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LCC-LFB Aftermath of a warehouse fire, Palmers WharfStacked bales of goods affected by heat and water following a fire at Palmers Wharf, Prince Street, Deptford, SE London
LCC-LFB fire, Goodge Street deep shelterTwo LCC-LFB firemen, wearing breathing apparatus, at the Tottenham Court Road end of the Army transit centre located in the deep shelter tunnel system. The fire has been extinguished
The Dog Days - Rene VincentThe Dog Days A Fashionable Older man in formal evening dress and stylish woman in lightweight attire exchange greetings on a boiling hot summers day. Date: 1923
Collapsed Scout at 1948 London OlympicsScout collapsed through heat exhaustion whilst holding a Liechtenstein nationality sign at the 1948 London Olympics held at Wembley Stadium. 1948
Exploring with AirshipsThe airship will enable explorers to get to remote places easily and comfortably, avoiding lions and bears though it will not enable them to avoid heat and cold
British Tommy using sword as toasting forkPhotograph: British Tommy using sword as toasting fork. Shows a group of mounted soldiers in a ?Hommes 40/ Chevaux 8? railway carriage cooking on a fire in a metal bucket
Advert for Arden Hills & Co new patent gas fires 1888Patent asbestos gas fires by Arden Hill s, tiled hearth and brass rail, pattern, no sheet-iron parts, large fire front, hook at back, new burner, fall-down trivet
Interesting conical houses near Hama, Syria. Built in this style to remain cool during the hot summer months. Date: circa 1906
Advertising card for Belgian Cooking Range, manufactured by Ch. Van Ackere & Co. - similar in style to an Aga. Date: circa 1910s
Civil Defence Handbook, introduction and basic factsCivil Defence Handbook introduction and facts, pages 4 and 5. Highlights the events following on from a H-bomb explosion
Interior of the forge. Engraving. 19th century
Steam engines. Room inside. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany
Owakudani - Hakone National Park, Japan - Boiling WatersOwakudani ( Hell Valley ) - brave (or foolish!) tourists getting close to the boiling sulphuric volcanic springs at the Hakone National Park Date: circa 1910s
Book of Trades, The Glass Blower. 1841
DESERT EXPRESS TRAINLibyas " Desert Express", jammed with soldiers, colonists and natives. The Gadames-Tripoli railway runs 350 miles through unbearable heat, unprotected from the sun Date: 1940s
Roman Baths of TitusView of the Roman Baths of Titus, public baths or thermae built in Rome by the Emperor Titus in 81 AD. A cross section is shown
Advert for Arden Hills & Co gas fires 1884Asbestos gas fires by Arden Hills with ornamental surround. Date: 1884
Radiator Heating from the Triplex Grate / Range, showing the passage of hot water heating throughout a house from boiler to tank and radiators. Date: circa 1920s
WW1 - Australian Gunners in Gallipoli, 1916WW1 - Four Australian Gunners from the ANZAC Corps in action at their base in Gallipoli. The gunners working topless in the heat as they prepare their ammunition for their weapons as a team
Lockheed P-38J Lightning -in D-Day stripes to help distinguish Allied from enemy aircraft in the heat of battle
Darkling Beetle - emerges from day shelter in sand where he buries itself to escape heat of the day (Sympiezocnemis gigantea). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - March
White Saxaul trees - on sand dunes with tracks of insects - track in foreground ends with a small sand bump where a large darkling beetle has hidden itself during the day heat (Haloxylon persicum)
Scene in the Royal Mint. The Deputy Master, The Right Hon William Grey Ellison-Macartney, allowed Matania to sketch the conversion of tons of early Victorian copper coinage into Georgian pennies
Fire safety -- paraffin oil stoveFire safety -- a Valor Junior paraffin oil stove with a safety guard around it
Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East LondonFirefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint
Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East LondonDistorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford
Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQDemonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965. The firefighter is retrieving a motor cycle tyre from a burning oil tray, in crouch position
Some heat. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889
Three women preparing a meal, Japan. Date: circa 1890s
Hill station, IndiaA hill station in India -- a high altitude location where the climate is cooler, especially popular with European colonials during the hot summer. Date: circa 1890s
Six-inch British howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1A six-inch British howitzer in action in the dust and heat of the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Advert for Powell Duffryn 1944Phurnacite smokeless fuel. Phurnacite is increasing in popularity for Domestic Boilers, stoves and central heating Plants
Burning the ice at both ends! by George StuddyBurning the ice at both ends! Bonzo and the Bonzolines keep their temperatures down on a hot day, with a large cube of ice
A Tertiary Igneous DykeA Tertiary igneous dyke cutting through a sandstone deposit. The igneous rock pierced its way through the earths crust in a vertical fissure
Rooftop TailorsTailors working on a roof during a heat wave, cutting and sewing cloth for suits, Regent Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s
Tailors Working OutdoorsTailors working on a roof during a heat wave, cutting and sewing cloth for suits, Regent Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s
Summer in the CityA gentleman in a waistcoat wipes his forehead during a London heatwave. The two women either side of him, wearing coats and hats, do not seem to feel the heat! Date: early 1930s
Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling RadicalsThe Radical Inferno. Joseph Chamberlain as Mephistopheles boiling his Radical political opponents (who were against his proposals for Tariff Reform) - including Henry Campbell-Bannerman (foreground)
Fresno, California, USA - drying figs in the hot sun. Date: circa 1910s
Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Assay Furnaces Date: circa 1910s
Japan - The Imperial Mint at Osaka - The Melting Furnace Date: circa 1910s
The Waefu Heart by T DuncanReproduction of the painting The Waefu Heart by Thomas Duncan (1807-1845) (original in the V&A collection). Date: 1841
Boiling eggs at the Beppu Hot Springs, JapanA sign advertising the option to boil an egg at the Beppu Hot Springs, Beppu, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1924, and is famous for its onsen (hot springs), which are regarded as sacred
Sunbathing on a Coral Beach, Bermuda Date: circa 1950s
A soldiers night bivouac - WWI - possibly in a churchA French soldiers night bivouac - WWI - possibly in a church Date: circa 1916
Swiss Cheesemaker stiring a large vat. Date: circa 1940s
Heat pump group (Brown-Boveri). IMechE Procs. vol.154. 1946. p.160 Date: 1946
Variety of tektites