Testing Collection (page 10)

Female Production Line Worker
A young woman on a factory production line assembles an electronic device. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Horse-Power
A new apparatus recently adopted by the licensing authorities for testing the horse-power of motor cars. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

Los Angeles firemen in new lifesaving suits
Los Angeles Harbour sea-going firemen of the LA City No.2 testing out new lifesaving suits in the water

Universal Exhibition, Paris
Members of the public testing out telephones and phonographs at the L Exposition Universelle in Paris

Their Masters Voice
Members of the Hunt testing the carrying power of the Masters View Halloo before the opening of the season. Robinson was a regular contributor to the Sketch

Testing the new bell for St. Pauls Cathedral, 1882
Engraving showing the workers of Messrs. Taylor and Sons Factory, at Loughborough, testing the Great Bell they had manufactured for St. Pauls Cathedral, London, 1882

Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel
A customs Official checks the level of wine in an imported barrel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Weight & See / Whr
The New Safety Ice-Tester for testing under comfortable conditions the capacity of the ice to bear the weight of the average British citizen

A British observation-officer testing his communications equ
A British observation-officer testing the communications equipment which allowed him to speak to the ground when aloft in his kite-balloon

The Flow of Gold from the USA to France. Bullion in Kegs. Ta
Photograph of a metallurgist chipping a piece off the corner of a gold ingot for testing

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

Schneider Seance / Price
Rudi Schneider sitting in seance with Harry Price, who conducted experiments into his spiritualist powers

Bending the Plates for the Cylinders of the Rotary Printing-

Police Breathaliser
Policeman testing a man for alcohol with a breathaliser Metropolitan Police

Testing chain cables at Chatham dockyard in Kent

Testing the recovered Atlantic telegraph cable
Group of engineers testing the recovered 1865 Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

Tasting the Soup
Lady lightly blows on the soup before testing it from the pot

First Anglo-French telephone
Illustration showing the completion of the first Anglo-French telephone with callers in London speaking to Paris. Insert picture no

Testing a Diesel Engine
Testing a diesel engine at the Augsburger Maschinenfabrik

Women Testing Yarn
Women testing yarn at J & P Coats, Paisley

Leif Havik on site at Vaarhus Kjoelen, Norway
Hessdalen Project member Leif Havik tests observational equipment at Vaarhus Kjoelen, Norway. Mysterious lights appear regularly over Hessdalen, Norway, and have never been explained

Weapons / Mines at Sea
Testing a mine constructed by the Nobel company, Sweden : blowing up a ship

Thomas Edison / Ilz C1900
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Testing his Phonograph, circa 1900

Women Working 1920
Woman testing yarn at J & P Coats, Paisley

Racing at Brooklands
Two racing cars compete on the new circuit at Brooklands, near Weybridge, Surrey, designed for the testing of vehicles but used most famously as a race track

Testing on Animals
A scene in a bacteriology laboratory, where animals have the opportunity to experience all kinds of diseases and treatments normally reserved exclusively for humans

Testing Explosives / 1866
Experiments with Gales protected gunpowder in a Martello Tower near Hastings

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

Crossbow (France, C15)
French scene showing the testing of crossbows at a shooting range

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

Testing Sydney Bnridge
Testing Sydney Harbour Bridge by driving four locomotives on each of the two railway tracks

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