Experiment Collection

William Heath Robinson drawing showing soldiers unaware of the camouflaged famous Stonehenge moving around in Wiltshire. Date: 1941

Bound to Draw by William Heath Robinson
Another well-thought-out experiment in dentistry from Heath Robinson, the Gadget King and mastermind behind endless convoluted contraptions and silly ideas. Date: 1927

Science / Gillray Satire
New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! A satire on the Royal Institution: Thomas Young experiments on Hippisley, Humphry Davy at the bellows, Rumford by the door

BAC TSR-2
A Vickers Valiant Wing with the British Aircraft Corporation Tsr.2 Prototype and One of the Two Bristol 188 Prototypes Xf926 Parked Behind at Proof and Experimental Establishment

John Logie Bairds experiment, showing how television transm
Sending pictures through the air. Bairds system of television transmits its wireless pictures. John Logie Baird transmitted a moving image by wireless, showing gradations of light and shade

The new R. A. F. Centrifuge 1955
Testing the effects of gravitational stresses experienced by pilots at high speeds: the new R.A.F. centrifuge at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough, Hampshire

Frontispiece illustration from Frankenstein
Frontispiece illustration from Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. Date: first published 1818

Gun transport exercise, Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire
An emergency gun transport exercise taking place at Wentworth Woodhouse, Lord Fitzwilliams residence at Rotherham, Yorkshire

The Post Office and Library, Greendale Road, Port Sunlight. Date: circa 1910

Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)

The Chemist 1827
A chemist with his apprentice in his laboratory. A copper alembic is on his left, to the right a sand heat and a furnace is in the middle. Date: 1827

Chloroform / Experiment
Hannah Greener, who became the first fatality under chloroform anasethesia during a minor operation to have a toe nail removed

Holmes & Watson / In Lab
THE NAVAL TREATY Holmes busy with his chemistry apparatus at Baker St. watched by Dr. Watson

Alchemist at work
Black and white print of the painting, " L Alchimiste" by David Teniers the Younger, dated 1790. HPF/5C/4"

Rudi Schneider Seance
Rudi Schneider (centre) - Austrian physical medium - and Harry Price (second right) re- enact their session - London

Handkerchief Knot Test
Test at the National Psychical Laboratory on Rudi Schneider the Austrian spiritualist physical medium. Here, a knot has allegedly been tied paranormally in a handkerchief

CURTISS GOLD BUG NY
The Gold Bug biplane designed and flown by Glenn Hammond Curtiss for the Aerial Experiment Association, depicted flying over New York harbour

Experiment on an apple tree. Illustration (prob. Engraving) from Stephen Hales, Statical essays: containing vegetable staticks.. Vol. I, 3rd ed. Date: 1738-40

John Wesley / Electrical
JOHN WESLEY English religious leader, founder of Methodism : always interested in science, he is depicted observing an electrical experiment

Volley firing by Scott Method by G. H. Davis
The gunnery experiment of which all the naval world is talking: the six-to-one superiority of volley firing by the Scott Method

Townshend Esp Test
Testing a hypnotised subject for ESP : the hypnotiser holds up a card, concealed from his subject who tries to name it. Townshend found mesmerism enhanced psi ability

Mediumship / Satirical
THE PLEASURES OF HAT-MOVING To perform this scientific experiment, the experimenters must touch hands for 20 minutes or so

Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan during sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and the end tucked into her nostrils, May 1931

Thomas Edison / La Nature
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Listening to the first phonogram sent to New York from England

Glaisher and Coxwe conducting scientific experiment in a balloon, the two scientists suffer from lack of oxygen and pass out, though they manage to release air and descend

Louis Daguerre discovers use of silver iodide in photography
Pioneer of photography, Louis Daguerre (1787 1851) developed the process of the daguerreotype. One of the most significant problems which occurred during the invention of photography was getting

Diagrams of magnets, magnetic fields, iron filings, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst

Black magic experiment by Harry Price on the Brocken
Photographs concerning the black magic experiment conducted by Harry Price on the Brocken, Germany. Photograph of Harry Price and C.E.M.Joad standing in front of the Goose Girl fountain in Gottingen

Experiment, LNWR steam locomotive

LNWR Experiment Compound engine steam locomotive Victorian period

Balloon ascent of Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) on the Buen Retiro, August 12, 1792. Etching on paper, circa 1793. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Alchemist Date: early 19th century

Artificial light making strong; chickens
An experiment seen here, using artificial light to make supposedly strong and healthy chickens. This was studied at the university of Maine

Boys at Abbosholme school in uniform
School children in traditional uniform. The school was set up by Mr George Allen. Who published a volume entitled Abbotsholme, 1889-99; or, Ten Years in an Educational Laboratory, written by Dr

Boys making a pigeon loft
School children at the school Abbotsholme building a pigeon loft. The school was set up by Mr George Allen. Who published a volume entitled Abbotsholme, 1889-99; or

Thomas Edison, American inventor, at work. Date: 1880

Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L. Rawson flying over Alexandra Palace, London. Date: 22nd July 1905

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CEGB linesmen doing maintenance work, Kent
CEGB (Central Electricity Generating Board) linesmen doing routine maintenance work on the Supergrid transmission line between Northfleet and Canterbury, 24 July 1961

Electricity Council appliance testing lab, Leatherhead
Electricity Council appliance testing laboratories, Leatherhead, Surrey. A new extension was opened on 16 May 1969. Showing the Housecraft Department

GALVANI AND FROG
He discovers the existence of animal electricity in an experiment on a recently dead frog Date: 20 September 1786

The Invisible Man, book cover
The Invisible Man. Cover illustration to an early French edition

Experiment - first railway passenger coach. 1825

Motor racing along a country lane - ParisMadrid race 1903
The notorious ParisMadrid race of May 1903 was an early experiment in auto racing, organized by the Automobile Club de France and the Spanish Automobile Club, Automovil Club Espanol

Boiling a kettle by will power 1932
Major Raymond Phillips with the apparatus, by which he claimed to cause an electrical gramophone or kettle to operate. The human body acted, he said, as an earth

A centrifuge at Farnborough 1955
A centrifuge at Farnborough. Page from The Sphere, 28th May 1955, reporting on Britains first centrifuge capable of testing human subjects in the interests of safety of aircrew and equipment

Seeing multiples / Photography trick
Photographers became more experimental with the portraits they could photograph. In this example the same man appears multiple time within the same frame. Date: 1902

Diagrams of magnets, magnetic fields, magnetism experiments, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman

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