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Man riding on a steam rocketThe Flight of Intellect. A comic image of a thin man riding on a steam rocket, with his top hat flying off behind him. Portrait of Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess Quick & Speeds new patent high
BAC TSR-2A 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
Sir Frank Whittle (centre) and his associates experimenting with an early gas turbine in a disused foundry at Lutterworth. A scene from the COX film The Wonder Jet
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
Experimenting Ponds at the Huningue Fish NurseriesExperimenting ponds at the Hungingue fish nurseries in France. Date: 1864
The Young Chemist or Young Scientist. 19th century
A German Chemist (or Alchemist!) and his assistants busy in a chemical laboratory. Date: 17th century
ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTA man and woman experimenting with an electrical machine Date: 1759
German Chemist (or Alchemist!) and his assistantsA German Chemist (or Alchemist!) and his assistants busy in a chemical laboratory. Date: circa 1600
Berthold Schwarz / LarmessBERTHOLD SCHWARZ German monk and alchemist, possibly legendary Date: FL 1340 - 1384
Michael Faraday - English scientistMichael Faraday (1791-1867) - English scientist - contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His discoveries included the principles underlying electromagnetic induction
WW1 - Austrian Scientists at work in Adana, TurkeyA pair of Austrian Scientists working in secrecy in Adana, Turkey during the First Work War. Note the portrait of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
John Logie Baird experimenting at home, 1942Photograph showing John Logie Baird (1888-1946), the Scottish electrical engineer and television pioneer, conducting a television experiment at his home in Sydenham Hill, London, 1942
Radio-controlled tortoiseA woman operates a remote control device for Toddle the tortoise. The aerial picks up a signal and makes the arm holding the lettuce (and Toddle!) swing left or right
The Invisible Man. Griffins early experiment on a cat
The Invisible Man in the laboratoryThe Invisible Man. Griffin experiments
Racing yacht tests in a tank by G. H. DavisDid trials of models bring Ranger victory? Tests in a tank. How science is called in to help the designers of racing yachts in the United States
Hargrave and James Swaine experimenting with four man-lifting kites. Hargrave Slide 38
How to fly by the aid of wings on bicyclesFor some time past Frenchmen have been experimenting how to fly by the aid of wings on bicycles. Some having met with little or no success
Lawrence Hargrave and James Swaine experimenting with four man-lifting kites, based on Hargraves invention of the box-kite structure
Experimenting with tank tracks, WW1Experimenting with tank tracks during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918
Science lesson, Northfield House School, LeicesterTwo boys experimenting with test tubes at Northfield House Junior School, Leicester. Date: 1965
Louis Pasteur experimenting on a chloroformed rabbitBorn in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease
Schneider Seance / PriceRudi Schneider sitting in seance with Harry Price, who conducted experiments into his spiritualist powers
The First Railway Motor-Coach in Britain, 1903Photograph of the first railway motor-coach in Britain, June 1903. The London and South-Western Railway were experimenting with motor-coaches for light suburban traffic
George Stephenson experimenting with the safety lamp in a miIllustration of George Stephenson (1781-1848) experimenting with his safety lamp in a mine. It was designed by Stephenson in 1815, around the same time as Humphrey Davy invented a similar lamp
William Ramsay / Tatler 04SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY British chemist experimenting with radium at University College, London, in 1904
The Aerial Steam HorseThe Flight of Intellect: Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess. Quick & Speeds new patent, high pressure, steam riding rocket warranted not to burst!
Justus Liebig / 2 of 6JUSTUS VON LIEBIG German scientist experimenting in the chemists shop where he works - he causes an explosion