Tested Collection (page 2)

Kodak Camera 1930S
Smart cameras have striped fronts this year. At the Kodak works at Wealdstone, England, where these cameras are made, each is tested by a scientist to ensure a needle-sharp focus Date: 1930s

Wagenseils Lifebelt
Johann Christof Wagenseils wasser-schild (life-shield) aims to keep you, and your loved ones, from a watery grave; it was tested on the Danube in Vienna. Date: 1691

The Flow of Gold from the USA and France. Bullion in Kegs. I
Photograph of gold ingots being tested in the metallurgical laboratory of the bank of France

A British observation-officers parachute being tested
Photograph of a British observation-officers parachute being tested prior to his take-off in a kite-balloon. Such balloons remained tethered to the ground

Speedometer testing
Gongsters on parade; police cars of the police traffic patrol waiting to have their speedometers tested against a stopwatch, to ensure they drive within the 30 miles and hour speed limit

Registering the finish of a horse race by photograph
A photograph of how the finish of a horse race is photographed. In order to terminate any dispute about the winner in a race, the first horse breaks a tight wire operating the apparatus

Eleonore Zugun - 9
Romanian peasant girl who manifested strange stigmata, tested by Harry Price and Lucie Kaye

Eye Test at School / 1958
Young school children having their eyes tested by the matron

Slade Test Room
Slades mediumistic powers were tested by Johann Zollner in this room belonging to baron Hoffman at Leipzig, Germany. The results were striking - but fraudulent

Rudi Schneider Test
Tested in London by Harry Price, Austrian medium Rudi Schneider ostensibly moves a handkerchief by psychokinesis, but the findings are not conclusive

Mrs Tomson Tested
Alleged medium Mrs Tomsons claim that she could lose weight paranormally is tested by sir Hiram Maxim at his factory in Norwood, south London

Slade Tested - 2
A drawing shows how Slade used slight-of-hand to perform his slate-writing trick

R101 CRASH - 1
THE R.101 : badly designed, inadequately tested and overloaded, the airship crashes near Beauvais, France, on its way to India

Experimental Gunnery A nervous crowd watch as a cannon is tested

Home Tested by Crookes 2
HOME TESTED BY SIR WILLIAM CROOKES : The accordeon moves and plays a simple air, though Homes hand is stationary and in any case could not reach the keys

Home Tested by Crookes 1
HOME TESTED BY SIR WILLIAM CROOKES : How the accordeon was placed in the cage so that Home could not play it

Gambling / Roulette
To insure absolute accuracy of the roulette game, the roulette wheel on each table is tested each morning with a spirit level

FULTONs SUBMARINE 1801
Interior of the Nautilus built by American inventor Robert Fulton in Paris for Napoleon; it is successfully tested at Brest, descending to 8 metres

Codys Kite (Cig Card)
Codys military kite was tested by the Royal Navy as a communications device

Airship Mail Project
AIR MAIL : a scheme to pick up mail by airship from a moving train is tested in Illinois, but does not seem to have proved practicable

Pescara Helicopter 1922
Argentinian designer Marchese Raul Pateras de Pescara builds several helicopters 1919 to 1924, tested in France : this 1922 model has four rotors to provide vertical lift

R101 CRASH - 2
THE R.101 : badly designed, inadequately tested and overloaded, the airship crashes near Beauvais, France, on its way to India

Chappe Optical Telegraph
The optical telegraph of Claude Chappe and his brother, erected on the Eglise de Montmartre, is tested by the French authorities and his system is widely adopted

Testing Cugnots Carr
Cugnots steam carriage is tested at the Arsenal, Paris

Marriott Project 1869
Marriotts aerial steam carriage, Avitor, was successfully tested in model form, but alas, no full-size version was constructed, this is an imaginary scene

Armstrong Big Will Gun
Sir William Armstrongs 600- pounder shunt-gun Big Will tested at Shoeburyness against the Warrior floating target in the Thames

Devotees of Xaca in Japan have their faith tested
Devotees of Xaca demonstrate their faith by confessing their sins while suspended over an abyss. If they lie, they tip the scales and fall

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