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The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Enlarged View ofEngraving of a detail of the Sovereign weighing machine invented by Mr Bate to deal with the crisis in light gold coinage in the early eighteen forties
Usworth Colliery / 1881A general exterior view of Usworth colliery, showing the colliery buildings and a workers cottage, with an insert of the winding machine
Hall type-writerAdvertisement for the Hall type-writer, the only portable writing machine of the time. Available from Witherby and Co. High Holborn, London
An incubator nurseryNurses attending to sick babies kept alive in a ward of incubators. The incubators pictured are from a design by Paul Altmann and distributed by Messrs Coney and Schenkhein
Verne / Steam House 4LA MAISON A VAPEUR A menacing group of native fanatics are terrified by the mighty machine
German Tail-Gunner 1918A German tail-gunner seated behind his machine gun
Hawksbees 2nd MachineEnglish physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere
Early DishwasherAn early machine for washing dishes
Timing a Motor CycleTiming a motor cycle : when the machine crosses beams from photo-electric cella at the start and finish of the run, the time is measured. (In fact, the beam is invisible.)
Electricity RamsdenJesse Ramsden of London demonstrates his improvement on Guerickes electric machine, replacing the sphere by a rotating disc
Knitted Bows 1936A machine-knitted jumper with narrow pleat detail on the shoulders & body. Wool lace bows add a decorative touch
Chocolate Machine 19th Cmachine used to mix chocolate
Boring a TunnelA massive boring machine is used to tunnel through a rock face
Late C18 Fire EngineKnown as a bed-poster, this London engine is a manual machine worked by pumping handles on either side : a Beadle and a Watchman are in official attendance
The Time MachineTHE TIME MACHINE The Time Traveller arrives... sometime in the future
Steam Book Press / 1877Steam printing press machinery for printing books - reading a page which has just come off the machine
Do it yourself BikeHome assembly model Safety bicycle : if you ve followed the instructions properly, you should have one of these : if it looks more like a lawn- mower, you boobed
The Rolls Rapide Twin Tub washing machine - look what you get! A bargain at 39 guineas! Date: 1961
Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars of The RNAS - Middle EastRolls-Royce Armoured Cars of The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), developed in 1914 and used during the First World War as pictured here (possibly in Egypt)
Vending machine 1960s or 1970sA hot drinks machine provides tea, coffee and soup Date: 1970s
A spectacular Kirchner Leipzig band saw, GermanyA spectacular Kirchner Leipzig band saw in a woodworking workshop, Germany. Date: circa 1910s
SNECMA C-450 ColeoptereSnecma C-450 Coleoptere Prototype Parked Outside the Snecma Factory Held in Place by a Mobile Rig before a Test-Flight Date: 1959
Luddites smash weaving machinery in a Nottingham textile factory. The Luddites were a movement of radical group of English textile workers
Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928A permanent electric waving machine, medusa, Serpents, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928
Japanese woman weaving cloth on a loom, Japan19th century vintage photograph: Japanese woman weaving cloth on a loom, Japan, c.1890 s
Skegness is SO bracing - McGill parody of Hassall posterSkegness is SO bracing - A Donald McGill parody of the famous Jolly Fisherman poster created by artist John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway (GNR)
The Demon Machine Dance performed by the Bodenwieser Ensemble during a summer season in London, 1929 Date: 1929
Photographer explains the posing machine in his studioThe cartoon follows a photographer explaining and poking fun at the posing machine used when capturing portraits in a studio.He comments on getting people to sit for a photograph is an art form in
YWCA Poster, Back our girls over there, WW1YWCA Poster, design by Clarence F Underwood, Back our girls over there, United War Work Campaign, First World War. 1918
Downer Bellanca 14-13-3 Cruisair Senior HB-DUN (msn 1637), circa 1961. The model designation is based on the technical data of the machine. The number 14 means that the wing area is 14 square feet
Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine Tulip Queen BE 7421Ruston Proctor SH class General Purpose Engine, regn. BE 7421, number 44836, Tulip Queen. Built in 1912 by Ruston and Hornsby Ltd (R&H) of Lincoln and Grantham
Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Winston Churchill NR 965At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Burrell Scenic class Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. NR 965, number 3909, Winston Churchill
Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Princess Marina CL 4483At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Scince and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. CL 4483, number 3847, Princess Marina
Aveling and Porter Road Roller DM 3079Aveling & Porter BHO class Road Roller, regn. DM 3079, number: 7632. Built in 1912 by Aveling & Porter at Rochester, powered by a 5 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine
Fowler Showmans Road Locomotive Supreme EU 5313Fowler B6 class Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. EU 5313, number: 20223, Supreme. Built in 1934 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 10 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s
Foden 6-ton rigid 6-wheeler Tractor Matilda TD 3236Foden Tractor, regn. TD 3236, number: 11788, Matilda. Built in 1925 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach as a 6-ton Wagon, later converted to Tractor
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Firestone Factory and ExhibitioChicago Worlds Fair 1933 - The Firestone Patented Gum Dipping Process in the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building. 1933
Machine for Tight LacingSatire on the fashion for tight corsets - A correct view of the new machine for winding up the ladies Date: circa 1830
Wallis & Steevens Road Roller OU5979Wallis & Steevens Road Roller, regn. OU5979, number 8065 at Southampton. Built in 1930 by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke. (Note : the spelling of Steevens is correct) Date: 24 June 1972
Clayton & Shuttleworth Road Roller YA7417Clayton & Shuttleworth Road Roller, regn. YA7417, number 48835 at the Plymouth Mayflower Rally. Built in 1923 by Clayton & Shuttleworth in Lincoln, powered by a single cylinder steam engine
Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine HO5601Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine, regn. HO5601, 7294, The Sheaf of Arrows at Buckfastleigh. Built in 1912 by Wallis & Steevens at Basingstoke, powered by a 6 Nhp single cylinder steam engine
Foden Tractor HX2197Foden Tractor, regn. HX2197, number 13832, The Dorset Wanderer, at a steam rally in Lambeth. Built in 1930 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach
Foden Wagon RO6330Foden Wagon, regn. RO6330, number 13488, at a steam rally in Lambeth. Built in 1929 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a compound steam engine. Date: 24 July 1978
Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive NO4999Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. NO4999, number 3926, Margaret. Built in 1922 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, powered by a 5 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s
Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive CO 3822Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. CO 3822, number 3443, Lord Nelson. Built in 1913 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford
Aveling-Barford Road Roller GMK 939Aveling-Barford Road Roller, regn. GMK 939, number 621, Lady Helen. Built in 1939 by Aveling-Barford in Grantham, powered by a 4 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s
Fowler showmans Road Locomotive FX6661Fowler showmans Road Locomotive, regn. FX6661, number 15657 The Iron Maiden. Built in 1920 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s
Aveling & Porter Road Rollers DM3079 and NT4368Aveling & Porter Road Roller, regn. DM3079, number 7632, Alison, owned by Fred Dibnah and built by Aveling and Porter in 1912