Surface Collection (page 4)

Sopwith Model VII: Denudation of mineral veins
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen

Sopwith Model XII: Mineral vein denudation
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on inclined strata, with increased complexity to the situation in Model VII

Sopwith Model VII: Surface denudation
This model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen

Sopwith Model IV: Fallacious coal indications
This model depicts the scenario where from the surface an abundance of coal appears to exist, but there is actually very little quantity below

Wold Cottage meteorite (detail)
The earliest surviving meteorite seen to land in the UK fell in Wold Cottage, Yorkshire, in 1795. It prompted the first serious investigation into the origin of meteorites

Fifth Avenue South, Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. Date: circa 1908

Come down under Australia emigration poster 1926-7
Poster encouraging British emigration to Australia, 1926-7. To the young unemployed miner, come down under and be a digger on the surface. Work, health and happiness on the land in Australia

The Burra Burra copper-mine in South Australia, showing the surface operations. 1848

Box, Primus notice lantern plates
Cardboard box originally containing twelve Primus notice lantern plates, glass plates prepared on one side so that notices can be written on them in ink, and displayed to an audience

Men engaged in roadworks with a lorry alongside. Date: circa 1930s

Road and trees near Millers Dale, Peak District
A rural view which has probably not altered much, except for the road surface which show how relatively little traffic there was in the Edwardian era in rural Britain. Date: circa 1906

Bottlenose Dolphin - appearing with nose above surface (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphins - with mouths open above surface - Rissos Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in background (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - two with mouths open above surface (Tursiops truncatus)

Rissos Dolphin - with nose above surface (Grampus griseus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - appearing just above surface (Tursiops truncatus)

Over-dried soil with cristallized salt on its surface - typical salinated desert soil near Kumdag. Turkmenistan - former CIS - Spring - April

Collared Lemming - adult in winter fur, feeds on buds and bark of dwarf willow sprouts and dry grass on snow surface. (Dicrostonyx torquatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - Resting at surface (Tursiops truncatus)

Bottlenose Dolphin - Baby / Calf dolphin being nudged to surface by mother. (Tursiops truncatus). Just after birth the mother will control the babys breath by pushing it under the water or

Bottlenose dolphin - at water surface, close-up of face (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bottlenose Dolphin - at surface (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bonzo runs through! by George Studdy
Bonzo runs through! He chases a mouse onto the billiard table, the mouse gets caught in a pocket, and Bonzo manages to ruin the green baize. Date: 1924

U-boat warfare 1939-1945 by G. H. Davis
U-boat warfare 1939-1945: a survey of changing German submarines and tactics in a never-ceasing battle during the Second World War

Where the RAF fighters score by G. H. Davis
Aerodynamic cleanliness: where the RAF fighters score during the Second World War. In very high speed aircraft small projections and even rough surface paint may seriously reduce speed

Cartoon, Holidays as Usual, WW1
Cartoon, Holidays as Usual. Mr Jones goes bathing at a seaside resort in the early days of the First World War, not heeding the warnings about submarines being on the lookout for the enemy

Map of the Moon Date: circa 1900

Method of saving submarine seamen by G. H. Davis
Our own method of saving submarine seamen. Showing two divers wearing the recently invented copper helmet and waterproof jacket

Surface action with guns by G. H. Davis
Inside a British submarine during the Second World War: a surface action with guns. How an underwater boat comes up to attack light surface vessels with gunfire. Date: 1943

Submarine HMS C32 launching torpedo, WW1
A submarine, the British HMS C32, sinks below the surface of the sea to launch a deadly torpedo, which leaves a visible track as it speeds towards its target. Date: 1914

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

Russian Communal Kitchen
Seven women busying themselves around a stone work top adorned with an array of large tins and pots in a 1920s Russian communal kitchen. Date: 1920 s

Lunar Volcano
A lunar volcano. Date: 1891

Lunar Crater
A lunar crater Date: late 19th century

Two Royal Navy Divers return to deck. Date: 1903

Submarine training at HMS Vernon - Escape Chamber
Submarine training at HMS Vernon, a shore establishment or stone frigate of the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Waiting on the surface after a successful escape. Date: late 1930s

Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile loaded
Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile is loaded into Blackburn Beverley C1, XB265

Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile is launched

Boeing Bomarc surface-to-air missile is launched from the Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick AFB, Florida, USA

Blohm und Voss Bv246 air-to-surface glide bomb on display in A Shed, Farnborough

Raytheon / Northrop surface-to-air guided missiles
Raytheon/Northrop surface-to-air guided missiles leaving its launcher. June 1957. Date: 1957

Raytheon / Northrop Hawk surface-to-air guided missiles
Raytheon/Northrop Hawk surface-to-air guided missiles on a mobile missile loader

North American Navaho surface-to-surface missile is launched from Cape Canaveral. 1 March 1958. Poor quality photo. Date: 1958

Martin TM-76 Mace surface-to-surface is launched from Holloman Air Force Base Missile Development Center

Martin TM-76 Mace surface-to-surface missile in flight over northwest New Mexico en-route to Wendover Air Force Base, Utah after launch from Holloman Air Force Base Missile Development Center

Short SXA5 multi-purpose surface-to-air missile test vehicle. circa 1958. Date: 1958

The English Electric Blue Water surface-to-surface missile is carried on, and launched from, a standard three-ton Bedford 4 x 4 truck. circa 1961. Date: 1961

A Swiss Air Force Hawker Hunter F58 is armed with Maverick air-surface missiles during successful trials. November 1981. Date: 1981

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