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GRINDELL MATTHEWS - British inventor, almost certainly a charlatan though some of his inventions seemed to work : best known for his death ray of 1924, never demonstrated. Date: 1880 - 1941

MATTHEWS'S LUMINAPHONE
Grindell Matthews's instrument uses beams of light to produce music : interestingly, the same inventor also offered the world a death ray a few years later. Date: 1926

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MR M, DEATH RAY INVENTOR
Grindell Matthews, the inventor of a death ray which will destroy aircraft or explode munitions depots at a distance Date: 1924

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RAY GUN PROJECT - 1
English inventor Grindell Matthews sets up his death- ray device in his workshop Date: 1924

Ray Gun Project Military Weapons Projects 1924
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RAY GUN PROJECT - 2
English inventor Grindell Matthews demonstrates his death- ray device on a small target Date: 1924

Cynthia Brooke as Paula Ray in The Second Mrs Tanqueray, by Pinero Date: 1890s

Ray-Lamp Treatments 1928
Strange metal Blinkers to achieve beauty: A client taking a Ray-Lamp treatment, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

Woman in pink duvetyn suit with red sash belt, black hat and fur shawl. Tailleur de duvertyn ibis. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband

Bruce Bairnsfathers Cottage Memorial, St Yvon, Belgium
The rebuilt cottage stands on the site of the original building in which, in 1914, Bruce Bairnsfather drew his first catoons which led to the creation of Old Bill

Music cover, The Birth of the Blues, words by B G De Sylva and Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson. 1926

New Ideas for using X-Rays for Medical use WWI
Used in the British, French and Russian military hospitals the Kompact, apparatus, to find foreign bodies in wounded soldiers

Ray Mead Hotel, Maidenhead, Berkshire. 1902

Common torpedo ray, Raja torpedo. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804

Common torpedo and marbled electric ray
Common torpedo, ocellate torpedo, or eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo (Torpedo oculata), and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata

Ray, shark, sturgeon, lamprey, etc
Marine creatures: hagfish, Myxine glutinosa 1, river lamprey eel, Petromyzon fluviatilis 2, torpedo ray, Raja torpedo ocellata 3, great white shark, Squalus carcharias, vulnerable 4, rat fish

Manta ray, Manta birostris, devil ray, Mobula mobular, and reef manta ray, Manta alfredi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Dequevauviller after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

Common stingray, thornback ray, and clubnose guitarfish
Common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca, thornback ray, Raja clavata, and clubnose guitarfish, Glaucostegus thouin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Dequevauviller after an illustration by

Thornback ray, torpedo, and eagle ray
Thornback ray, Raja clavata (Raia rubus), torpedo, Torpedo torpedo, and eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Miss Coignet after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

White skate (endangered) and devil ray
White skate, Rostroraja alba (endangered) 1, 2, and devil ray, Mobula mobular 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by V. Plee Jr

John Ray, English botanist and zoologist (1627-1701)
John Ray, English botanist and zoologist, author of Historia Plantarum (1627-1701). Portrait engraved on steel by W.H. Lizars, from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library, 1833, Edinburgh

Thornback ray, Raja clavata (near threatened). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Thornback ray, cownose ray and giant devil ray
Thornback ray, Raja clavata 1, Lusitanian cownose ray, Rhinoptera marginata 2, and giant devil ray, Mobula mobular 3, endangered. Raies: Raja bouclee, Raja mourine, Raja cephaloptera

Ray fern, Actiniopteris radiata. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe, Ghent

Common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca (Sting ray, Raja pastinacea). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Common torpedo, Raja torpedo
Common torpedo or eyed electric ray, Raja torpedo. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Thornback skate, Raja clavata. Near threatened. Rough ray, Raja rubus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata. Vulnerable
Thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata (Starry ray, Raja radiata). Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Brown skate or mirror ray, Raja miraletus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Electric eel, torpedo, batfish, cowfish and sargassum fish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus 1, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 2, Brazilian batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio 3, longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta 4, and sargassum fish

Skates and rays
Skate, Dipturus batis 1, 2, long-nosed skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus 3, 4, eagle ray, Myliobatis aquila 5, stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca 6, thornback ray, Raja clavata 7, 8

Bottlenose skate and electric rays
Endangered bottlenose skate, Rostroraja alba, dorsal 1, ventral 2, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 3, and marbled electric ray, Torpedo marmorata 4

Dr Edwin Hurry Fenwick, The London Hospital
Dr Edwin Hurry Fenwick (1856 - 1944), of The London Hospital, British urologist, and early adopter of cystoscopic and X-ray technologies. 1902

Ray Ellington. Ray Ellington (1916-1985) British-born singer, drummer and bandleader best known for his appearances on radio and TV in The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960. Date: 1950s

Four Great Men - Golfers at Totteridge
Four Great Men - golfers A Herd, E Ray, James Braid and J H Taylor walking towards a hole at a testimonial match played at Totteridge in honour of Harry Vardon. 1938

Champions Old and New - Ted Ray & James Braid
Golf champions Ted Ray and James Braid congratulating winner Percy Allis and runner-up James Adams after the News of the World golf tournament at Stoke Poges 24th September 1937

Ray Reardon - Snooker Player Date: 1970s - 1980s

Ray McLoughlin - Irish rugby player Date: 1970s - 1980s

Gabrielle Ray (1883 - 1973), English stage actress, dancer and singer, her photographs on picture postcards in the Edwardian times, sold more than other stage beauties

Curtis British Entomology Plate 213
Lepidoptera: Pentophera nigricans = Diaphora mendica (Muslin moth) [Plant: Lolium perenne (Ray Grass)] Date: 1824-39

Miss Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973), British Actress, Dancer and Singer. One of the most photographed women in the world in the early decades of the 20th century. Date: circa 1910s

X-Ray - Elbow Joint. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

X-Ray - Guinea Pig. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

X-Ray - Foot of Lamb. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

X-Ray - Claw Foot. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

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