Innovation Collection (page 4)

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Shooting birds from floating cycle
A sporting gentleman in top hat hunts ducks out in the middle of a lake thanks to his remarkable floating aquatic cycle - useability possibly determinate on the level of swell

Ice-cutting Machine
A late 19th century Steam-powered Ice-cutting Machine operating on the frozen exoanse of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Possibly one of historys more risky undertakings for an apparatus of this

Remarkable Life-saving Body Suit
A rather remarkable and very unusual life-saving body suit, comprising of flexible leg and domed upper section, complete with breathing tube and flotation ring

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

New design for train snow plough
A new design for a railway snow plough - the unit on a non snow-bound track showing the interior workings

The Reis Telephone system
The Reis Telephone System (developed by Johann Philipp Reis, 1834 - 1874), demonstrated to the Physical Society in Frankfurt in 1861. Reis speaker worked by magnetostriction

Jointed Steamship
A remarkable concept steamship, jointed in three places, seeminglyto counteract the motion of the sea!

The Autotrain on the County Down Railway, Northern Ireland. The Autotrain was a type of passenger train used in the early 20th century

Great Exhib. / Gutter Plan
Paxtons Gutter, a novel innovation used in the construction of the Crystal Palace, arranged over the entire building

Everton and Manchester City Football Teams walk onto the pit
Photograph showing the Everton (light shirts) and Manchester City (dark shirts) teams walking onto the pitch at Wembley Stadium, prior to the start of the F.A. Cup Final of 1933

Griffith Steam Carriage
The patent steam carriage of Julius Griffith, a road locomotive which was effective in practise, but had little success due to a backlash from the horse-powered lobby

Conway Tubular Bridge
Conwy railway bridge was built by Robert Louis Stevenson and officially opened in 1849, although completed in 1848. The tube is 412 feet long and weighs 1300 tonnes

Hydrogen for Balloons
Henri Giffard developed a process for the preparation of hydrogen gas for air balloons and dirigibles. His first dirigible flight took place in 1852 from Paris to Trappes

Elevated Railway / London
A Perspective View of the London Railway - a future prediction for an elevated railway running close to current buildings in the capital

Hensons Steam Carriage
William Samuel Henson along with John Stringfellow designed the Aerial Steam Carriage. Prints like this foretold a success that was sadly not forthcoming

Fire Spraying Helmet
Automatic spraying helmet in use

Fowlers Steam Plough
Fowlers patent four-furrow steam-plough, an exhibit of the International Exhibition

Social / Gaslit Street 19C
A gas-lit London street at the commencement of Victorias reign

A Reading in Bed Device
A book-holding device for reading in bed. The book may be inclined to catch the light, whilst the pages are kept free for ease of page- turning

Kitty Hawk Glider Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright test unpowered gliders against the wind at Kitty Hawk. The first powered flight was achieved there on 17th December 1903

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