Dance The Camel Walk demonstrated by Clifton Webb and June
A description of the new dance The Camel Walk demonstrated by Clifton Webb and June, London, 1922 Date: 1922

Census / 1901 / John Bull
John Bulls tailor measures him for a new suit - a satirical comment on a dramatic rise in population, as demonstrated by the 1901 Census

Creations by Redfern
How Cornely Embroidery is used for Riviera Models - demonstrated by two creations by Redfern

Cierva Autogyro France
The Cierva autogyro demonstrated in France Date: 1928

Turntable appliance by Merryweather, Blackheath Common
Turntable appliance by Merryweather of Greenwich, seen here being demonstrated on Blackheath Common. It was destined for Rangoon, India. One of the men is Station Officer Edwards

Electrical Skin treatment Demonstration, 1887
Aleksei Gerasimovich Polotebnov (1838 to 1907) was a pioneering Russian Dermatologist. He invented and demonstrated numerous skin treatments designed to prevent or cure skin diseases of all types

Vickers VA-2 hovercraft, VA2-001, was demonstrated to Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands at the BP Harbour Installation at Usselinckxhaven, Amsterdam

Radioplane OQ-19A radio-controlled target demonstrated at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, after returning to the ground by parachute

First armed motor vehicle. A powered quadricycle with a Maxim machine gun demonstrated by F R Simms, June 1899, Simms Motor Electronics Corporation, Acc no.9979, p.96a Date: 1899

Jacob Blauw
JACOB BLAUW Dutch patriot, who demonstrated his patriotism during the war with France when the French invaded the Netherlands. Date: 1756 - 1829

Disappearing Milk Trick
Magic at Maskelynes : Magician Mr. Edward Victor, assisted by the lovely Miss Eileen O Connor, demonstrated the amazing Disappearing Milk trick! Date: 1930s

Tea tango craze: learning to Tango, 1913
Ladies learning the tango standing in a circle, while teacher Mme Vicarni instructs and drills them in steps and movements. Here, the correct position of the arm is demonstrated. Date: 1913

Dr Zander / Posture / 1897
Dr Zanders apparatus for improving posture, demonstrated by one of his patients Date: 1897

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Louis Pasteur experimenting on a chloroformed rabbit
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

M. Pasteur in his laboratory in Paris
Louis Pasteur was born in 1822. He studied chemistry under Delafosse. Discovering the nature of fermentation, he went on to research his germ theory of disease

Portrait of Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (1822-95) studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

The Turbinia, 1898
Photograph of the experimental turbine steamer Turbinia. Built in 1894 to test C.A. Parsons ideas about turbines, Turbinia famously demonstrated her speed at the Fleet Review of 1897

Professor Myers Air Bicycle, 1891
Photograph of Professor Carl Myers Air Bicycle being demonstrated at Congress Springs, Saratoga, 1891. The balloon above the rider was filled with hydrogen gas

Armstrongs hydro-electric machine
Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s

Television in a private car, demonstrated to Radio Olympia v
Television in a private car; an experimental installation in a standard Vanguard saloon. The screen is not visible to the driver, thus avoiding distraction

Francisque Crotte / 1901
Francois Crottes electrical cure for TB being demonstrated on a female sufferer

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