Machine Collection (page 59)

Krupp: Machine Shop 1
Krupps factory, Essen: machine shop I

Learning to Ride Hobby
Englishmen learn to ride Johnsons Pedestrian Hobby Horse at the riding school in the Strand, London; the machine is based on Drais machine, the Draisienne

Starleys Salvo Trike
James Starley, noted cycle inventor, on his Salvo machine

Children Cleaning Home
Three children hoover, sweep and iron while mother does some sewing on a machine

Bathing Machine Brighton
Two small children stand on the step of their bathing machine at Brighton, West Sussex, England

Her First Dip 1893
HER FIRST DIP - a young lady emerges from a bathing machine to face the ordeal of her first immersion in sea water : note the bathing-woman in attendance

Bathing Machine (Liebig)
Children playing on the steps of their bathing machine

French Planes in Action
A French two-seater aircraft downs a German plane : note how the gunner is standing up and firing his machine gun just as if he were standing on the ground

Swimwear - Belgium 1913
Bathing beauties in polka dot headscarves and clinging one- piece bathing costumes take a stroll in the sea. One costume has side lacing on the legs & a deep V -neck. Date: 1913

Handheld Extinguisher
A hand fire suds machine being used to smother burning liquids with a semi-fluid substance containing an inert gas

Sempstress (Series)
La brodeuse - SEMPSTRESS - works at her sewing machine

Family on a Beach C1860
A mother and her children sit reading on a beach

Rick-Making Machine
Rick-making machine by Clayton & Shuttleworth of Lincoln, powered by an elegant steam engine

Battersea Power Machine
BATTERSEA POWER STATION, London Electricians at work on a stator for one of the 80, 000 kilowatt turbo-alternators, supplying power to London

Motor Cycle Tanks 2
MOTOR CYCLE TANKS - 2 The fuel tank is the most distinctive feature of the machine, each manufacturer adopting his own colour and style. Here are 16 of them

Motor Cycle Tanks 1
MOTOR CYCLE TANKS - 1 The fuel tank is the most distinctive feature of the machine, each manufacturer adopting his own colour and style. Here are 16 of them

Electricity Guericke
At Hamburg, Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, demonstrates an electrical machine - the first of its kind, based on a rotating sphere generating force

Cavalry Action 1914
A group of British mounted artillerymen come across a German machine-gun outfit and force them to bolt, thinking this was a full-scale cavalry attack !

Vowel Simulator / 1900
Marages machine to simulate the sounds and mouth shapes created by saying the five vowels

Steam Thresher 1930S
Overview of a 19th century steam powered threshing machine, still very much in use on farms in the early 20th century. Date: 1930s

Steam Engine / Greenwich
Penns marine-engine factory at Greenwich: The large machine-shop and turnery

Belgian Dogs with Guns
The Belgian army, during World War One, harness their dogs to machine guns instead of milk carts

Belgian Dogs Haul Guns
During World War One, the Belgians harness their dogs to machine guns instead of milk carts

Belgian Dogs Pull Guns
Making preparations for war, the Belgian army trains dogs to haul machine guns : well, its a change from dragging milk churns round the streets of Antwerp

New World Sewing Machine
A satisfied purchaser stands proudly behind her New World sewing machine

Culebra Cut Works
One of the massive steam shovels at Culebra : a machine like this is capable of shifting 8000 tons a day

Using Bozerian W. Machine
Bozerians washing machine

Pneumatic Machine
Machine pneumatique for pumping air out of a glass dome to create a vacuum

Leonardo Flying Machine
LEONARDO DA VINCI Sketch of a design for a flying machine

Machine Dept / Gt Exhib
The machinery department of the Crystal Palace exhibition - Messrs. Hibbert, Platt and Co.s cotton-machines

Washing Machines 1888
Washing machine and wringing machine

Shaving Machine
Six men are shaved simultaneously in this up-to- date shaving establishment, equipped with the very latest thing in mechanical beard- removal

Royal Niger Co. Fighting
Soldiers of the British Royal Niger Company form a square to attack the camp of the Emir of Lapaie and subdue West African resistance to British colonial efforts

Lifting Machine 1690
Machine for raising heavy objects

Chocolate Machine 1930S
Another passenger watches as a man tries to work out how to use an automatic slot machine vending Caleys famous Marching Chocolate, inside a metropolitan railway carriage

Watering Crops
The flying machine will be the farmers friend, enabling him to water his crops in times of drought

No Turning Black
The aviator who takes pride in his machine will avoid flying through effusions such as factory smoke

Safe Aircraft - 2
So long as the flying machine remains on the ground, it presents no danger either to the aviator or to anyone else, and may be approached with complete safety

Don Quijote Airborne
Don Quijote and Sancho take to the air on a flying machine in the shape of a horse

Machine Gun Section
A machine-gun section of the Grenadier Guards, wearing their field service kit. Eight men to man a single machine gun ?

German Surrendering
At bayonet point, a German machine gunner surrenders to two British soldiers at Croiselles

Holmes / Solitary Cyclist
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST " I slowed down my machine."

Watsons Experiment
Watson demonstrates that the human body is an electrical machine by extracting an electric spark from the body of a youth

Guerickes Machine
Otto von Guericke demonstrates his electric machine, producing static electricity from a globe when rubbed

Bathers at Ostend
A bather demonstrates her dexterity and displays her derriere on the step of a bathing machine at Ostend, Belgium

Machines / Steam Navvy
STEAM NAVVY Excavation machine used in making a new dock in Swansea

Galvani Frog Exp. 5
Luigi Galvani, professor at Bologna university, observes contractions in a frogs legs when brought into contact with an electrical machine

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