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Controls of a Leyland Metz fire engine, WW2Controls 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 boxA Belgian boy scout (or cub) in a phone box
WWI Military Hunter pocket watchFirst 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 fogThe 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 radioMan sitting in an armchair, listening to a large radio. Date: circa 1930s
Keeping a check on fuel consumed by G. H. DavisYour 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 visibilityMethod 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, OxfordOxford: 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 testingA multi-pen polygraph for the monitoring of brain and body functions during ESP testing. Date: 20th century
Business card design, man with gramophoneBusiness 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 GardenThe 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 HorlogeRouen - 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 1933Why 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 submarineA sailor adjusts a valve in the engine room of a British submarine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s
Cyan Separation at a printing worksA 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 dialsA ships captain and two of his crew check a number of dials. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: Electric toasterPhotograph of a woman demonstrating an electric toaster with adjustable dial at the Olympia Ideal Home exhibition 1947
A theodolite, used for surveying
Thomas Wright / ScientistTHOMAS WRIGHT English scientist & philosopher
Early Dial TelephoneEarly dial model
C16 Alarm WatchAn early ALARM WATCH : the small inside dial regulates the alarm
Portable Sun DialCombined PORTABLE SUN-DIAL, with a compass so that it can be correctly oriented : made by Butterfield, an Englishman working in Paris
Pocket Sun DialThe POCKET SUN-DIAL - a precursor of the pocket watch - let the suns light pass through a small hole to reach a dial marked on the inside rim
Early Sun DialAn early British SUN DIAL of traditional design - a favourite garden ornament
Natural Sundial, SettleAt Settle, Yorkshire, Castleberg Rock provides a natural sun-dial; its passing shadow, until the 18th century, was used by the residents to measure time
Greek Hemicycle DialThe GREEK HEMICYCLE DIAL is an early form of sundial, using the movement of a shadow to measure the passage of time
