Research Collection (page 11)

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

PRS Nimrod moored in London, 1909
Illustration showing Sir Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09, and his wife (left foreground) welcoming visitors onto the deck of the Polar Research Ship Nimrod

PRS Discovery frozen in the ice, Antarctica, 1903
Photograph showing the Polar Research Ship Discovery of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4, frozen in the ice, Antarctica

PRS Discovery and hydrogen balloon, Antarctic, 1902
Photograph showing members of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4 deflating an hydrogen balloon, with the Polar Research Ship Discovery in the background, Antarctic, 4th February 1902

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Louis Pasteur experimenting on a chloroformed rabbit
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Crocuses growing in PRS Discoverys wardroom, 1902
Illustration showing the wardroom of the Polar Research Ship Discovery, Easter Sunday, 1902. Several of the ships officers can be seen climbing onto the dining table to look at their pots of crocuses

The Nimrod in a storm, Antarctic Ocean, 1908
Illustration showing the polar research ship Nimrod heading for the Antarctic at the start of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09

The Nimrod returning from Antarctica, 1909
Photograph showing the Nimrod, the polar research ship used in the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09, returning to Britain in 1909

PRS Discovery in the pack ice, Antarctica, 1902
Photograph of Polar Research Ship Discovery, in the pack ice of McMurdo Strait, 7th February 1902. Discovery was used during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04

The Officers and Scientists of the National Antarctic Expedition
Photograph of the officers and scientists of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04, on the deck of the research ship Discovery, 1901. The officers seated are (from left to right): Mr. G

Antarctic Expedition Sledge, c. 1903
Photograph showing a laden sledge of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04. A sledge this size would have been packed with supplies for three men of a sledging party

Midwinter Day Celebration, National Antarctic Expedition, 19
Illustration of the Midwinter Day Celebration held in the crews mess-room of the Polar Research Ship Discovery ; National Antarctic Expedition, 22nd June 1902

The Nimrod, Falmouth Harbour, 1909
Photograph showing the polar research ship Nimrod shortly after its return from the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09; off Falmouth, 1909

M. Pasteur in his laboratory in Paris
Louis Pasteur was born in 1822. He studied chemistry under Delafosse. Discovering the nature of fermentation, he went on to research his germ theory of disease

Dairy research work in a Reading laboratory
A scientist in the bacteriological laboratory making plate cultures of bacteria

Portrait of Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (1822-95) studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Demonstration of the Dracone, Southampton, 1958
Photograph of the Dracone, a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958

Criminal Record Offce
Checking fingerprints on the computer at the Criminal Record Office of New Scotland Yard. Metropolitan Police

Radar navigation at a glance- a new device
Diagrammatic illustration of radar navigation. This was designed by the Admiralty Research Lab (mainly by Mr.J. Home Dickson)

Prince of Abyssinia
This curious picture defies our research : possibly a son of Theodor, but the European dress is puzzling

Penicillin Plant / Sanders
Dr A G Sanders, one of the penicillin research team at Oxford University with Howard Florey, with the experimental plant for extracting penicillin that he set up

Ghost Detection Kit
Ghost detection equipment designed and built by John Cutten : wind vane - Solenoid - Cameras - Thermostat - Tape recorder - Photo-electric cell - microphone

Stephan Ossowiecki
STEPHAN OSSOWIECKI Polish engineer and clairvoyant, photographed with his wife at the 1923 International Congress for Psychical Research at Warsaw

Christian Winther
The Danish Professor Christian Winther, who undertook psychical research in the 1920s

Klinckowstroem
GRAF CARL VON KLINCKOWSTROEM German research scientist and psychical researcher

Wilhelm Wrchorzschy
Austrian Wilhelm Wrchorzschy, delegate, photographed at the Third International Congress of Psychical Research, held in Paris in 1927

Price and Winther
Harry Price with Danidh researcher Christian Winther at the International Congress of Psychical Research, Paris 1927

Sir William Barrett
Distinguished investigator of psychical phenomena and other anomalies such as dowsing : a founder member of the Society for Psychical Research

Delegates Paris 1927
Delegates at the 3rd International Congress of psychical research at Paris, Rudolf Lambert from Stuttgart and count Perovsky-Petrovo- Solovovo

Richet and Driesch
Charles Richet, President, at the Third International Congress of Psychical Research, held in Paris in 1927, with Hans Driesch and an unknown woman

Richet at Paris 1927
Charles Richet, President, at the Third International Congress of Psychical Research, held in Paris in 1927, with a group of delegates

3rd International Paris
Richet (centre) and colleagues at the third International Congress of Psychical Research, held at Paris

Harry Price Speaks
Harry Price addresses guests at the Ghost Club dinner

Research Ship Challenger
The Challenger off the Needles

Challenger in Snowstorm
H.M.S. Challenger in a snowstorm

Challenger Chemical Lab
The chemical laboratory on board the Challenger

Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist, considered one of the fathers of modern chemistry

Geologists Hunt Crystals
Geologists crystal hunting on Mont Blanc in the Alps

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