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HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan

HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan during the around the world Second Beagle Survey with Charles Darwin on board. Pencil sketch by R T Pritchett used on the frontispiece of the 1890 illustrated edition of The Voyage of the Beagle. Native Fuegians can be seen in a small boat in the foreground

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Colonel Ijams, Director of the Veterans Bureau (standing)

Colonel Ijams, Director of the Veterans Bureau (standing) overseeing the signing of cheques by the Disbursement Officer using a multiple signing machine which can sign 15 cheques at a time and has a capacity of 15 000 cheques per day. The bonus cheques were disbursed to WW1 veterans as a result of the passage of the Wright Patman Bonus Bill on 15th June 1932. Washington DC, USA

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The Telstar II communications satellite

The Telstar II communications satellite, a duplicate of Telstar 1 which was launched into orbit in 1962. Both were communications satellites belonging to American company AT&T. In the US, the satellites were monitored by the Andover Earth Station in Maine.1963

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