Mechanical Collection (page 11)

Early fire engine / IMechE

Horse drawn gun carriage / IMechE

Swan lamp / IMechE

Bramah water closet / IMechE

Bessemer converter / IMechE

Great gunshop, Washington, 1904 / IMechE Date: 1904

Diagram of flight path, 1930s, IMechE Proc. Date: 1930s

Vampire Jet / IMechE

Experimental petrol car. IMechE Procs. 1901. vol.61. pl.133 Date: 1901

Lanchester motor carriage advert / IMechE

Lanchester blueprint / IMechE

Lanchester car / IMechE

Stern view of ?Hilda?, showing canal-boat propellers. IMechE Procs 1894. pl. 86 Date: 1894

Diving appliances; breathing apparatus. eng IMechE Procs. 1882. pl. 26 Date: 1882

Ship dorm. Chicago visit 1904 / IMechE Date: 1904

North Star locomotive, painted by F Moore/ held at IMechE

Rocket, Liverpool and Manchester Railway. IMechE Procs. 1890. pl. 44 Date: 1890

Crampton Patent Loco. GE 1851 / IMechE

Mechanical fogging device published in Natures Connections: An Exploration of Natural History (2000) by Nicola McGirr

JACQUARD, Joseph Marie (1752-1834). French mechanic. Mechanical loom, machine invented in 1802. Engraving

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender and crew at Battersea
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Croydon
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB 100ft mechanical turntable ladder (TL)
An example of the all steel turntable ladder which was first introduced into the London Fire Brigade in the 1930s. It required a pump to be in attendance to supply water to its monitor

LFB mechanical fire appliance at Southwark HQ
Two London firemen at drill with a motorised fire appliance (with its ladder removed), watching at drills being performed out of shot

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

Mechanical training - Enlist in the Air Service. Poster showing soldiers making mechanical repairs to an airplane. Date 1919

Advertisement for refrigeration units for ships
An advertisement for The Bell-Coleman Mechanical Refrigeration Company of Glasgow and London, Makers of Cold Air and Ice Making Machinery, as used on board various ships

Maillardets automaton: an drawing and a verse produced by the doll. Date: 18th century

British Playschool
Boys playing with a mechanical bucket toy in a playschool sandpit. Date: 1960s

Automaton from Dresden
Interior of an early 19th century robot from Dresden, constructed in 1810 by an engineer called Kaufman. This mechancial trumpeter can blow the Saxon tattoo, and at the time of this photograph(1929)

Boy repairing a clock -- Something Wrong with the Works

London Evening News - Printing Press, running off the 10, 000th number during the papers Celebration Week on November 21st, 1913. The London Evening News was first published on July 26th 1881

IMechE Storeys Gate building HQ, 1910
IMechE Storeys Gate (address later Birdcage Walk) building HQ, 1910 Date: 1910

IMechE Birdcage Walk HQ building entrance, 2007 Date: 2007

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage Walk, Spring 2009 Date: 2009

Veteran car wheel and brake
Automobile (Cars). Automobile part, mechanical part of a wheel and brake

The mechanical mule team, Los Angeles aqueduct. These caterpillars crawl across the desert wastes and over mountain roads about three miles an hour, drawing several tonnes of machinery and supplies

Mechanical bridge opening for barge
A mechanical bridge opening so that a barge can pass through

A Holiday in the Broads (2 / 2)
A splendid set of two postcards depicting aspects of two ladies holiday to the Norfolk Broads. In this second photograph, the ladies are watching the actions of a mechanical scoop

Road obsticles / W H Robinson
Kindliness in dealing with an obstinate obstacle. Loud music is piped down one tube to irritate the offending nesting hen and corn is scattered on the opposite side of the road to entice her to move

Child spanker / W H Robinson
A neat apparatus for punishing a child without hurting its feelings! The child is suspended, backside protruding while a mechanical hand, or four to be precise

Anti-splash car / W H Robinson
A friendly driver spots a messy incident in the making and lowers his anti-splash device (an umbrella on a mechanical arm)

Reading mirror / W H Robinson
A useful mechanical aid for reading the newspaper or magazine of the person in front of you on the bus or tube, without bothering them

People from Archangel with their Singer Sewing Machine
People from Archangel, Russia with their Singer Sewing Machine in their tent - a seemingly improbable scene, but you never know!

Couple from Cyrene, Libya with their Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Greece using a Singer Sewing Machine
Two Ladies and a gentleman from Greece surrounding a Singer Sewing Machine

Lady from Londonderry using a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Londonderry, Northern Ireland using a Singer Sewing Machine

Ladies from Turkestan using a Singer Sewing Machine

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