Heat Collection (page 4)

Tailors Working Outdoors
Tailors working on a roof during a heat wave, cutting and sewing cloth for suits, Regent Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Summer in the City
A 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 Radicals
The 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 Duncan
Reproduction 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, Japan
A 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 church
A 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

Crystal, carving and treated blue topaz
An orange crystal, colourless carving of Queen Victorias head and a heat-treated blue topaz gem of 0.24ct

Garnets
Faceted garnets showing a range of colours. Garnet is the birthstone of January

Doctor seeing a patient. Bed treatment. Engraving

Steel Production
Molten steel is processed at a Krupp-Konzern factory in West Germany using the Bessemer system. Date: 1960

Advert for Flavel radiant-panel gas heater 1938
Don t dodge draughts Nearly every house has its own particular draught. Sometimes it is in the hall. Sometimes just round the dinning-room door. Chilly draughts.... ugh! Heres the way to tame them

Advert for Radiation gas appliances 1947
For Gas appliances say New World silent beam gas fires burns silently with a restful glow whether the gas is high or low. 1947

LFCDA-LFB Thermal image camera (TIC) in use
A thermal image camera was deployed at this major building collapse in SW London to help in the search for survivors trapped in the debris

Fire uniform heat tests at Lambeth HQ
Demonstration of the Teled Noflam Protective Suit at Brigade HQ, 29 November 1965

LCC-LFB fire, 11 Richmond Avenue, Islington
Interior of a low rise sleeping area at Richmond Avenue, Islington, North London, with possible obstructed window opening and metal container by a wooden chair

London fire officer dies at Covent Garden fire
Station Officer Charles Fisher died fighting the blaze at the Covent Garden Market fire. The plan shows the extent of the fire but cannot show the extreme heat

Blast Furnace

The champion trotting stallion Smuggler owned by H. S. Russel
The champion trotting stallion Smuggler owned by H.S. Russell, Milton Mass.: By Blanco, dam by Herods Tuckahoe. On the back stretch in the third heat Coming Away

The brush on the homestretch: Between American girl, Lucy, Bashaw Jr. Goldsmith Maid, Rhode Island and George Wilkes. In the last heat of their great trot on the prospect park fair grounds May 29th

The celebrated trotting mare Lucy, passing the Judges Stand: In the fourth heat. Winning the $5000 prize at Buffalo, N.Y. August 9th 1872. Date 1872

Pacing horse Billy Boyce of St. Louis: as he appeared at Buffalo N.Y. Aug 1st 1868 pacing the last half mile in the second heat in 1 minute 5 1/4 seconds

A third heat in two sixteen!!: Judge Fullerton and Goldsmith Maid in their great trot at East Saginaw, Mich. July 16th. 1874. Date c1874

A rush for the heat. Date c1884

Don t go home until you see the celebrated Dubuque soft coal

A fast heat. Date c1894

Ethan Allen & Mate and Lantern & Mate: crossing the score a dead heat time 2:24 1/2. Date c1859. Ethan Allen & Mate and Lantern & Mate: crossing the score a dead heat time 2:24 1/2. Date c1859

Making a herring barrel, Lowestoft
A cooper making a herring barrel in Lowestoft, Suffolk. By the mid-1960s, fish catches from Lowestoft were greatly diminishing, particularly the herring. Date: 1909

Silhouette of two soldiers

Poster: Heat plays havoc with shoe leather. With advice on how to look after your shoes so that they last as long as possible. 20th century

Analysis of the weather of 1911
A chart analysing the extraordinarily hot weather experienced during the summer of 1911, which saw 660 hours of sunshine in three months. Date: 1911

Advert Main Velomain gas space heater 1939
When winter comes! Main Velomain gas space heater, requires no flue, and does not discolour the walls and ceilings. 1939

Amazing Thread Trick
How to put a thread into a candle flame without burning it! The silk thread is a good conductor of heat, so it passes the heat to a key and does not get burnt - wow! Date: 1930s

Polish Scouts exercising
Long lines of Polish Boy Scouts doing physical exercises in the Middle East. 1940s

Loco Section 1882
Section of a steam locomotive, showing how the heat from the furnace drives the wheels and emits smoke from the funnel. Date: 1882

Advert for Belling eletctric fires
The 2 kilowatt Belling is a flicker coal fire fitted with a beautiful flame effect : it keeps your teapot warm for a second cuppa, and its radiant heat warms the whole room ! Date: 1931

Young child with head under hydrant
A young child operates a large cast iron water hydrant in order to pour water over his/her head on a hot summers day

Floras Feast / Walter Crane
A series of flowers personified, awaken from their winter sleep by the heat of the sun

Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead
A British soldier in tropical uniform including pith helmet struggles with his kit through the heat. Its likely he is part of the Army defending Suez or is part of the Gallipoli Campaign

Accustomising oneself to the vagaries of our climate in a medically approved glass cabinet. Illustration by William Heath Robinson

Contented Bather 1929
Advertisement for gas for water heating. An old balding man sits in a full, steaming bath and smiles as he wriggles his toes - he obviously hasn t yet recieved his gas bill

Tempering a long metal bar in an industrial furnace. The bar was heated prior to hammering and shaping to make railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

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