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Wood engraving of the first quinine tree being planted in the Neilgherry hills, India.
Cinchona plantations in the Neilgherry hills India. Sir William Denison, the governor of Madras, is planting the first tree in a new plantation for the production of quinine. -
Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup presented by Messrs. Root & Co., Ltd.
This is a pamphlet advertising the first edition of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup Race at Herne Hill Velodrome. It includes rules, -
First Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup Scrapbook Page
This source is a page from the source scrapbook this project used but shows a photograph of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup with brief description. Also on this page is a print source with a statement from Shorland describing how he used Cuca Cocoa and enjoys the chocolate they make. -
Photograph and Copyright of Frank Shorland and the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup
A copyright of the photograph of Frank Shorland after he won the first edition of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup. -
Letter from National Cyclists' Union with Shoreland's Record
One of the sources on this document is a letter from the National Cyclists' Union addressed to Frank Shorland to recognize him for his 24 hour safety bicycle record. -
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. -
Frank W. Shorland Brief Biography
This is an article from the Northern Wheeler which features a brief biography of Frank Shorland and his accomplishments. -
Photograph of Frank Shorland and excerpt
This source is a photo of Frank Shorland over top of two excerpts of a magazine or news paper or forts. -
The Cuca 24
This is an article and illustration of the third edition of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup -
The Cuca Cup Race: and its Moral
This is an article about the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup and goes into the race, eventually describing how Shorland's bicycle made a difference to the end result of the race. -
A Wardian case being loaded with plants.
A Wardian case filled with plants by a horticulturist. The case is open on one side to allow for loading. The side of the case is labeled to indicate a return to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. -
Wardian case with gardeners and a dog.
An open Wardian case with plants at the Dominica Botanic Garden, Roseau. There are three gardeners next to it as well as one dog. -
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. -
Epic Races of the Past - The Cuca Cup
This document is a recap of the Cuca Cocoa Challenge Cup race series over four decades later and recounts how famous these races were. -
Naval Enigma machine
A four-rotor naval Enigma machine, of the kind Alan Turing worked to codebreak, currently held at Bletchley Park. -
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. -
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. -
R3 First Stage (Black Arrow) Tank Photograph
A photograph taken from inside the cut made in the R3 vehicle's first stage HTP tank. It shows the bottom of the LOX tank along with the top portion of the HTP tank (left) and the rest of the interior of the HTP tank (right). -
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. -
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.