Mechanical Collection

The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, London
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London, alongside the Great Western Railway line and between Wormwood Scrubs

Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No. 10, 000 leaving Waverley Station, Edinburgh, Scotland - designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

Joseph Whitworth, IMechE, medal and invitation
Joseph Whitworth, P IMechE, medal and invitation, 1857 Date: 1857

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at East Ham
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Welsh Lady using a Singer Sewing Machine
Seated Welsh Lady using a Singer Sewing machine in traditional costume, with a similarly-dressed lady alongside as well as a smart Welshman

Harrisons First Chronometer
This photograph shows Harrisons first chronometer, developed between 1729 and 1735 in response to the British Government offer of a 20

Greyhound Racing
Humorous illustration by George Studdy showing a rather embarrassed man in the crowd of spectators at a greyhound race, bemused to find his hat blown off

Testing a Cows Udders
Testing the udders of dairy cows before they are attached to a mechanical milking machine

A robot to open an exhibition: the new mechanical man
Photograph and sketches of an aluminium man, the first British robot invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A.H. Refell. The machine could rise, bow and make a speech

D Napier and Son - Deltic
General arrangement of Deltic 18-11B MTB Driving End

Automaton at the Schoolboys Own Exhibition, 1929
A physiological robot at the Schoolboys Own Exhibition in London, 1929. Designed to show how organs of the body work, here three young visitors take great interest in its insides. Date: 1929

Man with mechanical digger in a muddy field
A man working next to a mechanical Hy-Mac digger in a muddy field. Perhaps the digger has got stuck in the mud, and he is trying to dig it out

Thomas Edison / IMechE

Hoisting Hops
Hoisting pokes of hops onto a drying platform. Despite modern advances such as mechanical hop presses, horses were still being used for hoisting the pokes (sacks). Date: 1930s

Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge
Hush Hush Railway Engine (designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE) crossing the Forth Rail Bridge. The LNER W1 No. 10000 (known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy)

Ubiquitous bulldozer by G. H. Davis
The ubiquitous bulldozer: a mechanical tool of peace becomes an important weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Advert for Ransomes lawn mowers
An advertisement for Ransomes lawn mowers, showing three different products available. Date: 1883

IMechE Leeds meeting. Members ticket, 1859 Date: 1859

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at Edmonton
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Cap badge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Brass cap badge (the Kings Crown Shield) of REME, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Oval in shape, with a crown at the top, a pair of compasses at the centre

Communist Factory Worker
A young man, the ideal of the heroic communist worker, working at a complicated piece of machinery in a cellulose paper factory in Balakhna, Russia

Johannes Gutenberg, German goldsmith and printer
Johannes Gutenberg (Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg), German goldsmith and printer. He invented mechanical movable type and thereby began a revolution in book printing

Foundation letter (1846) - Institution of mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Date: 1846

Wheel worked by dog - turning roasting spit, Carmarthenshire
Wheel worked by a dog for turning the roasting spit - used until the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. This example was the property of the late Sir John Williams, Bart

Three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen
Photograph of three Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer craftsmen repairing the engine of an A Squadron, 15/19th Kings Royal Hussars Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier, Malaya

Joseph Whitworth
SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH English mechanical engineer and inventor Date: 1803 - 1887

Testing of a vacuum by weight / IMechE

Tandem tricycle / IMechE

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Brigade HQ
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Waiting at the Cotton Gin - Memphis, Tennessee. A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds Date: circa 1910

Architects proposed front elevation, IMechE HQ, Storeys Gate, 1896 1896

IMechE Coat of Arms, from the Royal Charter, 1930 Date: 1930

Power and control in R101
The first diesel-engined airship: power and control in R101. Illustrations of some of the features of R101: a power car, the chart room, and mooring arrangements

Road widening in Brixham, Devon
Road widening in Middle Street, Brixham Devon, with an Albion lorry and mechanical digger

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Chopper for Light Sovereign
Engraving of a mechanical chopper used to deface gold coins, which were under weight. In June 1842 the Bank of England recalled millions of gold sovereigns which through wear had lost weight

Advert for Geo. Whight & Co, musical Celestina 1885 Advert for Geo
Mechanical musical instrument, you could buy the music separate quite cheaply so compact that it could be put in your pocket, with thousands of tunes, psalm, march or dance. Date: 1885

?Long Cecil? gun model
?Long Cecil? gun / IMechE model

Specification & tender for ?Otis? electric passenger elevato
IMechE: specification & tender for ?Otis? electric passenger elevator, 25 Feb 1897 Date: 1897

Marine-engine dynamometer, PIMechE 1877, vol.28, p.l.39 Date: 1877

IMechE Birdcage Walk HQ building 2009 Date: 2009

Accident compensation / W H Robinson
When an accident occurs, the Pro Bono Instanto mechanical arm can quickly thrust liquid refreshment in front of the victim to hopefully dissuade him from taking you to court - a remarkable advance in

Car cross section / W H Robinson
Cross section through Mr K. R. G. Brownes (author) new sports car, showing drive and water cooling system (watering can). Please note

Group photo, Moor Hall Estate, Harlow, Essex
Group photo in front of the Doric portico of Moor Hall Estate, Harlow, Essex - cricketers and others of Harlow and Sawbridgeworth

Mechanical Advertisement Illustrations
A pair of mechanical advertisement illustrations, the top image promotes the Asiatic Petroleum Co. Ltd, while the bottom car interior image promotes Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. Date: circa 1939

RAF recruits undergoing mechanical training, WW2
RAF recruits undergoing mechanical training Date: circa 1941

RAF cadets learning about the aero engine, WW2
RAF cadets learning the mechanical marvels of the aero engine Date: circa 1941

Steel lung, Brompton Hospital
Steel Lung at the Brompton hospital in London. Also known as a tank ventilator, iron lung or Drinker tank, is a type of negative pressure ventilator; a mechanical respirator which encloses most of a

Lady Marguerite Strickland, with Alsation dog, Saxon
Lady Marguerite Strickland, in uniform, with her Alsation dog, Saxon. Captioned, Saxon and Anglo-Saxon on the Alert'. Lady Strickland in the uniform

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