Research Collection (page 5)

Dr J D Cockcroft listening for atomic disintegration
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

Undated photograph of the corner of the chemical laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (ii)

The National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Photograph of the laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (i)

Winther and Price
Danish psychical researcher Professor CHRISTIAN WINTHER with Harry Price at the 1927 Congress for Psychical Research in Paris

Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Wilkins Ice Shelf. Satellite image showing the location of the Wilkins Ice Shelf (just above and right of centre) on the Antarctic Peninsula

The Gorilla Story Dian Fossey's house at Karisoke Camp in Parc des Volcan reservation, Rwanda
YAB-1480 The Mountain Gorilla Story - Diane Fossey's house at Karisoke Camp in Parc des Volcan reservation Rwanda, Africa Yann Arthus-bertrand Please note that prints are for personal display

Cancer Research
Cancer research at Gratwick Laboratory, Buffalo, New York, which achieved striking results with rats in 1909. Date: 1909

Lab at Pratt Institute
The Department of Domestic Science (Chemistry) at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

Ahnengalerie / Ancestral Gallery (colour litho)
8666146 Ahnengalerie / Ancestral Gallery (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ahnengalerie)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736150 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736140 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736155 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

2nd illustrated page of an edition of "Praise of Folly" by Didier Erasmus (1469 - 1536), Edition of Leiden
AIS5354617 2nd illustrated page of an edition of "Praise of Folly" by Didier Erasmus (1469 - 1536), Edition of Leiden

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736176 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

marine dredge; 1878
3522404 marine dredge; 1878; (add.info.: marine dredge used in oceanographic research. 1878); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Bertillonage, 1850
3478420 Bertillonage, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting 'bertillonage' which was originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements)

Bacteriological laboratory, France, 1890s. Chromolithograph c1900
527488 Bacteriological laboratory, France, 1890s. Chromolithograph c1900.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Daniel Drake, 1814
1577004 Daniel Drake, 1814; (add.info.: Daniel Drake (October 20, 1785 - November 5, 1852) was a pioneer American physician

Experience of Sir James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish doctor testing the effects of chlorophorm on his friends
FGL5466441 Experience of Sir James Young Simpson (1811 - 1870) Scottish doctor testing the effects of chlorophorm on his friends at dinner, 1847 (engraving); Private Collection; Fototeca Gilardi.

James Young Simpson (1811-1870) trying out anaesthetics on himself, 19th century (wood engraving)
UTD4952430 James Young Simpson (1811-1870) trying out anaesthetics on himself, 19th century (wood engraving); United Archives GmbH.

Marie Curie
5304791 Marie Curie.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, chemist and the first female Nobel Prize winner. Dated 20th Century

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736188 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736162 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Book plate from the 19th century. "Let There Be Light. Search and Research."
3062052 Book plate from the 19th century. "Let There Be Light. Search and Research."; Private Collection.

Tito Carbone, the pathologist who died giving the world information about Malta Fever, 1904 (litho)
8673169 Tito Carbone, the pathologist who died giving the world information about Malta Fever, 1904 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tito Carbone)

Obtaining tetanus serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663554 Obtaining tetanus serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Steam winch with steel wire. Steel wire for deep-sea dredging. 1880
3522400 Steam winch with steel wire. Steel wire for deep-sea dredging. 1880; (add.info.: Steam winch with steel wire. Steel wire for deep-sea dredging was first used on the 'Blake')

The office of Pierre Curie
5304785 The office of Pierre Curie.; (add.info.: Photograph of the office of Pierre Curie (1859-1906) a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity

Marie Curie
5304783 Marie Curie.; (add.info.: Early Photographic portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, chemist and the first female Nobel Prize winner

Meteorologists, Glaisher and Coxvell making a scientific balloon ascent to make various observations
5616709 Meteorologists, Glaisher and Coxvell making a scientific balloon ascent to make various observations; (add.info.: Meteorologists)

Pierre Curie
5304802 Pierre Curie.; (add.info.: Photograph of Pierre Curie (1859-1906) a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity

James Young Simpson (1811-1870)
865072 James Young Simpson (1811-1870); (add.info.: James Young Simpson, having experimented on himself with chloroform, found unconcious on the floor by his butler)

Inset portrait of Leo XIII (Vincenzo Giacchino Pecci 1810-1903), the pope from 1878
535259 Inset portrait of Leo XIII (Vincenzo Giacchino Pecci 1810-1903), the pope from 1878, opening the Vatican archives for historical research, 1883

Obtaining diptheria serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663905 Obtaining diptheria serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Obtaining diptheria serum from horse blood, Marburg)

Balloon ascent to conduct atmospheric temperature research by John Jeffries
5616711 Balloon ascent to conduct atmospheric temperature research by John Jeffries; (add.info.: Balloon ascent to conduct atmospheric temperature research by John Jeffries (1745 - 1819)

Antoine Laurent LAVOISIER (engraving)
3525482 Antoine Laurent LAVOISIER (engraving); (add.info.: Antoine Laurent LAVOISIER - 1743-1794 the vignette at the bottom shows Lavoisier investigating the existence of oxygen in the air)

Page of London-related advertisements, 1928 (litho)
8629727 Page of London-related advertisements, 1928 (litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page of London-related advertisements, 1928)

William Gilberd, MD, demonstrating his Experiments to Elizabeth (litho)
8661097 William Gilberd, MD, demonstrating his Experiments to Elizabeth (litho) by Hunt, Arthur Ackland (fl.1863-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Gilberd, MD)

Expression of horror and anguish, 19th century (engraving)
FGL5462706 Expression of horror and anguish, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Expression of horror and anguish. Engraving after a photograph from the series of Doctor Guillaume Duchenne de)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736181 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736170 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Marie Curie in her Laboratory
5304817 Marie Curie in her Laboratory.; (add.info.: Photograph of Marie Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, chemist and the first female Nobel Prize winner

J J Thomson and other Cavendish Laboratory research students
3586077 J J Thomson and other Cavendish Laboratory research students; (add.info.: Photograph of J. J. Thompson (1856-1940) and other Cavendish Laboratory research students

University College School, London, England
864811 University College School, London, England; (add.info.: Chemical laboratory and lecture theatre, University College School, London, England)

Dissection of animal infected with rabies. 19th century (engraving)
672843 Dissection of animal infected with rabies. 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Rabies (From the Latin: rabies, "madness")

Industries of Britain, c 1930: Chemicals (colour litho)
8657405 Industries of Britain, c 1930: Chemicals (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chemicals)

Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663944 Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Processing tuberculosis serum, Marburg, Germany)

Men and boys at Aspley Pellatt's Falcon Glass Works, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, 1842
527928 Men and boys at Aspley Pellatt's Falcon Glass Works, Holland Street, Blackfriars, London, 1842. Note cast iron roof trusses

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