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Apparatus Collection

Background imageApparatus Collection: Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson

Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson
An interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth

Background imageApparatus Collection: Tesla Coil - Twain

Tesla Coil - Twain
TESLAs COIL Author Mark Twain holds a loop over a resonating coil : high- tension current passes through his body before it brings the lamps to incandescence

Background imageApparatus Collection: Hillary and Tensing on Mount Everest

Hillary and Tensing on Mount Everest
Hillary and Tensing nearing the summit of Mount Everest. Date: 1953

Background imageApparatus Collection: Economics a la Heath Robinson

Economics a la Heath Robinson
Do not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements. Please note

Background imageApparatus Collection: 1st Petrol Fire-Engine

1st Petrol Fire-Engine
A combination fire-fighting engine, with chemical fire extinguishing apparatus and a fire-escape ladder. This model was the first petrol motor fire-engine in the world

Background imageApparatus Collection: LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire station

LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire station
Pictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, an example of an 1930 enclosed London pump with carried breathing apparatus

Background imageApparatus Collection: LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

Background imageApparatus Collection: GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11

GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11
A Merryweather turntable ladder stands ready whilst fire crews wearing Proto oxygen breathing apparatus tackle a blaze in Victoria House & Victoria Mansions, South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth

Background imageApparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Aftermath of a fire in Hare Street, SE18

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a fire in Hare Street, SE18
A retail shop and dwellings above were seriously affected by a fire in Hare Street, London SE18, requiring additional fire engines to combat it

Background imageApparatus Collection: LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmets

LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmets
Two firemen in the foreground wearing new style cork helmets and Proto Mark IV breathing apparatus sets. The man on the right is from Station 34, Shadwell

Background imageApparatus Collection: Deep sea diver at work

Deep sea diver at work
A deep sea diver at work, assisted by a colleague. 1965

Background imageApparatus Collection: Alchemist at work

Alchemist at work
Black and white print of the painting, " L Alchimiste" by David Teniers the Younger, dated 1790. HPF/5C/4"

Background imageApparatus Collection: Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research

Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)

Background imageApparatus Collection: Merryweathers Engine

Merryweathers Engine
Merryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames

Background imageApparatus Collection: Holmes & Watson / In Lab

Holmes & Watson / In Lab
THE NAVAL TREATY Holmes busy with his chemistry apparatus at Baker St. watched by Dr. Watson

Background imageApparatus Collection: Marconi Transmitter

Marconi Transmitter
Marconi transmitting apparatus

Background imageApparatus Collection: Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian physicist and inventor in yachting attire and with communications apparatus

Background imageApparatus Collection: Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2

Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2
Two women police officers in gas masks in London during the Second World War. One of them is Florence Bragg (joined November 1936). Date: 1940s

Background imageApparatus Collection: NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2

NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2
An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London

Background imageApparatus Collection: Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crew

Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crew
Firefighters from Whitechapel fire station posing with their Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets with their open Dennis dual purpose appliance which could carry either an extension ladder

Background imageApparatus Collection: LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tenders

LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

Background imageApparatus Collection: LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

Background imageApparatus Collection: LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
A Sub Officer from Lambeths (D61) emergency tender crew demonstrating the Southampton communications equipment that was worn with a full face mask on the Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set

Background imageApparatus Collection: Harry Prices ghost hunting kit

Harry Prices ghost hunting kit
Undated photograph of Harry Prices ghost hunting kit, comprising a Reflex and cine cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape

Background imageApparatus Collection: Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from Shipwr

Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from Shipwr
Engraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886. The items are (from left to right, top to bottom)

Background imageApparatus Collection: Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875

Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875
Tompkins American family company, showing upright rotary knitting machine. Date: 1875

Background imageApparatus Collection: Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf

Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf
The Pearl Fishery in the Persian Gulf. Sidi-Arab diver with pince-nez. The Mosquito Fleet at anchor. The divers at work below. Apparatus used by the divers. Date: 1881

Background imageApparatus Collection: Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. Davis

Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. Davis
The latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine: the rescue bell, the one-man escape chamber, and escape without the use of breathing apparatus. 1954

Background imageApparatus Collection: Cooling Buoys Icing the Gulf Stream to Chill the Enemy

Cooling Buoys Icing the Gulf Stream to Chill the Enemy
British U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, showing mine-like cooling-buoys armed with icing apparatus for lowing the Gulf Stream temperature and the morable! Date: 1941

Background imageApparatus Collection: Advert for Stereoscopic Company, hand-held cameras 1894

Advert for Stereoscopic Company, hand-held cameras 1894
Advert for the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, two latest hand-helded cameras: The New Binocular camera, hand camera takes moving objects instantaneously, no need for focussing

Background imageApparatus Collection: Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London

Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
Firemen entering the basement of the major fire in the Smithfield Poultry Market on 23 January 1958 that had already cost the lives of two firemen

Background imageApparatus Collection: The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums

The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums
Undated photograph showing the method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums by means of electrical control. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into

Background imageApparatus Collection: Chaps Exercise Regime

Chaps Exercise Regime
A variety of body exercises, requiring no special apparatus, that will keep any chap in good shape

Background imageApparatus Collection: Tesla Coil - Discharge

Tesla Coil - Discharge
TESLAs COIL here used to discharge electricity from the earth; due to the photos long exposure the separate flashes appear as though they come in one burst

Background imageApparatus Collection: Montem Street Higher Elementary School, London - Chemistry

Montem Street Higher Elementary School, London - Chemistry
The London School Boards Montem Street Higher Elementary School - boys in a laboratory are surrounded by bottles of chemicals and other chemistry apparatus. Date: early 1900s

Background imageApparatus Collection: From Cellar to Bar

From Cellar to Bar
How the beer gets from the barrels in the cellar to the beer-pull on the bar counter, thanks to carbonic acid gas in Hermann- Lachapelles apparatus

Background imageApparatus Collection: Pigeon as Military observer 1914

Pigeon as Military observer 1914
Miniature double camera with two lenses pointing in opposite directions was attached to the pigeon by harness to take automatic photographs at regular intervals over enermies ground. 1914

Background imageApparatus Collection: Dr. Zanders apparatus, 1897

Dr. Zanders apparatus, 1897
Dr Zanders apparatus: a lady rides side saddle on a horse simulator. A fixed saddle is attached to a cast iron frame, simulating similar vibrations to those experienced when riding a horse. 1897

Background imageApparatus Collection: Dr J D Cockcroft listening for atomic disintegration

Dr J D Cockcroft listening for atomic disintegration
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

Background imageApparatus Collection: Undated photograph of the corner of the chemical laboratory

Undated photograph of the corner of the chemical laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (ii)

Background imageApparatus Collection: The National Laboratory of Psychical Research

The National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Photograph of the laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (i)

Background imageApparatus Collection: Horses being X-Rayed

Horses being X-Rayed
A horse being x-rayed at the Royal Veterinary College, Camden, London, using portable x-ray apparatus, which has proved invaluable in the treatment of animal ailments

Background imageApparatus Collection: Table of Elements

Table of Elements
Table of elements of matter Listing metallic and non- metallic elements, and including various pieces of apparatus

Background imageApparatus Collection: Testing Rasmussen

Testing Rasmussen
Apparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained

Background imageApparatus Collection: Priestleys Apparatus

Priestleys Apparatus
Joseph Priestley, English clergyman and chemist. Priestleys gas-making apparatus

Background imageApparatus Collection: Hawksbees 2nd Machine

Hawksbees 2nd Machine
English physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere

Background imageApparatus Collection: Setting a Bone 1682

Setting a Bone 1682
Surgeons setting a bone, with the help of Michaults bone- setting apparatus

Background imageApparatus Collection: J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, Birmingham

J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, Birmingham
J Lancaster & Son, Cameras, Photographic and Scientific Equipment, Colmore Row, Birmingham. circa 1900

Background imageApparatus Collection: Advert, Murray, McVinnie & Co, Ironmongers, Glasgow

Advert, Murray, McVinnie & Co, Ironmongers, Glasgow
Advert for Murray, McVinnie & Co, Chandlers and Ironmongers, Mavisbank, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Background imageApparatus Collection: Advert for Reyrolle electric plug & sockets 1929

Advert for Reyrolle electric plug & sockets 1929
Safe to handle, domestic electrical apparatus, protected plug and sockets, made with British standard. Date: 1929

Background imageApparatus Collection: Early Motor Cars - diagram of first petrol-driven car

Early Motor Cars - diagram of first petrol-driven car
Early Motor Cars - diagram of the workings of the first petrol-driven car

Background imageApparatus Collection: Barrel leveling, trussing and hooping machine 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

Background imageApparatus Collection: United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk

United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk, a ship-board float-plane scout, for operation from capital ships with catapults, or seaplane tenders with launch and recovery apparatus. Date: circa 1945

Background imageApparatus Collection: Magnetron Valve - Britain's Great Contribution to Radar

Magnetron Valve - Britain's Great Contribution to Radar. Date: 1946

Background imageApparatus Collection: WW2 - Minesweeper Apparatus

WW2 - Minesweeper Apparatus
A photograph depicting some British WW2 merchant seamen lowering some sweeping apparatus from the deck of a minesweeper to sea, by crane. Date: circa 1942

Background imageApparatus Collection: Young Russian inventor Anatol M Josephs received the first US patent for a fully automatic

Young Russian inventor Anatol M Josephs received the first US patent for a fully automatic photographic film developing machine

Background imageApparatus Collection: Sereine Massage Advertisement

Sereine Massage Advertisement
An advertisement for The Sereine Company, promoting their massage apparatus for women, seen in the image portraying a young lady with one leg placed high, as she massages her calf. Date: circa 1920

Background imageApparatus Collection: Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry

Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiry
RMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster

Background imageApparatus Collection: How mines were ventilated

How mines were ventilated
How the mines were ventilated and drainer. One of the reasons for the mine strike of 1912 was the poor maintenance of ventilation and draining of the mines

Background imageApparatus Collection: Swayne's apparatus for rearing silk worms, and a silk loom

Swayne's apparatus for rearing silk worms, and a silk loom Date: 19th century

Background imageApparatus Collection: Marine and Life-Saving Apparatus, Paris Exhibition of 1889

Marine and Life-Saving Apparatus, Paris Exhibition of 1889
Palace of the Marine and Life-Saving Apparatus Exhibition, Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1889 Date: 1889

Background imageApparatus Collection: Advert, W Blenheim & Co, electrical engineers, Egham, Surrey

Advert, W Blenheim & Co, electrical engineers, Egham, Surrey
Advert for W Blenheim & Co, electrical engineers, Egham, Surrey - electric telephones and apparatus. Date: 1893

Background imageApparatus Collection: Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers administering first aid to a released casualty from the exercise site. The R on the helmet signifies Rescue team workers

Background imageApparatus Collection: Montague Colliery rescue workers

Montague Colliery rescue workers
At the Montague Colliery, Scotswood, near Newcastle on Tyne, members of the rescue brigade check their apparatus before descending the flooded mine

Background imageApparatus Collection: The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in Action

The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in Action
Apparatus for rescuing people from high buildings that have been damaged from heavy bombing. Date: 1941

Background imageApparatus Collection: Advert for Perihel Mixry - Sunlamp 1940

Advert for Perihel Mixry - Sunlamp 1940
The Perihel Mixry, artificial sunshine to bring you heath and vigour. Date: 1940

Background imageApparatus Collection: Decorative cast iron electric lamp pillar with drinking fountain for horses and driver

Decorative cast iron electric lamp pillar with drinking fountain for horses and driver, dog trough optional. Date: 1906

Background imageApparatus Collection: Cast iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906

Cast iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906

Background imageApparatus Collection: Case iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906

Case iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906

Background imageApparatus Collection: Public cast iron water trough for horses, dogs and driver. Date: 1906

Public cast iron water trough for horses, dogs and driver. Date: 1906

Background imageApparatus Collection: Harry Price's secretary, who assisted him in many of his investigations

Harry Price's secretary, who assisted him in many of his investigations : here she is depicted with apparatus employed by fraudulent mediums. Date: early 20th century

Background imageApparatus Collection: Chemist Laboratory Science Chemistry 1747 Surrounded

Chemist Laboratory Science Chemistry 1747 Surrounded
chemist, laboratory, science, chemistry, 1747, surrounded, apparatus, dead, animals, hanging, ceiling, the, and, in, by, from, 10110087

Background imageApparatus Collection: HARE'S APPARATUS

HARE'S APPARATUS
Robert Hare's device for communicating with the dead Picture 1 of 2 Date: circa 1854

Background imageApparatus Collection: Apparatus for the Removal of the Double Chin 1927

Apparatus for the Removal of the Double Chin 1927
Fashionable beauty parlour, a Parisian lady wearing a special mask to achieve a Cameosque profile. Date: 1927

Background imageApparatus Collection: Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933

Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933
Removal superfluous hair: A warm mixture paraffin and shellac applied to the ladies eyebrows and peeled off a few minutes later. Date: 1933

Background imageApparatus Collection: Apparatus that Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933

Apparatus that Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933
A cure for facial blemishes: The Siemens-Reinger apparatus, treatment by the means of X-rays anything from tiny warl to a widespread skin disease. Date: 1933

Background imageApparatus Collection: Advertisement for Western Electric wireless receiving apparatus showing a family

Advertisement for Western Electric wireless receiving apparatus showing a family listening to a loud speaker which was the same as used at the opening ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition in

Background imageApparatus Collection: Ruins of Pantheon on top of the Acropolis, Athens Greece

Ruins of Pantheon on top of the Acropolis, Athens Greece
View of the ruins of Pantheon on top of the Acropolis, Athens Greece. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageApparatus Collection: New firefighters breathing equipment 1907

New firefighters breathing equipment 1907
Firefighters wearing new breathing apparatus to protect them from inhaling fumes, lasting twenty minutes

Background imageApparatus Collection: New protection for firemen 1903

New protection for firemen 1903
The latest German novelty for protecting firemens faces from smoke inhalation. With nippers over their noses, special smoke glasses over their mouth connected to a oxygen bag hanging in front of

Background imageApparatus Collection: New protective water-spray 1903

New protective water-spray 1903
The latest German novelty for protecting firemen from flames. Water is fed through a branch from a hose which the fireman carries for playing upon flames

Background imageApparatus Collection: Breathing Apparatus for Diving 1913

Breathing Apparatus for Diving 1913
Photographs showing the front and back of a man wearing the latest breathing equipment to dive underwater, reaching a submarine of depths of about 200 feet, for about an hour

Background imageApparatus Collection: French sourcier Bleton, blindfolded and using no apparatus

French sourcier Bleton, blindfolded and using no apparatus, convinces a committee of scientists of his dowsing ability. Date: 1782

Background imageApparatus Collection: X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets

X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband



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