Experimenting 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

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

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

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

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