Technology Collection (page 5)

Gramophone Company, Gilbert and Sullivan records
Advert for The Gramophone Company, recording of Gilbert and Sullivans comic operetta, The Mikado. 1907

Trying out wooden velocipedes in Paris, France
Trying out wooden velocipedes in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France, after a lithograph of the time. Date: 1818

Imaginary aquatic velocipede for use by duck hunters 1823
Imaginary aquatic tripod velocipede for use by duck hunters, after an English engraving of 1823. Date: 1823

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard landing in a field
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist landing in a field, causing disruption to people and animals. Date: circa 1785

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard flying across the Channel
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist flying with large wings, crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover, carrying a ship. Date: circa 1785

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel in a balloon
Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the English Channel in a balloon, 7 January 1785 -- 100th anniversary commemoration. Date: 1785

Cailletets apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen
Louis Paul Cailletets apparatus for the liquefaction of oxygen. Date: 1885

Electric airship at Exposition of Electricity, Paris, 1881
Electric airship on display at the International Exposition of Electricity, Palais de l Industrie, Champs Elysees, Paris, France. Date: 1881

Early form of typewriter by Hall, USA 1885
An early form of inexpensive, portable typewriter by Hall, USA. Date: 1885

Using Riley spray on greenfly in a vineyard, Algeria 1885
Using the Riley insecticide spray on greenfly in a vineyard, Algeria. Date: 1885

Woman making puppets dance using electricity 1885
Woman making puppets dance using electricity. Date: 1885

Velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany 1885
Scenes from a velocipede competition in Leipzig, Germany. Date: 1885

Grand procession with Edisons electric lamps, New York, USA
Grand procession lit by Edisons electric lamps, worn on the head, in a New York street, USA. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, New York
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, in a grand procession in New York, USA, 31 October 1884. Date: 1884

Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, Philadelphia
Man wearing Edisons electric lamp on his head, and handing out prospectuses at the Philadelphia Exhibition, USA. Date: 1885

Photography by wireless radio, taking one hour and three minutes from London to New York. 1926

W Cochran with model plane at first Aero Club Trials
W Cochran holding his model plane at the first Aero Club Trials, Alexandra Palace, London. 1907

Listening to the phonograph
Men in top hats listening to the recently invented phonograph. 1893

CS Patrick Stewart, British cable ship, Reshire, Middle East
CS Patrick Stewart, British cable ship, at Reshire, Middle East (Persian Gulf). Date: 1907

Spanish attack Aztec fleet on Lake Texcoco
Part of the seige of Tenochtitlan by Cortes and the Tlaxcala army, the Spanish ships are vastly outmatching the Aztec war canoes, both in size and the technology

Telegraph poles for railway, Tanganyika, East Africa
Men holding up cast iron telegraph poles destined to run along the railway line in Tanganyika, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Tanzania). Date: 1922

A wireless ball: dancers with headphones at a silent dance
The 1928 equivalent of a silent disco: dancers with headphones at a silent dance on leap year night. Date: 1928

Robot, 1928 - A Mechanical Man who may do work of tomorrow
Mr. R. J. Wensley of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company operating a mechanical man or robot who, in response to spoken signals and notes blown on a pitch pipe

Television magazine cover, April 1932, The Worlds First Television Journal, listing BBC television programmes. 1932

One of Armours Elevators, Chicago, Illinois, USA
One of Armours Elevators (designed for the grain trade), Chicago, Illinois, USA. circa 1907

Schenley Park panorama, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, with an aerial view of Schenley Hotel, the Baseball Stadium (Forbes Field), University buildings, Soldiers Monument, Cathedral and Technical Schools

Tompkins yarn spooler 1875
Floor standing yarn spooler, simple construction for winding skein yarn upon spools for sewing machines, intended principally for hosiery manufactures. 1875

Barrel leveling, trussing and hooping machine 1875
Two separate devices, the first by a machine which compresses the barrel end wise between two disks and other by iron hooks

Machine for bending the barrel hoops 1875
This operator bending the barrel hoops. Date: 1875

Cutting screw threads with hand chaser 1875
Skilled operator cutting threads or screws on a lathe by hand. Date: 1875

Merryweather single cylinder steam fire engine
Merryweather single cylinder direct acting steam fire engine. Date: early 20th century

Wheat Harvest Steam Traction Engine Threshing Machine
A Wheat Harvest Steam Traction Engine Threshing Machine. circa 1865

Douglas XF4D-1 Skyray 124587 (msn 7464), 2nd prototype of the F4D at Edwards Air Force Base, on loan to General electric for engine development

Traction engine model on running board of a full size engine
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Traction engine model on the running board of a full size engine Date: 1969

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive The Rover J3471
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn

Aveling & Porter Road Roller Desperate Dan NX 6283
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Aveling & Porter F class Road Roller, regn. NX 6283, number 10893, Desperate Dan

Marshall General Purpose Engine Henry E 9624
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Loaded on the flat bed trailer for the trip home is Marshall General Purpose Engine, regn

McLaren General Purpose Engine Apollo AI 3029
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- McLaren General Purpose Engine, regn. AI 3029, number 757, Apollo

Fowler Road Roller, regn. FF 4913
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Fowler T3A2 class Road Roller, regn. FF 4913, number 21629. Built in 1937 by John Fowler & Co

Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Gen. Purpose Engine Velfrey Queen
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Ransomes Sims & Jefferies General Purpose Engine, regn. HI 2816, number 42032, Velfrey Queen

Woman asleep in an armchair with an anti-snoring machine attached to her. Date: 1960s

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman attaches sensors to a patient. Date: 1972

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman in an office operates a telex machine. Date: 1972

Biomedical centre, London -- a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones while a woman operates a machine in the room beyond. Date: 1972

Biomedical centre, London -- a woman operates a machine while a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones. Date: 1972

Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat sits in front of a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, testing samples. Date: circa 1970s

The pigeon post : messages from outside Paris are brought in by the birds, magnified by a projector and transcribed Date: Jan - Feb 1871

Pair of Balances Date: 1880

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