Apparatus Collection (page 10)

London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2
Side view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler

Firefighters (NFS London Region) in breathing apparatus
Firefighters wearing Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets, seen here at the Regional Headquarters station, Lambeth, SE1

Blitz in London - AFS substation, Southwark
Blitz in London -- an AFS substation located in Webber Street, Southwark. SE1, with building debris covering fire appliances in the yard area

LCC-LFB emergency tender at Lambeth fire station
Crew of an emergency tender demonstrating the range of equipment it carries including breathing apparatus, hot cutting equipment and a smoke extraction unit

Blanchards balloon and apparatus
A representation of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon and apparatus, with annotations. Below the large round balloon is a parachute, and under that two men in the gondola with wings for steering. 1780s

Inflated balloon with filling apparatus attached to barrels of gas. Date between 1783 and 1799

Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for securing multi-passenger platforms on captive balloons; arrangement of ropes for netting;

Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerin s
Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerins parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon

Mine rescue team wearing breathing apparatus
A mine rescue team wearing new breathing apparatus set off into the mine by truck. circa 1911

Men testing breathing apparatus
A group of men testing some breathing apparatus, possibly for diving or for use down a mine. circa 1911

Emile Lowitz demonstration at Royal Botanic Society

Royal Wedding 1934 - making rose petals
Rose petals made to be thrown at the Royal Wedding between Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece who were married at Westminster Abbey on 29 November 1934

Aix-les-Bains, France - Thermal shower room at the spa Date: circa 1910s

Obesity Apparatus
Bergonies apparatus for the treatment of obesity by electrical means. Even in 1930 the device cost 100 pounds. Date: 1930

Flying Dress
A pilot dressed for a high- altitude flight. Equipped with parachute, harness, oxygen apparatus, telephone, wireless earphones, electrical system for heating clothing. Date: 1920s

Portable Light Bath
This portable Light Bath immerses the patient in light from carbon filament lamps. [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical apparatus] Date: 1930

Anaesthetic Apparatus
Frankis Evans Nasal Nitrous Oxide apparatus : (lower) Trewbys apparatus [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930

Page from The Sphere, 4th May 1912, called The Newsletter, Week by Week. It features images of Indian students who have studied at the London School of Economics; Signor Murri

Distillation Apparatus
Distillation apparatus. Date: 1527

Dr Zander / Posture / 1897
Dr Zanders apparatus for improving posture, demonstrated by one of his patients Date: 1897

LEYDEN JAR / 1882
An electrostatic generator connected to a Leyden Jar, a cylindrical device used by early experimenters to store electrical energy. Date: 1882

JACOBIs MOTOR (1838)
Jacobis Motor. Date: 1838

Joules Calorimeter
Joules current calorimeter Date: 19th century

Electrical Apparatus
Various electrical apparatus: Electroscope Electrophorus Geissler tubes Date: 1882

Great Eastern wheelhouse
The Wheelhouse and steering apparatus of Brunels massive steamship. Date: 1859

Boyles hydrostatic apparatus for weighing materia medica 1691

Dr Ernest Walton with Cockcroft-Walton apparatus
Dr Ernest Ts Walton in the cabinet (marked E) into which the high-velocity protons emerge and strike the target of lithium

Dr J D Cockcroft at work in Cavendish Laboratory
Dr J D Cockcroft at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, at Cambridge University, adjusting a vacuum-creating pump. Physicists John D Cockcroft

Met Police Thames Division
A diver of the Underwater Search Unit of the Metropolitan Police boarding a Thames Division launch after searching in the River Thames, London

Child spanker / W H Robinson
A neat apparatus for punishing a child without hurting its feelings! The child is suspended, backside protruding while a mechanical hand, or four to be precise

Locating mirrors for golfers / W H Robinson
With the simplicity of genius, this apparatus allows swift and sure location of a golf ball beneath the obstacle of a mans expanding midriff, by use of mirrors

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

The Reis Telephone system
The Reis Telephone System (developed by Johann Philipp Reis, 1834 - 1874), demonstrated to the Physical Society in Frankfurt in 1861. Reis speaker worked by magnetostriction

Photograph of the automatic electric photographic apparatus
Undated photograph of the automatic electric photographic apparatus used in the Rudi Schneider experiments. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into

Workshop - National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of workshop in the laboratory of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research where instruments were constructed and kept in repair. HPG/1/2/1 (iii)

Photograph of sentry box apparatus
Photograph of " sentry box" apparatus, with panels 1 and 3 removed, constructed to test the theory that the Czechoslovak vaudeville telepath Fred Marion (a.k.a)

Horse-Power
A new apparatus recently adopted by the licensing authorities for testing the horse-power of motor cars. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

Members of the rescue parties at Gresford Colliery, Wales
Equipped with oxygen apparatus, these are some of the men who battled for a day and a half to save the lives of miners who had been trapped by flames following an explosion in the mine

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

Wheelhouse of the Great Eastern, 1859
Engraving showing the stern deck, steering apparatus and wheelhouse of I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern, 1859

Rhodins Patent Electrolytical Apparatus, 1897
Illustration showing Rhodins Patent Electrolytical Apparatus, 1897

What War has become
Cartoon by A. Forestier showing a German soldier carrying a burning-oil distributor on his back and wearing respiratory apparatus

Electric light at the Houses of Parliament
Two engravings from 1873 showing Zenobe Grammes electric light shining from Big Ben and the electric apparatus in the clock-tower

Professor Arthur Korn, with his telegraph photographic machi
Professor Arthur Korn with his tele-photographic apparatus. Korn developed a method of transmitting photographs through telephone wires. In 1907 he produced the first facsimile telegraph

The largest photograph ever taken in 1907
The largest single photograph produced in 1907. The negative measured seven inches wide and six feet long. At the moment of exposure the film moved at 20 to 80 inches per second

Fire Brigadier, 1843
Engraving showing a member of the Fire Brigade in action, fighting a fire at Luton Hoo, 1843. This officer is shown with hose, lamp and breathing apparatus, with a hose feeding fresh air to his helmet

Anaesthetics / Guerard
Apparatus for local anaesthetics by Guerard - Richardson - and Matheu

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