Boffin Collection

A Telewriter
A telewriter at Dollis Hill telephone exchange, London. Date: early 1930s

Forecasting Weather
Forecasting the weather at the Air Ministry, Kew, London - observing a balloon to gauge windspeed levels. Date: early 1930s

AI IMAGE - Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1950s, (2023). Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was and American theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosalind Franklin, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosalind Franklin, 1940s, (2023). British chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosalind Franklin, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Rosalind Franklin, 1940s, (2023). British chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958)

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1950s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

Bureau of Mines Interior Dept. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Bureau of Mines Interior Dept
Bureau of Mines Interior Dept. [Washington, DC], between 1910 and 1920. Man using viscosimeter, instrument used to measure the viscosity of a fluid

Interior Dept. - Bureau of Mines, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Interior Dept
Interior Dept. - Bureau of Mines, [Washington, DC], between 1910 and 1920. Scientist using a bunsen burner to heat a glass instrument

Bureau of Mines, Dept. of Int. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Bureau of Mines, Dept. of Int
Bureau of Mines, Dept. of Int. between 1910 and 1920. Man placing samples in a furnace. The United States Bureau of Mines (USBM)

Aircraft Standardization Board - Joint Army-Navy Technical Board, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Aircraft Standardization Board - Joint Army-Navy Technical Board, 1917. Seated Left, Ericcson [Ericsson?], In Charge, Canadian Aircraft; Right, George K

Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby, US Army, Chief of Engineers, U.S.S. Maine, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby, US Army, Chief of Engineers, U.S.S. Maine, 1914

Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby with Col. William T. Rossell, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby, US Army, Chief of Engineers - Right, with Colonel William Trent Rossell, 1914

Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby with Col. William T. Rossell, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby, US Army, Chief of Engineers - Right, with Colonel William Trent Rossell, 1914

Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby with Col. William T. Rossell, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby, US Army, Chief of Engineers - Right, with Colonel William Trent Rossell, 1914

Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby with Col. William T. Rossell, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Brigadier General William Herbert Bixby, US Army, Chief of Engineers - Right, with Colonel William Trent Rossell, 1914

Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Creator: NASA
Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Dr. Werhner von Braun, then Chief, Guided Missile Development Operation Division at Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal

Mr. Boffin Among the Mounds. "He measured a shovel's length from the pole before digging
1000774 Mr. Boffin Among the Mounds. "He measured a shovel's length from the pole before digging. Then from the cavity he made he took out what appeared to be an ordinary case-bottle; one of

Lunar Landing Vehicle, USA, 1963. Creator: NASA
Lunar Landing Vehicle, USA, 1963. Vehicle for Lunar Landing Research Facility at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

Paresev 1-A and tow plane with crew and pilot, USA, 1962. Creator: NASA
Paresev 1-A and tow plane with crew and pilot, USA, 1962. With the Paresev 1-A (Paraglider Research Vehicle) and the 450-hp Stearman Sport biplane as a backdrop the pilot

Key members of the XS 1 research team, USA, January 1948. Creator: Unknown
Key members of the XS 1 research team, USA, January 1948. National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics Muroc Flight Test Unit XS-1 Team members and USAF pilots (L-R): Joseph Vensel

US president John F Kennedy at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, September 11, 1962. A briefing is given by Major Rocco Petrone to the president during a tour of Blockhouse 34 at the Cape

Gilruth presents President Kennedy with a model of the Apollo spacecraft, 1960s. Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (left), Manned Spacecraft Center Director, presents President John F

President Hoover presents the Collier Trophy, USA, April 10, 1929. Creator: Unknown
President Hoover presents the Collier Trophy, USA, April 10, 1929. President Herbert Hoover presents the The Robert J. Collier Trophy, an annual aviation award, to Joseph Ames

Aviation pioneers at a conference, Langley Field, Virginia, USA, May 23, 1934. Eight of the twelve members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

Dr. Max Munk, chief of aerodynamics, in his office at Langley, Virginia, USA, 1926. German aerospace engineer Max M. Munk (1890-1986) achieved lasting fame by conceiving, developing

Inflatable Station Concept, 1961. Creator: NASA
Inflatable Station Concept, 1961. Unlike many other early space station concepts, this design actually made it out of the concept phase and into production, though no models were ever flown

Dr Robert Goddard, American rocketry pioneer, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Dr Robert Goddard, American rocketry pioneer, c1930s. Portrait of Robert H. Goddard, scientist, physicist, rocket engineer and inventor who is credited with creating

Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. American pioneer aviator Earhart on the steps of the Langley Research Building, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston, 1981. Creator: NASA
President Reagan at Mission Control, Houston, 1981. President Ronald Reagan gets a laugh from NASA officials in Mission Control when he jokingly asks Space Shuttle crew members astronauts Joe Engle

American physicist James Van Allen with Pioneer 4, USA, 1950s. Creator: Unknown
American physicist James Van Allen with Pioneer 4, USA, 1950s. Professor James Van Allen of the University of Iowa is best known for his discoverery in 1958 of the two belts of charged particles in

Orbital Trajectories Presentation, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, June 28, 1958. Charles Lundquist (right) gives a presentation on orbital trajectories at the Army Ballestic Missile Agency to Hermann

T. Keith Glennan shows Lyndon Johnson aluminized mylar flim used to make the Echo I balloon, 1960. NASA Administrator Thomas Keith Glennan shows then-Senator Lyndon B

Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1963. Creator: NASA
Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1963. Dr. George Mueller gives Saturn V orientation to President John F. Kennedy and officials in Blockhouse 37. Front row, left to right: George Low, Dr

Hermann Oberth, German physicist and engineer, c1960. Creator: Richard Krauss
Hermann Oberth, German physicist and engineer, c1960. Hermann Oberth (1894-1989) is considered to be one of the top three pioneers in modern rocketry

Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Creator: NASA
Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Pictured from the left are astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Vice President George Bush, and Ulf Merbold of West Germany

Sir John Herschel, 1867, printed c. 1893. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir John Herschel, 1867, printed c. 1893. Photogravure, plate 11 from the album " Lord Tennyson and his friends" (1893); edition 138/140

Marie-Eugene Chevreul, 1886. Creator: Paul Nadar
Marie-Eugene Chevreul, 1886. [Portrait of French chemist Michel Eugene Chevreul]. Gelatin silver print

Portrait of J. P. Earnest, Between 1889 and 1897. Creator: Moses P. Rice
Portrait of J.P. Earnest, Between 1889 and 1897

Science, 1936 (colour litho)
473455 Science, 1936 (colour litho) by Bull, Rene(1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: from the series of humorous cigarette cards, Howlers, produced for Churchman s; ); English

KNITTING BOFFIN
A bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, without much success! Date: 1930s

The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. L Heroique Ascension du Professeur Piccard. Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) built a balloon with an airtight cabin

Mr. Boffin Among The Mounds. "he Measured A Shovels Length From The Pole Before Digging
Mr. Boffin Among The Mounds. " he Measured A Shovels Length From The Pole Before Digging. Then From The Cavity He Made He Took Out What Appeared To Be An Ordinary Case-Bottle; One Of Those

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Meet Mr. Boffin, a telewriter and weather forecasting expert who has left an indelible mark on the world of science and innovation. In 1954, Walt Disney collaborated with Dr. Wernher von Braun, showcasing their visionary minds in a captivating image captured by NASA. As raindrops fell into the gauge, Mr. Boffin meticulously analyzed data to predict weather patterns accurately. Venturing further into his scientific endeavors, we find him amidst mounds of soil, measuring precisely before digging deep into the earth's secrets. From this excavation emerged an ordinary-looking case-bottle; little did anyone know that it held extraordinary knowledge within its squat frame. In 1963, as NASA unveiled the Lunar Landing Vehicle, Mr. Boffin's expertise played a crucial role in shaping this groundbreaking achievement for mankind's exploration beyond Earth's boundaries. Alongside Paresev 1-A and its tow plane crew from 1962 and key members of the XS 1 research team from January 1948, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with pioneers who pushed technological boundaries. Fast forward to September 11 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida when US President John F Kennedy witnessed firsthand the marvels of space exploration guided by brilliant minds like Mr. Boffin himself. The model of Apollo spacecraft presented to President Kennedy by Gilruth showcased their collective dedication towards reaching new frontiers. Rewinding time back to April 10th in1929 when President Hoover presented the Collier Trophy; it was evident that even then, visionaries like Mr. Buffon were recognized for their invaluable contributions to aviation and beyond. Gathering alongside fellow aviation pioneers at Langley Field conference in Virginia on May 23rd1934 marked another milestone where ideas converged and innovations took flight under their watchful eyes. Mr. Buffon embodies curiosity-driven intellect coupled with unwavering determination - qualities that have propelled humanity towards unimaginable heights.