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Plague scientist in China
Western doctor or scientist in China during the bubonic plague outbreak; died during research work. Date: 1911

The space shuttle landing with its drogue parachute deployed

The space shuttle taking off

Poma de Ayala inquires about the history of ancient Peru (woodcut)
XJF425639 Poma de Ayala inquires about the history of ancient Peru (woodcut) by Poma de Ayala, Felipe Huaman (1526-1613); Private Collection; (add.info.: from The New Chronicle and Good Government)

Testing a Handimac ultraviolet ray light for killing bugs at the East Malling Research station in Kent. 1937

A man using Handimac ultraviolet ray light for killing bugs at the East Malling Research station in Kent. 1937

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Biologists - researching Twin-spotted Rattlesnake - boy observing in background (Crotalus pricei pricei) Date:

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Biologists - researching Twin-spotted Rattlesnake - painting tail for identification purposes (Crotalus pricei pricei) Date:

Picture No. 10900757
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Date:

Entemologist with insect traps in treetops of cloudforest, Cusuco N. P. Sierra del Merendon, Honduras, July
Entemologist with insect traps in treetops of cloudforest, Cusuco N.P. Sierra del Merendon, Honduras, July

Insular Single Leaf Bat (Monophyllus plethodon) adult, held in gloved hand of researcher during biodiversity monitoring, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, June

DuPont and agricultural research, 1953 C019 / 1285
DuPont and agricultural research. Front cover artwork for the DuPont Magzine issue of June-July 1953. The artwork was drawn for that issues lead story Food for the fifth plate

Meteosat weather satellite, artwork C017 / 7338
Meteosat weather satellite. Computer artwork of a Meteosat weather satellite, showing the external structure (top left) and main components (right)

Meteosat weather satellite, artwork C017 / 7339
Meteosat weather satellite. Computer artwork of a Meteosat weather satellite, showing the external structure (top left) and main components (right)

Grauvogel-Gall fossil collection, France C018 / 9411
Grauvogel-Gall fossil collection. French palaeontologist Lea Grauvogel-Stamm (born 1940) with plant, fish and scorpion fossils from the collection she maintains

Ultrasound power tests C016 / 6464
Ultrasound power tests. Researcher carrying out buoyancy tests to measure the power output of ultrasound devices. This method is a form of calorimetry and solid-state pyroelectrics

Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station C016 / 9625
Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station. Glaciologist obtaining an ice core at the weather station on the col of the Dome du Gouter, a peak that is a shoulder of Mont Blanc

Laser microscope experiment C016 / 6434
Laser microscope experiment. Researcher working in a laboratory on an experiment with lasers (green light) and a microscope. The microscope being used here is a type known as an inverted microscope

Glacier erratics landscape and research C016 / 9622
Glacier erratics landscape and research. Researcher (upper left) carrying out research on glacial erratics, blocks of rock deposited in the landscape by ancient glaciers

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6455
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station C016 / 9624
Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station. Glaciologist checking instrument readings at the weather station on the col of the Dome du Gouter, a peak that is a shoulder of Mont Blanc

Laser microscope experiment C016 / 6430
Laser microscope experiment. Researcher working in a laboratory on an experiment with lasers (green light) and a microscope. The microscope being used here is a type known as an inverted microscope

Ultrasound power tests C016 / 6466
Ultrasound power tests. Researcher carrying out buoyancy tests to measure the power output of ultrasound devices. This method is a form of calorimetry and solid-state pyroelectrics

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6456
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Pythagorean harmonics, 1492 artwork C016 / 8941
Pythagorean harmonics. 15th-century artwork of an account of experiments on musical harmonics and the octave, said to have been carried out by 5th-century BC Ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6460
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Ultrasound power testing equipment C016 / 6468
Ultrasound power testing equipment. This equipment is used to carry out buoyancy tests to measure the power output of ultrasound devices

Ultrasound power tests C016 / 6465
Ultrasound power tests. Researcher carrying out buoyancy tests to measure the power output of ultrasound devices. This method is a form of calorimetry and solid-state pyroelectrics

Glaciology research, Argentiere Glacier C016 / 9623
Glaciology research. Researcher using a laptop computer to access and study photography of glacier movements. This is the Argentiere Glacier in the French Alps

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6454
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Ultrasound power tests C016 / 6467
Ultrasound power tests. Researcher carrying out buoyancy tests to measure the power output of ultrasound devices. This method is a form of calorimetry and solid-state pyroelectrics

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6462
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6453
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Ultrasound power testing equipment C016 / 6469
Ultrasound power testing equipment. This equipment is used to carry out buoyancy tests to measure the power output of ultrasound devices

Geomagnetism research, 1965 C016 / 8820
Geomagnetism research. US geologists Allan Verne Cox (seated, 1926-1987), Richard Doell (centre, 1923-2008), and (Gary) Brent Dalrymple (right)

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6457
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Ultrasound hydrophone calibration C016 / 6475
Ultrasound hydrophone calibration equipment. This equipment is used to calibrate hydrophones (underwater microphones) that are used to detect and measure ultrasound waves

Ultrasound hydrophone calibration C016 / 6476
Ultrasound hydrophone calibration test. Researcher using equipment to calibrate hydrophones (underwater microphones) that are used to detect and measure ultrasound waves

Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station C016 / 9626
Glaciology at Mont Blanc weather station. Glaciologist checking instrument readings at the weather station on the col of the Dome du Gouter, a peak that is a shoulder of Mont Blanc

Ultrasound beam plotting tests C016 / 6461
Ultrasound beam plotting tests. Researcher carrying out tests with ultrasound beam plotting equipment. This equipment is used to accurately measure and plot the output of medical ultrasound devices

Science hierarchy, artwork
Science hierarchy. Artwork representing science as a hierarchy, with a single scientist at top overseeing experimental scientists in a laboratory

Bird flu research, artwork
Bird flu research. Artwork of wild birds tagged with radio transmitters to allow researchers to record and study their migration patterns

Barbara McClintock, US cell geneticist C016 / 6353
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992), US cell geneticist, studying maize (Zea mays). McClintock is most famous for her work in the 1940s and 1950s on the genetics of maize

OSL dating research C017 / 9992
MODEL RELEASED. OSL dating research. Researcher Michael Myer at work in the OSL Laboratory, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria

Nylon toothbrush research, 1930s C018 / 0677
Nylon toothbrush research. Laboratory assistant Edward Burke working on early designs of toothbrushes using nylon bristles. Nylon was a new material discovered by the DuPont Company in 1935

OSL dating research, sample plate C017 / 9996
OSL dating research, sample plate being loaded with samples. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating is a method of determining how long ago minerals were last exposed to daylight

OSL dating research C017 / 9993
MODEL RELEASED. OSL dating research. Researcher Michael Myer at work in the OSL Laboratory, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria

OSL dating research C017 / 9994
MODEL RELEASED. OSL dating research. Researcher Michael Myer at work in the OSL Laboratory, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria

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