Testing Collection (page 8)

Firefighters doing productive work in lull period, WW2
During the longer lulls in firefighting activities, NFS firefighters took part in industrial production for the countrys war needs

NFS-London Region open water exercise, WW2
Four heavy units and trailer pumps at work by an emergency dam undertaking a pumping exercise

Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test, WW2
Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test -- the bomb sets fire to a house

An oil fire test at Shoeburyness, Essex, WW2
Firefighters put out an oil fire during a test at Shoeburyness, Essex

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta III on sea trials
Civilian marine engineers on the Beta III fireboat during her sea trials prior to being placed in operational service

London firefighters drilling at Brigade HQ, Lambeth SE1
LCC-LFB firefighters (recruits) under instruction and drill in the drill yard of Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth (also a fire station)

Wreck of HMA1, the Royal Navys first airship
The wreck of HMA1, The Mayfly. Built by Vickers, this was the first naval airship built in the UK; work began on it in 1909 at Cavendish Dock

Men testing breathing apparatus
A group of men testing some breathing apparatus, possibly for diving or for use down a mine. circa 1911

DAF Variomatic card
Promotional card for the DAF Motor Company showing a jolly Dutch family in their smart new Daf motorcar - a Variomatic, a stepless, fully automatic transmission car. Date: circa 1939

Psychometric Testing
A Feature Profile Test, used by the National Institute of Industrial Psychology to measure intelligence. The person has to assemble disconnected parts. Date: 1930s

Radio-Control Tortoise
A testing time for Toddle the tortoise. The aerial picks up a signal and makes the arm holding the lettuce (and Toddle!) swing left or right. Date: 1960s

Testing Seed Potatoes
A man and woman testing seed potatoes, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Advanced Passenger Train
The Advanced Passenger Train, photographed during its testing trials, Britain. Date: 1977

Faraday House, Southampton Row, London
Faraday House (now part of Syracuse University) - here the *new* premises of The Electrical Standardizing, Testing and Training Institution - 66, 68 and 70 Southampton Row, London. Date: circa 1910s

Susan empties a pail of water on Dunderpate, to test to see if he has the sense to go in when it rains. Date: 1938

American army recruit taking aptitude test, WW1
An American army recruit (left) taking an aptitude test during the First World War, fitting wooden shapes into holes. The man on the right is timing him with a stopwatch. Date: 1917-1918

Testing a Maxim machine gun
Men in top hats (and one in a bowler hat) testing a Maxim machine gun. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

Tank climbing a steep slope, Lincoln, WW1
A " Mother" tank climbing a steep slope at Burton Park, Lincoln, during the First World War. Date: January 1916

Experiments with tractors, Burton on Trent, WW1
Experiments with two Creeping Grip or Bullock tractors coupled together at Burton on Trent during the First World War. Date: June 1915

Experimenting with tank tracks, WW1
Experimenting with tank tracks during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Underwater Laboratory
Physicist Brian Ray, testing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet beneath the waves off Plymouth Date: 1960s

Testing Hop Condition
Testing the condition of the hops in Kent. Date: 1952

French Soldiers-Bridge
French civil engineering corps construct a temporary wooden bridge out of staves and brushwood on a training mission. Date: 1886

NPL Wind Tunnel Experiment
NPL wind tunnel experiments with a model LNER locomotive. Date: 1932

Avro Lincoln test bed for the Naiad engine RF402 Date: 1948

Avro Lincoln test bed for the Naiad engine RF530 Date: 1948

Corridor at Coronation Road Test Tunnels, engineers and technicians monitor engine tests

Development engine in test house May 1950 Date: 1950

Deltic D18 engine Liverpool test house
Testing the Deltic D18 engine Liverpool test house, East Lancashire Road

Test house scene

Deltic D18-62 engine, water washing unit at number 3 test house DTH Date: 1967

Single cylinder test unit

Deltic engine at Acton test house Date: 1950

T unit test house

Deltic T18 engine test

Acton test house testing Deltic T9-33 engine

Development engine on test at Acton Date: 1950

Prototype Deltic engine after the failure of the crane cable
Acton test bed, showing the prototype Deltic engine after the failure of the crane cable Date: 1950

Development engine in test house Acton May 1950 Date: 1950

The C18-5 compound Deltic prototype under load in the Acton Marine Engine Test House Date: 1957

Brooklands Motor Course, 24 hour endurance record, trio of 6 cylinder stripped 65 hp Napiers Date: 1907

Metropolitan Police scientific investigator
A Metropolitan Police scientific investigator examining evidence from a crime scene

Armoured truck design undergoing testing
An armoured truck design undergoing testing by soldiers during the First World War

Two tank designs undergoing military testing
Two unusual armoured tank designs undergoing military testing during the First World War

New tank design, inspection and testing
A new tank design undergoing inspection and testing during the First World War

Testing a new tracked vehicle
Soldiers field testing a new tracked vehicle during the First World War -- it doesn t appear to be very stable on uneven ground

Armoured tank undergoing field testing
An armoured tank undergoing field testing during the First World War

Air and Petrol test - Hackey Wick
Female employees at the BP works at Hackney Wick, London perform an air and petrol test

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