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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, 1910IMechE 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 brakeAutomobile (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 bargeA 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 RobinsonKindliness 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 RobinsonA 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 RobinsonA 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 RobinsonA 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 MachinePeople 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 MachineTwo Ladies and a gentleman from Greece surrounding a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Londonderry using a Singer Sewing MachineLady from Londonderry, Northern Ireland using a Singer Sewing Machine
Ladies from Turkestan using a Singer Sewing Machine
Ladies from Edinburgh using a Singer Sewing Machine
A Woman from Boulogne using a Singer Sewing MachineA Woman from Boulogne, France using a Singer Sewing Machine
Hatmakers from Georgia using a Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Wurtemburg using a Singer Sewing MachineLady from Wurtemburg, Germany using a Singer Sewing Machine
Two Women from Normandy using a Singer Sewing MachineTwo Women from Normandy, France using a Singer Sewing Machine Date: circa 1897
Lady from Lerwick using a Singer Sewing MachineA Lady from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, using a Singer Sewing Machine
Car cross section 3 / W H RobinsonSectional view of a car, showing the Efficacy of the auxiliary flat iron brakes. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture
Car cross section 4 / W H RobinsonCross section showing a system of constant lubrication of the back axle, linked to the suspension - in true Heath Robinson style
Binding Machines in OperationBinding machines in operation at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Automatic Feeders in the Binder supply sections to the endless chain of a wire-stitching machine. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
A small Letterpress Machine in operation at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Minder of a two-colour Letterpress MachineThe Minder of a quad medium two-colour Letterpress Machine checks his sheet into the grippers at the Lund Humphries Printing Works. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Tunisia - Embarkation of Phoshates at TunisThe loading of ships with Phosphates using a complex mechanical lift and harbour transport at Tunis, Tunisia
Wool spinning - Patons & BaldwinsA view looking down a machine rolling yarn onto circular spools, after the wool has been industrially spun at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington
Muller Automatic Cone-winderA factory worker operates a Muller automatic cone-winding machine, (used for clearing and winding single-spun yarns) at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington
Turning a Cam shaftAn engineer turns a cam shaft on a large piece of complex mechanical and elctronic machinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Jointed SteamshipA remarkable concept steamship, jointed in three places, seeminglyto counteract the motion of the sea!
Clock of St Georges Church, Esher, SurreyA close-up view of part of the clock of St Georges Church in Esher, Surrey. The clock dates from the late 16th or early 17th century
Preliminary preparation for a road surfaceA mechanical steam-powered digger by the M.M Barrat brothers is used to break the ground in preparation for a road to be constructed
Switzerland - Watching Clock strike midday - Berne. The astronomical clock was built in the 16th century by Caspar Brunner
Mr Maskelynes experiment - female spirit emerging from manA photographic example of Mr Maskelynes experiment - a mechanical illusion of spiritual manifestations. Miss Cassie Brucea can be seen emerging from her father-in-laws body
Mechanical CoolingA " punkah" -type ventilator for keep cool during warm weather or heat wave, comprising of a large fan operated by foot pedals
The new mechanical manThe first British robot, invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A. H. Reffell, whose first duty was to open a Model Engineering Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall in London in 1928
The world of tomorrow- some dreams of invention run riot; seComical illustration of a scientific idea for the future (note date, 1st April 1905), of a man on the telephone shaking hands with a mechanical type hand protruding from the wall
Automatic telephone-girls: Operators replaced by machinesA diagram of the mechanical telephone exchange, showing what happens once the number is dialled to when the call is received
Clearing RubbleA domestic building site is cleared of rubble and wreckage by a mechanical digger and two haulage trucks
Cockings ParachuteRobert Cockings parachute descent above the Vauxhall Gardens, London. Dropped from Charles Greens Royal Vauxhall the inverted cone failed and Cocking hit the ground fatally
March of MachineryThe March of Machinery. The usefulness of technological advances - artificial limbs dentures - street cleaners and mechanical horses
Fire-Breathing HorseA mechanical horse that breathes fire
GORDONs WAXWORKS, 1907Gordons Mechanical Waxworks at Ashton Fair
Body / Plastic RenovationNeo-plastic renovation therapy - a mechanical fountain of youth which rejuvenates the human body, in a beauty parlour of the future
Western Union operating room, New York, USAThe Western Union main operating room at the companys New York offices, showing a front view of the switchboard, the pneumatic message system and the mechanical in-house system