Machine Collection (#49)

Westinghouse Railway Works, Manchester
Machine shop aisle Westinghouse Train Works, Manchester, Lancashire, England. circa 1906

Selecting timber at a cabinet makers, Shoreditch, London
A man selects a piece of wood at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

Processing sugar cane, 1877
Grinding sugar cane in Cuba. Date: 1877

General Horne with batallion at Dieval, France
General Henry Sinclair Horne (1861-1929) of the British First Army inspecting the 24th Motor Machine Gun Batallion at Dieval, in northern France, towards the end of the First World War

Scouts using RAF flight simulator
Scouts being instructed on how to operate a LINK trainer by a Royal Air Force officer. 1940s

Greek fire launcher
Machine for attaching Greek fire to fortress gates

Maxim Flying Machine, Festival of Empire Exhibition
The Maxim Flying Machine in operation at the Festival of Empire Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: 1911

Cabinet maker, Shoreditch, London 1940s
A man screws doors to a cabinet or cupboard at a cabinet makers in Shoreditch, London. 1940s

Suspension railway, Royal Panarmonion Gardens
An advertising flyer or notice for a Suspension Rail-way, Royal Panarmonion Gardens, Liverpool Street, Kings Cross, New Road, St Pancras in London

Machine gun carrier with Vickers gun, WW1
Machine gun carrier no. 2 with a Vickers machine gun, belonging to the 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment, during the First World War. Seen here on a parade ground. Date: 1914-1918

West Indies sugar mill
Interior view of a sugar mill in the West Indies. Date: 19th century

Gauges used to manufacture Vickers-Maxim gun
Gauges used to manufacture the Vickers-Maxim gun, a heavy machine gun which was used from the late 1880s through to the 1940s in many wars by many countries. Date: 20th century

De Mornays patent sugar-mill, Brazil, 1854
The interior of a mill house showing de Mornays patent sugar-mill on the Carauna Estate, in Pernambuco, Brazil. Date: 1854

British soldiers undergoing weapons training, WW1
British soldiers undergoing weapons training with a machine gun during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gun-carrying British tank, WW1
A gun-carrying British tank, used during the First World War. Showing the method of carrying the wheels of a 60-pounder gun at the sides, outside the body of the machine

Testing a Maxim machine gun
Men in top hats (and one in a bowler hat) testing a Maxim machine gun. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

British officers training at Hythe, WW1
British officers undergoing machine gun training at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Museum display of British soldiers with machine gun
A museum display of dummy British soldiers with various means of transport and a Vickers machine gun. Date: 20th century

British soldiers in trench, Ribecourt, France, WW1
Men of the 11th Leicester Regiment (6th Division) with Vickers machine guns in a captured second line trench at Ribecourt, northern France, during the Battle of Cambrai, First World War

Man of a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit, WW1
A man belonging to a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit with a Scott motorcycle during the First World War. Date: March 1915

London Evening News - Printing Press, running off the 10, 000th number during the papers Celebration Week on November 21st, 1913. The London Evening News was first published on July 26th 1881

Knives and Scissors to Grind Oh
Old Street Cries -- Knives and Scissors to Grind Oh!! 20th century

Sopwith Pup Aeroplane
The Sopwith Pup fighter plane, a favourite with the Royal Naval Air Service. Armed with a single machine gun, it was manoeuverable and fast and could climb and hold altitude. Date: circa 1917

Chevron Stripe Jumper
Jumper & scarf set in a chevron design, possibly machine-knitted, with short, puff sleeves fitting tightly above the elbow. Worn here with a white skirt. Date: 1934

Guns Factory 18th C
Machines to make 18th century guns. Date: Circa 1760

Stonecutter Windmill
a stonecutter windmill from 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Washing Machine / 1960S
A fashionable woman does some washing Date: 1960s

Englishs Boring Machine
Thomas Englishs boring machine, used in the English works. Date: 1883

TWIN WORLDS (Neil R Jones) The machine-men of Zor explore another new world... Date: 1937

THE MUSIC MONSTERS (Neil R Jones) The machine-men of Zorome are not robots, but artificial creatures with living organic brains to control them Date: 1938

Card; Weighing Machine
TRY YOUR WEIGHT Date: circa 1890

Six on a Cycle
Five gents and one lady on a single machine. Date: 1897

Howes Sewing Machine
Elias Howes sewing machine was the first to employ the lock-stitch Date: 1845

GATLING GUN / / ILN / 1872
GATLING GUN Breech loading field artillery machine gun manufactured by Sir William Armstrong and Co. Date: 1872

Paper Making Machine1853
A paper making machine Date: 1853

Aveling & Porter Tractor
Aveling & Porters Traction Engine, illustrated in 8 figures showing the key technological facets of the machine. Date: circa 1880

THE LOST MACHINE (John B Harris) A Martian robot, marooned on Earth, has problems adapting to the terrestrial lifestyle Date: 1932

Gatling Gun 1867
Gatlings battery gun, as used during the American Civil War Date: 1867

Surveying in Afghanistan
A mile-measuring machine (perambulator) being used by the Afghan Boundary Commission. Date: circa 1884

Weighing Machine
A lady on a weighing machine wonders if she ought to cut down on polysaturates Date: circa 1890

Machine Sheep Shearing
A row of men machine shearing sheep at a New Zealand Sheep Station. Date: early 1930s

Stone Drill 18th Century
Various elements (including gears) of a stone drill from 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Stocking Weavers C. 1760
Two workers at their weaving looms in a stocking factory and a description of the machine itself. Date: circa 1760

Triplet Sisters 1960S
18-year-old teenage sisters, in matching machine-crocheted tops and slacks. Date: 1960s

Advertisement for Hotpoint gifts for Christmas
Hotpoint gifts " Your problem - everyones - now is - what can I give". Various useful items for the housewife that will save her time, trouble and expense

Bathing machines been rolled into the sea
Women pulling their bathing machine into the sea 1876

Pumping machinery installed at Surbiton, 1932 Date: 1932

Liverpool Works, two men operating Deltic machinery
Liverpool Works, two men operating Deltic sleeve port-milling machinery

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