Research Collection (page 7)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Garial - breeding and release programme. Nepal

Leatherback / Leathery Turtle - Scientist recording hatching process for scientific research / study (Dermochelys coriacea). Malay protection project. Distribution includes Trinidad & Tobago

Bottlenose Dolphin - Research of birth and Newborn Baby / Calf behaviour. (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

John More, clergyman and cartographer
John More (?-1592), Fellow of Christs College, Cambridge, minister of St Andrews Church, Norwich, and cartographer. He worked for many years on a map of Canaan, based on biblical research

William Beard Banwell (1772 1868), British bone collector Date: 1841

Advert for Veco reducing cup for weight loss 1926
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Mr Wells Coates
The architect, Mr. Wells Coates, founder of the Mars (Modern Architectural Research) group, originator of the flatlet, designer of public utility buildings, such as broadcasting studios

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Edward C Pickering, astronomer, psychical researcher
Edward Charles Pickering (1846-1919), American astronomer, physicist and psychical researcher. He was a founding member of the American Society for Psychical Research. Date: 19th century

Edward T Bennett, spiritualist and author
Edward T Bennett, spiritualist, psychical researcher and author. Date: circa 1874

Colin Brookes-Smith table tilting research
Colin Brookes-Smiths table designed for the detection of UMA (unconscious muscular action) in table tilting. The table surface has been removed to reveal the mechanisms underneath

Polygraph for brain and body monitoring in ESP testing
A multi-pen polygraph for the monitoring of brain and body functions during ESP testing. Date: 20th century

Cuttens photography apparatus
John Cuttens apparatus for automatically photographing any unusual incident. Date: 20th century

Cuttens pendulum recorder for psychical research
John Cuttens pendulum recorder (general view above, close-up below), for use in psychical research. This electronic device detects the movements of a pendulum which are recorded on the chart

Dame Edith Lyttelton, writer, campaigner and spiritualist
Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (nee Balfour, 1865-1948), writer, administrator, campaigner and spiritualist. She served as President of the Society for Psychical Research (1933-34)

William Rushton, physiologist and psychical researcher
William A H Rushton (1901-1980), physiologist and psychical researcher. He was based at Cambridge University and later at Florida State University, Department of Psychology

R George Medhurst, psychical researcher
R George Medhurst (d. 1971), psychical researcher and writer, member of the Society for Psychical Research. Date: 20th century

Joseph Maxwell, French psychical researcher
Joseph Maxwell (1858-1938), French psychical researcher, lawyer, physician and author. Date: circa early 20th century

Alan O Gauld, psychologist and parapsychologist
Alan O Gauld (b. 1932), British lecturer (now retired) in psychology, author, parapsychologist and Council member of the Society for Psychical Research. Date: 20th century

Plague scientist in China
Western doctor or scientist in China during the bubonic plague outbreak; died during research work. Date: 1911

Ariel 4, an ionospheric research satellite, was launched?
Ariel 4, an ionospheric research satellite, was launched on 11 December 1971 and burned up on 12 December 1978

Royal Aircraft Establishment model display of the Skylar?
Royal Aircraft Establishment model display of the Skylark high-altitude research rocket at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 September

Radio-controlled model sailplane designed and built by t?
Radio-controlled model sailplane designed and built by the Low Speed Aerodynamics Research Association at the 1952 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at White Waltham Aerodeome on 15 June

John Allen, right, of the Avro Weapons Research Division?
John Allen, right, of the Avro Weapons Research Division, discussed the extreme launch accuracies needed for lunar probes at a lecture to the Graduates

John Allen, left, of the Avro Weapons Research Division, ?
John Allen, left, of the Avro Weapons Research Division, discussed the extreme launch accuracies needed for lunar probes at a lecture to the Graduates

Russian Polar Explorer - Petr Petrovich Shirshov
A superb portrait of Petr Petrovich Shirshov (1905-1953) - hydrologist, Doctor of Geographic Sciences (1937), Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939)

Steamer Hans Egede at Uummannaq, Greenland
The Steamer Hans Egede at Uummannaq - Qsuitsup, Greenland Date: circa 1910s

Hunting H126 jet flap research aircraft, XN714

Vickers VA-1 research hovercraft, G-15-252, at Vickers-Armstrongs South Marston Works, Swindon

Martin P5M-1 Marlin modified to become the M-270 research aircraft flying over Chesapeake Bay in 1952. The lower part of the hull and nose were removed

Leduc O-10 ramjet research aircraft on a Sud-Est SE161 Languedoc carrier aircraft

Weapons Research Est Aeolus upper atmosphere research
Weapons Research Establishment Aeolus upper atmosphere research rocket

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