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Photo of a Wardian case filled with orange trees and a elbowed funnel next to it.
A photo of a Wardian case with one of the tops removed. The orange trees were watered using the elbowed funnel through the small door on the side. -
Black Arrow R4 Vehicle Second Stage
A photograph of the Black Arrow R4 vehicle's second stage, as photographed in the London Science Museum. It shows clearly the vehicle's Gamma-304 Type 2 Engine, along with the bright red payload faring. -
Alan Turing in 1951
Alan Turing in 1951, at the time of his election to the Royal Society. -
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. -
Pilot Automatic Computing Engine (ACE)
The Pilot Automatic Computing Engine, designed by Alan Turing, held in the Science Museum, London. -
Naval Enigma machine
A four-rotor naval Enigma machine, of the kind Alan Turing worked to codebreak, currently held at Bletchley Park. -
Alan Turing's office
Alan Turing's office at Hut 8, Bletchley Park. Depicts his desk, various wall decorations, and a filing cabinet. -
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
A portion of the text of "Computing machinery and intelligence" by Alan Turing, which posed the question "can machines think" and proposed the Turing test. -
Waxwing 3rd Stage & Payload Faring (Black Arrow R4)
A photograph of the Waxwing SRM (solid rocket motor) used as the 3rd stage on the Black Arrow rocket. Hung in the London Science Museum as it would appear moments after separating from the second stage. -
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (née Yardley)
black and white portrait of Kathleen Lonsdale, half-plate glass negative -
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. -
Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women
The cover of booklet entitled, "Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women ," by Kathleen Lonsdale. Cover art includes a woman looking out of a window in blue ink. -
Martin Buerger, Harold Wyckoff, and Kathleen Lonsdale
Left to right, standing: Martin Buerger, Harold Wyckoff, and Dame Kathleen Lonsdale lecturing to a class in front of a blackboard. -
Page of Some Account of Life in Holloway Prison for Women
Photo of the beginning of Lonsdale's account of her time in Holloway. -
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, 1948
Lonsdale is engaged in an experiment featuring a test tube and a microscope. -
University of Oxford Courtyard
A picture of an University of Oxford courtyard taken from the Tower at University of Oxford. University of Oxford holds Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Draft. The image was taken on 15 March 2024. -
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 -
1990s Medical Cot
This photo is of a 1990s medical cot in and exhibit at the Science Museum, UK. Never Let Me Go was set in the 1990s. This is likely the style of cot that would have been used in Part 3 of the novel. -
Cycling 460 Miles at 19 Miles an Hour
This is an article from an unknown magazine or newspaper which is authored by Frank Shorland and is about how me won the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup. -
Towards Inclusion Draft, Section 2
Towards Inclusion is a document outlining civil rights for Disabled People in Great Britain. This is a first draft of that document created around 2000. It specifically highlights the shortcomings of the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995. -
Photos of Modern Herne Hill Velodrome
These photos were taken on a casual spring weekend morning after an hour train from London and 15 minute walk through the town of Herne Hill. The activities here are mostly intermediates in training. -
Thirty Years Ago.
This is an article about how F.W. Shorland won the Cuca Cup outright at Herne Hill in July 1894. -
An Incident at the London County Banquet
This is a page from a scrapbook with three pieces of a newspaper or magazine depicting the London County Banquet and an incident that occured with Frank Shorland. -
Frank Shorland, The Cuca Hero
This page from the Frank Shorland Scrapbook contains an article in French with a quote from Shorland. It also contains an image of Shorland in Borrowed Plumes and an article about him as the Cuca Hero. -
Pre-Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup Shorland Scrapbook
This is a collection of various excepts from magazines and news papers from 1888 to 1891 mostly featuring Frank W. Shorland's career as a road cyclist and his early 24 hour races. -
The Records of 1892
This is a table of cycling records from 1892 as compiled by the National Cycling Union. Contains path and road records as well as a cartoon of a skeleton riding a bicycle. -
The Cuca Race
This is a page from the scrapbook that contains part of article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup race and the hour by hour breakdown of the 1893 race. -
UNTITLED
This is an article written in Russian with an image of Frank Shorland in it. The origin is unknown. -
More About the Cuca Cup
This is an article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup over 40 years after the event took place and specifically discusses the second cup and the challenges that led the demise of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge series. -
Cuca Cocoa Cycling Challenge Cup
This is a brief article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup and is mainly discussing the atmosphere and the records broken in brief. -
Photo of Frank Shorland Scrapbook
This photo was taken of the Frank Shorland scrapbook at the University of Warwick's Modern Records Center and is a part of the National Cycle Archive. The book was fragile and is being supported by foam blocks.