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X-ray photograph of a hand, 1926. Also featured is an inset of Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1913) who discovered x-rays in 1895. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

Joseph Lister (1827-1912), English surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery, 1926. Lister made important discoveries on the microscopical investigations of inflammation and the coagulation of blood

Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish-born French physicist, 1926. In 1898, Curie and her husband Pierre discovered two new elements, polonium and radium

An aeroplane over London, 1926. Artist: GH Davis
An aeroplane over London, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 4: Christianity and Modern Thought, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, 1926. Morse was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977), of the Morse code

Lord Kelvin (1824-1907), Irish-born Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1926. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin was a pioneer of thermodynamics and electromagnetic theory

Trinity College, Cambridge, 1926. Also seen is an inset of Isaac Newton (1642-1727), one of Trinity Colleges most distinguished alumni

Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), English chemist and physicist, 1926. In 1861, Crookes discovered a previously unknown element with a bright green emission line in its spectrum

The Reverend Robert Moffat, the apostle of Bechuana, c1926. Artist: G Baxter
The Reverend Robert Moffat, the apostle of Bechuana, 1926. Moffat (1795-1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa

The Prince of Wales planting a tree at the Kumasi Church College, Ghana, 1926. On the death of his father, King George V, in January 1936, Prince Edward (1894-1972) was proclaimed King Edward VIII

Village outcasts shopping in south India, 1926. They are not permitted to go nearer, but must shout their requirements, which are thrown to them

A sorcerer ejecting a spirit from a sick man in South India, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church

Oliver Cromwell and his Troops at Dunbar Singing the 118th Psalm, 1926. Artist: Andrew Garrick Gow
Oliver Cromwell and his Troops at Dunbar Singing the 118th Psalm, 1926. Cromwell (1599-1658) commanded the forces of Parliament during the English Civil War

St Pauls Cathedral, London, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Mercy during the Massacre of St Bartholomews Day, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 3: The Rise of the Modern Church, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Thomas Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1553 (1926). Artist: Frederick Goodall
Thomas Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1926. Cranmer (1489-1556) was the archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI

Havana, Cuba, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Cathedral and National Palace, Mexico City, Mexico, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Natives of Mexico, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Philippine islanders in fete-day costume, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth President of the United States, 1926. Monroe was president between 1817 and 1825. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

Elihu Root, American lawyer and statesman, 1926
Elihu Root (1845-1937), American lawyer and statesman, 1926. Root was the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

William Howard Taft, twenty-seventh President of the United States, 1926
William Howard Taft (1857-1930), twenty-seventh President of the United States, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow

Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), American lawyer and politician, 1926. Hughes was a lawyer and Republican politician from the State of New York

Hampden and Pym prevented from emigrating to New England by order of the government, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow

Edvard Benes (1884-1948), second President of Czechoslovakia, 1926. Benes was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement and the second President of Czechoslovakia

The Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Edouard Herriot (1872-1957), French politician, 1926. Herriot was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic who served three times as Prime Minister

Ploughing by machinery, c1926. Artist: Sir John Fowler
Ploughing by machinery, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Everyday life in the country, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Ellen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer, 1926. Key was an early advocate of a child-centred approach to motherhood and a suffragist

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), American abolitionist and novelist, 1926. Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin (1852) attacked the cruelty of slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), English poet, 1926. Browning was one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era

The Sower, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London)

Patmos, Greece, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1926. Artist: Peter von Cornelius
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

St John, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London)

The ruins of the Temple of Diana, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

St Paul at Rome, 1926. Artist: Frederic Shields
St Paul at Rome, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Saint Stephen, 1895 (1926). Artist: John Everett Millais
Saint Stephen, 1895 (1926). From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

A street in Jerusalem, Israel, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Apostles Peter and John on the Morning of the Resurrection, 1926. Artist: Eugene Burnand
The Apostles Peter and John on the Morning of the Resurrection, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity

Breaking of Bread at Emmaus, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

The Garden of Gethsemane and the Holy City of Jerusalem, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Jerusalem, 1926. Artist: NA Lyon
Jerusalem, 1926. Sketch showing the probable situation of the main buildings at the time of Christ. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation

The Mosque of Omar on the site of the ancient temple, Bethlehem, Israel, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity

Men of Jerusalem, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Jericho and the mountains of Moab, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 1: The Birth of Christianity, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

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