Diagram Collection (page 5)

Latest word in aviation 1929
Diagram showing the experimental helicopter design by Saunders Helicogyre. Instead of fixed wings, the Autiogiro depending very largely on four slowly rotating wings which rotated with forward motion

Pictures on the wireless! New wonder for B. B. C audience 1928
Diagram showing the new way in which the B.B.C will broadcast photographs and drawings. 1928

Motor racing track course at Avus, Berlin, Germany. 1930s

Early Motor Cars - diagram of first petrol-driven car
Early Motor Cars - diagram of the workings of the first petrol-driven car

Photo finish compared
A page from The Illustrated London News showing a diagram by unknown photographers, comparing a single-exposure race finish to a photo finish

Designs for a system of composite shipbuilding, recommended by Lloyds (class 66). By J.H. Cornish Date: 1867

Farmers in France cultivating the ground after World War One were finding unexploded projectiles. In this drawing you can see a operator with a telephone receiver (microphone)

Coal and metals mining
Diagram of the exterior and interior of a Metalliferous mine. Date: 1859

This diagram depicts the different types of British and German aircrafts, the distinguishing features of each. Date: 1915

A page from The Illustrated London News, showing the progress of the new Victoria Tower, at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London

Diagram showing German air-dreadnought, zeppelin compared to a section of buildings in Piccadilly London. Date: 1915

Unfolding female anatomy
x Date: 19th century

How the public Saw the Public Lying-in-State of Edward VII
The queue to see the lying-in-state of King Edward, while the picture below shows the procession through Westminster Hall. Date: May 1910

Protection from fire at sea on British liners 1932
Diagram showing the safety rules on board a British passenger ship in 1932. Date: 1932

Relative Positions of Thames Tunnel and River, London
Diagram showing the relative positions of Thames tunnel under the river. Date: 19th Century

MISCELLANEOUS LOCKS
A selection of lock systems and mechanisms. Date: 1797

ROCK STRATA DIAGRAM
A diagram giving a detailed explanation of rock strata groups, their uses and localities

Anatomy - Spine and Brain
Detailed diagram of the brain and spine Date: 1768

Man diving and swimming
The Art of Diving and Swimming - various diving positions, various swimming strokes Date: circa 1900

Coal - Steam Engine - 1892
A diagram showing the use of a steam engine in a coal mine. Date: 1892

BARREL MAKING - COOPER
A diagram depicting the processes involved in making barrels. Date: 1866

PAPINS BONE DIGESTER
Diagram of Papins Bone Digester. Date: 1687

REFUSE TREATMENT PLANT
French treatment plant for the rational disposal of urban waste : different materials are sorted and disposed of according to their nature Date: 1898

BLUNT / ATMOSPHERIC REF
A diagram explaining atmospheric refraction using pictures of ships at sea to illustrate the concept Date: 1849

PORTLAND QUARRY: STRATA
PORTLAND Diagram showing rock strata at the quarries Date: circa 1830s

X-ray ambulance van 1904
French motorised Radiographic Van - interior view and diagram of equipment. Date: 1904

Horse-drawn ambulance 1867
Horse-drawn ambulance design for those suffering with fever and smallpox. Date: 1867

Temporary Treatment of Bone Fractures, including rifle used as a splint, cricket bat used as a splint, slings, triangular bandages, shawl caps, huntsmans whips used as splint

The house-keepers pocket-book

Ebenezer Howard - plan of section of garden city
Ebenezer Howards plan of a section of a garden city - ward and centre. Date: 1898

Automatic pistol, magazine & revolver
Diagram of the automatic pistol with its magazine, and revolver with its clip-loader. Both revolers and automatic pistols were supplied to the various branches of the Army and to the Navy. Date: 1915

Eagle lunar module, Apollo moon landing, 1969
Illustration showing a cross section of the Apollo 11 lunar module, named Eagle, used by American astronauts Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin for the first ever manned moon landing on 20 July 1969

Anatomy skeleton
Diagram of the human skeleton from front and back

Paris, France - La Tour Eiffel, Otis Elevators. The Otis elevator in the Eiffel Tower, built by the American Elevator Company

Junkers G38, large German freight plane
Junkers G38, was a large German four-engined transport aircraft, designed to carry freight over long distances rather than a great number of persons. Date: 1930

Diagram of aircraft-carriers during WWII
Diagram showing the comparative strengths of the rival aircraft-carriers during WWII. Date: 1941

Eiffel Tower in comparison to other buildings, 1889
A diagram showing how much higher the Eiffel Tower was in comparison to other world-famous tall buildings when it was constructed in 1889. Even the spires of Cologne and Old St

Passenger aircraft of Imperial Airways fleet, cut away
Britains share in building giant passenger aircraft: a 40-seater of the new Imperial Airways fleet. A diagrammatic drawing of one of the worlds largest passenger aircraft

Family tree - House of Hanover
Family tree of the royal House of Hanover, published in The Graphic to mark its bicentenary. The diagram shows how both King George V and Queen Mary could trace their lineage back to King James I

Queen Mary ocean liner: Lifeboats & gravity davits
Lifeboats built to carry 145 passagers, more than the total accommodated in the first Cunarder, " Britannia" : One of the Queen Marys 24 large lifeboats

Liege cupola fort diagram 1914
A sectional view of one of the Liege Cupola forts, with its surrounding barbed wire defences. These forts played an important part in the Battle of Liege, the first battle of World War One

Cunard ships of increasing size by G. H. Davis
A diagram showing the advance in ship-building from the foundation of the Cunard Company from the 1840 Cunarder Britannia

Diagram of The Short Stirling aeroplane 1942
The lay-out of the Short Stirling, the largest operational bomber in service in 1942, with the royal air force, showing at a glance the many problems in engineering

Types of grenades in WWI
The Marten Hale hand grenade, which can be also fitted to any type of service rifle. Hale time grenade, bomb is thrown, the ignition of the time-fuse does not occur until the grenade reaches a

Details of the V2 rocket bomb by G. H. Davis
Details of the German V2 rocket bomb, comparing its size with a V1, a house and a London bus. A comparison of its fuel economy with a Lancaster bomber

Plan of the British Museum building in Bloomsbury
Seventy separate areas are marked, almost all devoted to the collections, and grouped around the great dome of the Reading Room

Diagram of the Proto breathing apparatus set, WW2
Exploded diagram of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing its working parts

Cross section of Titanic showing decks
Cross-section of the Titanic in dock at Southampton. The double bottom is shown in white; the seven decks from the bottom up are the swimming pool, baggage

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