Degrees Collection

Vichy - Source Lucas spring at the spa
Vichy, France - Source Lucas spring water at the spa. Water Temperature recorded at 28 degrees. One of the many different sources in the Grande Palais des Sources at Vichy

IRISH WAKE
An Irish Wake - relatives and friends gather round the deathbed, grieving or mourning in various degrees, while the pigs and poultry carry on as usual. Date: 1882

Emigration - Sailing down the St Laurence at 100 degrees. 19th century

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT
Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team

THE WEIGHING HOUSE
The Weighing House, or degrees of Folly Date: circa 1733

GRINDSTONE HANDBILL
Handbill offering grindstones, mounted or unmounted in varying degrees of sophistication. Date: circa 1870

Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholars
Three schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898

Graduation ceremony, University of Essex
A Graduation Ceremony at the University of Essex Date: 1978

Ross / Saumarez River
John Rosss arctic expedition: The Saumarez River which never freezes in Latitude 70 degrees north and Longitude 92 degrees west. Date: 1829 - 33

Accustoming our Lads by Degrees to Sleep Under a Roof
Untraining the Army - another idea from William Heath Robinson for ensuring soldiers become accustomed once more to civilian life

Page design, commencement, School Silhouettes
Page design for commencement in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Building with icicles, Berlin, New Hampshire, USA
A building covered in icicles in Berlin, New Hampshire, USA, on 4 February 1908. The temperature was minus 20 degrees. The building had been on fire

Japan - A Peculiar Native Bridge at Sumi-Yoshi
Lantern slide of a Peculiar Native Bridge at Sumi-Yoshi. Bridge has very high arch. Soribashi is one of the representative structures of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine

Great Tit - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celcius - in parkland woods (Parus maior L.). near Ekaterinburg - Ural Mountains - Russia

Great Tit - ruffles up its plumage in freezing weather - tucks in one foot away from cold - tries to keep warm at -35 degrees celsius (Parus maior L.)

Eva Peron giving a speech to graduate students
Eva Peron (Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, 1919-1952), wife of the Argentinian President, giving a speech to graduate students at the Juan Peron High School

French 77mm shell case - Souvenir de la Bataille de L Yse
French 77 mm. shell case. Engraved with Souvenir de la Bataille de L Yser. Dixmude - 1914, 1915. 360 degrees of engraving of cherubs, fruit and flowers. Trench Art

Source L Hopital - Vichy, France - Temperature of the healing waters is 31 degrees. Delivers 2500 litres of water per hour! Date: circa 1910s

The Raising of Cleopatras Needle in London, 1878
Engraving showing four scenes during the raising of the Cleopatras Needle, an ancient Egyptian obelisk, on the Victoria Thames Embankment, London, 1878

Geology Earths Crust
The narrow band of Earths crust, about 20 km wide, is perfectly suited in density and temperature to sustaining life as we know it : a few degrees difference - wow !

Three-Colour Chart
A new three-colour chart showing the range of tones which are made available when primary printing colours are combined in varying degrees

An old snowman says Happy Christmas
An old snowman (5 degrees below zero !) says A Happy Christmas on this greetings card

Russia / 1936 / Prisoners
Political prisoners are confined in brightly lit cells in temperatures of 40 degrees centigrade, and given salt water to drink, so they are driven mad

Arc Welding / Cig Card
Arc welding equipment using an electric current to weld metal at 7000 degrees fahrenheit

BABY ABANDONED IN TOUR
The " tour" in which parents could place infants they wished to abandon. When the bell was pulled the sisters would revolve the tour 180 degrees and collect the baby

Firewalking, Fiji
On Bequa Island, Fiji, 12-14 men walk slowly across a fiery pit, sustaining temperatures of 130 degrees Celsius for up to a minute

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