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Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metalTwo young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard
A Watchmaker at WorkA clock and watchmaker seated at his bench makes fine adjustments to a watch part, possibly a cog. He uses a bow lathe ?. Wall, mantel & grandfather clocks can be seen
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east LondonThe Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns
Selby Abbey ClockThe head verger winding up the clock in the clock tower of Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s
Flour Mill 1930SA miller at work among the cogs and machinery of an old mill, crushing wheat grain to make flour. Date: 1930s
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, in south east London, London, laying in marsh land between Greenwich and Gravesend. The majority of heavy guns for the Navy
Rigi Bahn Switzerland pre-1900
Miners building a cog Victorian period
Building a Cog, coal miners
Ronot press, Conservatoire des Arts de la MetallurgieRonot press, reconstructed, and statue of Allegory of Industry, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie, or Conservatory of the Arts of Metallurgy
Chronometers Date: circa 1898
Flower Brothers hopping machine, The Brewery, Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury. 1891
Carding machine in a Lancashire cotton millCarding machine with operatives in a Lancashire cotton mill. Date: 1843
View inside a rope and sail cloth factory, East LondonView inside the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London -- a workman operates a strand-registering machine. Date: 1842
A worker using mechanical power to press paper in a mill. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818
The Evolution of the Cycle -- three cycling machinesThe Evolution of the Cycle -- Bramley and Parkers Machine (1830), Juliens Machine (1830), Cochranes Machine (1831). (3 of 8) Date: 1892
Buy British and speed up the wheels of employment - Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)
Jamaican industry was struggling against fierce rivalry of production volumes from the great European Nations manufactures
Ships of 14th centuryShip of the time of Richard II, showing a cog vessel, single-masted vessels, clinker-built with steep sides and a flat bottom. Mid to end of 14th century
Warship from 15th centuryEnglish warship of the fifteenth century, showing a cog ship, single-masted vessel, clinker-built with steep sides and a flat bottom. 15th century
Poster, Foire de Paris, Paris Fair. Date: circa 1930s
Holidaymakers on cog train, Wengen, Bern, SwitzerlandHolidaymakers with their sleds and skis, travelling up the slopes on a cog train, Wengen alpine village, Bern, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910
LCC-MFB firemen with vehicle. Date: circa 1900s
Poster, We co-operate to speed up housingMinistry of Supply poster, We co-operate to speed up housing, National Housing Drive fitments. Designed by Raymond Davids. circa 1945
Mechanism of the Great Cloak 1857In 1851, Edmund Beckett Denison designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament in London), responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. Date: 1857
DONKEY-POWERED MILLA Roman donkey-driven Asinus or Jumentarioe Mill. Date: Ancient Rome
ANTISS SPINNING WHEELAntisss improved spinning wheel Date: 1797
Tunnel, Waterval Boven Road, Transvaal, South AfricaTunnel, Waterval Boven Road, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Originally a cog and rack railway tunnel, it was later used for road traffic, and is now a historical monument. Date: circa 1930
Card shuffler, illustration by William Heath RobinsonThe new card shuffler and mechanical dealer for bridge parties, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Lowering the Titanic life boatsA view of the mechanism by which the Titanic lifeboats were lowered, showing a pair of Welin Davits on board. The Davit, an invention by Mr Axel Welin, could be found on most passenger liners
Model of a medieval cog, used for maritime trade of the Hanseatic League. Oak. By Claes Cruckenberg. Scale 1:15. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden
John Moore & Sons Clock Factory -- Chiming Machine (above) and Plan of the Turret Clock proposed for the Royal Exchange. 1852
The works of Big Ben, Palace of Westminster, London. Date: circa 1920s
WW2 Christmas card, Whats the use of worrying -- dog in khaki uniform. Date: 1941
Cog road engine climbing Pikes Peak, Colorado, USACog road engine with crew climbing Pikes Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1910
Bullock-driven water pump, Egypt. Date: circa 1870
Support Labour - Masonic CardMasonic Patriotic card in support of Labour (USA). Date: circa 1910s
Funicular Cog Railway - Madeira, PortugalFunicular Cog Railway from Funchal to Monte on Madeira Island, Portugal which operated between 1893 and 1943, and went further up to Terreiro da Luta at 867 m above sea level
Bournonite or cog-wheel ore comprises of (copper lead antimony sulphide). Cog wheel ore contains the mineral chromite, though it is difficult to extract from crystals
Cog railroad up the Schneeberg, Lower Austria, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Schafbergbahn - Austrian Mountain RailwaySchafbergbahn Cog-wheel railway up the slopes of the Schafberg in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Date: circa 1910s
Rope MakingShort rope making, keeping the strands together while they are being twisted, in the village of Rope-Walk, Hawes, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s
Steam Whipping Engine by J. Scott Russell and CoTechnical drawing depicting a patent Steam Whipping Machine constructed by Messrs. J. Scott Russell and Co. of Millwall and used to load and discharge cargo on screw collier ships. Date: 1856
Blenkinsop Locomotive, 1812BLENKINSOPs LOCOMOTIVE. Also known as the Salamanca, as it was built in the same year as Wellingtons victory at the Battle of Salamanca. Date: 1812
Blenkinsop LocomotiveBLENKINSOPs LOCOMOTIVE. Also known as the Salamanca, as it was built in the same year as Wellingtons victory at the Battle of Salamanca
Plate rolling machine and workers at a Sunderland shipyardA team of men feed a sheet of metal through a rolling machine at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland
Old steam engine still in useAn old steam engine, puffing away in a field, still in use for something or other
Assembly of a Multi-cogged MachineAn engineer fits a cog to a piece of geared machinery, possibly an engine or heavy duty gearbox. Photograph by Heinz Zinram