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Liquid Collection (page 2)

Background imageLiquid Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a thermometer

Christmas card in the shape of a thermometer. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: The first YB-29 was converted to XB-39 Spirit of Lincoln

The first YB-29 was converted to XB-39 Spirit of Lincoln
The first YB-29 was converted to XB-39, Spirit of Lincoln, to flight test the Allison V-3420 liquid-cooled engine

Background imageLiquid Collection: The Accident

The Accident -- a pot of liquid is overturned. circa 1820s

Background imageLiquid Collection: German poison- gas 1915

German poison- gas 1915
Diagrams of various kinds of apparatus employed by Germans. 1915

Background imageLiquid Collection: Advert for Floriline liquid for teeth and breath 1897

Advert for Floriline liquid for teeth and breath 1897
Is the best Liquid Dentifrice in the World. Prevents the decay of the teeth. Renders the teeth pearly white. Is perfectly harmless and delicious to the taste. Date: 1897

Background imageLiquid Collection: Advert for Imperial hair dyes 1896

Advert for Imperial hair dyes 1896
Permanent and odourless hair dye in 6 colours; black, dark and light brown golden brown or auburn, pure golden and brodies hair grower and restorer. 1896

Background imageLiquid Collection: Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - H H Turner

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - H H Turner
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture. A new fairyland opened for children: little girls fanning away the white cloud formed by the pouring of liquid air on to water, at the Royal Institution

Background imageLiquid Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a round bottle

Christmas card in the shape of a round bottle. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Greetings card in the shape of medicines

Greetings card in the shape of medicines
Greetings card in the shape of a bottle of medicine (labelled black draught) and a box of little blue pills. circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: German greetings card in the shape of a perfume bottle

German greetings card in the shape of a perfume bottle. circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Susi - splashing out with the soda syphon

Susi - splashing out with the soda syphon. 1950s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Fantastic Adventures - The involuntary immortals

Fantastic Adventures - The involuntary immortals
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1949, featuring the story The involuntary immortals by Rog Phillips. A scientist is standing in a laboratory in front of a tube filled with a golden liquid

Background imageLiquid Collection: Illustration, More Than He Expected

Illustration, More Than He Expected -- an old man seeking the elixir of life is shocked to see a sudden outpouring of babies. circa 1910

Background imageLiquid Collection: Two handmade Christmas and New Year cards

Two handmade Christmas and New Year cards -- Please distil wishes to taste -- with a diagram of chemical apparatus. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Edwardian Bottles

Edwardian Bottles
A selection of bottles with corks, screwtops and stoppers, one of them containing red liquid with preserved fruit or pickes in it. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Background imageLiquid Collection: Advert for H. W. Koehler - vacuum flask 1912

Advert for H. W. Koehler - vacuum flask 1912
" Autotherm", vacuum flask, maintaining heat for 24 hours and keeps liquid cool for days. 1912

Background imageLiquid Collection: Cutout advertisement for Bluebell metal polish

Cutout advertisement for Bluebell metal polish
Cutout advertisement for Bluebell liquid metal polish, with a girls smiling face. Date: circa 1900

Background imageLiquid Collection: Favourite Sayings - The cracked dish

Favourite Sayings - The cracked dish
Black and white lantern slide of a woman pouring the contents of a pan into a cracked dish and liquid spilling out onto the floor.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Background imageLiquid Collection: Advert for Decoltene liquid hair remover 1920

Advert for Decoltene liquid hair remover 1920
Decoltene. A Smooth under-arm enhances a womans beauty. The one simple and safe way to entirely remove superfluous hair is by the application of Decoltene, the liquid hair remover. Date: 1920

Background imageLiquid Collection: Portrait of a girl drinking water through a straw

Portrait of a girl drinking water through a straw. Stock Photo

Background imageLiquid Collection: Monsieur Turpin - French Gas warfare specialist - WWI

Monsieur Turpin - French Gas warfare specialist - WWI
French Chemist Francois Eugene Turpin (1848-1927) in his Laboratory - French Gas warfare specialist - WWI. France broke the Hague Conventions in August 1914

Background imageLiquid Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a jug in a basket

Christmas card in the shape of a jug in a basket
Christmas card in the shape of a jug in a wickerwork basket. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Christmas card in the shape of medicines

Christmas card in the shape of medicines
Christmas card in the shape of a bottle of medicine and boxes of pills for various ailments. circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a basket of wine bottles

Christmas card in the shape of a basket of wine bottles
Christmas card in the shape of a wickerwork basket full of wine bottles. circa 1890s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Liquid oxygen vapour escapes during pre-launch checkout

Liquid oxygen vapour escapes during pre-launch checkout of the first Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg

Background imageLiquid Collection: A Rocketdyne LR-79 liquid rocket engine from a Thor missile

A Rocketdyne LR-79 liquid rocket engine from a Thor missile

Background imageLiquid Collection: Vessel for liquid offerings (3rd c. AD). Moche

Vessel for liquid offerings (3rd c. AD). Moche or Mochica Art. PERU. Sipᮮ Royal Tombs of Sipᮠ Museum

Background imageLiquid Collection: Dr. Robys Brazilian hair curling liquid

Dr. Robys Brazilian hair curling liquid. Advertising or window display card showing a woman looking into a mirror, admiring the curls in her hair

Background imageLiquid Collection: Taking the Waters and its effect

Taking the Waters and its effect
Taking the Waters - The First Glass ! Nine gentlemen take the waters in a spa town, with the result depicted by a tenth chap at the base of the card, from whom bubbles are issuing forth. circa 1904

Background imageLiquid Collection: Studying Liquid Flow

Studying Liquid Flow
Scientific Assistant G. Dimmick, studying liquid flow down surfaces, in connection with the S.G.H.W. reactor programme, Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment. Date: 1960s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Liquid Lunch

Liquid Lunch

Background imageLiquid Collection: Scientist at Work 1950S

Scientist at Work 1950S
A scientist pours a liquid into a glass funnel. Date: 1950s

Background imageLiquid Collection: Scientist Pours 1955

Scientist Pours 1955
A scientist pours liquid into a beaker using a glass funnel. Date: 1955

Background imageLiquid Collection: Man stirring vats in Kashgar, western China

Man stirring vats in Kashgar, western China
A man stirring vats of liquid in the open air in Kashgar, western China

Background imageLiquid Collection: Seam welding aluminium plates - arc lamp

Seam welding aluminium plates - arc lamp
Two welders seam weld aluminium plates onto the roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island under the light of an arc lamp. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageLiquid Collection: Welding an aluminium roof - Liquid Methane tank

Welding an aluminium roof - Liquid Methane tank
A welder seam welds the aluminium roof of a large domed liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageLiquid Collection: Customs official tests imported wine

Customs official tests imported wine
A customs official tests wine from an imported barrel of wine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageLiquid Collection: Seam welding aluminium plate

Seam welding aluminium plate
Two welders seam weld aluminium metal plates onto the curved framework of a large domed liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1966

Background imageLiquid Collection: Installation of the roof for a liquid methane tank

Installation of the roof for a liquid methane tank
Two welders, standing on a scaffold, use spanners to tighten the nuts securing sections of the centrepoint of a large domed roof for an aluminium liquid methane tank at Canvey Island

Background imageLiquid Collection: Seam welding under arc lighting

Seam welding under arc lighting
A stunning composition photograph of two welders seam welding the domed aluminium roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageLiquid Collection: Building the framework for a domed roof

Building the framework for a domed roof
A welder seam welds aluminium plate whilst sitting on the edge of a centre section of a domed roof, built to cover a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageLiquid Collection: Building the roof of a liquid methane tank

Building the roof of a liquid methane tank
Two welders work on the domed aluminium roof of a large liquid methane tank at Canvey Island. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageLiquid Collection: Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel

Customs Official checks the volume of wine in a barrel
A customs Official checks the level of wine in an imported barrel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageLiquid Collection: Oil Pipe on a Navy Ship

Oil Pipe on a Navy Ship
A storing place for the " new" fuel for the navy: an oil tank showing the pipe through which the liquid fuel flows

Background imageLiquid Collection: Travelers Refreshed

Travelers Refreshed
Two Russian travelers are refreshed when they encounter an itinerant vendor of liquid refreshment (presumably water or a cold drink of some kind)

Background imageLiquid Collection: Sailor and Arsonist

Sailor and Arsonist
Sailor and arsonist : in the closing days of the Commune, many public buildings were fired by chaps like this, using a mixture of petrol, turpentine and liquid tar

Background imageLiquid Collection: Tuileries Burn

Tuileries Burn
Twelve Communards, led by Dardelle, set the Tuileries on fire with a mixture of petrol, liquid tar and turpentine : it will burn for two days and be utterly destroyed

Background imageLiquid Collection: Matthauphone (Glasses)

Matthauphone (Glasses)
The MATTAUPHONE of M. Mattau of Brussels is simply his version of the glass harmonica in which glasses are filled with liquid to varying depths, then struck



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