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R3 First Stage Engine shot (Black Arrow)
Photograph of the R3 rocket's first stage (taken at FAST), specifically focusing on the engines. Shows the crushed Gamma-304-8 engine along with the first-stage HTP tank. -
R4 Vehicle First Stage
A view of the Black Arrow R4 vehicle on display at the London Science Museum, including the Gamma-304 Type 8 engine that powered it. -
Railway Executive Committee meeting in Down Street Underground station
The Railway Executive Committee meets in an underground room in the disused Down Street Underground station during the Second World War. Frank Pick, vice chairman of the London Transport Passenger Board Executive, is fourth from right. Down Street Underground station, off Piccadilly, provided the perfect central and safe location for the committee headquarters. Accommodation included a telephone exchange and eating and sleeping facilities. The station was also used by the Cabinet before the Cabinet War Rooms under Whitehall were ready. Down Street had not been used as a station since 1932. -
Recreation of Katherine Parr's Tomb Inscription
Recreation of Katherine Parr's tomb inscription. -
Replica of X3-Prospero
The backup satellite of the Prospero vehicle that R3 launched, slated for launch aboard R4 before it was scrapped and eventually hung in the London Science Museum as a partner to the R4. -
Rides That Made History.
This is an article from cycling magazine covering F.W. Shorland's Track "Twenty-Fours." It is about the three Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup Races Frank Shorland competed in and how they impacted the history of the sport of cycling. -
Royal Society Library
This image is a picture of the Royal Society Offices. Inside they had the libraries/archives for the royal society. In this archive I looked through the old documents for my research. This research was for the 2024 Honors UAH London Study Abroad Class. -
Science Museum Organs Exhibit
This is a photo of an organ exhibit titled "Disease Collectors." Many of the organs in the picture were from a person with a disease. The organs were from people who lived between 1900-1950. Never Let Me Go revolves around human clones donating their organs -
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Section of Isaac Newton's memorial at Westminster Abbey.
Two stone cherubs hold a scroll inscribed with one of Isaac Newton's mathematical proofs.