Apparatus Collection (page 7)

Chemical Apparatus
Early chemical equipment, mainly furnaces of various kinds - an assay furnace, an athanor, and a reverberatory among others Date: 18th century

From Barrel to Bar
How the beer gets from the barrels in the cellar to the taps in the bar, thanks to carbonic acid gas in Hermann- Lachapelles apparatus Date: circa 1880

French Mobile Bakery
A French mobile bakery - the bread-making apparatus in use Date: 1900

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

Advertisement, Improved Earth Closets and Commodes
Advertisement, O Brien, Thomas, & Co, Upper Thames Street, London -- Improved Earth Closets and Commodes (Toilets). 1898

Patients in A Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
Two patients in bed near the garden window in A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Alongside them stand two members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment

City Hall and fire apparatus, Niles, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1905

Poster, summer holiday activities
Poster for young people. Vision -- if you have ideas about activities during the summer holiday please let someone know. Showing a couple doing some underwater swimming. Date: circa 1960s

Colliery Rescue Team, England. Showing Proto Breathing Apparatus Date: 1920s

Unmanned boat steered by light, war device
An unmanned boat steered by light: a 25, 000 war device. Tested during the First World War before Lord Fisher and Mr Balfour on Penn Pond in Richmond Park

Apparatus triremium Procurement of food and water in galleys. 18th c. Copper engraving by Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) after drawing of Jacques Rigaud (1680-1754). Early Modern Era. Engraving

Behind the scenes at Broadcasting House
How recorded programmes are mixed and made by the BBC in 1946. Date: 1946

Deep sea diver taking a break
A deep sea diver taking a rest break, his heavy helmet resting on his knee. Date: 1965

Firefighters in breathing apparatus, Oxford Street, London
LFB firefighters in breathing apparatus outside the main entrance to the Chinacraft store, 499 Oxford Street, London, on 28 July 1958. A fire had occurred in the basement area. Date: 1958

Firefighters in action, Eagle Street, London WC1
Firefighters in action at a fire in Eagle Street, London WC1, 0738 hrs, 9 June 1955. In the initial stages an attempt was made to take a line of hose into the first floor via a loading bay door

Firefighter in new breathing apparatus helmet
LFB firefighter in a new breathing apparatus helmet (side view), 14 December 1956. The helmet is put on last and secured over the neck band and goggles

Firefighters in breathing apparatus
LFB firefighters in breathing apparatus, taking salt tablets for rehydration after attending a fire. Date: circa 1950s

Firefighters at Middlesex Street, Aldgate, E1
Lambeth and Clerkenwell emergency tender crews in Middlesex Street, Aldgate, London E1, on 23 June 1958. They are equipped with breathing apparatus, awaiting orders to enter a burning building

Fire at construction site, Oxford Street, London
Fire at a construction site in Oxford Street, London, 14 February 1955. The building was under reconstruction following war damage

Browns fire alarm head (open)

Browns fire alarm head (closed) with instructions
Browns fire alarm head (closed), with instructions in English and Hebrew

B Division training exercise, London Docks
B Division training exercise at London Docks, 6 February 1955. Date: 1955

Firefighters in training with various equipment in a drill yard

Firefighter with breathing apparatus
A firefighter with breathing apparatus, wheeling an oxygen cylinder on a trolley

Old firefighting equipment in a museum
Old firefighting equipment on display in a museum -- the first form of pump and suction pipe and sailcloth hose, used by John van der Heyde, on loan from the Amsterdam Fire Brigade

Old fire engine and other equipment in a museum: an ancient fly wheel manual fire engine from Windsor Castle, built by Merryweathers predecessors, Hadley & Simpkin, in 1735; fire apparatus of 1666

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise wearing breathing apparatus Date: 1934

Breathing Apparatus Control Point - Practise
Breathing Apparatus (BA) Control Point at Scene of Fire - demonstration, by firefighters probably at Lambeth HQ - 28th February 1964. Date: 1964

Firefighters at Lyons Maid, Stamford Street, London
Firefighters and onlookers outside Lyons Maid Ltd in Stamford Street, Southwark, London SE1, on 24 April 1968. Date: 1968

King Edward VII at National Hospital
King Edward VII inspects electrical medical apparatus at the National Hospital for the paralysed and epileptic. Date: November 1909

British submarine training by G. H. Davis
Officers and men of the British submarine service being trained in use of the Davis submarine escape apparatus: A water-filled tank with a dummy submarine compartment and the new canvas air lock

An airmans camera 1917
Efficiency in the French Army: Apparatus for taking photographs from an aeroplanes. The French Armys camera takes aerial photographs of the enemies trenches, they are developed and put on maps

Recruit undergoing heart tests, WW1
Testing a new recruit whose heart conditions the Army authorities are doubtful about. Rather worryingly, the photograph shows the man sitting with one bare foot

RAF photographic reconnaissance work by G. H. Davis
Spying out the enemys secrets from the air: photographic reconnaissance work in the RAF. How the RAF has obtained its great collection of photographs of vital areas in Germany

Tenby life boat, 1857
The Tenby life boat proceeding to the rescue of the crew of the Spanish ship Nuevo Torcuvato, 1857. The life boat bears the mark of the National Life Boat Institution. Date: 7th December 1857

Lifeboat, 1830s
A lifeboat of the 1830s, encountering a storm. Date: 1830s

Apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck
Various apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck. A Dennetts rocket line is shown both in action and arranged for firing, as well as and the landing of a crew using the breeches buoy

Making sea water drinkable by G. H. Davis
Making sea water drinkable: a simple system for castaway airmen during the Second World War. A life-saving apparatus, compact and very simple to use

War in the stratosphere by G. H. Davis
War in the stratosphere: some problems presented by the enigma of flight miles above the earth during the Second World War. The immediate and vital concern of flying experts all over the world

Larding needles-cooking apparatus designed to push fat into meat, to keep it moist and flavoursome during the cooking process

Training school for submarine crew 1943
The U.S Navy submarine school at New London, which these photographs were taken is a rigorous training ground for the men who have already passed preliminary teasts fitting them for their dangerous

Cuttens photography apparatus
John Cuttens apparatus for automatically photographing any unusual incident. Date: 20th century

The volunteer life brigade at work : life saving at sea
The late storm: the volunteer life brigade at work. Rocket life-saving apparatus kept ready for use whereby a rocket is fired to throw a line over the ship in trouble from the shore

Dr. Vigourouxs electro-diagnostic at La Salpetriere
Doctor Vigourouxs electro-diagnostic at La Salpetriere

Auxiliary Fire Service gas mask training, WW2
Women of the Auxiliary Fire Service undergoing gas mask training during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Firefighter undergoing ergometer test
Fireman undergoing an ergometer test whilst wearing full gear, including breathing apparatus at Lambeth headquarters. Date: 1950s

Taking thread: Sound-Waves on a Cord 1922
Mr. W F Croll, who holds the parent, of a method of recording and reproducing sound-waves by means of a cellulose thread instead of by the generally known disc or cylinder record

Deep-sea diving suit, for salvage work on HMS M1 subrine
German deep-sea diving suit brought from Kiel for examining the lost submarine M1. On 21 November 1925, while on an exercise in the English Channel

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