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Background imageResearch Collection: Diver underwater off the coast of Malta

Diver underwater off the coast of Malta
Diver swimming underwater as part of an inflatable house project. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Background imageResearch Collection: Underwater house telephone equipment, Malta

Underwater house telephone equipment, Malta
Telephone equipment connected with an underwater, inflatable house, being used on a beach in Malta. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Background imageResearch Collection: Students with underwater house equipment, Malta

Students with underwater house equipment, Malta
Students and equipment connected with an underwater, inflatable house on a beach in Malta. One student is being fitted with diving gear

Background imageResearch Collection: Underwater house floating in the sea, Malta

Underwater house floating in the sea, Malta
An underwater, inflatable house floating in the sea, about to be lowered to the seabed by students on the coast of Malta. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay

Background imageResearch Collection: Underwater house equipment under construction, Malta

Underwater house equipment under construction, Malta
Young man assembling electronic equipment connected with an underwater, inflatable house under construction on a beach in Malta

Background imageResearch Collection: Underwater house being carried, Malta

Underwater house being carried, Malta
An underwater, inflatable house being carried towards the sea by students on a beach in Malta. The house was then anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Background imageResearch Collection: Underwater house on the seashore, Malta

Underwater house on the seashore, Malta
An underwater, inflatable house on the seashore, about to be lowered into the sea by students on a beach in Malta. The house was then anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay

Background imageResearch Collection: Anti-Locust Research Centre, London

Anti-Locust Research Centre, London
Scientist examining a locust through a magnifying glass at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945

Background imageResearch Collection: Underwater house under construction, Malta

Underwater house under construction, Malta
An underwater, inflatable house under construction by students on a beach in Malta. The house was then anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay, off the coast of Malta

Background imageResearch Collection: King Abdulaziz Quran. Early 20th century. Riyadh. Saudi Arab

King Abdulaziz Quran. Early 20th century. Riyadh. Saudi Arab
King Abdulaziz Quran. Early 20th century. Paper. 26.5 x 19 x 5 cm. King Abdulaziz Foundation for research and Archives, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Background imageResearch Collection: Spacelab. Full reusable orbital research laboratory

Spacelab. Full reusable orbital research laboratory
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory comprised multiple components, including a pressurized module

Background imageResearch Collection: Transmission electron microscope EM9. Signed: Carl Zeiss

Transmission electron microscope EM9. Signed: Carl Zeiss. 1964

Background imageResearch Collection: Replica of the lab worktable of the Italian chemist Giulio N

Replica of the lab worktable of the Italian chemist Giulio N
Replica of the lab worktable on which the Italian chemist Giulio Natta (1903-1979) worked and invented the first synthetic plastic of second generation: the isotactic polypropylene

Background imageResearch Collection: SALK, Jonas

SALK, Jonas (1914-1995). American medical researcher and virologist, discoverer of the polio vaccine in 1954

Background imageResearch Collection: Two handmade Christmas and New Year cards

Two handmade Christmas and New Year cards -- Please distil wishes to taste -- with a diagram of chemical apparatus. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageResearch Collection: Gerald Balfour

Gerald Balfour
GERALD WILLIAM BALFOUR, second earl Statesman, and in his leisure moments psychical researcher, member of the Society for Psychical Research. Date: 1895

Background imageResearch Collection: Radioactivity / Plants 60S

Radioactivity / Plants 60S
Isotope Research Division of the Wantage Research Laboratory. Testing uptake of radioactive elements by plants. Date: 1961

Background imageResearch Collection: J Malcolm Bird

J Malcolm Bird
American researcher, Research Officer of the American Society for Psychical Research 1925-1931, a period which included the remarkable Margery Crandon case Date: 1886 - ?

Background imageResearch Collection: Electrical gold finder

Electrical gold finder
Experiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892

Background imageResearch Collection: Spr Office - Letterbox

Spr Office - Letterbox
Offices of the SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH at their former address, Adam & Eve Mews, Kensington, London : letterbox in front door Date: 1987

Background imageResearch Collection: Spr Office - Archives

Spr Office - Archives
Offices of the SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH at their former address, Adam & Eve Mews, Kensington, London : part of the Archives Date: 1987

Background imageResearch Collection: Southcott Box Exterior

Southcott Box Exterior
JOANNA SOUTHCOTTs BOX before opening Date: 1927

Background imageResearch Collection: Southcott Box Xray

Southcott Box Xray
X-ray taken by Harry Price of JOANNA SOUTHCOTTs BOX before opening Date: 1927

Background imageResearch Collection: Saint Eustochium

Saint Eustochium
SAINT EUSTOCHIUM (born Julia) Roman woman who went with her mother, Saint Paula, to Palestine, where she did archival research for Saint Jerome Date: ? - 420

Background imageResearch Collection: Challenger Made Fast

Challenger Made Fast
H.M.S. Challenger made fast to St Pauls Rocks Date: 1873

Background imageResearch Collection: Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American naturalist

Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American naturalist
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873) Swiss-American naturalist, paleontologist, glaciologist and geologist. Date: 1850s

Background imageResearch Collection: Founding of the Paris Observatory

Founding of the Paris Observatory
Scene at the founding of the Paris Observatoire, near the Luxembourg Palace. It was fostered by Colbert and favoured by Louis XIV. Date: 1667

Background imageResearch Collection: Faked Spirit photographs

Faked Spirit photographs
From: Report of an Investigation into Spirit Photography, Fred Barlow and Major -Rose, Society for Psychical Research, 1933: Faked Spirit photographs showing methods used

Background imageResearch Collection: Spirit head above Gentlemen

Spirit head above Gentlemen
From: Report of an Investigation into Spirit Photography, Fred Barlow and Major -Rose, Society for Psychical Research, 1933: Enlarged Spirit head above Gentlemen

Background imageResearch Collection: Spirit head in shroud or mist

Spirit head in shroud or mist
From: Report of an Investigation into Spirit Photography, Fred Barlow and Major -Rose, Society for Psychical Research, 1933: Spirit head in shroud or mist, apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre

Background imageResearch Collection: Floating Veiled Spirit

Floating Veiled Spirit
From: Report of an Investigation into Spirit Photography, Fred Barlow and Major W. Rampling-Rose, Society for Psychical Research, 1933: Floating Veiled Spirit, apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre

Background imageResearch Collection: James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer
James Ferguson (1710-1776), Scottish astronomer, with a sketch of planets orbiting the sun. Date: circa 1760

Background imageResearch Collection: The Duke of Edinburgh at the Road Research Laboratory

The Duke of Edinburgh at the Road Research Laboratory
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, examining the motor-cycle combination fitted with devices for recording aspects of road surfaces, when he toured the Road Research laboratory in Harmondsworth

Background imageResearch Collection: Cartoon, Scientific Researches

Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray

Background imageResearch Collection: Cartoon, Siege de la Colonne de Pompee

Cartoon, Siege de la Colonne de Pompee [Pompeys Pillar, a Roman triumphal column], Science in the Pillory, by James Gillray

Background imageResearch Collection: Douglas Dakota A65-86 ARDU, RaF Edinburgh South Australia 1

Douglas Dakota A65-86 ARDU, RaF Edinburgh South Australia 1
Douglas Dakota A65-86 of the Air Research and Development Unit, Royal Australian Air Force at Edinburgh, South Australia on 13 February 1981

Background imageResearch Collection: Satellite at Goonhilly Earth Station, Cornwall

Satellite at Goonhilly Earth Station, Cornwall
The worlds first parabolic satellite communications antenna, nicknamed Arthur, at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Goonhilly Downs, near Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageResearch Collection: FERMI, Enrico (1901-1954). Italian physicist, Nobel

FERMI, Enrico (1901-1954). Italian physicist, Nobel laureate in 1938. Oil

Background imageResearch Collection: SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich (1822-1890). German archaeologist

SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich (1822-1890). German archaeologist. Discoverer of the ruins of Troy. Engraving

Background imageResearch Collection: The Observatory

The Observatory
Slide showing a black and white photograph of an Observatory in the city of Melbourne in Australia. Melbourne Observatory was founded in 1862 to serve as a scientific research institution for

Background imageResearch Collection: Taking a snow depth measurement - boreal forest

Taking a snow depth measurement - boreal forest after a heavy snowfall. Wildlife reserve Denezhkin Kamen - North Ural Mountains - Russia

Background imageResearch Collection: A typical view over coniferous taiga-forest

A typical view over coniferous taiga-forest and North Ural Mountains. near Vsevolodo-Blagodatskoye village; Russians on a snow-walk; midwinter, December. (All the land is state owned)

Background imageResearch Collection: RESEARCHER of CNR (Italian National Council of

RESEARCHER of CNR (Italian National Council of Research) monitoring a Dolphin using its sonar

Background imageResearch Collection: Researchers - monitoring sonar sounds of a dolphin

Researchers - monitoring sonar sounds of a dolphin echolocating a metal ball

Background imageResearch Collection: Young Siberian Lemming - being held by a researcher

Young Siberian Lemming - being held by a researcher (Lemmus sibiricus). tundra of Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic, winter

Background imageResearch Collection: Russian Desman - caught for tagging

Russian Desman - caught for tagging (Desmana moschata). Okski Biospheric Nature Reserve, Central Russia, 50 km East from Ryazan town

Background imageResearch Collection: Rissos DOLPHIN - Being given medication by vet

Rissos DOLPHIN - Being given medication by vet (Grampus griseus)

Background imageResearch Collection: Striped DOLPHIN - with buoyancy aids

Striped DOLPHIN - with buoyancy aids (Stenella coeruleoalba). Buoyancy aids help with swimming



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