Surface Collection (page 5)

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

Applying anti-corrosive composition - Queen Elizabeth
After the scaling of the plates a coat of the anti-corrosive composition was applied, so that the hull could be painted in the black and white of the Cunard White Star Line

Ventral surface of a mite from the prostigmatic species
Scanning electron microscope image displayed on the glass screens in the Darwin Centre, at the Natural History Museum, London

Hannays diamond
No.1 of Hannays diamonds. Specimen held in the Mineralogy Department at The Natural History Museum, London

Surface of a rusty screw

East African copal
A piece of copal with a crazed surface caused by oxidisation. Preserved inside is a beetle Coleoptera:Oocamenta. Specimen is less than two million years old

New Zealand copal
A piece of New Zealand copal or Kauri gum with crazed surface. Specimen is less than 40, 000 years old. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber

The Abee EH4 enstatite chondrite
Abee fell in Canada in 1953. The cut surface clearly shows the metal-rich and brecciated texture of Abee

Parnallee LL3. 6 ordinary chondrite
Parnallee fell in India in 1857. The cut surface clearly shows well-delineated chondrules and slightly larger clasts

Collembola sp. springtail
Scanning electron microscope image of a springtail showing the characteristic pattern on the cuticle surface (x 3.5K)

Restless Surface
Children visit the Restless Surface gallery in the Natural History Museums Earth Galleries

Surface of the early Earth
An impression by Barry Evans of what the surface of the Earth may have looked like when it was very young, and still forming

Chalcedony
Polished slab of chalcedony with radiating structure. Chalcedony or agate is a variety of cryptocrystalline quartz (silicon dioxide)

Origin of Gem Minerals
A diagram showing cross sections through the earths continental crust to a depth of 40kms. Many gemstones form within the crust at different levels and at different temperatures

Opal
Play of colour in opal (opalescence). Opals are not truely crystalline and are therefore mineraloids. They comprise of (hydrated silica glass)

Mayo Belwa, African meteorite
This meteorite formed in a similar way to some igneous rocks in the Earth, and not by condensation of dust from nebular gas. Image from From Behind The Scenes (1987) by Dr Lawrence Mound

Dreikanters, three sided Ventifacts
Two Dreikanters, three sided Ventifacts which are wind-abraded pebbles created by the abrasive process called sandblasting on the side facing the wind

Sedimentary layer of rock shows the effects of drought. A layer of dried-out mud was overlain with darker sediment which filled the cracks - the whole was then compacted and changed to rock

Earths Restless Surface
Images of volcanic eruption on display in the Earths Restless Surface gallery, the Earth Galleries, The Natural History Museum, London

Polished slab of jade

Marble

Granite from Ailsa Craig
A photomicrograph of granite taken between crossed polarisers. Granite is an igneous rock

Poe / Descent / Maelstrom
A DESCENT INTO MAELSTROM " The boat appeared to be hanging, as if by magic, ...Upon the interior surface of a funnel." Date: First published: 1841

Red Patch on Jupiter
A mysterious red patch on Jupiters surface which some astronomers think might be the first stage of the creation of a new Moon for the planet Date: 1921

The waters surface at Misaka in Koshu. Print shows the mirror surface of Lake Misaka with the reflection of Mount Fuji. Date 1832 or 1833

Formule pour connaitre la pression du vent sur la surface d un ballon et pour indiquer aussi la force necessaire d un propulseur

Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forward horizontal control surface, flying as a kite, tipped forward; Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station

Appian Way - Rome - Sheep herded along the road
A group of shepherds drive a large flock of sheep along the route of the Appian Way on the outskirts of Rome. The remains of the main Roman Aqueduct can be seen in the distance. Date: circa 1910s

British Airship
A British airship on convoy duty : from the air it is often possible to see U-boats under the surface. Date: circa 1915

Stickle Tarn Whirlwind
A whirlwind whips the surface of Stickle Tarn into a white foam. One of the beauty spots of the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1930s

Cleaning a Garden Pond
Clearing debris from the surface of a garden pond with a rake. Date: 1960s

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