Dial Collection (page 2)

Oscilloscope for EEG monitoring in ESP testing
A Hewlett Packard four-beam oscilloscope for EEG (electroencephalogram) monitoring during ESP testing. Date: 20th century

Rouen - La Grosse Horloge (Great Astronomical Clock) - In Gothic Style (the movement dates from 1390-1397, the surrounding masonry from 1511 and the Fountain from 1731). Date: circa 1910s

Two boys playing in old washing machine
Two young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!

Diesel Fuel Injection Pump Testing
A technician tests a distributor fuel injection pump on a Hartridge machine at the CAV Engineering Centre in Acton, London

Egyptian Sundial
A primitive SUN DIAL, still used in Upper Egypt, is simply a pole stuck in the ground, with stones marking the passage of its shadow and the time taken from one to next

Susi - on the phone. 1950s

Susi - with kitten and telephone. 1950s

Lion cub with telephone
Unusual Friends - lion cub with telephone. 1950s

Susi - with cat and telephone. 1950s

Advert for John Bennett pocket watches 1902
A selection of pocket watches, all available in Cheapside, London. 1902

Advert for John Bennett calendar watches 1902
Reverse pocket watch with the time on one side and separate clock for seconds and on the back the date with day, month, and year. 1902

Dentists cabinet, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd. 1921

Advert for Bensons pocket watches with roman numerals 1888
Special strength watches and chronographs. 1888

Music cover, So Many Memories, Jack Payne
Music cover, Jack Payne, Round the Dial -- So Many Memories, by Harry Woods. 1937

Ancient radio receiver. Brand Invicta

Czech Republic. Prague. Astronomical clock at Old Town Hall
Czech Republic. Bohemia. Prague. Old Town (Star? Mesto). Old Town Square (Staromestsk? n?mest?=?). Astronomical clock at Old Town Hall Tower. Astromical dial

Dial work of a clock showing the moon age, lunar phase, etc.. Dial work of a clock showing the moon age, lunar phase, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Wildwood-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, USA
Shuffleboard courts (left) at Wildwood-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, USA, with a sun deck, Sun Dial Apartments and the Hotel Oceanic in the background. Date: 1945

Stork Nest Turckheim Alsace
A stork nesting on a platform erected over the Porte de la France entering Turckheim, a town in the Gewurztraminer wine region west of Colmar in Alsace

Dial 999 display in an LFB exhibition
A Dial 999 display in a London Fire Brigade exhibition with details on either side of the services available

LFB firefighter cleaning an enclosed pump vehicle

Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box, London
Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box near the Royal Festival Hall on Londons South Bank, used for a fire service exhibition. Date: 1957

Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity

Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London
A Shand Mason Horsed Steamer at Bishopsgate, London. Date: 1906

Large Dennis trailer water pump

Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2
The latest trailer water pump, presented in September 1940, seen here at Dulwich Fire Station, south London. Date: 1940

Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939

Controls of a Leyland Metz fire engine, WW2
Controls of a Leyland Metz TLP (turntable ladder pump) fire engine, showing extension and elevation dials, 3 November 1944. Date: 1944

Belgian boy scout in phone box
A Belgian boy scout (or cub) in a phone box

WWI Military Hunter pocket watch
First World War Military Hunter pocket watch with enamel dial with seconds counter and key-wind, jewelled lever movement, by Rothermans, London

How wireless beacons guide ships in the fog
The Marconi invention can determine distance of the ship from the beacon to steer the vessel into a Harbour during foggy weather

Man listening to a radio
Man sitting in an armchair, listening to a large radio. Date: circa 1930s

Keeping a check on fuel consumed by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: keeping a weekly check on the fuel consumed in an average household during the Second World War. Electricity and gas meters will tell you if you are keeping to your proper average

How wireless waves guide aeroplanes during bad visibility
Method of directing the pilots of aircraft flying to and from Croydon has been revolutioned by the Marconi directional visual beacon station erected at croydon. WWII

Corpus Christi College Quad and sundial, Oxford
Oxford: the entrance and quad of Corpus Christi College, with the sun dial, adorned with a pelican, the symbol of the college, in the foreground

Polygraph for brain and body monitoring in ESP testing
A multi-pen polygraph for the monitoring of brain and body functions during ESP testing. Date: 20th century

Business card design, man with gramophone
Business card design, depicting a man sitting in a green armchair with a gramophone with an enormous horn at his side. Date: 20th century

Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Garden
The Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Gardens - one of the famous attractions of the Festival of Britain, London, England. Date: 1951

Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich, London - Magnetic Clock Date: circa 1910s

Rouen - Rue de la la Grosse Horloge
Rouen - Rue de la Grosse Horloge (Street of the Great Astronomical Clock) - In Gothic Style (the movement dates from 1390-1397, the surrounding masonry from 1511 and the Fountain from 1731)

Advert for G. P. O telephone 1933
Why not include it among your Christmas gifts ? Date: 1933

Dial of the seasons. Date c1845 Jan. 4

Belgium - Anvers - Cathedral Spire Date: circa 1906

Renaissance Clock at Chartres Cathedral, France Date: circa 1910s

Old sundial circa 2008

Adjusting a valve in a submarine
A sailor adjusts a valve in the engine room of a British submarine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Cyan Separation at a printing works
A printer uses an electronic device to work on the negative image of the blue component of a printed page, known as the cyan separation. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The captain checks the dials
A ships captain and two of his crew check a number of dials. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

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