Means Collection (page 3)

Madeira - Transporting Hammock
Amongst the three best-known unusual means of transportation to have be found on the Portuguese Island of Madeira was the transporting hammock

Manuscript De Civitate Dei of 11th c. Lower
" Manuscript " De Civitate Dei" of 11th c. Lower detail of the picture of " La citt࠴ errena" depicting the human suffering by means of two farmers ploughing

Sans-culotte from Paris (it literally means without
" Sans-culotte from Paris (it literally means " without underwear" ). They leaded the revolutionary process during 1793-1794. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris

Sthius Calvisius
SETHIUS CALVISIUS German astronomer, poet and scholar, musician and chronologer - whatever that means ! Date: 1556 - 1615

Sport / Rugby / Cartoon
BARBARIANS AT PLAY John Bull: " Play football by all means, my boy - but don t let it be this brutal sort of thing!" Date: 1888

Flying by Mechanical Means
Designs for man-powered flight, modelled on birds. 1810

Protect her from tuberculosis Consultation of your doctor or clinic means prevention. Poster promoting regular medical checkups for prevention of tuberculosis, showing woman holding a flower

Premiers au feu means in French first to fight, in English US Marines. Poster showing a marine in a helmet. Date 1917

Sugar means ships - The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year - Every ship is needed to carry soldiers

Your work means victory - build another one. Poster showing men working on rigging on the smokestack of a ship. Date 1917

Oil roughnecks screwing one piece of drill pipe to another piece by means of a heavy pipe wrench, Kilgore, Texas. Date 1939 Apr

Oil field workers adding a length of pipe to drill stream by means of heavy pipe wrenches, Kilgore, Texas. Date 1939 Apr

Blackout means black. Poster reminding citizens of complete blackouts as a civil defense procedure. Date between 1941 and 1943

Your blood is bad means you have syphilis You can give it to others through sexual intercourse and in other ways : You must keep up treatments for at least six months to one year following infection

Nest-Making Fish - 6
(polycentrus Schomburgkii) Veelsteckel (in Dutch : it means something like many- spined ) Date: 1954

Obesity Apparatus
Bergonies apparatus for the treatment of obesity by electrical means. Even in 1930 the device cost 100 pounds. Date: 1930

Jowett Jupiter
The Jowett 10-4 Jupiter is a middle-of-the-range family saloon. The 10-4 means 10 horsepower and 4 cylinders. Date: 1936

Shock Proof Car Clock
A shock proof car clock (with luminous figures), which adheres to the dashboard by means of its rubber casing. Only 7 shillings and 9 pence from Harrods of London. Date: 1930s

Transport of Alaska
Dogsleds (dog sleighs) and planes are the chief means of transport in Alaska, U.S.A, which has no fully complete railway system. Date: 1930s

Cycling over a Stile
Cycling off the beaten track often means having to negotiate a gate or stile, but that all adds to the fun, as these young men demonstrate! Date: 1930s

Downpatrick Workhouse Admission Ticket
An admission ticket for the workhouse at Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland. The voucher was issued to a destitute persons by the union relieving officer who assessed the means of poor

Common Snipe (Morris)

The Christmas Party Up to Date: Fairy Tales by Broadcast b
Christmas parties this year will possess a new and fascinating attraction, both for young and old, in the shape of the latest wonder of wireless telephony

The Intruder: What the billeting of German soldiers too often means to French and Belgian villagers

Commissioners are sent into the departments to revise the judgments of the mixed commissions (whatever that means)

The patent Impoulsoria, horse powered engine
An ingenious means of applying animal power to the working of railways, to supersede the costly locomotive engine. The engine, called Impulsoria

Space Communication
Artificially-induced auroras offer a viable means of communicating with other worlds : by modifying their pulses, messages can be effectively transmitted

Hungary Kezmarok
(Kesmark in German) General view of the town whose name means cheese market

Girls on Rustic Bridge
Two little girls cross a river by means of a rustic bridge; swallows fly around them

Steam-Plough in the Arkansas Valley, 1907
Photograph showing the latest Steam-plough, creating seven furrows at a time, as used in the Arkansas valley, 1907. At this time the valley was being reclaimed by means of irrigation

Ferry at Kantara, Suez Canal, Egypt, 1875
Engraving of the small rope ferry at Kantara, crossing the Suez Canal with several passengers, two camels and a donkey. The ferry was operated by means of an underwater rope

I am Going to Slow Down
This signal means : I AM GOING TO SLOW DOWN, STOP, OR TURN TO MY LEFT

Policeman Signals Come
This police signal means : COME ON

I am Going to Turn Right
This signal means : I AM GOING TO TURN TO MY RIGHT

Overtake me on my Right
This signal means : OVERTAKE ME ON MY RIGHT

I am Going Straightahead
This signal means : I AM GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD used when there is any doubt

Policeman Signals Stop
This police signal means : STOP !

Charles, Robert, Balloon
Unmanned balloon, filled with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by means of a Vitriolic Acid travels from the Champ de Mars to Gonzesse where it is attacked by peasants

Nashs Special War No
Nashs " Special War Number" which will tell its readers " What WAR means to every man & woman". The girl on the front cover doesn t seem too worried about it all

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

Parisians Go to Premiere
Bravely, Parisians make the best of things despite the shortages caused by war : here they arrive for a fashionable premiere by any means available to them

The Leap Frog Railway
An amusing illustration of the latest sensational railway design, the Leap Frog railway. The railway consists of a track about five hundred feet long

Two Indian Fakirs, 1730
Two fakirs : the one standing is holding his arms above his head till they waste away, and so is his sleeping companion (which means they never use their hands for anything)

Battle of Lowositz
BATTLE OF LOWOSITZ (Bohemia) Friedrich of Prussia defeats the Austrians under marshal Brown, and this means he is able to virtually annex Sachsen (Saxony)

Siege of Cuneo 1691
The strategic location of Cuneo (Coni) in Piedmont means it is often besieged. Here, Eugene of Savoy raises a siege attempted by the French, much to the mortification of Louis

Hopi Fetch Water
Hopi women from Tewa village in northeastern Arizona; their villages are on high ground, for security, but this means they must go far to fetch water from the valleys

Aloisia Scharf
Austrian medium Aloysia Scharf who produced rap sounds, seemingly by paranormal means

Cavaliere Della Calza
A Cavaliere della Calza - member of an Italian military order : calza means sock

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