Experimental Collection (page 7)

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

New Rover gas turbine car tested at Silverstone By C Wilkes with T R Bell as passenger. 1950 023005/7

Watched by Prince Philip, autogyro pilot Rex McCandless begins his take-off in a field But his flying display never got off the ground. July 1966 P004835

Press view day of Farnborough Air show. New one of the highlights of the show is the short S.C.I. vertical-take-off-and-Landing Research Jet Aircraft, powered by a Rolls Royce R.B

There was a photocall at the £1 / 4-million climatic chamber at the Institute of
There was a photocall at the £ 1/4-million climatic chamber at the Institute of Aviation Medicine at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough this morning

There was a photocall at the £1 / 4-million climatic chamber at the Institute of
There was a photocall at the £ 1/4-million climatic chamber at the Institute of Aviation Medicine at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough this morning

Sud Aviation SA. 330 Puma F-ZWWR
Sud Aviation SA.330 Puma F-ZWWR (msn 05, also later registered as F-OCRK, F-ZWWR and F-BRBU ) at the June 1967 Paris Air Show, marked with airshow serial 350, in company with Puma 07

Miles M. 18 Mk. 2 G-AHKY
Miles M.18 Mk.2 G-AHKY (msn 466, ex HM545), with race number 39, at Coventry - Baginton. The sole M.18 Mk.2, flew from Woodley in November 1939

Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War

Thomas-Morse XP-13A Viper 29-453 (Wright Field number P-559). The XP-13A was converted from the XP-13, with a 450hp Pratt & Whitney SR-1340-9 radial engine

Boeing P-12F 32-101 (msn 1677, Boeing Model 251). the last of 25 production P-12Fs, (and last P-12/F4B family built), seen fitted with an experimental closed canopy. Date: 1932

Bardin B-1 glider, designed and built by Rene Bardin, about to launch using a bungee at the Congres experimental de vol sans moteur de Vauville 1923, in France

Poncelet Castar O-BAFG (meeting no. 7 ; flying as a glider with the engine removed) ready for bungee launch at the Congres experimental de vol sans moteur de Vauville 1923

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