Cylinder Collection (page 7)

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

Magneto side of the Wright four-cylinder motor used in 1911. Date 1911

Rear view of the Wright brothers four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane. Date 1928 Jan. 6

Steam-Boat Knickerbocker. 320 feet long, 32 ft. 6 inches Beam, 10 ft. 6 incs. Hold, 64 ft. wide including guards, and is propelled by a beam Engine

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

Men of HMS Prince Eugene at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Men of HMS Prince Eugene clearing up HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after her return from the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium

German DFW CV biplane, WW1
A German DFW CV reconnaissance two-seater biplane with a Benz BZ4 six-cylinder engine, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

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

Frazer-Nash Sports Car
The Frazer-Nash Shelsley two seater is a supercharged four- cylinder sports car has a maximum speed over 100 mph. Excellent road-holding and hill-climbing. Date: 1936

Perrys Improved Printing Machine
Technical drawing showing an invention of Mr T. J Perry of the Lozells, Birmingham and comprises a method of constructing the moveable types used in cylinder printing

Naubauer engine
Auto Motor, Six Cylinder Naubauer. Close-up of a Naubauer automobile engine

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

Nurse with equipment at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse wheeling an oxygen cylinder

Diagram showing The Detector
Undated diagram showing " The Detector", a method for testing substances in a glass bottle using brass terminals and a cylinder to feel the " etheric reactions". HPG/85/8"

The Obelisk Ship Cleopatra off Gravesend, 1878
Engraving showing the obelisk ship Cleopatra off Gravesend, Kent, nearing the end of its voyage from Egypt in 1878. The Cleopatra was a cylinder ship built around Cleopatras Needle

American oli powered diesel electric locomotive
The Streamline Union Pacific Train for high speed passenger service. This oil powered diesel electric locomotive is fitted with a 900 H.P twelve cylinder diesel engine

Transporting Cleopatras Needle
Transportation of the obelisk down the Thames, at Westminister Bridge. The cylinder ship had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay due to the stormy conditions of the initial leg of the journey

Singer Six Car Advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for a six cylinder, 16hp Singer Six, published in The Tatler, 1931

Papins Experiments
The experiments of Denis Papin with a steam cylinder lay the foundations of future steam- power development

Rolls Royce 1926
40-50 h.p. six-cylinder New Phantom limousine - already described in 1926 as an aristocrat of the road

Famous six cylinder Siddeley-Deasy motor car
A photograph showing a Siddeley-Deasy with Connaught coach work

Preserving life in mines, the aerophore apparatus. Invented by Mr B. Rouquayrol and Mr. Denayrouze, the Aerophone, which supplied compressed air through a hose

Renault Motor Works 1932
A line of cylinder block moulds await being filled with molten metal

Painting Chinese Lantern
A Chinese lantern painter decorates a cylinder lantern, seated outside in front of a fine building with traditional elaborate roof styling

Thomas Wright / Scientist
THOMAS WRIGHT English scientist & philosopher

Babylonian Demons / 2
Demons depicted on a Babylonian cylinder seal

Babylonian Demons / 1
Demons and spirits depicted on a Babylonian cylinder seal

Rolls Motor Car 1905
No one could describe this Rolls 10 HP two-cylinder Royce car as elegant - yet it is the precursor of the most respected marque in motoring design

Garretts Steam Plough
Garrett & Sons double-cylinder STEAM PLOUGHING ENGINE and tackle

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