Historical Scientific Experiments

Archival footage showing scientists conducting experiments and research in early to mid-20th-century labs, capturing the essence of scientific inquiry.

Close-up man trying to open fuming test tube

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Geological periods, Mural ...., 05 October 1952, by Leslie Adkin.

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Scientist dialing in the microscope

Scale model of Mercury capsule shape A, indicating the position of the astronaut.

New York, New York: 1928 Dr. Walter J. Thompson, president of the Bureau of Industrial Psychology, who is the inventor of this instrument, the Anthropomorphometer, says it is capable of measuring the "inner-being" by "outer-characteristics". The persin to be tested is subjected to a series of physical measurements, which are then referred to their respective columns on the instrument and rated accordingly. Here is the Anthropomorphometer and the list of measurements for James B. Cook, an emplo

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Thomas Edison's first motion picture machine which recorded pictures on a cylinder, 1888

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Florence Experimental Lab devices to determine seeds'humidity 1962

S69-34076 (19 May 1969) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, displays a drawing of Snoopy in this color reproduction taken from the fourth telecast made by the color television camera aboard the Apollo 10 spacecraft. When this picture was made the Apollo 10 spacecraft was about halfway to the moon, or approximately 112,000 nautical miles from Earth. Snoopy will be the code name of the Lunar Module (LM) during Apollo 10 operations when the Command Module (CM) and LM are separated. The CM's code name will be Charlie Brown. Also, aboard Apollo 10 were astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; and Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 10x15 negative 3.5x3.5 cover slide holder thermal precipitator. 1947

That's Felix the Cat on a turntable before the scanning-disk pickup equipment of NBC's experimental TV station W2XBS in new York in 1930. W2XBS was the forerunner to WBET, key outlet of the 199-station NBC Television Network of today.

Black and white photograph relating to the wreck of the ship Pourquois-Pas near Iceland, captained by Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936); the Pourquois-Pas

Albumen photographs by Johann Victor Krämer showing landscapes and urban views of Loud, produced around 1900.

Photograph of a Japanese War Balloon. 1945-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Cheyenne River Agency. 1949-. Photographs

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