Test Collection

Testing Aircraft
14th October 1943: A Royal Airforce Mosquito being tested at the de Havilland factory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Steam Power
30th November 1937: London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) streamlined locomotives during a performance test in London. From left, Dominion of New Zealand, Golden Shuttle, Empire of India

Young woman with magnifying glass in front of her eye

Parade of five baby ducklings, one slightly behind

Hats Off
27th July 1912: Loyalists cheer on hearing the result of the Crewe election during the Great Unionist Rally at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Two men in astronaut suits upside down being watched by two men in orange suits, inside vacuum chamber

Man throwing autumn leaves in the air

Illustration of two Sea Urchin (Echinoidea), shell, also known as test, on beach

Black and white illustration of a hand holding a lit candle underneath a smoke detector

Illustration of rocket launch pad being tested with engines burning

Air Raid Fire Test
November 1939: Pumps from the Auxiliary Fire Service join four thousand regular and auxiliary firemen, who turned out with 500 pumps

Test Launch
1957: Sputnik II, the second Russian satellite to enter space, on a test launch. (Photo by APA/Getty Images)

Captured Tanks
circa 1917: Germans testing the climbing powers of captured British tanks, redecorated in German colours. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Flood level sign, Duernstein, Wachau valley, Waldviertel region, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Girl and boy playfully doing chemistry experiments

Blondins Rope
1859: A man tests the rope structure on which French acrobat and tightrope-walker Charles Blondin will cross the Niagara River. The Niagara suspension bridge can be seen in the background

Gale Damage
November 1918: Wrecked planes as a result of a gale at Hendon aerodrome. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

By-Election
31st January 1913: Crowds gather outside the Court House waiting to hear the result of the Derry city by-election. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Election Results
21st August 1913: The returning officer declares the result to a waiting crowd during the Chesterfield Bye- Election. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Balloon Jumping
circa 1927: Englands first tests of a new sport called balloon jumping. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kings Cutter
28th May 1930: The Kings cutter Britannia during a special Solent Regatta of the Royal Thames Yacht Club arranged for the testing of Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger Shamrock V

Airplane Testing
8th August 1912: Large crowd watchng the Army areoplane tests on Salisbury Plain. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Herman Goring Balloon
1938: Nazi Air Force soldiers gather to witness a test flight of the Herman Goring balloon in preparation for World War II, Germany. The balloon was used to test air currents

Thunderbolts
15th March 1944: US Thunderbolts lined up for testing after their arrival in Britain prior to the D Day invasions. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone/Getty Images)

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