Dials Collection

The seat of a hero: Spitfire pilots cockpit, 1940
The cockpit, with its amazing array of dials, is the epitome of intensive mechancial warfare of World War Two. Date: 1940

Concordes Cockpit
The cockpit of the first prototype Concorde, 001, at the St. Martin Sud-Aviation factory at Toulouse, France. Date: late 1960s

Concordes Cockpit
A mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: late 1960s

Harrisons First Chronometer
This photograph shows Harrisons first chronometer, developed between 1729 and 1735 in response to the British Government offer of a 20

Concordes Cockpit
A mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969

Pilots cockpit of a spitfire 1940
Cockpit, with its amazing array of dials, is the epitome of intensive mechanical warfare. 1940

Promotional photograph for the IBM 1410
A female computer technician sits at an IBM 1410, in a promotional photograph for this business computer system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

SURVEYING LEVELS
A whole selection of different surveying instruments, and diagrams relating to their specific uses. Date: 1810

Two men at the controls of a Sunderland flying boat
Two men (second fitter and rigger) at the controls of a Sunderland Mark I flying boat and bomber, used by RAF 230 Squadron during the Second World War. Date: circa 1938

Strasbourg Astron. Clock
The Astronomical Clock in the Cathedral at Strasbourg built in 1842 by J B Schwilgue in the form of earlier medieval astronomical clocks. The phases of the moon are shown

Lighting up the face of the Clock Tower, London 1900
Every night the caretaker climbs the spiral steps of the the Clock Tower (Elizabeth Tower) to ignite the gas lights behind the dials of the infamous clockface so that London can see the time

Seven Dials, London

London Seven Dials Victorian period

The Engine Room of HMS Mauritius. Date: 1945

Siebe Gorman pump converted to drinks cabinet
MARITIME: a rare fully fitted Admiralty pattern two diver twin cylinder double acting pump by Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd, London converted to a bespoke drinks cabinet. 23ins. x 42ins. x 20ins

Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle - instruments
Union Castle Line, RMS Pretoria Castle, later SA Oranje - rare collection of brass engine room instruments together with the ship's bulkhead clock, fixed to an oak shield-shaped panel. 32 inches

Seven Dials Column, Weybridge, Surrey
Weybridge, original Seven Dials Column from London re-erected in memory of the Duchess of York (d. 1820), Surrey Date: 1928

The Motor Picture Book, Traffic Control from the Air Date: 1930

Pilot's cockpit in a Tiger Moth aircraft Date: 1938

Clock Tower, London 1899
The famous clock of the Houses of Parliament. Date: 1899

Big Ben and the Clock Tower 1887
Behind the scenes of the famous Big Ben, clock tower at Westminiter Palace, London. Date: 1887

PALLISTER STIGMATA
Small poster entitled, Most extraordinary appearances after death! Account of Mrs Pallister with illustration, printed by J. Catnach, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials Date: 19th century

Page from The Sketch, 5th October 1927: The presiding genius at the new Seven Dials Cave of Harmony. Miss Elsa Lanchester and her expressive hands. Date: 1927

Female BBC engineer checking equipment, WW2
Female BBC engineer checking and operating equipment during WW2. Date: 1941

Trans-Canada Lockheed Aircraft, Pilots cockpit fitted for blind flying Date: 1930s

Cockpit of aircraft arranged to take aerial photographs Date: 1930s

Man at work in an oil rig control room
Man at work in the control room of an oil rig drilling platform off the coast of Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Workman assembling a gas meter as part of the manufacturing process. Date: 1864

Early radio crystal set, terrier puppy -- I don t seem to hear from you at Honiton. 1928

Ford Cortina car, steering wheel and dashboard, 1965
Ford Cortina car, showing the steering wheel and dashboard. 1965

Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat sits in front of a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, testing samples. Date: circa 1970s

Horse doping tests in a laboratory, Newmarket
Horse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat turns a knob on a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, used for testing samples at the Horse Doping Test Centre in Newmarket

Waits at Seven Dials, London, 1853
Group of Christmas Waits or street musicians playing at Seven Dials, London. Until the middle of the 19th century Waits had been town musicians

The Rookery, St Giles
Victorian montage. The rookery stood between New Oxford Street and Seven Dials, near where Centre Point stands today. It was of one of the worst slums in Britain, a site of overcrowding and squalor

Cockpit of British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1
View of the cockpit and controls of a British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield with other aircraft

London - Seven Dials - Street Junction Crown Pub many people. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London. Date: circa 1890s

The Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi (1318-1388). Used to determine the position of planets according to he Ptolemaic theory of the Universe. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

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

Instrument panel, Brandenburg DI fighter plane, WW1
A close-up view of the instrument panel of the Hansa-Brandenburg DI (KD) 28.68 Phonix-built fighter plane in service during the First World War from 1917 onwards

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

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

LFB firefighter cleaning an enclosed pump vehicle

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

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

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

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