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Pea Apparatus by William Heath RobinsonAn interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth
Tesla Coil - TwainTESLAs 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
Hillary and Tensing on Mount EverestHillary and Tensing nearing the summit of Mount Everest. Date: 1953
Economics a la Heath RobinsonDo not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements. Please note
1st Petrol Fire-EngineA 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
LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire stationPictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, an example of an 1930 enclosed London pump with carried breathing apparatus
LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tendersThe 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
GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11A 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
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a fire in Hare Street, SE18A retail shop and dwellings above were seriously affected by a fire in Hare Street, London SE18, requiring additional fire engines to combat it
LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmetsTwo 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
Deep sea diver at workA deep sea diver at work, assisted by a colleague. 1965
Alchemist at workBlack and white print of the painting, " L Alchimiste" by David Teniers the Younger, dated 1790. HPF/5C/4"
Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical ResearchUndated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)
Merryweathers EngineMerryweather 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
Holmes & Watson / In LabTHE NAVAL TREATY Holmes busy with his chemistry apparatus at Baker St. watched by Dr. Watson
Marconi TransmitterMarconi transmitting apparatus
Guglielmo MarconiGUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian physicist and inventor in yachting attire and with communications apparatus
Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2Two women police officers in gas masks in London during the Second World War. One of them is Florence Bragg (joined November 1936). Date: 1940s
NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2An 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
Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crewFirefighters 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
LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tendersThe 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
LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications setA 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
Harry Prices ghost hunting kitUndated 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
Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from ShipwrEngraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886. The items are (from left to right, top to bottom)
Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875Tompkins American family company, showing upright rotary knitting machine. Date: 1875
Pearl fishing in the Persian GulfThe 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
Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. DavisThe 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
Cooling Buoys Icing the Gulf Stream to Chill the EnemyBritish 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
Advert for Stereoscopic Company, hand-held cameras 1894Advert 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
Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, LondonFiremen 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
The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediumsUndated 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
Chaps Exercise RegimeA variety of body exercises, requiring no special apparatus, that will keep any chap in good shape
Tesla Coil - DischargeTESLAs 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
Montem Street Higher Elementary School, London - ChemistryThe 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
From Cellar to BarHow 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
Pigeon as Military observer 1914Miniature 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
Dr. Zanders apparatus, 1897Dr 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
Dr J D Cockcroft listening for atomic disintegrationDr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus
Undated photograph of the corner of the chemical laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (ii)
The National Laboratory of Psychical ResearchPhotograph of the laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (i)
Horses being X-RayedA 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
Table of ElementsTable of elements of matter Listing metallic and non- metallic elements, and including various pieces of apparatus
Testing RasmussenApparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained
Priestleys ApparatusJoseph Priestley, English clergyman and chemist. Priestleys gas-making apparatus
Hawksbees 2nd MachineEnglish physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere
Setting a Bone 1682Surgeons setting a bone, with the help of Michaults bone- setting apparatus
J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, BirminghamJ Lancaster & Son, Cameras, Photographic and Scientific Equipment, Colmore Row, Birmingham. circa 1900
Advert, Murray, McVinnie & Co, Ironmongers, GlasgowAdvert for Murray, McVinnie & Co, Chandlers and Ironmongers, Mavisbank, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert for Reyrolle electric plug & sockets 1929Safe to handle, domestic electrical apparatus, protected plug and sockets, made with British standard. Date: 1929
Early Motor Cars - diagram of first petrol-driven carEarly Motor Cars - diagram of the workings of the first petrol-driven car
Barrel leveling, trussing and hooping machine 1875Two separate devices, the first by a machine which compresses the barrel end wise between two disks and other by iron hooks
United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 SeahawkCurtiss 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
Magnetron Valve - Britain's Great Contribution to Radar. Date: 1946
WW2 - Minesweeper ApparatusA photograph depicting some British WW2 merchant seamen lowering some sweeping apparatus from the deck of a minesweeper to sea, by crane. Date: circa 1942
Young Russian inventor Anatol M Josephs received the first US patent for a fully automatic photographic film developing machine
Sereine Massage AdvertisementAn 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
Notes relating to Board of Trade Titanic inquiryRMS Titanic, Captain Maurice Clarke Archive. Typed notes dated 28 April 1912 relating to the Board of Trade enquiry into the Titanic disaster
How mines were ventilatedHow 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
Swayne's apparatus for rearing silk worms, and a silk loom Date: 19th century
Marine and Life-Saving Apparatus, Paris Exhibition of 1889Palace of the Marine and Life-Saving Apparatus Exhibition, Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1889 Date: 1889
Advert, W Blenheim & Co, electrical engineers, Egham, SurreyAdvert for W Blenheim & Co, electrical engineers, Egham, Surrey - electric telephones and apparatus. Date: 1893
Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2Civil defence rescue workers administering first aid to a released casualty from the exercise site. The R on the helmet signifies Rescue team workers
Montague Colliery rescue workersAt the Montague Colliery, Scotswood, near Newcastle on Tyne, members of the rescue brigade check their apparatus before descending the flooded mine
The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in ActionApparatus for rescuing people from high buildings that have been damaged from heavy bombing. Date: 1941
Advert for Perihel Mixry - Sunlamp 1940The Perihel Mixry, artificial sunshine to bring you heath and vigour. Date: 1940
Decorative cast iron electric lamp pillar with drinking fountain for horses and driver, dog trough optional. Date: 1906
Cast iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906
Case iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906
Public cast iron water trough for horses, dogs and driver. Date: 1906
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
Chemist Laboratory Science Chemistry 1747 Surroundedchemist, laboratory, science, chemistry, 1747, surrounded, apparatus, dead, animals, hanging, ceiling, the, and, in, by, from, 10110087
HARE'S APPARATUSRobert Hare's device for communicating with the dead Picture 1 of 2 Date: circa 1854
Apparatus for the Removal of the Double Chin 1927Fashionable beauty parlour, a Parisian lady wearing a special mask to achieve a Cameosque profile. Date: 1927
Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933Removal superfluous hair: A warm mixture paraffin and shellac applied to the ladies eyebrows and peeled off a few minutes later. Date: 1933
Apparatus that Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933A 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
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
Ruins of Pantheon on top of the Acropolis, Athens GreeceView of the ruins of Pantheon on top of the Acropolis, Athens Greece. Vintage 19th century photograph
New firefighters breathing equipment 1907Firefighters wearing new breathing apparatus to protect them from inhaling fumes, lasting twenty minutes
New protection for firemen 1903The 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
New protective water-spray 1903The 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
Breathing Apparatus for Diving 1913Photographs 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
French sourcier Bleton, blindfolded and using no apparatus, convinces a committee of scientists of his dowsing ability. Date: 1782
X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband