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Ford Truck 1930
The Ford is a strong and capable truck - there you are, mate, the headline says it all, what more do you need to know ?

CAGLIOSTRO
GIUSEPPE BALSAMO, known as CAGLIOSTRO, demonstrating induced clairvoyance using hypnotised child as a medium capable of reading thoughts

Zeppelin Train 1930S
The Rail Zeppelin, an experimental vehicle developed and tested by Franz Kruckenberg in 1930 - 1931. It was capable of speeds of well over 200 kilometers per hour. Date: 1930s

Convict Hulk Gallery
View of the convict hulk, " The Warrior", docked at Woolwich in London and capable of holding 600 men

Dassault Mirage G8-01 Two-Seat Twin-Engined Variable-Geo?
Dassault Mirage G8-01 Two-Seat Twin-Engined Variable-Geometry Prototype Multi-Role Jet Fighter Capable of Both Interception and Nuclear Strike Missions Flying Date: 1971

Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714
Royal Air Force - Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714. Seen fitted with chin-mounted ASV Mk. III radar, retractable Leigh Light in the Ventral turret position and RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch)

Comic postcard - arrival of a new baby
Humorous comic postcard - arrival of a new baby. Mother and Child doing well - Not a word about Father....!! 1909

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, with crane, on postcard (back)
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare original postcard by Walton of Belfast, either 1910 or 1911 - as seen here, it was posted from Northern Ireland much later, in 1939

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, with crane, on a postcard
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, rare original postcard by Walton of Belfast, either 1910 or 1911 (posted from Northern Ireland much later)

Dalgety Wolseley Ten Advertisement
An advertisement illustration showcasing The Wolseley Ten car in blue, parked in front of a decorative background, for Dalgety & Company Limited

HMS Hornet, Acheron-class Destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet

Armstrong Whitworth Awana - J6860
Armstrong Whitworth Awana J6860. The Awana was designed in response to Air Ministry Specification 5/20 for a twin-engined Troop Carrying Aeroplane

United States Navy - North American AJ-1 Savage 124161 of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC - NAS Patuxent River) call-sign 161. Struck off charge on 19 July 1957

An early bomb disposal method to detect unexploded bombs
French soldier holding an electrical induction balance, capable of detecting buried explosive shells. These shells had been causing large numbers of casualties to civilian agricultural workers

PIX FOR MUTOSCOPE
Taking photographs for the mutoscope requires a camera capable of taking a great many pictures in rapid succession, which will later, when projected, suggest movement. Date: circa 1897

LITHOGRAPH TOUR DE FORCE
A tour-de-force of lithography, no doubt done to show the range and versatility of which the lithograph is capable Date: circa 1840

Aircraft machine guns by G. H. Davis
The principal weapon in air fighting during the Second World War: aircraft machine guns. American, British, French, German and Italian machine guns, capable of firing 1000-1200 rounds per minute

Nakajima C6N-Saiun Myrt -capable of reaching nearly 380mph, this carrier-going reconnaisssance type was difficult to catch

Large Mounted Crossbow
A large mounted crossbow capable of firing a wide range of projectiles from iron balls to fire bombs and metal lances Date: 1588

Three men standing by wooden escape ladder at Quex
Three men are standing by an extendable wooden ladder. Two of the men are wearing the patients uniform of hospital blues but the trousers only

Arthur Richard Dillon
ARTHUR RICHARD DILLON Irish soldier in French service; capable administrator in West Indies, successful officer in Revolutionary War, suspected of conspiracy, guillotined. Date: 1750 - 1794

Grumman JF Duck -very useful light transport capable of operating from either land or water

Confident British soldier on a postcard, WW1
Confident British soldier on a postcard during the First World War. Do I comprey? Not arf! Date: 1914-1918

Four US Navy Goodyear K-Series airships in a hangar. This hangar is capable of holding 12 airships

Alvis Silver Eagle
For 598 pounds you can buy this six-cylinder saloon capable of over 75 mph. Date: 1936

Alvis Speed 20
Drophead coupe, capable of nearly 90 mph. Date: 1936

Four Girls Sing
Four little girls, seemingly capable of reading music, sing to us from a large score. Date: 1912

Champagne and Dance 20C
Has the gentleman absorbed too much of the champagne to be capable of joining the lady in a dance ? Date: early 20th century

Embroidered Train
The Present Time A train with two carriages, capable of speeds of 60 miles per hour

Randolph Churchill
Lord RANDOLPH SPENCER CHURCHILL depicted as a versatile actor capable of roles from Red Republican to True Blue Patriot, by way of the Artful Dodger !

Harrisons Ice Making Machine, 1858
Engraving showing the ice making machine, designed by Mr. Harrison of Geelong, Australia, 1858. Built by Mr. Siebe of Denmark Street, Soho, London

Amphibious Car, France, 1909
Photograph of a Canot-Automobile Ravailler amphibious car taking to the water, France, 1909. The car had a 14-hp engine, capable of 40km per hour on land and 10km per hour on the water

A Rudge-Whitworth Sociable Bicycle, 1896
Photograph of a Rudge-Whitworth Sociable Bicycle, capable of carrying two people side-by-side. It would appear that this machine best suited couples of comparable weight

Sir Richard Paget, speaking through an artifical throat
Sir Richard Paget speaking through an artificial throat, capable of intimidating all vowel sounds. The artificial throat was displayed at his lecture in 1928 at the Royal Institution

Railway ticket printing machine
A hand leaver ticket printing machine, tickets are printed on every stroke with a consecutive number and discharged in a receiver below. The machine is capable of printing 200 tickets per minute

The Duval Restaurant, Paris, 1878
Engraving of The Duval Restaurant at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. This restaurant was a huge wooden building, capable of seating several thousand diners. Date: 1878

Life on Callisto, one of Jupiters moons : scientists say that it may be capable of supporting life, though not necessarily life as we know it

American Civil war. Calling the roll on board the Great East
Ranks of troops onboard the ship the Great Eastern, capable of carrying 10, 000 men. The troops were making their way to North America to reinforce the British presence in Canada

SS Lusitania, 1907
Photograph of the bows of the Cunard Liner, SS Lusitania, in dry dock 1907. Lusitania was then the largest liner afloat, weighing 32, 500 tons and capable of twenty-six knots

The Zeppelin LZ 129, under construction, 1934
Photograph of the Zeppelin airship LZ 129 under construction at Friedrichshafen, March 1934. Known as the Hindenberg when completed

Steam ploughing with Boydells engine, near Louth
Engraving showing steam ploughing with Boydells engine near Louth, with a large group of onlookers watching the proceedings

Marconis wireless telephone
A wireless telephone transmitter and receiver from 1919 produced by the Marconi Company, capable of transmitting speech two thousand miles from Ireland to Nova Scotia

First on Moon / Carrying
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON Worker-Selenites carrying a Selenite intellectual who is no longer capable of walking due to his oversized brain

Goeben Photo
Admiral Souchons Goeben is one of the most powerful warships of its day, manned by over 1000 men and capable of firing at targets up to 233 km away : top speed 28 knots

Coin Presses at Mint
The coining presses are capable of striking coins of any denomination at the rate of one hundred and twenty per minute

Undersea Transport
Vehicles capable of travelling on the sea-bed will enable us to explore the floors of the oceans

Aerial Recce Foreseen
A flying machine capable of carrying out reconnaisance over the battlefield will be of great help in tomorrows wars : this fantastic device shows how it might look

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