Compound Collection

Knapped Flint Tools
A selection of flint and bones tools from a range of prehistoric eras incl. microliths used in compound tools of the mesolithic to earlier scrapers and choppers

Threshing Wheat
Men threshing wheat at a farm near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, using a Surrells patent compound steam traction engine (mounted on springs)

Simulium damnosum, Simulian blackfly
Scanning electron microscope image of the head showing the compound eye (x 130). The fly is a vector of a parasite which causes River Blindness. Coloured artifically by computer

Foden Tractor UX 9728
Foden Tractor, regn. UX 9728, number: 13784. Built in 1932 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 6 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

McLaren Ploughing Engine BD5504
McLaren Ploughing Engine, regn. BD5504, number 1552, Hero. Built by J&H McLaren & Co. at Hunslet in 1919, powered by a 16 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Napier Nomad compound diesel engine, port front quarter

Napier Nomad compound diesel engine, port view

Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive 20223, Supreme
Maker: John Fowler & Co. of Leeds. Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 20223 Built: 1934 Registration: EU 5313 Class: B6 Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 10 Name: Supreme Date: 1970s-1980s

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 3938, Quo Vadis
Maker: Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 3938 Built: 1922 Registration: XL 9086 Class: Scenic Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 8 Name: Quo Vadis Date

Anopheles gambiae, mosquito
Scanning electron microscope image showing a close-up of the compound eye of a female mosquito (x 2200 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

First compound aeroplane design, with flappers mounted on struts rising from fixed wings set dihedrally on a wheeled car. 1805. From Cayleys original notebook

Napier Nomad, a 12 cyl. compound diesel aircraft engine, with auxiliary turbine power recovery and supercharger. Seen in the exhibition hall at the 1953 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. Date: 1953

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 2668, Britannia
Maker: Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 2668 Built: 1904 Registration: NM 257 Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 8 Name: Britannia Date: 1970s

Burrell General Purpose Engine 3262, Perseverance
Maker: Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk Type: General Purpose Engine Number: 3262 Built: 1910 Registration: AH 5278 ClassD Cylinders: Single Crank Compound Nhp: 5 Name: Perseverance Date

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 3509, Rajah
Maker: Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 3509 Built: 1913 Registration: G 6469 Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 5 Name: Rajah Date: 1970s-1980s

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 3912, Dragon
Maker: Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk Type: Showmans Road Locomotive Number: 3912 Built: 1921 Registration: CO 4485 Class: Scenic Cylinders: Compound Nhp: 8 Name: Dragon Date: 1970s-1980s

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Winston Churchill NR 965
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Burrell Scenic class Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. NR 965, number 3909, Winston Churchill

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Princess Marina CL 4483
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Scince and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. CL 4483, number 3847, Princess Marina

Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive Supreme EU 5313
Fowler B6 class Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. EU 5313, number: 20223, Supreme. Built in 1934 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 10 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Tractor Matilda TD 3236
Foden Tractor, regn. TD 3236, number: 11788, Matilda. Built in 1925 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach as a 6-ton Wagon, later converted to Tractor

Foden Tractor HX2197
Foden Tractor, regn. HX2197, number 13832, The Dorset Wanderer, at a steam rally in Lambeth. Built in 1930 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach

Foden Wagon RO6330
Foden Wagon, regn. RO6330, number 13488, at a steam rally in Lambeth. Built in 1929 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a compound steam engine. Date: 24 July 1978

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive NO4999
Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. NO4999, number 3926, Margaret. Built in 1922 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, powered by a 5 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Fowler showmans Road Locomotive FX6661
Fowler showmans Road Locomotive, regn. FX6661, number 15657 The Iron Maiden. Built in 1920 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Fowler Ploughing Engine HR4261
Fowler Ploughing Engine, regn. HR4261, number 15420, Sir John. Built in 1920 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by a 16 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Fowler Road Roller GS2538
Fowler Road Roller, regn, GS 2538, number 18882, No.1. Built in 1931 by John Fowler & Co. in 1931 in Leeds, powered by a compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II (msn 3483), built in 1913 with an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at an auction at Walford Cross near Taunton in 1959

Compound passenger locomotive De Glehn
Compound passenger locomotive No. 2512 De Glehn on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Date: circa 1910

South Africa Kimberley De Beers Diamond Mine compound pre-1900

LNWR Experiment Compound engine steam locomotive Victorian period

Mann Tractor U 4298 Old King Cole number 1260, built by Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company in 1917, powered by a 4nhp Compound engine. Date: circa 1960

Foster Showman's Tractor UX 6727 Maid Marian
Foster Showman's Tractor, regn. UX 6727 Maid Marian, number 12509. Built in 1910 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at Market Bosworth. Date: 1976

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive 3886, Lord Lascelles
Seen at Northampton on 6 August 1972 - Maker: Charles Burrell and Sons of Thetford, Norfolk - Type: Showmans Road Locomotive - Number: 3886 - Built: 1921 - Registration: XF 8162 - Cylinders

Garrett Showman's Tractor 33818, Enterprise at a steam rally on 30 May 1971. Maker : Richard Garrett and Sons, in Leiston

Foster Showman's Tractor FE 3217 Robin Hood
Foster Showman's Tractor, regn. FE 3217 Robin Hood'The Lincoln Imp, number 14431. Built in 1920 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine

Armstrong-Whitworth Road Roller, BD 7511
Armstrong-Whitworth Road Roller, regn. BD 7511, number 2. Built by Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd in 1923, powered by a 5 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at Hinkley on 2 September 1972

Ruston Proctor Road Tractor OR 8501 The Lincoln Imp
Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine, regn. OR 8501 The Lincoln Imp, number 52453. Built by Ruston, Proctor and Company in 1918, powered by an 5 Nhp Compound steam engine

Ribauldequin. Late medieval volley gun
Ribauldequin or rabauld. Late medieval volley gun with many small-caliber iron barrels set up parallel on a platform, used during the 14th and 15th centuries. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883

Professor Masson
A portrait painting of Professor David Orme Masson, an English born scientist, who, upon emigrating to Australia, became a professor of chesmitry at the University of Melbourne

Stictite Advertisement
Advertisement for Stictite. Promoting Stictite tree bonding compound, preventing nasty insects from laying eggs and damaging foliage. Date: circa 1930

Scotch Express, LNER No. 10000, high pressure 4 cylinder compound locomotive by C.T. Howard

United States Air Force North American T-6G Texan 50-1279, buzz-number TA-279, (msn 168-443), at the USAF Museum storage compound at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Scenes in South Africa, 1820
View of the Cape of Good Hope 46, Khoikhoi people with oxen and wagons 47, and Griqua people crossing a river 48. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Atlantic type compound locomotive, 4-4-2 engine, side elevation. Stamped verso H Wasteels, Bruxelles, 13 Juil 1905. Date: 1905

Set of wheels for Webbs compound passenger engine
Photograph showing set of wheels for Webbs compound passenger engine. Date: 1882

Locomotive no 300 Webbs patent compound engine
Photograph of Locomotive no 300 Webbs patent compound engine, side view. Date: 1882

Black Prince - Crewe Works
Black Prince, 7ft 0ins 4 wheels coupled compound passenger engine, side elevation, Crewe Works. Scale 1.5 inches: 1 foot. Signed FW Webb 1/5/97. Date: 1897

Webbs passenger engine. 3 cylinder compound, side elevation locomotive no 300, Crewe Works. Scale 1.5 inches:1 foot. Signed F W Webb 10/1/83, and embossed Henry Chapman, 113 Victoria Street

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