Experimentation Collection

The three occupants of the turret of H.M.S. Glatton when fired at, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The three occupants of the turret of H.M.S. Glatton when fired at, 1872

Two Boys with a Bladder, 1767. Creator: Joseph Wright of Derby
Two Boys with a Bladder, 1767. The painting depicts two young boys, boldly lit by a concealed candle, inflating a pig's bladder

Siege Operations at Chatham: destruction of the stockade by gun-cotton and powder, 1871. British Army training

Siege Operations at Chatham: stockade prepared for blowing up with gun-cotton and powder, 1871. British Army training

Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. British Army training

Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chatham Siege Operations: explosion of mines under the Medway, 1871. British Army training

Experiments with Norton's Patent Tube-Wells, used by our army in Abyssinia, 1868

Experiments at Shoeburyness on the Plymouth Breakwater Target: examining the target after firing, 1868

Experiments at Shoeburyness on the Plymouth Breakwater Target: the splinter-proofs
Experiments at Shoeburyness [Southend, Essex] on the Plymouth Breakwater Target: the splinter-proofs, 1868

Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: single sap, with shield, 1871.British Army training

Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: sappers working behind sap roller, 1871. British Army training

Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: necklace of gun-cotton round a beam, 1871. British Army training

Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: lighting the fuse for the powder-bags, 1871. British Army training

Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Siege Operations at Chatham: festoon of gun-cotton on the stockade, 1871. British Army training

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target
Section of the Warrior floating target, showing the hole made by the 600-pound shell and the displacement of the upper plate, 1864

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. The sight presented by the target when struck was very grand

Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, [in London] 1858

Experiments with Captain Fowke's pontoon bridge on the Serpentine, [London], 1860

Musical theories of Pythagoras, 1492. Creator: Unknown
Musical theories of Pythagoras, 1492. Men playing musical instruments and making sounds. At top left, an anvil is struck with hammers

A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 6 of 33), 1900. Creator: Kamisaka Sekka
A Thousand Grasses (Chigusa) (image 6 of 33), 1900. Album of (thirty) color woodblock prints

Experiments made with Stevens's Bread-making Machine at Marylebone Workhouse, 1858. Mr

Hallett's pedigree nursery wheat, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Hallett's pedigree nursery wheat, 1862

American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. Creator: NASA
American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. This motor was used in the flight of ARS #4 on Staten Island, New York City, USA, on September 9, 1934. It burned liquid oxygen and gasoline

Experientia, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90. ca. 1585-90. Creator: Philip Galle
Experientia, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90

Experimental Gunnery, 19th century. Artist: William Greatbach
Experimental Gunnery, 19th century

The electric furnace, 1890-1910. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat

Experiments with Fairlies steam carriage for short distances, August 1869

Robert Koch (1843-1910), German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory
Robert Koch (1843-1910, German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought a cure for Tuberculosis)

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), creator of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle did experimetns in psychical research

Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist and radio pioneer
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and radio pioneer. Marconi with typical apparatus, including 10-inch induction coil spark transmitter (right), morse inker and grasshopper key in centre

What will he grow to?, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
What will he grow to?, 1881. The Kings of Steam and Coal stand in awe and trepidation over the crib holding the baby Electricity

All products are expertly crafted, using premium materials, tailored to your specifications and promptly shipped