Dropping Collection (page 11)

Green Tortoise Beetle (Cassida viridis) larva, with protective droppings, Spain, may

Peat bog fire. Mars aircraft dropping water on a fire in a raised peat bog. Peat bog fires often burn below the ground making them particularly difficult to extinguish

Galileos falling bodies experiment

Entropy shown by broken cup. Entropy is a measure of the amount of order or disorder in a system, as well as how reversible a change is

Military airborne division training. Field training of the 76th Guards Airborne Division of the Russian army. Military supplies and equipment (here light armoured vehicles)

IAF C-130 Hercules
Israeli Air force C-130 Hercules 100 transport plane in flight drops cargo to the troupes on the ground

Black Friday gold prices, 1869
Black Friday gold prices. Also known as the Fisk-Gould scandal, this crisis took place at the New York Gold Exchange on 24 September 1869

Hydrating copper sulphate
Copper (II) sulphate crystals being hydrated. Anhydrous copper (II) sulphate is white, while hydrated copper sulphate is blue

Workman with slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman with a slate quarry tram, somewhere in North Wales. This small tram can carry half a ton of raw slate, and one man can operate it

Lieutenant Rex Warneford - WWI Ace Hero
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald ( Rex ) Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Warneford attacks Zeppelin at Ghent
On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (1891- 1915), a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Puppy Goes Upstairs
Towser decides to be helpful, and takes his masters slippers upstairs

Torpedo-Dropping Aircraft
This photograph shows an aircraft making an attack on a merchant vessel

Cause and Effect, London, 1908
Sketched cartoon, entitled Cause and Effect, showing a street scene in London, 1908. After dropping the end of his cigar, a dapper gentleman receives a blow to his head from a sandwich man bending

Captured frogs bid for Freedom
A young schoolboy in his full school uniform get a nasty surprise when the frog he has captured makes a daring bid for freedom, leaping out and away as soon as the airhole-added lid has been lifted

Bombs falling on Knapsack Power Station; Second World War, 1
Aerial photograph, taken from the interior of a Royal Air Force Blenheim bomber, showing bombs dropping towards Knapsack power station, near Cologne in Germany, 12th August 1941

Flight Sub-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford, R. N. 1915
Portrait of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford of the Royal Navy Air Service. Warneford became the first airman to destroy a Zeppelin in the air

Place de l Opera
Civilian crowds in the Place de l Opera, Paris, on the look-out for German bomb-dropping planes in September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I

Ilyushin in Action
An Ilyushin IL-2 fighter- bomber dropping a bomb

Knaresborough Well 1779
Knaresborough - the petrifying or DROPPING WELL

A Tsubakai, a stone wash basin for the tea room, Ryoan-ji Temple in NW Kyoto, Honshu, Japan The Zen inscription reads I learn only to be contented

How Bombs are Dropped
At the start of the war, the technique of dropping bombs was primitive, and even flying at low level, precision was out of the question

Lamp Timekeeper
The LAMP TIMEKEEPER is used by Felipe II of Spain, and his contemporaries, to mark time at night, the level of liquid dropping slowly through the night, measured against marks

Dropping Well / Yorkshire
The Dropping Well, a petrifying spring at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. Anything suspended in the water becomes petrified in a coat of limestone

Aerial Bombardment
Alas, there are sure to be ill-disposed persons who will exploit flight for their own evil purposes, dropping bombs, for example, onto the unfortunate earthbound folk

Hereward is Trapped
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward was caught in a trap. He did not flinch. Dropping his reigns and driving in the spurs once more, met them in full shock

Pros & Cons of Sickbed
The pleasure of lying in bed all day while convalescing is somewhat outweighed by inconvenience of dropping crumbs in the bed. Two little girls ruminate

Futuristic aeroplane dropping bombs
A futuristic scene showing an aeroplane dropping bombs on the ground below

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Dropping hints can lead to unexpected consequences, just like Bismarck's political maneuvering or the Dropping Pilot's risky decisions. As illustrated by William Heath Robinson, dropping from a Kite Balloon in 1917 required courage and precision. But let's not forget that sometimes what we drop can be quite unusual - like coprolite, fossil dung that reveals ancient secrets. Even Sir Isaac Newton understood the power objects to uncover scientific truths. Just as The Fox and the Crow taught us about deception, dropping subtle clues can reveal hidden intentions. In times of war, such as during WW1 depicted in the cartoon 'The Dropped Pilot, ' even a simple act could change lives forever. Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream reminds us how love potions dropped into unsuspecting eyes create chaos and comedy alike. Airborne adventures captured in 'In The Air' show us the thrill through clouds with freedom and exhilaration. And who would have thought that ground sloth droppings or coprolites could provide valuable insights into prehistoric life? G. E Studdy humorously captures anticipation with 'I'm dropping in soon. ' Lastly, pondering on the panspermia theory of life makes one wonder if our existence was simply dropped onto Earth from outer space. So next time you drop a hint, remember its potential impact may go beyond your imagination.