Innovations Collection

Auguste Escoffier
AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER French Chef. Director of Kitchen for many large Hotels. Known for his culinary innovations

Vladimir Mayakovsky
VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY Russian poet, futurist : supported communism from 1907, after 1917 sought to depoetize poetry by use of technical innovations

Cinemategolf, the latest in golf tuition. A pupil at the Portman School of Golf has her strokes filmed while receiving a lesson. Date: 1933

A New Roller at Edgbaston
A new type of water-absorbing roller, being put to use at Edgbaston cricket ground. Date: 1932

Innovative Starting Gate
An innovative starting gate, designed by Professor H. Rottenburg, being tested at a public schools athetics meeting. Date: 1932

Wicket Drying Machine
A new machine for drying wickets being tried out at Lord's cricket ground. Running off electricity, it dries the wickets with a current of hot air. Date: 1931

Sir William Osler
SIR WILLIAM OSLER Canadian medical known for clinical innovations and favouring warmer relations between staff and patients. Date: 1849 - 1919

Carlo Gozzi - 1
CARLO GOZZI Italian playwright, traditionalist who opposed the innovations of Goldoni. Date: 1722 - 1806

Louis Lepine Photo
LOUIS LEPINE - French chef de police responsible for many innovations : the Bonnot gang and the theft of the Mona Lisa were among the problems he had to face : in 1911. Date: CIRCA 1900

Richard Powell
RICHARD POWELL Doctor at St Bartholomews hospital, London, who was responsible for many valuable innovations in diagnosis and treatment. Date: 1767 - 1834

Adolf Lorenz, Surgeon
ADOLF LORENZ Viennese surgeon whose revolutionary innovations earned him the nickname the bloodless surgeon : photo during his visit to America. Date: 1854 - 1946

Rene Leriche Photo
RENE LERICHE French surgeon, credited with many important innovations. Photo 1939. Date: 1879 - 1944

Luxurious Car
This car, fitted with silver brocade blinds and countless innovations and luxuries, is a wedding gift for the only grand-daughter of wealthy Indian Bai Rahematbai. Date: 13 March 1930

Electricity Exhib. Paris
Electrical exhibition - this is Room 15, demonstrating the electrical systems of J.Jaspar of Liege. Date: 1881

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

Illustrations of chimneys and stoves taken from the exhibiti
The International Smoke Abatement Exhibition at South Kensington. Sketches showing innovations in the fuel industry

Crystal Palce / Brick Beam
3 diagrams showing the tests undertaken to establish which material, Roman or Portland cement, would provide the stronger hollow bricks for use in the exhibition beams

Carlo Gozzi - 2
CARLO GOZZI Italian playwright, traditionalist who opposed the innovations of Goldoni

James Anderson, Economist
JAMES ANDERSON - Scottish economist and inventor : actively concerned with the Scottish fisheries, and in agricultural reform, where he made valuable innovations

James Anderson, Botanist
JAMES ANDERSON - Physician- general to the East India Company, made valuable medical innovations in India, important studies of insects and crop introduction

Marie Camargo
MARIE CAMARGO, Brussels-born dancer at the Paris Opera, responsible for the introduction of many technical innovations. (from a picture by Lancret.)

Robert F Stockton Ship
John Ericsson successfully tests his screw propeller on this steamship which crosses the Atlantic, leading to his emigration to the U.S. and many other innovations

Shotukos Innovations
Shotuko-Taishi, prince regent of empress Suiko, introduces Chinese culture to Japan in 17 Articles, initiating the Fujiwara Era which includes Buddhism as the state religion

Pyne - Grass Roller
THE GRASS ROLLER Technological innovations such as the roller are improving Englands pasture lands : it can also be used on some kinds of crop

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