Materials Collection (page 4)

Microdensitometer
The Analytical Research Unit, Harwell, is a service for industry to identify and control impurities in industrial materials : Using a microdensitometer and computer Date: 1973

Electron Microscope
The EM 300 transmission electron microscope, which is used to study tiny voids or dislocations in materials or very small crystallites, A.E.R.E. Harwell. Date: October 1971

Brookes Ltd. of Halifax - Road building Materials
Stall for the European granite of Brookes Ltd. of Halifax at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition, London - June 1913

Italian Fiat 18P lorry in use during WW1
An Italian Fiat 18P multi-use lorry or van in use during the First World War for the transport of troops and materials. Date: 1915-1920

Italian Fiat 30 prime mover in use during WW1
An Italian Fiat 30 prime mover lorry in use during the First World War for the transport of heavy artillery. Date: 1915

Italian Fiat 20B prime mover in use during WW1
An Italian Fiat 20B prime mover lorry in use during the First World War for the transport of heavy artillery. Date: 1915-1920

The Nonslip Stone Company - Road Congress Exhibition
The Stand/exhibit of the Nonslip Stone Company - at the 3rd International Road Congress Exhibition held in London in June 1913. Date: 1913

Wartime salvage poster asking for rags, paper, bones and metal. Waste is wanted for war weapons. This week and every week salvage is essential. 1940s

Irish Scouts washing up on camp
Two Scouts of the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland washing up in camp. The wash stand cum dresser has been built by them out of the natural materials available on the campsite. 1966

Troops at a railhead unloading supplies, South Africa, WW1
Troops at a railhead where supplies are being unloaded, somewhere in South Africa during the First World War. An encampment with tents can be seen in the background. Date: 1915

Harbalist at Work
A herbalist prepares her materials. Date: 1526

19th Century Dive Bell
A diving bell in use, collecting materials from the sea-bed : note the lights, powered from the boat anchored overhead. Date: late 19th century

Old man working on the street
An old man (possibly Spanish) working on the street. He wears a scruffy overcoat, a beret, and his glasses on a string round his neck. He has a small wooden work bench and a box of materials

What to wear in the sea
Three sketches showing the latest in summer beach wear, . The womans bathing suit in the middle is described as a most charming and useful gown, with an emphasis on simplicity and light

Tunisia - Embarkation of Phoshates at Tunis
The loading of ships with Phosphates using a complex mechanical lift and harbour transport at Tunis, Tunisia

Metalaoui, Tunisia - Phosphate Mines
The Mines of the Society of Phosphates of Sfax-Gafsa at Metalaoui, Tunisia

Dinky engine slung from cables in New Mexico
A 20 ton dinkey engine swung across a canyon, at Elephant Butte, Rio Grande River, New Mexico. A series of cableways were erected at Elephant Butte to transport many thousands of tonnes of materials

Loading a Steamship, Woolwich, 1884
Engraving showing the loading of rails and other materials for the Souakim Railway onto a steamship, at Woolwich, 1884. Stevedores and dockworkers are visible

Design ideas for the bedroom, 1940
Illustration showing a Dunlopillo bed-rest, which supported the users arms and back. The design was available in various colour schemes and materials

Manufacture of the Atlantic telegraph cable
Machines covering the Atlantic cable wire with gutta percha at the Gutta Percha Companys works in Wharf Road, London. Before the advent of man-made materials, gutta percha

Crowded Trains
Due to shortage of materials and fuel, trains are so overcrowded that even their roofs are laden with passengers

Transporting Cut Stone
A stonemason transport dressed stone using an ingenious wheelbarrow with a sail to help him speed the materials along to their destination

Hatmaking 1750
Hatmakers at work round their kettle - a workbench placed over a heated stove to make the materials easier to work

Psi Photo Marriott - 2
Materials used by William Marriott in his professedly fake spirit photos

Alchemy - Lunary
The mysterious herb LUNARY grows on a mountains brim, exposed to sun by day, moon by night, thus acquiring great power : an essential item in every alchemists laboratory

Whirlwind in Manchester
On a building site in Manchester, a miniature whirlwind sends building materials and debris spiralling into the sir

Fancy Dress Outfit
The Ping Pong Girl : A novel fancy dress costume, a gay look for January parties. Though striking in effect, it can quite easily be made from cheap materials

Alchemists Workplace
An alchemist anxiously watches the progress of his work, while all around him are the tools and the raw materials of his mysterious and indeed sinister calling

Makeshift Barricade
The insurgents construct their barricades with whatever materials they find lying about

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