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Charcot & Asylum Patient
UNE LECON CLINIQUE A LA SALPETRIERE J M Charcot demonstrates the symptoms of hysteria with a patient under hypnosis

VW Camper Van
A woman demonstrates how convenient it is to have ones breakfast in the Great Outdoors, with the marvellous VW Camper Caravan. Date: 1963

Ww2 Gas Mask
A man demonstrates how to put on a gas mask

Galileo Demonstrates
GALILEO GALILEI demonstrates his astronomical theories to a monk who isn t at all sure that he wants to know

Mediumship / Carancini
Italian physical medium Francesco Carancini demonstrates table-lifting, though bound and seemingly in full light; he was however widely accused of trickery

George V Pillar Box
An English postman in his uniform, demonstrates the knack of buying a book of stamps from a vending machine attached to a King George V pillar box

Rocket Mail to I O Wight
Gerard Zucker demonstrates his rocket system for a postal service between the English mainland and the Isle of Wight, but his rocket travels only three kilometres

Carcel and his Lamp
BERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. Its a good lamp, but he dies in poverty

Paranormal / Psychokinesis
STANISLAWA TOMCZYK Polish medium, demonstrates PK while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects

Leicester Gataker, dowsing for water using his bare hands
Leicester Gataker, English professional water finder, demonstrates his abilities using bare hands. Date: 1903

Public Laundry 1930S
The supervisor of a public laundry demonstrates how to fold clothes properly to a group of young women. Date: early 1930s

Chemist Demonstrates

Tomczyk Demonstates Pk
Stanislawa Tomczyk - Polish medium - demonstrates PK whilst under hypnosis to Ochorowicz in Poland by raising small objects, in this case a little ball

Vesalius Demonstrates
Vesalius demonstrating

Boytons Water Show / Suit
Captain Paul Boyton demonstrates his life-saving suit at the Worlds Water Show at Earls Court, London

Electricity Ramsden
Jesse Ramsden of London demonstrates his improvement on Guerickes electric machine, replacing the sphere by a rotating disc

Levitation / Zuccarini
ZUCCARINI, medium of Bologna, Italy, demonstrates levitation, rather unimpressively

John Logie Baird - demonstrates the first Television. Date: 1925

Ethel Beenham, Harry Price's secretary, demonstrates how a skilful medium can perform any number of psychic phenomena even though her hands and feet are tied. Date: 1930s ?

RAY GUN PROJECT - 2
English inventor Grindell Matthews demonstrates his death- ray device on a small target Date: 1924

Muhammed demonstrates his courage with Abu Talib (chromolitho)
735984 Muhammed demonstrates his courage with Abu Talib (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Muhammed demonstrates his courage with Abu Talib)

Captain Peddles Progress, or Cured of a Craze (litho)
1042714 Captain Peddles Progress, or Cured of a Craze (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain Peddles Progress, or Cured of a Craze)

DEAF-DUMB SIGN LANGUAGE
The Dumb Alphabet - a girl demonstrates the art of communicating with the deaf and dumb. Date: 1801

MENDING A CHAIR
Gluing back loose or dislodged chair legs can be quite a straightforward task, as this practical woman demonstrates, using a brush and pot of glue. Date: 1930s

FRANCISQUE CROTTE / 1901
Francisque Crotte demonstrates his machine for curing tuberculosis Date: 1901

FRENCH BALLAD SELLER
A French ballad seller demonstrates his work with the help of a young assistant. Date: 18th century

DALIBARD / STORM CLOUDS
At Marly, lightning strikes as Dalibard demonstrates the presence of electricity in storm-clouds. Date: 10 May 1752

PAPIN AT MARBURG
Papin demonstrates his pressure machine to the professors at Marburg. Date: circa 1680

NOLLET EXPERIMENT 7
The Abbe Nollet demonstrates the electrical conductivity of the human body to a fashionable Paris audience Date: circa 1750

LIPPERSHEY TELESCOPE
Dutch astronomer Hans Lippershey demonstrates his optical device which anticipates the telescope Date: 1609

Charcot and Asylum Patient
UNE LECON CLINIQUE A LA SALPETRIERE J M Charcot demonstrates the symptoms of hysteria with a patient under hypnosis Date: 1887

Stanislawa Tomczyk demonstrates psychokinesis
Stanislawa Tomczyk, Polish medium, demonstrates psychokinesis while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz, at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects. Date: 1909

Edward Somerset demonstrating his invention the Water-commanding Engine"
3588281 Edward Somerset demonstrating his invention the " Water-commanding Engine", from Les Merveilles de la Science, pub.1870

The Duchess of York at the Abercynon Colliery, South Wales - she is being shown a Davy Safety lamp (and how it works) by one of the miners Date: 1933

Doctor Guillotine demonstrates a model of his device used to carry out death penalties in France. Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, 1738 - 1814. French physician, politician, freemason

St. Anthony Of Padua, Anxious To Demonstrate The Truth Of The Holy Sacrament To A Heretic Who Asked Him To Perform A Miracle, Commands A Mule To Adore The Eucharist, Which It Does By Kneeling

Gaye Muir Heals
Psychic healer GAYE MUIR demonstrates her powers at Basel (Switzerland) Psi- Tage, 2 November 1984 Date: 1984

Japan - Silk Industry - Weaving the silk on a loom - seemingly at an exhibition. Date: circa 1909

Cheesecloth
Ethel Beenham, Harry Prices secretary, demonstrates how a sheet of cheesecloth 2 metres by half a metre can be fitted into a deceiving mediums mouth or other orifice

Soyers Field Kitchen
The celebrated chef Alexis Soyer demonstrates his field kitchen for camp and bivouac in the Crimea, to Lord Rokeby and general Pelissier

Anaesthesia - Diebel
At Vienna, miner Paul Diebel demonstrates to the Austrian Society for Psychical Research the fakirism whereby he feels no pain even when knives and daggers are thrown at him

The Veteran - Chromolithograph
The Veteran. Chromolithograph, artist unknown, published, 1895 (c). An old man demonstrates his past military prowess to a Sergeant and some soldiers in their guardroom, 1895 (c)

Drying baby after his bath
A mother dries her baby after his bath, using talcum powder and a powder puff

Carving a Joint of Beef
A woman demonstrates how to carve a joint of roast beef. Date: 1950s

Water Tricycle - 1
Several inventors propose forms of water-tricycle. Frenchman Romanes-Rousseau demonstrates his project at Marseille, on a conveniently calm day. Date: 1880

Maillots Kite
French experimenter Maillot demonstrates that a kite can be made which will lift a man off the ground. Date: 1886

Classical Costume C. 1800
The clothing demonstrates a pronounced classical influence. A simple white gown, brown scarf, gold armlet & black ribbon at her neck. Her hair is dressed in curls. Date: circa 1800

Mechanical Power 1827
A machinist demonstrates the scale of the new industrial machinery as he operates a huge vice. Date: 1827

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