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London Chess ClubMembers of the City of London Chess Club playing a new game of chess, invented by Polish composer Ludomir Michal Rogowski. 81 (not 64) pieces and even a Dictator piece! Date: 3 October 1932
Steam Motorcycle
Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 DecemberA double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Portrait of Christopher PinchbeckUndated head and shoulders mezzoprint portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck by Isaac Whood. Pinchbeck (c.1670 - November 18, 1732) was a London clockmaker and maker of musical Automata
Mavers Picnic Furnace AdAdvertisement for Mavers Picnic Furnace. The handiest, safest & most useful article yet invented for Picnic Parties. Date: June 1931
Hairdressers Collar, 1921Illustration showing a then-newly invented hairdressers collar and cape, which was designed to collect hair as it was being cut, 1921
E. V. Hanegan and a Pushball ball, Crystal Palace, 1902Photograph showing E.V. Hanegan, who introduced the game of pushball to England (the sport was invented in the USA) in 1902
British Soldiers playing Bounce the Beecham, Hong Kong, 19Series of photographs showing members of the 25th and 40th Companies of the Royal Engineers playing the Bounce the Beecham game invented by William Heath Robinson, Hong Kong, 1910
The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the WThere was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light
The Sea Messenger, 1870Engraving of the Sea Messenger, a lifeboat designed for ships letters and papers, invented by J.A.R. Vandenbergh. As many ships carried mail and state papers
Train that runs on a single curve, the Gyroscopic carThe train that runs on a single rail. The Gyrscopic car invented by Louis Brennan, exhibited at Gillingham in Kent. The 22 ton car was designed to carry 10 to 15 tons
Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gunPhotograph showing two Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun. The revolving barrel Hotchkiss machine-gun was invented by the American
The patent Impoulsoria, horse powered engineAn ingenious means of applying animal power to the working of railways, to supersede the costly locomotive engine. The engine, called Impulsoria
Colour transparencies being viewed on a lightbox bookA colour photograph album invented by M. P Duchenne. In 1910, technology had not enabled colour images to be printed on paper, only as glass plates
Leclanche Electric CellLECLANCHE CELL An early version of the battery invented by Georges Leclanche, made up of zinc in an ammonium chloride solution
The Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, 1874Engraving of the Aerophore Breathing Apparatus, invented by the French engineer M. Denayrouze, 1874. Denayrouze designed this compressed air breathing machine for use in exploring mines full of
An anaglyph of a seaside sceneOn Kentish Sands; a seaside anaglyph. Although invented some seventy years earlier, the Illustrated London News was the first publication to print 3-dimensional anaglyphs in 1924
Camera ObscuraA camera obscura, invented in 1558 by Porta, can be set up in a tent, with a lens and mirror on top and a suitable surface inside onto which the view is projected
The Hydromotor Ship, 1881Engraving of the Hydromotor Ship, invented by Dr. Emil Fleischer of Dresden, September 1881. Instead of propellor or paddle-wheel
Armstrongs hydro-electric machineHydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840 s
Cats Eyes on RoadA Cats Eye road marking. Cats eyes were invented in 1933 by Percy Shaw of Yorkshire, England
Bude lightA large Bude light in Trafalgar Square. Invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and patented in 1839, the light worked by introducing oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame
The new mechanical manThe first British robot, invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A. H. Reffell, whose first duty was to open a Model Engineering Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London in 1928
Ayrton and Perrys new electric railwayProfessors Ayrton and Perrys new electric railway, exhibited at the Crystal Palace Electric Exhibition in 1882. Ayrton and Perry met at the Imperial College of Engineering and Japan
Ayrton and PerryPortrait engravings of Professor William Ayrton and Professor John Perry, electrical engineers. Ayrton held the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy
Milking by electricityIllustration to show the process of milking cows with the Lawrence-Kennedy cow milker. The sketch also shows in fig.iv and v, a new hand- milking machine invented by Mr. C.S. Padfield of Bath
George Stephenson experimenting with the safety lamp in a miIllustration of George Stephenson (1781-1848) experimenting with his safety lamp in a mine. It was designed by Stephenson in 1815, around the same time as Humphrey Davy invented a similar lamp
Preserving life in mines, the aerophore apparatus. Invented by Mr B. Rouquayrol and Mr. Denayrouze, the Aerophone, which supplied compressed air through a hose
E Torricelli / TombaEVANGELISTA TORRICELLI Italian mathematician and physicist; he improved the telescope and invented the barometer
Professors Ayrton and Perrys new electric railwayA model of a electrical railway designed by Professors Ayrton and Perry. There were a number of dynamo-electric machines in the experimental stages
Cowpers Writing TelegraphA diagram of Cowpers writing telegraph. Invented in 1878 by William Cowper (1819-1893), the machine was able to reproduce a message written some distance away by a process of interrupted electrical
TelharmonySeries of images from 1907 showing a Telharmony machine, invented by Dr. Thaddeus Cahill. A player on the Telharmonium controls vibrating currents from a series of dynamos
Plante AccumulatorThe accumulator (a secondary or storage battery) invented by French physicist Gaston Plante
Joh. Nep. CzermakJOHANN NEPOMUK CZERMAK Czech physiologist from Prague, worked in Pesth where he invented the laryngoscope
Bunsens BatteryBUNSENs CELL A carbon-zinc electric cell invented by Robert Bunsen in 1841
Recess Dress 1826Pink & white striped gown with long, full sleeves and 4 flounces at the hem invented by Miss Pierpoint; hat with a tall crown & broad brim, striped scarf & parasol
Davys Safety LampSir Humphrey Davys safety lamp, invented in 1815 for use in coal mines
Robert William ThomsonROBERT WILLIAM THOMSON Scottish engineer, invented the locomotive traction engine for use on common roads
Cycling / Draisienne / 1819DRAISIENNE Or the pedestrians accelerator, invented by Baron Von Drais
Raymond A Palmer, American author and editorRaymond Arthur Palmer, American author and editor, described by John Keel as the man who invented flying saucers. He edited Amazing Stories (1938-1949)
Johann Gutenberg / BookJOHANN GUTENBERG German printer holding a book in one hand and movable type (which he invented) in the other
Johann Gutenberg / Liz1900JOHANN GUTENBERG German printer who invented the movable types system
Jan Baptista Van HelmontJAN BAPTISTA VAN HELMONT Flemish chemist, invented the word gas, proposed interesting theories about gases and the digestive process
C18 Farm EquipmentNew Invented Implements used in Husbandry - cutting, winnowing, threshing, cutting and grinding machines illustrative of the revolution in farming then proceeding
Eugene TurpinEUGENE TURPIN French scientist in his laboratory: he invented melinite, a form of gas warfare, as well as other explosives
E Torricelli / World InvenEVANGELISTA TORRICELLI Italian mathematician and physicist; he improved the telescope and invented the barometer Date: 1608 - 1647
Marshalls MicroscopeJohn Marshalls new invented Double Microscope for viewing the Circulation of the Blood
Swan in Laboratorysir JOSEPH WILSON SWAN chemist and electrician who developed a primitive electric light (1860), invented the dry photographic plate, and other important developments