Research Collection (page 10)

Book spine of Darwins Researches
Spine of Researches in Geology and Natural History (1839) by Charles Darwin

DNA Laboratory at the Natural History Museum
Scientist at work in a DNA Laboratory at the Natural History Museum, London, 1997

Laboratory in the Darwin Centre
Scientist working in a laboratory in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Vicki Noble with botanical specimen
Vicki Noble a curator of higher plants in the Botany Department at The Natural History Museum, London

Botanical specimens stored in the herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London

Scientist at work in the Darwin Centre
A stranded harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is examined to establish its age, diet, the number of parasites it bears, and the likely cause of death

Hyperoodon ampullatus, northern bottlenose whale
Skeleton of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), also known as the Thames Whale, which became stranded in the River Thames. Seen here on display with mammal expert Richard Sabin

Entomologist with insect specimens
An entomologist working on the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

The Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Photograph of the interior of the Darwin Centre, a state-of-the-art scientific research and collections facility at the Natural History Museum, London which opened in Septmber 2009

Zoology specimens
Specimens held in the Zoology department of the Natural History Museum, London

Laboratory work
A scientist at work in the Zoology Department at the Natural History Museum, London

Library
The library at the Natural History Museum, London

Insect collecting
Using electric nets to collect insects, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

Excavations, Pakistan
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London engage in excavations in Pakistan in search for fossil mammals dating back one million years

6 million year old fossils
Searching for 6 million year old fossils, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Elephant rib
An elephant rib that is approximately 6 million years old. From Paleo field trip, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Goniometer
For measuring face angles to check symmetry and aid identification

Observing structure of rock
Looking at fresh granite under a microscope to study structure, granular composition can clearly be seen

Entomologist with moth specimens
An entomologist working on the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Title Page of On The Origin of Species by means of natural selection, or, the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life (1859) by Charles Darwin

Charles Davies Sherborn (1861-1942)
Portrait of Charles Davies Sherborn, a British naturalist and geologist. Image from Squire by John Roxborough Norman (1898-1944)

Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich (1849-1936). Russian physiologist, Nobel Prize in 1904

SPAIN. Barcelona. Biomedical Research Park (Parc de Recerca Biom褩 ca), building by Manuel Brullet y Albert Pineda, 2000. Architecture

Advert for Imperial Chemical Industries; shortage of rubber
During World War Two, Britain got 90% of their suppies of natural rubber from Japan, due to this, rubber became scarce. Old rubber was collected from old tyres and worn hose-pipes

Jean Cambolas
JEAN CAMBOLAS French churchman of the presbytery of Tholosatis - but research fails to reveal where that may be... Date: 1599 - 1668

Weight graph of fed children
Graph to show weight fluctuation in Bradford children fed meals at school, 1907 Date: 1907

Aldermaston March - 27th March 1959
Aldermaston March - The 2nd annual Anti-Nuclear protest march on 27th March 1959 to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston

RSS Discovery in the Antarctic. Launched in 1901 and designed for Antarctic research, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain

Advert for Kodak - faster, truer snaps

Ultrasonic Probes
The Analytical Research Unit, Harwell : Measuring the beam characteristics of Ultrasonic probes. Date: March 1968

Microdensitometer
The Analytical Research Unit, Harwell, is a service for industry to identify and control impurities in industrial materials : Using a microdensitometer and computer Date: 1973

Challenger Icebergs
Icebergs observed in the Antarctic by Her Majestys Research ship Challenger. Date: 1874

Dr Ernest Walton with Cockcroft-Walton apparatus
Dr Ernest Ts Walton in the cabinet (marked E) into which the high-velocity protons emerge and strike the target of lithium

Dr J D Cockcroft at work in Cavendish Laboratory
Dr J D Cockcroft at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, at Cambridge University, adjusting a vacuum-creating pump. Physicists John D Cockcroft

Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island
Sketches from HMS Challenger, by Mr J. J. Wild, the artist attached to the scientific staff on board the vessel : Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island(also known as Desolation Island)

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (Lord Kelvin)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907), British mathematical physicist and engineer

Machine for testing wagon springs
The Worlds First Railway Laboratory was set up at Crewe in 1864. One hundred years later, the Duke of Edinburgh opened new engineering research laboratories at Derby

The Interrupted Seance by Arthur Watts
Complete demoralisation of psychical research party on arrival of a real ghost. Humorous illustration by Arthur Watts poking fun at the growth of interest in the existence (or not)

Photograph of the infra-red cage at the National Laborator
Photograph of the infra-red " cage" at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, used during the Rudi Schneider experiments, 1932

Teleplasmic hand holding basket at a seance
Photograph of a reconstruction of one of the teleplasmic " hands" or pseudopods, often witnessed at the Rudi Schneider sances, 1929

Workshop - National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of workshop in the laboratory of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research where instruments were constructed and kept in repair. HPG/1/2/1 (iii)

Thermograph chart showing fall of temperature inside cabinet at sance at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, possibly with Rudi Schneider, dated 17 April 1929. HPG/8/5/6

Automatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at a sance at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research during which a rising handkerchief was photographed, 3 March 1932

Downs Childrens Hospital, Sutton, Surrey
Aerial view of the Downs Childrens Hospital on Banstead Road, Sutton, Surrey, originally opened in 1883 as part of the South Metropolitan District School for pauper children

Shackletons Nimrod on display in London

Sir Ronald Ross (1857 - 1932), British physician and Nobel Prize winner in 1902, who discovered the scientific link between mosquitoes and human malaria

The Magnetic Hut, National Antarctic Expedition, 1902
Photograph showing Mr. Bernacchi standing in the doorway of the Magnetic Hut during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4

Polar Research Ship Discovery, 1901
Photograph of the PRS Discovery leaving Lyttleton, New Zealand, at the beginning of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04, 21st December 1901

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