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Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist
High Tea above LondonA young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building and having a truely High Tea! Date: early 1930s
Africa. The Congo. Indigenous with double burdenHistory of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Indigenous with double burden. Engraving by Pedro Mullor. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
The Magnetic Hill, Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaThe Magnetic Hill is an example of a gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain. It is located at the northwestern edge (in the Magnetic Hill Area)
Isaac Newton (1642-1726/1727). English mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Chromolithography, 1876. Date: 2014
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker N931NA - NASA 931Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker N931NA / NASA 931 (MSN 18615, ex 63-7998), used for NASA's Reduced Gravity Research Program Date: circa 2000
WEBBER LIFTS TABLEJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a table above shoulder height, by manipulating gravity and etheric forces Date: 1939
GRAVITY ILLUSIONGravity illusion at The Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz, California - the ball appears to be rolling UP the sloping plank Date: circa 1930
Imaginary inhabitant of the planet MarsAn imaginary inhabitant of the planet Mars. Martians enjoy less gravity, but must withstand a thinner atmosphere with extreme temperatures. Civilisation could be highly developed. Date: 1939
Imaginary life forms on the planet Jupiter -- living with gravity more than twice that of Earth, with atmospheric conditions to match, imposes severe restrictions on them. Date: 1940
Convair JC-131B O-53-7791 (MSN 243), (the letter O denotes Obsolete), modified as JC-131B test-bed. Assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division
Switchback railway, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USASwitchback railway, near Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, USA. A gravity narrow gauge railroad at the Summit Hill coalmines, used by the company to transport coal in trucks to the village across
Sir Isaac Newtons tomb in Westminster AbbeySir Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727), English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist
Queen Mary ocean liner: Lifeboats & gravity davitsLifeboats built to carry 145 passagers, more than the total accommodated in the first Cunarder, " Britannia" : One of the Queen Marys 24 large lifeboats
GLC-LFB Turntable ladder overturned on roadwayLack of stability at speed and when manoeuvring very occasionally resulted in fire engines overturning, because of the relatively high centre of gravity (loading) of the turntable ladder
Imaginary inhabitants of the planet NeptuneThe imaginary inhabitants of the planet Neptune have to put up with an unstable surface which is largely liquid, a dense atmosphere, very high gravity, and chemical storms. Date: 1940
Verne: Illustration from Round the Moon(Autour de la Lune)Autour de la Lune ( Round the Moon ). The space-travellers enjoy the pleasures of being gravity free! Date: 1870
Low Gravity on MoonWhen Man finally lands on the Moon, he will discover the pleasures of comparative weightlessness Date: 1928
Webber Lifts TableJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a 20 kg table by manipulating gravity and etheric forces. Date: 1939
Levitation in Sunderland flying boat by G. H. DavisLevitation in a Sunderland flying boat during the Second World War. Crew members and objects floated up into the air. This strange experience lasted for just a few moments
The Spillway of the Gileppe Dam, Wallonia, BelgiumThe Spillway of the Gileppe Dam, an arch-gravity dam on the Gileppe river in Jalhay, Liege province, Wallonia, Belgium. Built in the 1870s to supply water for the wool industry in nearby Verviers
London Street Boys and their soapbox racerFive London Street Boys (can you spot them all?!) and their homemade soapbox racer go-cart, fitted with perambulator wheels. Date: circa 1908
Fire appliances in a London fire station appliance roomMotorised fire engines in a London fire station appliance room. Note the wooden blocks on the floor, to help stop the ladders deforming, especially in damp conditions
Aswan Low Dam and ReservoirThe Aswan Low Dam and Reservoir (Old Aswan Dam). The dam is a gravity masonry buttress dam on the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. Date: circa 1924
Pune, India - Khadakwasla Water WorksPune (Poona), India - Khadakwasla Water Works. The original dam (pictured on this postcard), was built in the 1879 as a masonry gravity dam and was the first of its kind in the world. Date: 1910s
Little girls playing shuttlecockLittle girls hit their shuttlecocks high into the air, but gravity always wins... first published 1879
The Gamblers Gravity: Studies In Facial Expression At The M9827
Popov on TightropePopov the clown of the Moscow State Circus, defies gravity by walking the tightrope during a circus visit to Cornwall, England!
Moscow State CircusA female acrobat skillfully balances on one arm on a male acrobats head. Photographed when the circus was visiting Cornwall, England
Circus Acrobats / MoscowAt the Moscow State Circus, a male acrobat skilfully balances a female acrobat on his forehead. Presumably she is going to spin around in the strange metal contraption!
HOLLYWOOD ON THE MOON (Henry Kuttner) The Moons low gravity is a godsend to the special effects department
The Resistant RayTHE RESISTANT RAY (Francis Flagg) Germans develop a gravity- resistant ray : they shoot down the heros plane, then invite him to walk to them Date: 1932
Weighing the Earth C1936A gravity-measuring device which can measure the weight of the earth
Broadcasting House JapesA young man defies gravity by perching on a pole on the roof of the new BBC Broadcasting House building!
Liebig Games - 2Three boys construct a tower with wooden bricks, learning some of the basic principles of physics - gravity, balance and the distribution of loads
Liebig Games - 1Children make a fountain and in doing so learn some basic principles of physics, such as gravity, pressure and the flow of liquids
Gravity-Free ConditionsSpace travellers will have to learn to live in a gravity- free environment
First on Moon / GravityTHE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON Cavor and Bedford try the effects of lunar gravity