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The Monarch 120 Call Connect SystemA secretary or receptionist uses a new electronic post office telecommunications device/switchboard unit. A promotional photograph for the Monarch 120 Call Connect System
Two engineers using a measurement deviceTwo engineers use a precise measuring device to correctly ascertain the width of a circular metal ring. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Woman looks through sextant on board a boatA woman wearing shorts and a beanie hat peers through a sextant on the deck of a boat on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s
Breuillards device to assist walkingDr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel
Hancocks Acquatic Dress - a basin-type device for walking across deep rivers. The rather opn design rathers opens the possibility for flooding
Shooting birds from floating cycleA sporting gentleman in top hat hunts ducks out in the middle of a lake thanks to his remarkable floating aquatic cycle - useability possibly determinate on the level of swell
Ice-cutting MachineA late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this
Remarkable Life-saving Body SuitA rather remarkable and very unusual life-saving body suit, comprising of flexible leg and domed upper section, complete with breathing tube and flotation ring
Portmanteau BuoyA jolly Victorian gent from the days when Britain unquestionably ruled the waves doffs his hat as he floats proudly in his safety device de jour - his portmanteau buoy
Patent Office Curiosities and IngenuitiesSome Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe
New design for train snow ploughA new design for a railway snow plough - the unit on a non snow-bound track showing the interior workings
A portion of the electrical device for controlling mediumsUndated photograph showing a portion of the electrical device devised and demonstrated by Harry Price, for controlling mediums
Female Production Line WorkerA young woman on a factory production line assembles an electronic device. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Measuring the current of a large electronic deviceA man measures the current running through a large electronic device, possibly an early computer or exchange. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
The factory floor of an electronics manufacturerMen at work on the busy factory floor of an electronics company, assembling complicated-looking devices. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Ups-a DaisyA sensible provision now made on some of the nursery slopes, whereby the plump skier may, with the minimum of effort, regain his or her feet after a fall
1957 nuclear test: The men who dropped Britains H-bombBritains first nuclear weapons test took place on May 15th 1957, when a nuclear device was successfully exploded high in the air over Christmas Island in the Central Pacific
A Good Pull UpThe new electric self raising braces for those men who haven t time to fiddle about with the ordinary kind in the morning
True British Sportmanship under DifficultiesThe Lightning Service. A Safety First device for lawn tennis in a thunderstorm Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans
Kept in SuspenseThe New Magnetic Quicksand Deck Chair, a simple but reliable device which enables one to sit on the most treacherous sands with perfect immunity Please note
How to Hoodwink the ZeppelinsThe latest device for disguising London from roving Zeppelins during World War One - ingenious umbrellas in the shape of various animals
A German telescopic field-periscopeA photograph of a German army field-periscope captured by the French army in 1916. The device, whose telescopic tube could be extended up to twenty-five meters in height
Water pumpAn advertisement from 1893 for Marryweathers hand fire-engines, a device which doubles up as both a fire extinguisher and plant watering machine
Austrian device for rolling rocksAustrian troops shown loading rocks onto wooden levers with the intention of rolling them down the mountain-side towards advancing Italians during World War I
The GrasshopperA cross-bow device, nicknamed, La Sauterelle or The Grasshopper, used by French soldiers to throw bombs twenty to eighty metres from the trenches
Drying MachineSeveral engravings illustrating an ingenious device for drying clothes; a forerunner of the fold-up telescopic clothes drier used instead of a line and pegs
Hair-drying device, 1928A helmet used to dry and set hair, on display at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition at White City, 1928
Phillipss Toilet AquariusAn advertisement from 1891 for Phillipss Toilet Aquarius, a new water container for wash stands where...no muscular effort required
Radar navigation at a glance- a new deviceDiagrammatic illustration of radar navigation. This was designed by the Admiralty Research Lab (mainly by Mr.J. Home Dickson)
Curiosities from the Patent Office; Support for cigarettesIllustration showing a device to be attached to the face for holding a cigar or cigarette adjacent to the mouth, which apparently prevented a careless smoker from laying down a lighted cigarette
News Room in the 1890SA News Room, ..fitted with every device for quick receipt of intelligence
KING EDWARD VI 1537-1553A fine portrait of Edward VI, King of England, dressed in half-body armour, paned trunk hose and brightly-coloured cannions
MathematiciansTwo scholars use a mathematical device, perhaps to help them in some surveying or astronomical calculations
Ufos / Books / TolletPierre Tollet MEURTRE EN SOUCOUPE VOLANTE Popular French thriller featuring a flying saucer which turns out to be a secret military device
Petard Offensive / 17th CDiagrams showing the attack offensive on a castle using a petard. A device filled with gunpowder and fastened to the gates, the danger lest the engineer be blown up too
Spinning Cotton / ChinaA chinese boy separate cotton thread using a bobbin and spinning device, with tension provided by a wooden spring tied to his back
Degen at GreenwichThe Aerial Man - the device is similar to Degen s, so this may be he - but did he actually fly over Greenwich Park ? We need to know more
GUSMAOs 1709 DEVICEGUSMAOs PROJECT The magnetically steered barque of Bartolomeo Lourenco da Gusmao flew from the tower of the Casa da India to the Terreiro de Pace, Lisbon
TED SERIOS American thought photographer, holding the gizmo - the device he used to make his pictures
C17 Wood Turner / WoodcutA wood turner uses a bow device to power his lathe
Florists device for fastening bouquets of flowersA florists device for fastening bouquets of flowers
Robot servant polishing shoesThe servant of the future -- a robotic servant polishes a mans shoes while he sits reading in his armchair
Wild Man, Wild WomanThe Wild Man and his mate used in the printers device of Peter Treveris, German-born printer in London in the early 16th century
Gay Lussac BalloonflightFrench scientist GAY-LUSSAC makes one of his ascents at Paris - the first instance of a manned aerial device being used for scientific purposes
STEAMSHIP PITTSBURGHWhite Star liner on the Atlantic crossing known as The Electric Ship because she incorporates so many electrical devices Date: 1924
Multiple Autograph ToolA starlet saves herself a lot of time and effort by using a device for signing several autographs at once
Artist Using DeviceAn artist makes use of a perspective device to help him paint a portrait
Ignitron Device C1936The Westinghouse " Ignitron" tube was designed to register fast-moving objects