Ray Collection (page 3)

Synodontis maculipinna, catfish
Synodontis is the most widely-distributed mochokid genus. This specimen was collected from the Rufigi River near Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and arrived at the museum in 1922

Echidna nebulosa, clouded eel
Ff. 172. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated echidna variegata murona and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Galaxias argenteus, giant kokopu
Ff. 235. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Lutjanus fulvus, blacktail snapper
Ff. 213. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Florence Stoney (1870 - 1932), Irish physician who was the first female radiologist. A pioneer in X-ray and ultra-violet light treatment; also gaining permission for medical womens work in WWI

PROHIBITION CARTOON 1923
An X-ray examination of the American males person would reveal hidden alcohol aplenty, according to this cartoon. Date: 1923

SCIENCE AS A GODDESS
Science, personified as a goddess standing on top of the world, directs a ray of light onto a city. Date: 19th century

Basilisk
Gesner, the author of the book whence the image comes, labels this creature a basilisk but its really a ray-fish. Date: 1598

X-ray ambulance van 1904
French motorised Radiographic Van - interior view and diagram of equipment. Date: 1904

French radiographic van 1904
A French radiographic van, manufactured by Gaiffe-Panhard. Date: 1904

Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Duncan
Photographs from Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen Duncan and of Ms Esson Maule, who was involved with the exposure of Helen Duncan during a seance in Edinburgh

Miss Gabrielle Ray - British Actress, Dancer and Singer
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: 1906

Exposicion Internacional de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Date: 1929

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, USA. The Scintillator and Tower of Progress Date: 1915

Translucent x-ray skirt 1913
Women caused a sensation by wearing a translucent x-ray skirt, Paris-made striped skirt was displayed on Broadway at Luna, Coney Island by a Bath Beach Girl

The Transfiguration of Christ, depicting Elijah, Jesus, and Moses with the apostles James, John and Peter. Psalter. Miniature. 15th century. Chantilly Castle. France

Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Rontg
Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Discovered Roentgen rays or X-ray (1895). In 1901 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

LS Plate 192 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

The Eye of Siva by Sax Rohmer (pseudonym of Arthur Henry Ward, 18831959). First produced at the New Theatre on 8th August 1923

Startling Stories - When New York Vanished by Henry Kuttner. A large robotic alien insect is imprisoned under a glass dome and is being experimented on by two male scientists

Fragments of a Dornier brought down in Victoria Station
Knocking over chimney pots as it came to rest. The Fragments of a Dornier Bomber brought down in the forecourt of Victoria Station by Fighter Pilot Ray Holmes on 15th September 1940

Wreckage caused by Dornier Bomber in Victoria Station
Part of an enemy fuselage hits Victoria Station. Wreckage caused by German Dornier Bomber which was brought down by Fighter Pilot Ray Holmes in the forecourt of Victoria Station. 15th September 1940

Transfiguration of Jesus in the presence of James, Peter and John. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy

Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland
Not for the first time Dorothy Lamour finds herself wearing a sarong in an exotic location, in the arms of Ray Milland; in George Archainbauds film she learns how to kiss... Date: 1938

Leucoraja circularis, or Sandy Ray
Leucoraja naevus, known as Cuckoo Ray or Cuckoo Skate. Date: 1862

Raia clavata, or Thornback Ray
Raia clavata, also known as Thornback Ray and Thornback Skate. Date: 1862

Devil fish or giant devil ray, Mobula mobular.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

British Red Cross Society, Duchess of Westminsters Hospital
A collection of eleven original images relating to No. 1 British Red Cross Society Hospital, more commonly known as The Duchess of Westminsters Hospital, named after its Founder

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1950
Give her a lovely NEW Gor-ray pleated skirt. With its permanised knife-edge into sheath-fitting, single material over the hips, it is the most flattering of all skirts. 1950

LS Plate 186 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Plate 146 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

LS Plate 193 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Royal Wedding 1923 - The Ray of Sunshine
Illustration in a Bystander issue celebrating the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923 showing the happy couple bathed in a ray

Ray Gunter (1909-1977) English Labour politician shortly after he became MP for Southwark in 1964

Spaceship attacks city
THE MAN FROM HELL by Polton Cross. An see-through spaceship fires a ray-gun at a large syscraper in a futuristic New York City

Dr Slade the spirit medium
The trial of Henry Slade, the medium who was said to communicate with spirits by a slate board. Top sketch shows Mr G. Leis, counsel for the Prosecution and bottom image shows Professor E

Reading Subconscious
In Ray Avery Myers fiction Into the subconscious, future scientists develop machines that read the subconscious mind and project its thoughts as images

Miss Gabrielle Ray - Edwardian Singer and Actress
Miss Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973) - Edwardian Singer, Actress and Dancer. A fabulous Beagles postcard with a striking gold gilt background. Date: circa 1910s

The Blue Ray by Shirland Quin - Flyer, Eastbourne Production
The Blue Ray by Shirland Quin. First produced at the Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne on 28th November 1927. Back and front pages of the flyer for the Eastbourne production

The Beauty Baths revue, by George Ray. First produced at the Hippodrome Theatre, Devonport, April 1915. Ray is advertised as producer of Splash Me, Chase Me, Have a Dip and Something Doing

Use of X-ray equipment
Photograph of the use of X-ray equipment, nd. From an album of 37 photographs compiled by Sgn Gen Sir William Taylor, 1897-1898. Date: 1898

The miracle of the fleece - Judges 6. circa 1690

Music cover, One Good Tune Deserves Another, words by Douglas Furber, music by Ray Noble, sung by Jack Buchanan in the film Brewsters Millions. 1935

Startling Stories - Strangers on the Heights by Manly Wade Wellman. A man holds a ray gun to the head of a scared skeletal being

Startling Stories - Tarnished Utopia by Malcolm Jameson. A man in a space suit and a woman are attacked by possessed trees

Ray Old Church, Dunfanaghy - a view of a derelict church with no roof. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Dunfanaghy). Date: circa early 1900s

Fin of a Dornier which was brough in down Victoria Station
Wings and fins fall all over London roofs. A warden observes the fin of a Dornier Bomber, which was brought down in the forecourt of Victoria Station by Fighter Pilot Ray Holmes on 15th September

Divers inside underwater house off the coast of Malta
Brian Ray, 27, and Peter Newman (in diving gear) during a coffee break inside the Underwater House, with its stool and life support box. Brian is using the telephone

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