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Valve Horn on its OwnThe VALVE HORN (French : Cor a pistons) was introduced in the 1830s and completely replaced the Natural Horn used by Mozart and Beethoven
Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slidesA Railway engineer, wearing no discernible protective clothing, greasing the pivots and slides with a grease gun. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. 1950s
Cornet on its OwnThe CORNET-A-PISTONS - usually known simply as the Cornet, has a tube half the length of the trumpet, and consequently plays an octave higher
Fireless Locomotives - Llandarcy, Wales. Oil storage depots and oil handling docks used fireless locomotives (steam was pumped in to a specially constructed usually dome-ended boiler)
Carcel and his LampBERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. Its a good lamp, but he dies in poverty
LONDON BRIDGE WATERWORKSThe Water-works at London Bridge. Date: 1797
PAPINS HYDRAULIC MACHINEPapins Hydraulic machine. Date: 1686
Thomas horns steam engine. Built around 1850 by the Thos. HThomas horns steam engine. This machine was built around 1850 by the Thos. Horn Engineer firm in London. It was used in the Paine Co. Ltd of St
Submerged pump pistons. Supply cities. Engraved by Decreef. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878
Cylinders and pistons in a steam engine, 19th century.. Cylinders and pistons in a steam engine, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - The Winding MachineJapan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto - The Winding Machine. Date: circa 1910s
Steam cylinder and piston section
Oiling up a locomotiveA railway maintenance worker oiling up the pistons of a steam locomotive. Date: 1957
Oiling a Locomotive Wheel and PistonA railway engineer oils the end of a piston on an immense steam train wheel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Marine telephoneA telephone or marine alarum being used by a sailor. This worked on the principle of sending air through a series of valves and pistons to make various notes
Hodge Steam Fire-EngineThe Hodge Steam fire-engine. The first recorded attempt at fire prevention in New York City was in 1659, and this locomotive-style engine is the first native-built engine