Images Dated 14th August 2015

Scientist in a mask, examining a locust in a perspex container at the Anti-Locust

Scientist in a mask, examining a locust in a perspex container at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945. The Centre's primary aim was the coordination of international research and cooperation in locust control, in the face of the threat from locusts to overseas agriculture. Date: circa late 1960s

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Close-up of a scientist examining a locust through a microscope at the Anti-Locust

Close-up of a scientist examining a locust through a microscope at the Anti-Locust Research Centre (ALRC), an independent research institute set up by the UK government in 1945. The Centre's primary aim was the coordination of international research and cooperation in locust control, in the face of the threat from locusts to overseas agriculture. Date: circa late 1960s

© Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON

Death of the Duke Frederick William of Brunswick

Death of the Duke Frederick William of Brunswick - Oels at Quatre Bras the 16th June 1815. Coloured aquatint, artist unknown, contemporary, published by J Lorenz Rugendas, 1815 (c). Associated with the Battle of Quatre Bras, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Date: 1815

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