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Otis Electric ElevatorOTIS electric elevator Date: 1890
Pea Apparatus by William Heath RobinsonAn interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth
Steam Engine / GovernorGovernor, or Fly-Ball Governor, invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed
A Decided Catch by William Heath RobinsonThe Whitebait cycle, an ingenious contraption necessitated by the exorbitant charges for hire of boats at the seaside this season
Singer Sewing Machines - factory in Clydebank, Scotland. 1932
Harley Davidson 1915An advertisement for Harley- Davidson, showing a soldier taking his lady friend for a ride
Bound to Draw by William Heath RobinsonAnother well-thought-out experiment in dentistry from Heath Robinson, the Gadget King and mastermind behind endless convoluted contraptions and silly ideas. Date: 1927
Harley Davidson AdAn advertisement for Harley- Davidson, extolling the wartime virtues of their motor-cycle and sidecar combination
Harley-Davidson AdvertLeslie Parkhurst sits astride the Harley-Davidson that took him to a new motor-cycle world land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, LondonThe Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London, alongside the Great Western Railway line and between Wormwood Scrubs
Mixing treated asbestos fibre, Heath Robinson machineEfficient plant for the successful mixing of treated asbestos fibre with cement. A drawing done by William Heath Robinson for Turners Asbestos Cement Co
Patent double action grinder for asbestos by Heath RobinsonA patent double-action grinder for mashing asbestos fibre - a drawing done for Turners Asbestos Cement Co by William Heath Robinson, renowned for his machines and convoluted contraptions. Date: c.1925
Bathing machine owner and swimming master, EssexPictured in front of his bathing machines on the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, is Charlie Bates with some of his family and the horse which hauled the machines down to the waters edge and back
Bognor Regis / Huts 1905Bognor Regis, Sussex: the West Beach
The Subzeppmarinellin by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoonThe subzeppmarinellin for making sure of your enemy. All bases covered with this combined submarine and zeppelin from the imagination of William Heath Robinson during the First World War. Date: c.1916
Ending in Smoke by Heath RobinsonAn ingenious smoke screen spreader for preventing embarrassing situations when the bathroom lock is out of order. Hilarious invention by the inimitable Heath Robinson allowing complete discretion for
Overtime at a Christmas cracker factory by William Heath RobColour illustration by William Heath Robinson depicting one of his usual contraptions designed to solve the increase in demand for Christmas crackers during the forthcoming festive season
Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. TurnerIllustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests
The War of the WorldsTHE WAR OF THE WORLDS The Martian fighting-machines in the Thames Valley
Poster, Ransomes Lawnmowers, sold by Broughton & Wilks, Banbury. circa 1900s
Poster, See Phillips First -- a wonderful range of sports machines, ask here for free illustrated catalogue. Date: circa 1939
Beach scene, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexScene of holidaymakers on the Albion Beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A long line of bathing machines on wheels can be seen in the background, waiting to be hauled by a horse to the waters edge
Automat Dining Room - Broadway, New York, USAAutomat Dining Room - 1557 Broadway, New York, USA. Horn & Hardart was a food services company of the USA noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia and New York City
Advert for Underwood portable typewriters 1931Underwood creates the new portable typewriter. With a quiet carriage that never interrupts the train of thought, a quieter key action and shift key
Victorian inventions in The EngineerA page of patented engineering and industrial inventions from The Engineer magazine, 1856. Date: 1856
Police Public Call Box, LondonA police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937
A simple device for removing a wartContrary to the title of this picture, a complicated and convoluted machine to help a sufferer remove a wart from his head
Singer in BulgariaThis Bulgarian lady, like her husband and her daughter, is wearing her flamboyant regional costume as she treadles away at her Singer
Wertheims SewingmachineThe sewing machines manufactured by Joseph Wertheim of Frankfurt are used by gnomes as well as by the housewives of Ballarat and Warrnambool
Leonardo SketchesLEONARDO DA VINCI A page of sketches of flying machines
Outwood WindmillsThe old (17th century) windmills at Outwood, near Redhill, Surrey, England. The one in the foreground was built in 1665 and is (in 2006) Britains oldest working windmill. Date: late 1930s
Tewkesbury WatermillThis famous old watermill at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, was immortalised by Dinah Mulock Craik in her book John Halifax, Gentleman
Cyclists & WindmillsThree men cyclists admire the the two windmills at Outwood, Surrey, England. The left one was built in 1665 and still stands today. The right, built 1790, blew down in a gale 1960
Windmill, RembrandtA somewhat dilapidated Dutch windmill
German inventions for war in the air by G. H. DavisThe ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war in the air. Illustrating the methods and machines exploited and used by the Germans during the Second World War. Date: 1945
Exterior - Automat Dining Room, Times Square, New York, USAThe exterior of the Automat Dining Room - Times Square branch, New York, USA. Horn & Hardart was a food services company of the USA noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia
Advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines. One boy is so entranced by the new Singer in the shop window, he is unaware his friend is pinching some of the berries from his basket! However
Italy - Sorrento - The Hotel Vittoria Date: circa 1910
Advert for Underwood portable typewriters 1931Your personal letters... write them on the Underwood portable. With a quiet carriage that never interrupts the train of thought, a quieter key action and shift key
Orffyreus Wheel & ManThe perpetual motion wheel of Orffyreus, real name Johann Ernst Elias Bessler, is set in motion by a man
Bathing Machines / 1883A vast assortment of bathing machines
Stamp Machine 1960SA young woman puts a penny (1d) in the slot of a stamp machine, which will dispense a second class book of stamps. First class stamps are 3d (thruppence) per book
Chinese Abacus 1814A man uses a " swan-pen" - a Chinese version of the abacus
The Crossword Craze / 1920A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!
Matchless MotorbikeMatchless motor cycle with sidecar
Road Works in Whitehall, London, 1882Engraving, originally entitled Horse Guards under Fire again, showing a group of workmen re-surfacing the road in Whitehall, London, 1882
Wimbledon WindmillA working windmill on Wimbledon Common in south-west London
Watts Steam EngineWATTs STEAM ENGINE circa 1765
Watts Steam Engine circa 1765
Horstead Watermill, on the River Bure, Norfolk, was one of the most beautiful weatherboarded wooden mills in England. Tragically destroyed by fire on 23 January 1963
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Advert / Singer SewingSinger sewing machines
Exercise MachineTwo young women, toning up and staying slim with the aid of their new fangled rowing exercise machines!
Watts Steam EngineJames Watts improved steam engine of 1788
Santos-Dumont Demoiselle replica 9 : A flyable replica built by Personal Plane Services Ltd at Booker, for the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Advert for Follows & Bates winding machines 1900sVarious machines from the late 19th Century early 20th century, advertised in The Ironmonger Diary and Text Book, for Follows & Bates in Manchester. Circa 1900
Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1939Christmas gift ideas from Herbert Terry exercisers, including steelstrand expander, golfer pocket wrist exerciser, spring grip dumbbells
Brill Windmill, Buckinghamshire, England, built in about 1680, one of the few remaining post mills in the country. Date: late 17th century
Kaisers Campaigning CarThe Kaiser enjoying a morning tub in his new campaigning car during World War One. A typically convoluted method of transportation from W.Heath Robinson
Nice Beach Postcard / 1920Ingenious machines enable bathers to go a few metres out to where the Baie des Anges is deep enough for plunging or diving
Ewbank Master WasherA housewife uses her Ewbank Master Clothes Washer for washing, wringing and ironing
Ladies and Bath MachineLadies on a beach beside their bathing machine
Bathers and Bathing Machines at Scheveningen, The Hague, The Netherlands. Note the Bathing Machine owner about to strap his horse to one of the Bathing machines to pull it further inland away
Singer Sewing Machines - factory clock tower. 1932
Seafront, Aldeburgh, SuffolkSeafront, Aldeburgh, near Thorpeness, Suffolk, England. Showing Bathing Machines Date: 1900s
Amoskeag Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire, USAWeave room in No. 11 Mill (a textile mill) of the Amoskeag Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA. Date: 1911
Margate Beach early 1900s
The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine by Leigh & Crawford, Brooke Street, Holborn, London EC. 19th century
A Lincolnshire Handicap by Heath RobinsonA race between cranes at the test ground of excavation specialists, Ruston-Bucyrus, who commissioned the ingenious Heath Robinson to draw a number of comical engineering drawings for a booklet
Perpetual Motion MachineThe supposed perpetual motion machine of Solomon Reisel
Bathing Machine 1900A rather formidable looking lady stands on the steps of a bathing machine at Walton-on- the-Naze, Essex, England, probably wondering if its to chilly for a dip in the sea
Newark WatermillTwo young men, cyclists, take time out to stop and admire the splendid weatherboarded Newark Watermill, Pyrford, Surrey, England
Triumph Motor Bike 1911Triumph
Ostend Bathing MachinesThe bathing machines pulled out into the water for the benefit of the bathers who nearly all wear striped costumes
Castle Mill, DorkingA stylish woman, well wrapped up for a cold day, stops to admire Castle Mill, Dorking, Surrey, England
Thor Washing MachineThis housewife is delighted with her Thor washing machine which converts to a dishwasher when she lifts out the Clothes Tub and slips in th Dish- Washing Unit
Ritemp Washing MachineA housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain, according to the instruction book
BOILERSBabcock & Wilcox boilers at the Standard Oil Companys refinery at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York [USA]
Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds, Yorkshire 1843Drawing heckled flax at Marshalls Flax Mill, Leeds. Female workers operate machines to create an even strip from the flax fibres that have previously been heckled, 1843
Advert for Wm. Corns & Son, combination Coffee Mill 1888Combination mill for coffee and spices. Date: 1888
No. 2 Squadron, Canadian Air ForceCanadian Air Force - The assembled men and machines of No. 2 Squadron Canadian Air Force (1918-1920), probably at Shoreham aerodrome (or, less likely, Upper Heyford)
Advert for R. Waygood & Co. lift makers 1898 Advert for R. Waygood & CoAdvertisement for R Waygood and Co. Lift Makers (by appointment to H M the Queen) specialising in Electric, hydraulic and Belt Driven lifts for all buildings. Date: 1898
N. of Ireland Flax Spinning Industry, Spreading (Back of Machine) - an interior shot of machines for spreading flax in a spinning mill. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
Boiler, RouenBoilers installed at a textile works, Filatures & Tissages de Pouyer-Quertier, Rouen, France Date: 1885
