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Cooking food for army in the field WWIVarious types of ovens and kitchens, from brick and clay ovens, parallel kitchen, broad arrow kitchen, aldershot ovens and internally heated oven burrowed into the side of a bank. Date: 1915
Carillon, 1889Diagram showing the method of playing a carillon. Date: 1889
Two weapons automatic rifle & Germans automatic pistol 1917The comparison of the automatic rifle and Germans automatic pistol shown here in this diagram. The length of the automatic rifle
British range-finder 1918This diagram explains the usual Britsih method of producing a range chart. It depicts an imaginary landscape behind safe lines under survey prepartory to the possible contingency of an enermy
French mine crater WWIView of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916
Unfolding male anatomyx Date: 19th century
Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace, LondonThe London Season of 1912: the Kings Fifth Court at Buckingham Palace. A diagrammatic view showing the progress of the debutante from the moment she enters the building to the time she leaves. 1912
Special guide to the Royal Academy exhibitionThe Spheres special guide to the Royal Academy summer exhibition, with a three-dimensional floorplan of the various rooms. Date: 1914
Battleship v. destroyer by G. H. DavisBattleship versus destroyer: an important question explained. Should a destroyer attack a battleship from astern or ahead
Accident to submarine A7 by G. H. DavisThe accident to the British submarine A7, embedded in soft sand and mud at the bottom of Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, with her nose raised at an angle
Mines and torpedoes by G. H. DavisNavy Notes of the Week: the question of mines and torpedoes. Showing naval minesweepers at work, sweeping a wire across an underwater mine field; a modern high-speed long-range torpedo;
Shell damage in Hartlepool, WW1Shell damage to buildings in Hartlepool after a night of bombing during the First World War. Diagrams show the path of a shell, damaging houses and industrial chimneys. 16 December 1914
An efficient ships lifeboat by G. H. DavisIn quest of an efficient ships lifeboat: a type which might have helped the Volturno (where one lifeboat overturned, two smashed against the side of the burning vessel)
On the bridge of a big liner by G. H. DavisOn the bridge of a big liner. Diagrammatic view showing the positions occupied by the seven men whose job it is to watch the course and progress of a large vessel. 1912
Westminster Abbeys might congregation for 1937 CoronationA diagram giving an impression of the huge congregation present at the Coronation of King George VI. Numbering around 7500 pesons, it was made up of a vast concourse including foreign princes
Growth of the big ship by G. H. DavisGrowth of the big ship: examples now being built by the great naval powers. A diagram illustrating the latest ships produced by France, Germany, the USA, Britain, Russia, Italy and Austria
Petrol rations and oil tankers by G. H. DavisPetrol rations and oil tankers: an analysis for car owners during the Second World War. A diagrammatic explanation setting out the relative basic petrol allowances for private cars for August
Rawalpindi outgunned by Deutschland by G. H. DavisThe first sea battle of the Second World War: the British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindis heroic stand, outgunned by the Deutschland
Ancient boat building by G. H. DavisBoat building over 2500 years ago: Humber craft reconstructed. The skill of primitive man exemplified in a recent find of two carvel-built canoes. Date: 1946
Empress of Britain by G. H. DavisThe ocean liner, Empress of Britain, a steamship owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company pictured in detailed cross-section by the artist G. H. Davis
Aeroplanes of 1918Latest aeroplanes of 1918. Bristol was a general-purpose military aircraft, a two-seater biplane, Handley Page giant bombdropper
Effects of varying speeds, wind, and height on bombing 1917The race for raiding: Problems of bombing for Briton and Boche. Top, a comparison with a British bomber and a Gotha heavy German bomber
British naval seaplane, the Britannia AOVO, WW1The Britannia AOVO, a British naval seaplane in use near Palestine during the First World War. This model was also used by Germany, having been supplied to both sides before the war broke out. 1917
Getting quickly on deck from cabins by G. H. DavisThe difficulty of getting quickly on deck from cabins: the maze inside a modern liner. A suggested illuminated sign, and a photograph of the newly designed Gaskin Hart lifeboat at the West India
The boat question by G. H. DavisThe boat question: a suggested method of launching ships boats (ie lifeboats) with long davits. The longer davit would launch the boat well clear of the ships side
Battleship v. submarine by G. H. DavisBattleship versus submarine: Sir Percy Scotts views on the position of the capital ship illustrated in a series of special Sphere diagrams. Top: the fleet bottled up in a harbour by submarines
Design for the building of small holdingsThe question of the land: small holdings. How a pleasant-looking livable house can be erected on a suitable site for 233. It has a dairy in the south-east corner adjacent to the larder and scullery
How your body measurements should be taken 1924American clothing catalogue, showing where you should measure yourself, for a womans bust, waist and hip line, and also for length of skirt
Coronation ceremonial procession 1937The Coronation procession up Westminster Abbeys blue-carpeted nave for the coronation of King George VI: a colourful pageant as peers
Seaport of Alexandria, Egypt, by G. H. DavisAlexandria, Egypts chief seaport since 330 BC, and chief naval base of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet during the Second World War
The Piltdown jaw: a reconstruction by W. P PycraftA drawing by W. P Pycraft of the restored jaw of the Piltdown Man, showing a pronounced forward thrust. Date: 1912
Tracked machine guns and in fights by G. H. DavisMechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H. Davis, showing tankettes with trailer wagons for transporting machine-guns together with
British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surfaceDiagram of British submarine A7 which failed to come to the surface while exercising in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, was one of the oldest submarines left (at the time)
Tank manoeuvres controlled by radio-telephony by G. H. DavisAnnotated illustration showing a company-commander broadcasting his orders to his section-commanders by wireless. The tank in the foreground is seen cut away diagrammatically to show the driver
The Plan Position Indicator System by G. H. DavisA diagram showing the system developed as part of British radar sets, first demonstrated in the Thames Estuary. The system gives a picture of obstructions in the vicinity
R. A. F. Night Flying Simulation by G. H. DavisA diagram explaining the science behind the various methods used by the R.A.F. to simulate night flying by day during the second world war, when enemy activity was common during the night
Active Drifting Mines by G. H. DavisA diagram displaying the failures of disarming devices on mines used by the Germans and the British during the Second World War
Planes Used and Ordered by the B. O. A. C by G. H. DavisA diagram listing the number, origin, routes and current supply of a number of different plane models to the B.O.A.C (British Overseas Airways Corporation)
New Grand Stand at Epsom by G H DavisA diagram of the newest grand stand at the Epsom race-course in Surrey, created in time for the Derby of 1927. It involves cross-sections of the centre and west stands, an aerial view
New Tube Railway for Mail by G H DavisA diagram giving the details of the post office tube between Paddington and Whitechapel, built at the time at a cost of 1, 500, 000
Luminous Deep-Sea Fish by G H DavisVarious fish capable of luminescence, along with a diagram of the organs that the fish possess that cause this luminescence. Date: 1927
Explanation of Flying Lessons by G. H. DavisA diagram detailing how one learns to fly a light aeroplane. With the rise in popularity of owning a plane, flying lessons also became more popular. Here, the lessons are explained in detail
Transatlantic telephone system by G. H. DavisA step-by-step diagram demonstrating the new transatlantic telephone system between Britain and the United States in 1927
The Croxton outrage by G. H. DavisOne of several German attacks on North Sea fishing trawlers, later countered by arming them: the Croxton outrage. How the unarmed Croxton was machine-gunned and bombed until she sank
The Planetarium by G. H. DavisA device for the teaching of astronomy: the planetarium. How the courses of stars and planets are projected onto an artificial sky : a planetarium in diagram. Date: 1927
Sailing without sails by G. H. DavisSailing without sails: wind action on rotating cylinder masts. Partly driven and partly drawn forward by the action of wind on rapidly revolving cylinders
Home-made toys for Christmas 1942Everyone is making toys. Noah never saw so many animals as are coming out of scrap-bags in every household for Christmas. The diagram given for the four animals shown are easy to follow. 1942
Home-made dolly for Christmas 1944A cutie to make at home. Cut out pattern for a home-made dolly. 1944
