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Scheme Collection (#8)

"Exploring the Intricate Schemes of Life: From Retinas to Land Reclamation" Delving into the depths of knowledge

Background imageScheme Collection: Paleontological tree of vertebrates

Paleontological tree of vertebrates. From Ernst Haeckel " The Evolution of Man", fifth edition, London, 1910

Background imageScheme Collection: Quiet Lane sign beside road, near Slaidburn, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England, November

Quiet Lane sign beside road, near Slaidburn, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England, November

Background imageScheme Collection: Pool created for wildlife on Higher Level Stewardship scheme land, Norfolk, England, July

Pool created for wildlife on Higher Level Stewardship scheme land, Norfolk, England, July

Background imageScheme Collection: Excavator excavating wader scrape in Higher Level Stewardship scheme land, Norfolk, England

Excavator excavating wader scrape in Higher Level Stewardship scheme land, Norfolk, England, September

Background imageScheme Collection: Wader scrape drying out during drought conditions in Higher Level Stewardship scheme land

Wader scrape drying out during drought conditions in Higher Level Stewardship scheme land, Norfolk, England, July

Background imageScheme Collection: Field boundry wildlife strip with stones, at edge of arable field with Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Field boundry wildlife strip with stones, at edge of arable field with Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, August

Background imageScheme Collection: Rural Payments Agency inspector on farm, Cheshire, England, May

Rural Payments Agency inspector on farm, Cheshire, England, May

Background imageScheme Collection: Rural Payments Agency working map, Cheshire, England, May

Rural Payments Agency working map, Cheshire, England, May

Background imageScheme Collection: Path through wild flower meadow at Goren Farm near Stockland in Devon on a fine summer day

Path through wild flower meadow at Goren Farm near Stockland in Devon on a fine summer day

Background imageScheme Collection: Wild flower meadow at Goren Farm near Stockland in Devon on a fine summer day

Wild flower meadow at Goren Farm near Stockland in Devon on a fine summer day

Background imageScheme Collection: Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination scheme

Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination scheme, badger in live trap being vaccinated by Wildlife Trust personnel, Shropshire, England, June

Background imageScheme Collection: Velib rental bicycles, Paris

Velib rental bicycles, Paris
Velib rental bicycles. Row of Velib bicycles for hire on a street in Paris, France. These bikes are hired on a subscription and deposit basis

Background imageScheme Collection: Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus growing in meadow sown on a farm meadow under stewardship

Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus growing in meadow sown on a farm meadow under stewardship scheme Norfolk July

Background imageScheme Collection: Fire safety at bedtime

Fire safety at bedtime -- a staged photograph for a Safe at Night fire prevention scheme, 28 February 1969. A young man removes a television plug from the socket

Background imageScheme Collection: View across newly created Higher Level Stewardship scheme land on former arable field

View across newly created Higher Level Stewardship scheme land on former arable field, with flooding due to deliberate rise in water table, Norfolk, England, October

Background imageScheme Collection: Some Barnardos Emigrants

Some Barnardos Emigrants
A promotional picture showing some of the children from Barnardos homes destined to emigrate to new lives overseas. In 1872, Thomas Barnardos childrens homes began sending children to Canada

Background imageScheme Collection: LCC-LFB - Junior firemen training scheme

LCC-LFB - Junior firemen training scheme
The Junior Firemen was created in the latter days of the London County Council. Boys aged 16 to 17 were eligible to join the scheme

Background imageScheme Collection: War Weapons Week and London Fire Brigade fireboats, WW2

War Weapons Week and London Fire Brigade fireboats, WW2
The London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw (which took part in the Dunkirk evacuations) and a fire float are moored at Westminster pier whilst their crews are promoting War Weapons Week

Background imageScheme Collection: Wandering Jew (Tradescantia pallida) Purple Heart, growing with Perilla (Perilla frutescens)

Wandering Jew (Tradescantia pallida) Purple Heart, growing with Perilla (Perilla frutescens) and Castor-oil Plant (Ricinus communis) in purple themed garden border, U.S.A

Background imageScheme Collection: A scheme to save the Russian fleet when Japanese torpedo boa

A scheme to save the Russian fleet when Japanese torpedo boats come. Print shows two Russian men watching a battleship with hot-air balloons attached rise from a tub of water. Date 1904 or 1905

Background imageScheme Collection: National Savings - Growth up to 1945

National Savings - Growth up to 1945
See how your Savings Certificates have grown already The healthy growth of value of National Savings plotted against a growing boy. Date: 1945

Background imageScheme Collection: Patrol of boy scouts making its way across difficult country

Patrol of boy scouts making its way across difficult country
Practical demonstration of the way General Baden-Powells scouting scheme for boys has caught on ha been given by his scouts camp held at Chollerford near Hexham

Background imageScheme Collection: Italian Patriotic Card - Do your Duty, do your best

Italian Patriotic Card - Do your Duty, do your best! - extolling the national virtue of contributing to a bank savings scheme to aid the underwriting of the Italian war effort. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageScheme Collection: Nantymoch Chapel

Nantymoch Chapel, in the Upper Rheidol Valley, Cardiganshire Wales. Sadly submerged when the Rheidol Hydro-Electric Scheme was completed in 1964. Date: 19th century

Background imageScheme Collection: Electricity plyon erected, 1933

Electricity plyon erected, 1933
Erecting the last pylon: hauling up a section of the 26, 265th steel cable tower built by the central electricity board to carry current all over Great Britain

Background imageScheme Collection: American Explorer program

American Explorer program
Young men and women sit listening as one of them plays the guitar. In the newly revised Explorer program, a Learning for Life subsidiary of the Boy Scouts of America

Background imageScheme Collection: Inmates of the Bosmere & Claydon Workhouse, Norfolk

Inmates of the Bosmere & Claydon Workhouse, Norfolk
Uniformed inmates of the Bosmere and Claydon Workhouse, Barham, Norfolk. The smartly dressed woman, centre rear, is probably a local organiser for the Brabazon scheme where workhouse inmates made

Background imageScheme Collection: Burton workhouse 1886. tif

Burton workhouse 1886. tif
Bird s-eye view of the proposed new workhouse building erected in 1886 on Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent. The scheme - a pavilion block layout - was designed by J.H. Morton. Date: 1886

Background imageScheme Collection: Brabazon Sale, Belper Workhouse, Derbyshire

Brabazon Sale, Belper Workhouse, Derbyshire
1907 card advertising sale of work produced by inmates of the Belper workhouse under the Brabazon scheme. Date: 1907

Background imageScheme Collection: Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - section

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - section
A sectional view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Background imageScheme Collection: Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - elevation

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - elevation
The elevation view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Background imageScheme Collection: Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - ground plan

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - ground plan

Background imageScheme Collection: Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - bed designs

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - bed designs
Bed designs in Jeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Background imageScheme Collection: Wandsworth Union Old Peoples Cottages, Tooting

Wandsworth Union Old Peoples Cottages, Tooting
Cottages for the elderly poor erected in 1902 at Church Lane, Tooting, by the Wandsworth and Clapham Union. The scheme was designed by C.A. Sharp. Date: 1902

Background imageScheme Collection: John Law (Card)

John Law (Card)
JOHN LAW Scottish financier in France, where he promoted the Mississippi scheme. His initial funding came from success at the gaming table. Date: 1671 - 1729

Background imageScheme Collection: Leapfrog Girls 1940S

Leapfrog Girls 1940S
Two Australian girls playing leapfrog. Under an Australian National Health scheme, children from deprived areas were taught how to enjoy exercise and stay healthy. Date: 1940s

Background imageScheme Collection: YOUNG PLAN

YOUNG PLAN
Germany fettered by the Young Plan - an American scheme to enable Germany to make war reparations payments. 1929

Background imageScheme Collection: Frost covered permanent set-a-side beside arable field, Bacton, Suffolk, England, march

Frost covered permanent set-a-side beside arable field, Bacton, Suffolk, England, march

Background imageScheme Collection: Tractor with boom arm, clearing reed from overgrown dyke, countryside management scheme

Tractor with boom arm, clearing reed from overgrown dyke, countryside management scheme, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, august

Background imageScheme Collection: Household waste recycling

Household waste recycling. Three sacks on a drive ready for collection. The green sack contains compostable plant materials

Background imageScheme Collection: Garden waste recycling

Garden waste recycling. Green sack containing compostable plant material on a drive

Background imageScheme Collection: Organic winter vegetables

Organic winter vegetables in a delivery box, including: three parsnips, (Pastinacea sativa Gladiator F1, cream), swede (Brassica napus Marian)

Background imageScheme Collection: Carbon trading, conceptual image

Carbon trading, conceptual image. Piece of coal placed on top of a pile of bank notes representing the exchange of carbon credits in a carbon trading scheme

Background imageScheme Collection: Colourful flower bed

Colourful flower bed in the gravel garden at Holt Farm, Blagdon, Somerset, UK. Photographed in September

Background imageScheme Collection: Rental bicycles, Paris

Rental bicycles, Paris
Rental bicycles. Row of bicycles for hire. These bikes, known as Velibs, are hired on a subscription and deposit basis. The subscription can be put on an existing travel-card which is then simply

Background imageScheme Collection: BMW R80GS German

BMW R80GS German

Background imageScheme Collection: Diesel engines for the Gezira irrigation scheme

Diesel engines for the Gezira irrigation scheme, 1924 Date: 1924




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"Exploring the Intricate Schemes of Life: From Retinas to Land Reclamation" Delving into the depths of knowledge, a histological diagram of a mammalian retina unveils the intricate scheme that allows us to perceive the world. At Shotley Bridge General Hospital in County Durham, medical professionals decipher this complex network with precision and care. During wartime, even pigs had their own food poster scheme. A glimpse into history reveals how these animals were nourished amidst chaos and scarcity. Meanwhile, within Wates house's interior imagined by Anne Morrow, an artistic scheme unfolds, creating a harmonious blend of aesthetics and functionality. Revving up excitement on wheels is the Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evolution and Suzuki GSX-R750 Corona from 2006. These vibrant vehicles showcase engineering schemes that push boundaries while captivating hearts with their yellow-purple allure. Nature too has its own schemes - like the limestone embankment standing as a relic from an over-ambitious land reclamation project in 1873. It serves as a reminder of human endeavors intertwined with nature's resilience. In historical tales lies Cromwell and the Vaudois; his role as Protector echoes through time as he safeguards Protestants during turbulent times. The sketch map of proposed improvements in Birmingham illustrates ambitious urban planning schemes aimed at enhancing city life for generations to come. From learning to drive fire engines to Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon concept, schemes shape our society in diverse ways. GLC-LFB junior firemen embrace responsibility while acquiring skills crucial for public safety. Bentham's architectural vision embodies surveillance systems influencing modern-day approaches towards security and control. Lastly, an engraving immortalizes an unbelievable folly from the 18th century - a monument consecrated to posterity itself. This symbolizes humanity's capacity for both grandeur and folly throughout history; reminding us that every scheme carries profound lessons waiting to be unraveled.