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Advert for Serck coffee percolator 1908A Useful Xmas present, 1920s coffee percolator that makes a delicious cup of coffee, with just the right strength. 1922
Advert for Vigors home rower 1895A Perfect Chest & Muscle Developer. To maintain the heath and form of men and women. 1895
Cycle lever chain works in France 1896English inventor William Spears Simpson invented the cycle lever chain that we still use today. It was such a success that they were unable to keep up with demand
Steam-washing machinery at St. Pancras WorkhouseThe steam-washing machinery at St. Pancras workhouse was a combination of Macalpines Washing machines and Manloves dash wheel and hydro-extractor, all driven by steam-power. Date: 1857
Advert for Alexander Shank & Son, Ltd lawn mowers 1905Shanks petrol motor mowing machines with patent axle springs. 1905
SWIMWEAR / BELGIUM 1913Bathing 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. 1913
Bristol Boxkite replica, flying at Wainfleet for filming of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire in September 1964
Ladies at a factory in Scotland keep munition works going at the weekend, lady seen on the left is Mrs Godfrey Collins, whose husband was Liberal Member of Parliament. Date: 1916
Biomedical centre, London -- a woman attaches sensors to a patient. Date: 1972
Biomedical centre, London -- a woman in an office operates a telex machine. Date: 1972
Biomedical centre, London -- a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones while a woman operates a machine in the room beyond. Date: 1972
Biomedical centre, London -- a woman operates a machine while a patient in a locked room listens to something through headphones. Date: 1972
Fourteen colour plates are used to make the engraving for the special supplements, here you can see the different print machines used for each colour that is done separately. Date: 1881
Printing the original weekly newspaper The Graphic. Date: 1881
The lovely old windmill at Capenhurst, Cheshire, England. Date: 1939
The lovely old windmill at Rhosneigr, Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Date: 1939
Winter snow at Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, Essex, England. Built as a smock mill c. 1704-5 (during the Siege of Gibraltar), then raised as a tower mill in the 1750s. Date: 18th century
Brass Mill Date: 1938
Advert for W &s Summerscales & Sons household machines 1888 Advert for W & SDouble page spread of a selection of Victorian free-standing machines for household use, available in W &s Summerscales & Sons catalogue, including The Colonial mangle, chain washer and Gardner
Horse doping tests in a laboratory, NewmarketHorse doping tests -- a laboratory technician in a white coat turns a knob on a Packard Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer, used for testing samples at the Horse Doping Test Centre in Newmarket
Beach at Brighton 1859Busy beach scene at Brighton. Date: 1859
Illustrated London News, Harrild & Sons roller printer 1885 Illustrated LondonA Souvenir from The Illustrated London News, patent printing machine at the International Exhibition of Inventions. Date: 1885
Hastings in October 1857Victorians having an enjoyable day at Hastings. Date: 1857
Brussels Carpet Loom, Glasgow 1843Scotch carpet factory. Date: 1843
Persian Rug Making, Glasgow 1843A weaver operates a Persian rug-making loom at a Glasgow carpet factory. Date: 1843
Spinning machine or engine 1843A steam-powered silk spinning machine or engine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby. Date: 1843
Steam sewing factory 1854A large clothes manufactures at Holloway and Co factory, here you can see twenty machines at work, driven by steam power attended by young women. Date: 1854
Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & CoSelection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887
International Exhibition - carpet power-loom 1862Exhibit at the International Exhibition 1862, held at Kensington, showing a Messrs Henderson and Cos carpet powered weaving loom. Date: 1862
Bobbin-net Machine at a Nottingham Lace Factory 1843Bobbin-net lace making machine, invented by John Heathcoat in the 1750s. Date: 1843
Harrison & Sons power loom 1862 Harrison & Sons power loom 1862Harrison & Sons power-loom for weaving flax. Date: 1862
INDUSTRIAL WINDMILLA windmill in the Glacier National Park which gives power to a sawmill used by Native American Indians to cut the timber felled from the mountainside, USA. Date: 1940s
WINDMILL AMSTERDAM 1672Many windmills serve the citizens of Amsterdam. Date: 1872
ALCINOUS HANDMILL / C17THAlcinous handmill in operation. Date: 17th century
DEANES FLOUR MILLDeanes Patent Economic Flour Mill, operated by hand. Date: 1851
Clacton BeachThe popular West Beach, with its long row of bathing machines. Date: 1909
HARTS CONTINUOUS LIFT-2Harts continuous lift system in action, with the engine mechanism shown below. (pic 2 of 2) Date: 1882
STEPPED LIFT / CAUTERETSA stepped hydraulic lift at Cauterets in the Pyrenees, designed by Edoux. Date: 1881
APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)Applebys direct-action hoist (hydraulic). Date: late 19th century
WATER MILL / RUSTIC FRANCEThe water mill at Eu, France in an ideal rustic setting Date: circa 1840
Advert for Rowland Priest, manufacturer of pulleys 1889Examples of pulleys, hoists and a lifting jack Date: 1889
APPLEBY STEAM ENGINEAppleby marine oscillating engines for use in steam vessels Date: 1880
ERICSSONS STEAM ENGINEEricssons calorific steam engine Date: late 19th century
WATER MILL / PYNETwo men by the side of a grand watermill wheel Date: 1805
Moulin De La GaletteMoulin de la Galette in Montmartre, Paris Date: circa 1905
WINDMILL AND RIDERSTwo figures on horseback pass a windmill Date: 1803
WINDMILLS IN HOLLANDWindmills in Holland Date: 1880
AMERICAN WINDMILLAdvertisement for a windmill from the Eclipse Wind Mill Company Date: 1874