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Vauxhall Royal Balloon first ascent with 9 people, from Vauxhall, London. The maximum possible number of passengers was 28. 9 September 1836

RAFs new gyro gun sight by G. H. Davis
Details of the RAFs new gyro gun sight, which makes every fighter pilot an accurate marksman. By means of two simple adjustments in action

A. C. Sports Car
A.C. sports two-seater - maximum speed 90 mph ! Date: 1936

Trinidad and Tobago - Pitch Lake at La Brea - Loading Pitch - British West Indies.. This particular truck has an M.G.W (Maximum Gross Weight) of 3 tonnes. Date: circa 1910s

Paris Flood - Rue de Bievre - 28th January 1910
Paris Flood - Rue de Bievre on 28th January 1910. The Maximum level of the flood waters was 9.5m above the normal level. Date: 1910

Samuel Plimsoll MP (1824-1898) - English politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line (a line on a ship's hull indicating the maximum safe draught)

Douglas DC-1 NR223Y of Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Flown by TWA as a flying laboratory and for occasional scheduled passenger flights

Hedwigia aquatica moss. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Veldhoven Liberation Memorial and HCR Memorial
The Operation Market Garden plan required that the Guards Armoured Division, which was leading the ground advance north, should advance at maximum speed in order to cross the river bridges as soon as

White flamingo flower, Anthurium scherzianum var
White flamingo flower hybrid raised by de la Devansaye at Bergman, Anthurium scherzianum var. (Anthurium album maximum flavescens de la Devansaye)

Rhododendron cultivar, Madame Louis van Houtte, Rhododendron maximum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Great rhododendron hybrid, Othello, Rhododendron maximum, grown by Standish Noble. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island - maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA

Dum-dum bullets used during WW1
Dum-dum bullets used during the First World War. As Dr Haydn Brown explains, the bullet breaks up or mushrooms on entering the human target, and causes maximum damage as a result. Date: October 1914

Colocasia esculenta, taro
Plate 4 from a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III giant German biplane
Zeppelin-Staaken VGO R III, serial no. 10/15, giant German biplane, the only one built. It went into operational use near Riga in Latvia, making its first operational sortie on 13 August 1916

Big Stone - Cloughmore, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
The Big Stone - Cloughmore, Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. This 30-ton granite boulder perches on the slopes of Slieve Meen, 1000 ft above the village of Rostrevor

Lancaster Taking Off
The City of Lincoln is just one of 7378 Lancaster bombers built during WW2 - the most successful heavy night bomber used by the R.A.F. Maximum speed is 462 km/h. Date: 1942 - 1945

Sopwith Triplane following on the heels of the Pup, the Triplane was aimed at providing the maximum agility and did

American rose bay with pink flowers, Rhododendron maximum.. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature, New York, 1859

Soldier with camera, location unknown but believed to be in the UK. A delighfully spontaneous shot with short depth of field giving maximum prominence to the main subject

Japan - A Peculiar Native Bridge at Sumi-Yoshi
Lantern slide of a Peculiar Native Bridge at Sumi-Yoshi. Bridge has very high arch. Soribashi is one of the representative structures of Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine

Switzerland - The Sarnen Sea
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Lake Sarnen. Sarnersee is a lake in the Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland with Sarnen and Sachseln located on the shores

Food panic at the outbreak of World War One
Illustration depicting the sad fate of a family stricken with war panic which was so prominent during the first week of the war

New Zealand School
A modern country school in New Zealand. The classrooms are designed to give maximum light and air. This school is at Spotswood. In the distance is Mount Egmont. Date: 1950s

Pat Tibbs demonstrates the Martin 2-0-2 with its port propeller feathered on take-off at maximum gross weight. October 1947. Date: 1947

roadside stalls - Pegu
Roadside stalls - Pegu - Bottleneck entering city, at one-way bridge built by returning British army, with a maximum three-year guarantee

M. Deutschs Airship
M.Deutschs Airship. The La Ville de Paris, 201 feet long with a maximum diameter of 35 feet. Made by Mr. Edward Surcouf for M. Deutsch de la Meurthe. Powered by a 70 hp Chenu motor. Date: 1907

Ford Popular
The Ford Popular saloon is the first British car to be sold for less than L100. The maximum speed is 60+ mph. Date: 1936

Aston-Martin Tourer
Aston-Martin four-seater tourer with a maximum speed of 85 mph. Date: 1936

Frazer-Nash Sports Car
The Frazer-Nash Shelsley two seater is a supercharged four- cylinder sports car has a maximum speed over 100 mph. Excellent road-holding and hill-climbing. Date: 1936

Burney streamlined car
The Burney Streamlined car, with engine placed at the back. The car was a glorious failure, as it was too expensive and unconventional despite the Prince of Wales buying one. Maximum speed was 40mph

Vickers-Armstrong Plane
Valiant B1, with Rolls Royce engines, maximum speed in excess of 600 mph

Car of Tomorrow
Tomorrows car will be aerodynamic in shape, to give it maximum speed

Corset Belt Circa 1929
A woman wearing a blue elastic corset belt with built in suspenders & a matching bra demonstrates how easy it is to bend while still enjoying maximum support

New Guinea Interior
The interior of a New Guinea house, built over the water and open for maximum coolth

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