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Gears Collection

Background imageGears Collection: Boulton and Watt steam engine with planetary gear

Boulton and Watt steam engine with planetary gear, 1795 Date: 1795

Background imageGears Collection: Man on a 1927 Model A Ariel motorcycle

Man on a 1927 Model A Ariel motorcycle
Young man on a Ariel 1927 Model A (557cc side valve with Burman gearbox) outside wooden shed circa 1930

Background imageGears Collection: New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure

New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure
The New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson

Background imageGears Collection: The Moss Gear Company of Birmingham

The Moss Gear Company of Birmingham
The Moss Gear Company finds its origins, in Aston Manor, Birmingham, in 1910. Those engineers who established the company were not named Moss, but Duckitt

Background imageGears Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Producid!!

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Producid!! (Produce!!). Ink poster edited by the Republican government. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Background imageGears Collection: Buy British and speed up the wheels of employment

Buy British and speed up the wheels of employment - Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis, reinforced by a speech by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)

Background imageGears Collection: Parry Thomas, motor racing driver, at the wheel of Babs

Parry Thomas, motor racing driver, at the wheel of Babs, half an hour before his fatal accident attempting another world speed record at Pendine, Carmarthenshire on 3 March 1928. 1928

Background imageGears Collection: The Morse Cotton Baling Press. Cotton Hydraulic

The Morse Cotton Baling Press. Cotton Hydraulic Press, New Morse system. Installed in New York. 1881. Xylography

Background imageGears Collection: Textile machine. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Instituto

Textile machine. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Instituto Geol󧩣 o y Minero de Espa񡮠

Background imageGears Collection: The Dandy-Horse Bicycle of the 1820 s

The Dandy-Horse Bicycle of the 1820 s
Photograph of a cyclist and his Dandy-Horse ; an early bicycle or running machine without pedals or gears, propelled only by foot. This type of bicycle became popular in the 1820s to 1830 s

Background imageGears Collection: Railway Ring Gears

Railway Ring Gears
These giant ring gears transmit power from electric motors to the driving wheels on the new passenger locomotives between New York and Washington D.C. U.S.A. Date: 1930s

Background imageGears Collection: Arrangement of gears to test engine push

Arrangement of gears to test engine push. Hargrave Slide 20

Background imageGears Collection: Guns Factory 18th C

Guns Factory 18th C
Machines to make 18th century guns. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageGears Collection: Stonecutter Windmill

Stonecutter Windmill
a stonecutter windmill from 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageGears Collection: Stone Drill 18th Century

Stone Drill 18th Century
Various elements (including gears) of a stone drill from 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageGears Collection: Gear, front and side view

Gear, front and side view

Background imageGears Collection: Assembly of a Multi-cogged Machine

Assembly of a Multi-cogged Machine
An engineer fits a cog to a piece of geared machinery, possibly an engine or heavy duty gearbox. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageGears Collection: Rack and Pinion Railway

Rack and Pinion Railway
A Blenkinsop rack rail and spur. Rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. The circular pinion engages teeth on a flat bar - the rack



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