Sound Collection (page 7)

HMS Alert and HMS Discovery seen from the deck of HMS V
Engraving showing HMS Alert and HMS Discovery (both in the background) parting company with HMS Valorous (foreground) at the beginning of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Scenes from The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876
Engraving showing a number of scenes from the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 and the equipment used. The sledging parties can be seen at work in the scenes and in the centre

HMS Discovery and HMS Alert, 1875
Engraving showing HMS Discovery (on left) and HMS Alert, seen just prior to the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two

Sledging Party cooking lunch, British Arctic Expedition, 187
Engraving showing a sledging party of the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876, preparing to have their lunch. In the foreground can be seen their sledge with various equipment attached

The Skating Rink at the Winter Quarters of HMS Discovery
Engraving showing the skating rink that was created beside the winter quarters of HMS Discovery during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Scotts ship, the Terra Nova
Unloading the " Terra Nova" in McMurdo Sound (the last voyage of Captain Scott)

The Mimick & Countryman
THE MIMICK & THE COUNTRYMAN A man imitating the sound of a pig is judged more realistic than an actual pig concealed beneath the cloak of another man

Acoustic Umbrellas
Umbrellas can be used as sound-collecting devices, enabling two people to conduct a whispered conversation without others overhearing

Broadcasting a violin recital with sound and vision. Two television cameras record the performer from different angles. The microphone is suspended to obtain the sound recording

Television in the comfort of your own home
The latest type of home receiver for vision and sound, with a fluorescent screen 8 by 6 inches, displaying a picture of Mickey Mouse

The world of tomorrow- some dreams of invention run riot; se
Comical illustration of a scientific idea for the future (note date, 1st April 1905), of a man on the telephone shaking hands with a mechanical type hand protruding from the wall

Trumpeters Trumpeting
Trumpeters of the Sachsen Armeekorps sound the call for officers to report to divisional headquaters

Dervish Dancers
Dervish dancers of Constantinople (Istanbul); men and boys rehearse together to the sound of a pipe, while their master supervises them

Memnon Statues 2
The so-called Memnon statues of Amenophis III, which emit a sound like the snapping of a cord at daybreak, attributed to Memnons mother Eos, goddess of the Dawn, weeping

Ridinger Haute Ecole 9
Haute Ecole : Accustoming the horse to the sound of a drum

Alaska Eskimos
Inhabitants of Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea, Alaska, with their habitations and a boat (kayak)

Eskimos Brit Columbia
People of Nootka Sound, British Columbia (Canada) in their home : cured fish hang from the roof and more are being smoked. Cook visited them in 1778

Listening to Radio
Three women and a boy listen to the radio in 1923 - its such a novelty, they all sit gazing at the source of the sound

Swans Like Music
Swans are said to be attracted by the sound of music

Cellist Tunes up 1931
A bespeckled cellist tunes his instrument

Romaunt of the Rose
DAME POVERTY - nearly barefoot and in rags, clutching her begging bowl, she is the archetype of poor widow-women who have fallen on evil times

Hypnotised Subject - 4
Six hysteria patients at La Salpetriere hospital, Paris, are simultaneously put into the hypnotic state by a sudden unexpected sound

Sound Detectors
Noise detectors used to sense approaching aircraft. These were originally used in World War One

Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK
When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror

Joshua at Jericho / Martin
And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, and they took the city

Cherries / Cries of London
Selling cherries from wheelbarrow: Cherries round and sound, a penny a pound

Plymouth / Ships C1830
Plymouth, Devon: the Sound full of ships

Baron Munchausen / Raspe
The notes of a postillions horn are frozen inside it, but they sound when they thaw out, placed near a fire

Ww1 Postcard at Home
Wife and daughter think of Papa in the trenches, and hope that he will return safe and sound

Greenland / Whale Sound
Whale Sound, north-west Greenland

Aslaug & Heimer
Aslaug (Aslog), the daughter of the Volsung Sigurd & the Valkyrie Brynhild, with her foster father Heimer who saved her, hiding her in the sound board of his harp

Musical Glasses
Sometimes known as a GLASS HARMONICA : glasses, filled with liquid to different depths, emit different notes when struck, giving a sound somewhat like a xylophone

Kastners Pyrophone
Frederic Kastners instrument is a kind of organ, with keyboard and pipes, but the sound is produced by flames within the pipes

Falklands / Berkeley Sound
Berkeley Sound: view of the bay

Portable Microphone
Film-making with a portable microphone, in the early days of sound cinema : a scene during the making of Schloss Hubertus in Germany

Acoustic Sound Patterns
Acoustic sound patterns

C17 Striking Clock
A STRIKING CLOCK of the early 17th century : as the hours sound, the mans head moves and the animal at his feet jumps

The Sound of the Sea
A little girl holds a sea- shell up to her brothers ear so that he, too, may hear the sound of the sea

Memnon Statues 1
The so-called Memnon statues of Amenophis III, which emit a sound like the snapping of a cord at daybreak, attributed to Memnons mother Eos, goddess of the Dawn, weeping

Francesco De Lana Flight
The project of Francesco de Lana, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault

Talking Movie Equipment
English Professor Low, demonstrating his Audiometer, which synchronises moving film with sound, an ingenious invention during early Talkies years

MAKING A TALKIE
A film crew making a Talkie of the gulls in Hyde Park, central London

Pow Leaflet
Leaflet given to captured troops by the Germans, telling them what is in store for them but assuring them that You will return home safe and sound after the war

Bile Beans Advert
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Trapdoor on Stage
How the Ghost appears on the battlements of Elsinore in Shakespeares Hamlet - one man winds the trap up, while two others make appropriate sound effects

London, Future
Mansion House Corner, in the City of the London, as it will be a hundred years from now, with roof-top aeroplane stations, the sky loud with the sound of flying machines

Belgium 15C Dance Tree
Flemish peasants dance round a tree, to the sound of a bagpipe

Alice and the Drums
DRUMS Alice covers her ears to the sound of the drums

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