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Temple of Ten Thousand Idols, Japan, 1880
 
Diagram of Mrs Anne Edson Taylor in the barrel in which she plunged over the Niagara Falls, 1901
 
Mass meeting of Chartists on Kennington Common, London, 10 April 1848
 
Chartists procession from the mass meeting towards Blackfriars Bridge, London, 10 April 1848
 
The July Revolution, France, 1848: election of the President of the Republic, December, 1848
 
Chanting crowd in front of the Foreign Ministry, The July Revolution, France, February 1848
 
Fighting at the barricades, The July Monarchy, France, 1848 (c1885)
 
Purana Puri, Hindu Philosopher, elevating his arms above his head, 1811
 
Hindu philosopher Pararum Soatuntre Perkasanund reclining on a bed of iron spikes, 1811
 
A Yogi meditating, 1811
 
Cremation in Calcutta, India, 1882
 
Cremation of the dead on funeral pyres, Calcutta, India, 1879
 
Foucault's pendulum in the Pantheon, Paris, 1851 (1887)
 
Repeat of Foucault's demonstration of the Earth's rotation, May 1851 (c1890)
 
Demonstrating the Earth's rotation using Foucault's pendulum in a church, 1881
 
Bringing home the Yule Log 1883
 
Korrigan French navy submarine, 1906
 
Flooding during the excavation of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1828
 
Flooding during the excavation of the Thames Tunnel, London,1828 (1836)
 
Prester John, legendary Christian priest-king, riding out from a city, 1540
 
Giant Ferris wheel, International Exhibition, Chicago, 1893
 
Pony Express rider crossing hostile country pursued by native Americans, 1861
 
King Harold swears allegiance to William of Normandy, c1866. Artist: Daniel Maclise
 
Death of Edward the Confessor, 1042 (1866). Artist: Daniel Maclise
 
Robert Raikes, founder of the Sunday School movement, 1780 (1880)
 
Cardinal Lavigerie, Founder of the Anti-Slavery Society, 1891
 
The Bible being smuggled into England, 1536 (1877)
 
William Tyndale, English translator, 1536 (late 19th century)
 
Diagram showing man's position in the universe, 1617-19. Artist: Robert Fludd
 
SS Guard on Parade at a Nazi Party rally in Nurmberg, late 1930s
 
Robert Raikes, English philanthropist and publisher, 1780 (1880)
 
Mixed Sunday School class in a poor district of London, 1873
 
Boy's class at an American Sunday School, 1890
 
Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century
 
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist
 
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist
 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French political author, 1787
 
Martin Luther King Jnr, American black civil rights campaigner, c1968
 
Martin Luther King Jnr, American black civil rights campaigner, c1968
 
Pilgrim Fathers boarding the Mayflower
 
George Wilhlem Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher
 
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, Lutheran philanthropist, c1800 (c1880)
 
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, Lutheran philanthropist, c1800 (c1880)
 
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, Lutheran philanthropist, c1800 (c1880)
 
John Howard, English prison reformer, c1780 (c1880)
 
John Howard, English prison reformer, c1780 (c1880)
 
Russian soldiers celebrating Christmas, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
 
Tsar Nicholas II reviewing Cossacks, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5
 
Louis XIV proclaiming duc d'Anjou King of Spain, War of Succession, (1700) 19th century
 
Alessandro Volta, demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napoleon, (c1800) 1901
 
Henry IV (1367-1413), first Lancastrian king of England, 1399
 
Shakespeare Jubilee, Stratford-upon-Avon, 6-8 September 1769 (1795)
 
International Exposition of 1876 held at Philadelphia, Pennslvania, USA, 1876
 
Leon Gambetta, French politician about to escape besieged Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870
 
Balloon leaving from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1870
 
Balloon ascent at night from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War
 
Otto Lilienthal, German gliding pioneer & aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders
 
Henri Farman in the Farman biplane, French aviator and aircraft constructor, c1909
 
Henri Farman, French aviator, winning prize for first circular kilometre flight, Paris, Jan 1908
 
Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885)