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Sir Donald Bradman Unquestionably the greatest batsman ever to play Test cricket. Averaged an amazing 99.94 runs for Australia
Don Bradman Going out to Bat for the Last Time, Melbourne CrPhotograph of Don Bradman going out to bat, during his last first-class cricket match; a game between Bradmans XI and L. Hassetts XI, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 1948
Cricket at the OvalLord Harris saving a 4 for the home side during their Test against the Australians at the Oval. England won by 5 wickets
Brian JacksWorld Champion for the arm dips, Brian Jacks gives a demonstration
First to fight - Democracys vanguard US Marine Corps - Join now and test your courage - Real fighting with real fighters. Poster showing marines storming a beach. Date 1917
Supermarine test pilots at High Post Aerodrome in March?Supermarine test pilots at High Post Aerodrome in March 1946: From left: Flt Lt P. Wigley DFC, Sqn Ldr W.J.G. Morgan DFC, Lt Cdr Jeffrey K. Quill AFC, Chief Test Pilot; Flt Lt Leslie R
Don Bradman square cuts at Lords, 1930Photograph of Don Bradman square cutting during the second Test Match between England and Australia, held at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1930
Rolls Royce / Snecma Olympus 593 Mk602 engine in a test cellRolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 Mk602 engine in a test cell. circa 1975. Date: 1975
Aerial View of Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1921Aerial photograph of Lords Cricket Ground during the second Test Match between England and Australia, 11th June 1921
BAC TSR-2A Vickers Valiant Wing with the British Aircraft Corporation Tsr.2 Prototype and One of the Two Bristol 188 Prototypes Xf926 Parked Behind at Proof and Experimental Establishment
Concordes First FlightFront page (not cover) of the Illustrated London News showing the first flight of the supersonic air liner Concorde at the Sud-Aviation airfield at Toulouse. The chief test pilot was M
Airship R38 built for the US Navy at Cardington and renamed ZR2. Completed in 1921. It crashed over the Humber in August 1921 while on a test flight with a mixed British and American crew. Date: 1921
Gloster Meteor F8 WA820Gloster Meteor F8, WA820, was used to test two Armstrong Siddeley Saphire axial-flow turbojets
Concordes CockpitA mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: late 1960s
Testing a new type of steering gear / W Heath RobinsonIllustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library
Compton and Edrich leave the Oval pitch, 1953Photograph showing the two English batsman, Denis Compton and Bill Edrich, leaving the pitch at the Oval Cricket Ground, London, 19th August 1953
Test Match by David Wright, showing a blonde woman wearing a pink sundress and hat. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Boeing B-29 Superfortress prototype from a dramatic aspect taken during early test flying
The first Hawk XX154 in the air for the first timeThe first Hawk, XX154, in the air for the first time on 21 August 1974 with chief test pilot, Duncan Simpson, at the controls. The flight from the flight test centre at Dunsfold lasted 53 minutes
The 1934 Test Match at Lords: Verity wins the gameVerity winning the match for England, sending down a ball to Woodfall, the Australian captain
Trial of Anchors at the Royal Dockyard, Sheerness, July 1852Engraving of a trial of various anchor designs, held at the Royal Dockyard Sheerness, from the Illustrated London News, 17th July 1852
Lie detector 1923American instrument for the detection of uttered fibs, falsehoods, and other untruths, based on responses of the subjects heart and lungs
A Bristol Boxkite under test at Filton. Stanley White stands with his back to the camera wearing a flat cap and long overcoat. The site is now covered by the Filton Works Lab and Odeon
Monte Bello atomic testFirst British atomic test, Monte Bello islands, Australia on the 3rd October 1952 Date: 3rd October 1952
Concordes CockpitA mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969
Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical ResearchUndated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)
Sport / Cricket / AshesThe Ashes - The original announcement mourning the loss to the Australians ina test series
Watching Cricket at The Oval, From a GasometerA test match between England and New Zealand at The Oval, Kennington. The spectators in the foreground have scaled a nearby gasometer. Date: 1931
John Derry, Supermarine test pilot, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
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
Boeing SM-80 Minuteman ICBM is launched on a test flight from Cape Canaveral on 19 May 1961. The rocket had to be destroyed after it veered off course following second stage ignition
Consolidated Liberator GRV FL927 / GConsolidated Liberator GRV, FL927/G, fitted with rocket projectile sponsons and a Leigh Light under the starboard wing, under test at the Aircraft and Armaments Experimental Establishment
Australian Speedway Team, 1936 when they met England at the first official Speedway Test Match at Wembley on 28th May 1936. Final result was England 65 points and Australia 48 points
Handkerchief Knot TestTest at the National Psychical Laboratory on Rudi Schneider the Austrian spiritualist physical medium. Here, a knot has allegedly been tied paranormally in a handkerchief
Naval personnel watch H-bomb test, Malden IslandBritish naval personnel in special protective clothing watch a thermonuclear H-bomb test over Malden Island in the central Pacific Ocean. Date: 1956
William Rowland Ding (1885-1917 )William Rowland Ding, 1885-1917, chief test pilot for Blackburn Aircraft. He is shown here sitting in the cockpit of a modified Handley Page G in 1914. Date: 1917
The first Hawk XX154 takes to the air for the first timeThe first Hawk, XX154, takes to the air for the first time on 21 August 1974 with chief test pilot, Duncan Simpson, at the controls
Advertisement for Pratts petrol and motor oilsAdvertisement for Pratts high test petrol and motor oils, the essence of refinement. Date: circa 1930s
Vickers R 23 British airship, one of four built at Barrow-in-Furness
Pilot (on first job) This war-flying seems easy, but WW1Pilot (on first job). This war-flying seems easy, but I wish people would not test their guns quite so close
A Lincolnshire Handicap by Heath RobinsonA race between cranes at the test ground of excavation specialists, Ruston-Bucyrus, who commissioned the ingenious Heath Robinson to draw a number of comical engineering drawings for a booklet
The first Hawk XX154 during its second flightThe first Hawk, XX154, during its second flight, 22 August 1974, chief test pilot, Duncan Simpson, again at the controls. Date: 1974
Pre-production Concorde 01 G-AXDNPre-production Concorde 01, G-AXDN, the third Concorde to join the flight test programme
Chemistry LessonA male teacher leans over a group of schoolboys as he explains something to them during a Chemistry lesson at Nuffield Junior School, London. Date: 1960s
Victoria College, Alexandria - Chemistry LaboratoryPart of the Chemistry Laboratory at the Victoria College, Alexandria, Egypt
The Latest Spelling Test by William Heath RobinsonA desperate effort to instil good luck into a five-franc plaque before returning to the Casino. Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944)
Neil Harvey batting in the Fourth Test Match, Headingley, 19Photograph of (Robert) Neil Harvey, the Australian batsman, playing a shot in the Fourth Test Match between England and Australia, Headingley Cricket Ground, 1948
Patrons of the Cafe RoyalSketches by H. H. Harris of various well-known artists, writers and celebrities of the 1930s who were regular patrons of the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, London
Paris / Eiffel Tower 1912Francois Reichett tests his parachute by jumping from the Tour Eiffel, Paris; sadly, the test fails, and he is unable to make a second try Date: 1912
The Motor Picture Book, The Finish of a Hill-Climbing Test Date: 1930
Watneys Happy Families - Mr Reid, the Brewer. circa 1930
Reitsch, Hannah, test pilot in sailplane, 19 May 37
A Thor IRBM is launched from Air Force Missile Test CentreA Thor IRBM is launched from the Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick AFB, Florida, USA
The second de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSR ready for flightThe second de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSR, ready for flight test just before dark following the pre-race accident
Townshend Esp TestTesting a hypnotised subject for ESP : the hypnotiser holds up a card, concealed from his subject who tries to name it. Townshend found mesmerism enhanced psi ability
Artists impression of the Hall-Scott A-8 500hp inline engineArtists impression of the Hall-Scott A-8 500hp 12-cylinder inline engine on a test stand
Psychometric TestA young woman, wired up to a Psychometer machine, undergoes a psychometric test. Date: early 1930s
The Egg Test For Brakes / W H RobinsonIllustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library
Gas mask trialsA trial of gas masks, to test their effectiveness
H. Verity after Englands 1934 Test Match victoryHedley Verity (1905-1943), cricketer, resting in his hotel in London with a newspaper after Englands victory against Australia at the 1934 Test Match
The King with the English cricket teamKing George V, accompanied by Lord Cromer, President of the M.C.C and Mr. R.E.S Wyatt, the captain, shakes hands with the English cricke players at Lord s. Left to right are:- Mr. C.F Walters, H
V T Trumper - CricketerVictor T Trumper - Australian Test cricketer
EYE TEST / 1958The school matron tests the eye sight of a few young boys
Testing RasmussenApparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained
Spirit Photo BoddingtonH Boddington and a female spirit form, photographed under test conditions
Joule / Electricity TestJames Prescott Joule, English physicist, measures the rate at which heat is produced by an electric current. The joule, a unit of work or energy, is named after him
Recruiting for R.A.F. - Nerve Test 1918A medical examination for the recruitment for the R.A.F. at Upper Brook Street. Date: 1918
Speedway England Test Team at Belle Vue July 6th 1935 Date: 1935
Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825United States Navy - Douglas NRA-3B Skywarrior 144825 (MSN 12071), at an air display on 15 May 1965
Handley Page Jetstream 1 G-8-9 (msn 222, to G-AXUI), outside the Handley Page production hangar at Radlett
Pratt's High Test Plan of the New Forest. Date: 1930
Pratt's High Test Plan of the Roads to the South Coast. Date: 1932
Pratt's High Test Plan of Wales with Neighbouring Counties. Date: 1932
Pratt's High Test Plan of the Eastern Counties and Midlands. Date: 1932
Pratt's High Test Plan of the Bath Road Date: 1930
A Seki examination, Japan, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s
Westland Lynx AH.7 ZD560Empire Test Pilot's School - Westland Lynx AH.7 ZD560 (msn 333), at RAF Fairford for the Royal International Air Tattoo on 22 July 1989. Date: 1989
ATR 42-312 F-WWEC (msn 24), of ATR, with test registration prior to delivery to Cimber Air. Seen at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show on 5 September 1986
Larsen Special LN-11. Carl Larsen designed and built the all-metal single-seat Special in spare time
Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 RF533Royal Aircraft Establishment - Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 RF533, of the Armaments Flight at Farnborough, with a modified nose housing a test engineer and a mounting for Radar equipment under test
English Electric Thunderbird Mk.1 surface-air-missile, with a test article on display at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow in September 1959, Date: 1959
Hovercraft Development HD-2 GH-9000 at the Wales Air Museum, Cardiff-Rhoose Airport on 22 May 1983
Heenan & Froude Dynamometers & Test Plant Equipment - Heenan & Froude Ltd. Date: 1952