Experimental Collection (page 8)

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WV787
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment - English Electric Canberra B.2 WV787 (msn 71644), water-spray tanker for icing tests

1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow: - Tornado and Jaguar
Unloading and arranging the replica display weapons in front of SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1A XX979 (fitted with an experimental radar in a replacement nose) and Panavia Tornado P.03 XX947

Bairds Ultra-Short Wave Radio Transmitter
Bairds Ultra-Short Wave 10KW Radio Transmitter at his Experimental Station used for sending out television to Greater London and the Home Counties Date: 1937

High definition television, preparing for a boxing match at Baird Experimental Studios, prior to televising by the Intermediate-Film System

High definition television, a Spanish scene enacted in one of the Baird Experimental Studios, televising by the Intermediate-Film System Date: 1937

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

Le Livadia, yacht des M l empereur de Russie (engraving)
2789276 Le Livadia, yacht des M l empereur de Russie (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Livadia, yacht des M l empereur de Russie)

Ascent of the Nassau Balloon, Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, August 7, 1838, pub
2962411 Ascent of the Nassau Balloon, Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, August 7, 1838, pub. 1838 (lithograph) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Green (1785 - 1871)

Marie Jean Pierre Flourens, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c
2619148 Marie Jean Pierre Flourens, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marie Jean Pierre Flourens)

Botanic Gardens Regents Park
The Royal Botanic Society was a learned society founded in 1839 by James de Carle Sowerby under a royal charter to the Duke of Norfolk and others

Illustration from Goethes Faust depicting Mephistopheles creating a
CHT268720 Illustration from Goethes Faust depicting Mephistopheles creating a homunculus, 1854 (engraving) (b/w photo) by German School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Galileo Galilei demonstrating his new astronomical theories at the university of Padua
REV346185 Galileo Galilei demonstrating his new astronomical theories at the university of Padua (oil on canvas) by Parra, Felix (1845-1919); Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City

Cubo-Futurist Composition in Grey and White, 1916 (oil on canvas)
FFA178146 Cubo-Futurist Composition in Grey and White, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Bogomazov, Alexander (1880-1930); 32.5x33 cm; Private Collection; Russian, out of copyright

The Alchemist, 1663 (oil on panel)
BAL17228 The Alchemist, 1663 (oil on panel) by Bega, Cornelis (1620-64); 36.2x32.2 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; Dutch, out of copyright

Panoramic Cineorama, 1896 (engraving)
862524 Panoramic Cineorama, 1896 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cineorama was an early film experiment)

Experimental Gunnery (engraving)
816174 Experimental Gunnery (engraving) by Marks, Henry Stacey (1829-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Experimental Gunnery)

Experimental exhibition of the electric light in Trafalgar Square, London (engraving)
606890 Experimental exhibition of the electric light in Trafalgar Square, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

View of Bedford Park, 1882 (colour litho)
STC190640 View of Bedford Park, 1882 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: architects involved included E.A. Godwin, Norman Shaw and E.J)

Traffic at Hyde Park Corner, London, turned into an experimental one-way street. 1926

Seeing multiples / Photography trick
Photographers became more experimental with the portraits they could photograph. In this example the same man appears multiple time within the same frame. Date: 1902

Edisons original incandescent electric lamp (b / w photo)
3652697 Edisons original incandescent electric lamp (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edisons original incandescent electric lamp)

The first harvest of the Empire (colour litho)
2783761 The first harvest of the Empire (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first harvest of the Empire)

Young Offenders Prison, Bedford
Bedford Prison, where an experimental scheme began in 1899 to house young offenders aged from 16 to 21. The scheme led to the creation of the Borstal system in 1908. Date: circa 1900

Advert,s Moss, Druggist, Operative & Experimental Chemist, High Street, Cheltenham. 1826

The Alchemist, 1652 (oil on canvas)
BAL49343 The Alchemist, 1652 (oil on canvas) by Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90); 34.9x47.6 cm; Johnny van Haeften Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: oil on canvas transferred from panel); Flemish

Among the many new applications that lie ahead for airplanes in peacetime... (colour litho)
2808832 Among the many new applications that lie ahead for airplanes in peacetime... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lazzaro Spallanzani experimenting with the digestion of birds
LLM459505 Lazzaro Spallanzani experimenting with the digestion of birds by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Prototype miners safety lamps, 1815 (photo)
TRI216280 Prototype miners safety lamps, 1815 (photo) by Davy, Humphry (1778-1829); The Royal Institution, London, UK; eRoyal Institution; English, out of copyright

Church and Parsonage, Bedford Park, 1881 (colour litho)
STC190641 Church and Parsonage, Bedford Park, 1881 (colour litho) by Jackson, Frederick Hamilton (1848-1923); Private Collection; (add.info.: architects involved included E.A)

The Late Surgeon-Major G E Dobson, FRS (engraving)
1056801 The Late Surgeon-Major G E Dobson, FRS (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Late Surgeon-Major G E Dobson, FRS)

Abraham Trembley (engraving)
815758 Abraham Trembley (engraving) by Swiss School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Abraham Trembley (1710-1784)

Aeronautics Exhibition to be held in Paris in 1885 under the direction of Eugene Godard
2962412 Aeronautics Exhibition to be held in Paris in 1885 under the direction of Eugene Godard, pb. 1885 (colour lithograph) by French School

Woman Pouring a Basin of Water over her Head, illustration from
498343 Woman Pouring a Basin of Water over her Head, illustration from The Human Figure in Motion, 1904 edition (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs

Scientific laboratory and table of chemical signs, from the Encyclopedia
STC172900 Scientific laboratory and table of chemical signs, from the Encyclopedia by Denis Diderot (1713-84), engraved by Prevost, published c.1770 (engraving) by Goussier

The Royal Societys Conversazione (engraving)
1062521 The Royal Societys Conversazione (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Societys Conversazione)

CITY BLUES (Vol. II)
Heike Willers

Apprentice at the British Rail Research Laboratories electrically testing a rail fastening assembly. 18th May 1964

Britians first hovertrain is set up on its track at Earith, near Cambtridge, on 4th November 1971, and should make its first run in the next few weeks

The Short SC1 vertical take off research jet aircraft, pictured at the Farnborough Airshow in 1958. 04/09/1958

The prototype Hawker Siddeley P. 1127 / Kestrel vertical and short take off aircraft
The prototype Hawker Siddeley P.1127 / Kestrel vertical and short take off aircraft (V/STOL), the forerunner to the Harrier, is pictured hovering above the ground. 24/11/1960

Britains amazing Flying Bedstead the jet engined framework which rises vertically from the ground had made several flights from Hucknall Aerodrome, Nottinghamshire

The Gossamer Albatross human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr Paul B MacCready (right). On June 12

A lone British inventor thought he d stolen the march on the rocket-age designers of Russia and America with what he thought would be the worlds first man-powered aircraft the Ornithopter

Deep in the heart of Northumberland the Whisky Bottle MK.1 emerged on an unsuspecting world. Out of a hangar that doubles as a hayshed

The Handley Page HP115 was a British delta wing research aircraft. It is pictured here at the 1962 Farnborough Airshow preview day. 5th September, 1962

The Bristol T188 was a British supersonic research aircraft built in part of stainless steel. The plane is seen here in flight at the Farnborough Airshow preview day, 3rd September, 1962

Secret View of new houses in Alexandra Palace. Two types of prefabricated houses have been errected inside Alexandra Palace for Local Authorities to view. 13th October 1945

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