Rays Collection (page 3)

London - The Cloisters of Westminster Abbey
Bright sunshine flooding into the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey, London. Date: circa 1912

Woman in the Sun series postcard - Kirchner
Beautiful postcard (1/6) from Kirchners Woman in the Sun series. A pretty girl admiring some beautiful Arum Lilies. Raphael Kirchner (1876 - August 2, 1917) was an Austrian artist

New York souvenir postcard, featuring three inset details on a rising sun background (complete with paddlesteamer!). The insets show (from left): the Trinity Building

Moonlight over Tuckers Town, Bermuda Date: circa 1909

ULIVIs F-RAYS
Signor Ulivis F-Rays will make it possible for explosives to be detonated by remote control : push-button warfare becomes a freseeable possibility Date: 1914

The only safe weapons against cancer are surgery, x-rays and radium Do not trust your life to other methods. Poster identifying proper treatments for cancer. Date 1938

The Rays in A hot old time by Edgar Selden. Date c1897

The Rays in their howling success, A hot old time, 2nd edition by Geo. M. Cohan. Date c1898

Sun ray treatment, 1923
A woman enjoys the wonderful sun-ray treatment evolved and available at the Maison de Beaute Pompadour in Dover Street, London by Madame Jacobson

Horse Study
A study of a horse and rider, rays of sunlight streaming through a window, highlighting the steam coming from the horses nostrils. Date: 1930s

Forest Sunlight
An atmospheric forest scene, showing the rays of sunshine among the trees... Date: 1930s

X-Rays of Dogs Hips
Mr. John Dall studies x-ray plates showing various types of hip displacement injuries in dogs. Date: late 1960s

The Sketch front cover - Festival of Britain
Front cover of the Sketch magazine, showing a map of the United Kingdom with rays emanating from the London area, together with a lady in historical costume holding a tray of toys

A Shoeshine boy - New Years Card
Shoeshine boy from Algeria, holding a bunch of flowers, wishing the cards recipient a Happy 1906 !

Beauty of the Turkish Harem
An attractive decorative card of German original, but with Turkish theme, with the Turkish Sultans seal as the sun above a posing beauty from the Harem

Light through the trees
The light from the rising sun bursts through a misty morning scene of an autumnal wood. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Winter sunrise over isolated cottage
The weak yellow light of the winter sun rising over a desolate snowy scene surrounding a solitary farmhouse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

High Summer Hills
A view across sun-drenched evening hills in high summer. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Light through the trees and a perched Little Owl
Hazy mid-afternoon light falls through two large trees, sat in the middle of a classic English countryside scene of rolling fields and low distant hills

Light through the trees with Badger border
The light from the rising sun bursts through a misty morning scene of an autumnal wood. A badger in inset into the square framing of the scene. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Illustration showing the Eclipse of the Moon, 1932
Illustration showing the passage of the moon through the cone of the Earths shadow (invisible in space, but represented diagrammatically here) on 14th September 1932

Madame Curie visiting a war hospital
Photograph showing Marie Curie, discoverer of radium, visiting the British field-hospital at Furnes where she took X-rays of all cases

Cosmic Mutation
Minute fluctuations in the cosmic rays which strike our planet and cause evolution (!) could lead to mutations which would not be advantageous to life as we know it

Burglar alarm designs
Burglar detection by invisible beams. Once the beam is broken a alarm bell rings and a lamp lights up. The invisible rays ran across windows or doors to prevent entry

X-ray protection cabinet
A photograph of an x-ray in progress where the doctor is protected by a lead lined cabinet. An invention by MM. Radiguet and Massiot

Nurse in the x-ray department
Protected from the 300, 000 voltage rays by a lead lined partition, the nurse is still able to observe the patient through a 3/4 inch lead glass window

Children being treated with ultra-violet light
Three children being treated with ultra-violet rays to cure rickets. Their goggles were designed to protect them from becoming sun burnt in the artificial sunlight

Statue of Memnon
The statue of Memnon is reputed to sing at sunrise, as the suns rays warm up the stone

Patient has Hand X-Rayed
The French engineer, Seguy, x- rays a patients hand

Paranormal / Stigmata
A nun receives the stigmata of Jesuss wounds directly from Jesus himself, an interesting illustration which depicts the actual process, whereby the marks are transmitted by rays

Ray of Light
A dramatic cloudy sky with rays of sunlight beaming down towards the sea, Gibraltar Bay, Spain

Descartes / Microscope
The rays fallen parallelwise on the concavity of the mirror are brought back obliquely towards the focus of the spherule. Perfected by Siberkhunnas after Descartes

Rontgen / Colour
WILHELM CONRAD RONTGEN German physicist who discovered X-rays, 1895, Nobel prizewinner, 1901

X-Ray Tube / Vickers / 1936
Million volt X-ray tube; developed by Metropolitan Vickers; installed in St. Bartholomews Hospital

X-Ray Apparatus / 1895
X-Ray apparatus, in the year X-Rays were discovered

Cannon Powered by Sun
A scientist demonstrates a cannon which is fired using the suns rays

Atomic Forest Clearance
Forest Clearance by Means of Atomic Rays

Iceberg / Whimper C1860
A picturesque iceberg

Sunset on the Sea
A sailing ship on the crest of a wave basks in the glow of a sunset at sea

Temple of Abu Simbel
The entrance to the east- facing temple, aligned to allow the suns rays reach the innermost sanctuary twice a year

Chalk Farm Bridge / Rail
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY An engine & carriages pass under the Chalk Farm Bridge watched intently by onlookers intrigued by the new fangled mode of transport

Showgirl Miss Florence
Miss Florence of the Casino de Paris strikes a pose in the heat of the suns rays

Surya the Sun-God
The Hindu deity Surya is an archetypal sun-god, traversing the heavens in his chariot and overpowering his enemies with the heat of his rays

Using a Sunlamp
A lady enjoys the benefits of the ultra-violet rays emitted by the Homesun sunlamp - and it costs her only 18 pounds !

Hunting Alphabet - X
X is for X-rays - rays that will guide you to just what is going on inside you

Invisibility Machine
According to inventor/ publisher Hugo Gernsback, making people invisible is possible, using radiation similar to X-rays, based on the research of Steans

Dr Diocles X-Ray / 1926
Dr Diocles radio stereoscope presents 3-D image of the subject

Emblem of the Sun Fire Office, insurance company
The emblem of the Sun Fire Office, an insurance company established in the early 18th century

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