Sounding Collection

Chrysler Jupiter-C sounding rocket at Cape Canaveral on 8 August 1957 prior to the third and final sub-orbital test of a re-entry nose cone

The Archbishop of Canterbury addressing Working Men: Newcas
The church congress at Newcastle, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time (Frederick Temple (Nov 1986- Dec 1902) addresses 6000 working men

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Death
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Sounding the Great Bell of St. Paul's Cathedral 1884
The toiling of the Great Bell (or Tenor bell) of St. Paul's Cathedral on the death of the Duke of Albany. Date: 1884

WW2 - At 3pm on the 8th May, 1945 - a bugler sounds the ceasefire at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, surrounded by celebrating Parisians. Date: 1945

Maria Anna Schotte
MARIA ANNA SCHOTTE We know nothing about this unfortunate young woman beyond the fact that she died at 23. Despite her Dutch-sounding name, the print is English. Date: 1605 - 1628

Britain poster, Ripon, Sounding the Curfew, by Val Doone for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Keeping track of German raiders by G. H. Davis
Keeping track of German raiders during the Second World War: the method pictorially explained, from the moment their approach is noted until the sounding of the alert in the threatened areas

A model of the Skylark sounding rocket on display

A model of the Skylark sounding rocket at the Science Museum, South Kensington, London, 15 May 1957. Date: 1957

Skylark sounding rocket being readied for its first public viewing at the Factory Equipment Exhibition at Earls Court, London, April 1958. Date: 1958

Skylark sounding rocket launch

Blow It Man by George Ranstead
Humorous drawing depicting an aggressive looking Army sergeant instructing a young Tommy to blow the horn, not gargle it, though the young man looks as if hes unable to successfully produce a sound

Sounding New Year Horn
Sounding the Horn, at the Jewish New Year

USS Arctic, 1856
Engraving of the United States Navy Steamship Arctic, whilst involved in sounding the Atlantic. This project was undertaken in preparation for the laying of the first Atlantic Telegraph Cable

The Spool and Steam Engine used for Sounding the Atlantic, U
Engraving of the cable spool and steam engine on United States Navy Steamship Arctic, whilst sounding the Atlantic. The steam engine was used for recovering the line from the great depths of

Boy Scaring Crows
A boy perches on a fence, sounding his rattle to frighten away the crows

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