Resistant Collection

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, Grade 1, Size MP, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Advertisement for Sanderson Fabrics -- sun-resisting and washproof. Also mentioning the Sanderson range of wallpapers. Showing two fabric designs arranged in the shape of a large flower

Ratner patent safe, fire and fall resisting, for registrars, Size No. 5, with details and measurements. Date: circa 1920s

Womens motoring coat 1905
Woman wearing dust-resistant full length motoring coat. 1905

Advert for Aquascutum coats 1934
Aquascutum raincoats, overcoats and macintoshes. Date: 1934

Advert for Aquascutum weatherproof coats 1923
Reliability in rain is the first attribute of an Aquascutum - familiarly called a " scutum". Date: 1923

Advert for Flamingo raincoats 1935
The latest aquatite production- the Flamingo light weight raincoat. Rubber-less odourless, hygienic and self-ventilating. The Flamingo tripple-proofed fashion coat folds or rolls into a very small

Advert for Kenneth Durward raincoats 1928
Water-resistant and lightweight coat for men and women. 1928

Advert for Burberrys weather proof trench coats 1916
Six service maxims. Wet-resistance, wind proofness, warmth, healthfulness, lightweight and durability. Available from Burberrys, Haymarket, London. Date: 1916

Advert for Burberrys WWI service coats 1916
Protection and comfort. Whenever the inclemency of weather conditions to be faced in Naval or Military services calls for the highest form of protection

Jade group
A selection of rough and worked specimens of jadeite and nephrite. Jade is a gemstone and ornamental stone

Corundum group
A collection of crystals including ruby and sapphire particolor, ruby rhomboid, and hexagonal cut sapphire

Many colours of corundum
Ruby and sapphire cut corundum stones viewed through their pavilions. Corundum is the second hardest natural mineral known

The cliff edge engine houses of Wheal Trewavas
Situated on the Tregonning granite at Trewavas Head, south Cornwall. Image used in Minerals of Cornwall and Devon by P.G. Embrey and R.F. Symes, 1987, page 40. See also 4072

Sapphire
A six-rayed star blue sapphire. Sapphires derives from the corundum mineral group which is the second hardest group known

Ruin marble
Ruin Marble, when polished resembles ruins of buildings. This specimen originates from the Val d Arno, Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Heat-resistant asbestos
A photograph taken for a commercial client, demonstrating the heat-resisting properties of Asbestos, long before the modern dangers of the material were recognised. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

SS Sampo, 1898
Photograph of Steamship Sampo a newly constructed ice-breaker, built by Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. for the Senate of Finland, 1898

The Resistant Ray
THE RESISTANT RAY (Francis Flagg) Germans develop a gravity- resistant ray : they shoot down the heros plane, then invite him to walk to them Date: 1932

Flame-Resistant Clothing
Mefisto flame-resisting clothing introduced by Merryweathers in the late 1920s, allowing firemen to enter a burning area and continue to work

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