Mechanical Collection (page 4)

PARIS STREET TOY SELLER
A Paris street seller of mechanical toys Date: 1896

Concert Mecanique, invented by M Richard
A Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello

Kempelins Automaton Chess Player
Wolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845. Date: 1769

Istanbul Modern Fire Department, Turkey - Steel Fire Escape
Istanbul Modern Fire Department, Turkey - Mechanical Steel Fire Escape Date: 1934

IMechE 75th anniversary dinner card (1846-1921). Date: 1921

Corinne Griffith impersonates speed -The Lilies of the Field
Corinne Griffith (1894-1979), dancer and actress known as the orchid lady of the screen pictured in a scene from the Alexander Korda film, The Lilies of the Field

Drawing on anatomy by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The Musc
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymanth. Genius. Renaissance. Drawing on anatomy by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) The Muscles of the legs

Thomas horns steam engine. Built around 1850 by the Thos. H
Thomas horns steam engine. This machine was built around 1850 by the Thos. Horn Engineer firm in London. It was used in the Paine Co. Ltd of St

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 15 September 1859) - English mechanical and civil engineer. Designer and builder of dockyards, the Great Western Railway

James Watt (1736 - 1819), Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer

Sperry bomb-sight apparatus 1944
Diagram of a Sperry bomb-sight O-1 used by the United States Army Air Forces (USaF) bombers in World War Two. By manipulating the various control knobs

German Lotfe 7B bomb sight by G. H. Davis
Secrets of enemy aircraft of the Second World War: details of the Lotfe 7B mechanical bomb sight. Date: 1941

Lady from Vaud, Switzerland - Singer Sewing Machine
Lady from Vaud, Switzerland using a Singer Sewing Machine Date: 1894

Albanians using a Singer Sewing Machine
Albania - An Albanian woman (with her proud husband alongside) using a Singer Sewing Machine

Portrait of Alex McKay, IMechE Secretary, 1976-1987. Date: circa 1987

Portrait of Edgar Worthington, IMechE Secretary, 1898-1920. Date: circa 1920

Portrait of WR Browne, ImechE Secretary, 1878-1884. Date: circa 1884

Portrait of Magnus Mowat, IMechE Secretary, 1920-1939. Date: circa 1939

Portrait of Alfred Bache, IMechE Secretary, 1884-1897. Date: circa 1897

Portrait of William Prime Marshall, IMechE Secretary, 1849-1877. Date: circa 1877

Messrs. Scheutzs New Calculating Machine
Messrs. Pehr (Per) Georg Scheutz (1785-1873) and Edvard Scheutzs (of Stockholm, Sweden) New Calculating (Tabulating) Machine

Royal Corps of Transport, 1st Bn Royal Scots
One of twenty two photographs associated with Royal Corps of Transport, 1st Bn Royal Scots, 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regiment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Bruce Lacey, performance artist
Bruce Lacey (b.1927), eccentric performance artist, out shopping with one of his mechanical constructs, together with a toddler. Date: 1962

Study of Leonardo da Vinci. Mechanical loom. 15th century
Renaissance. Study of Leonardo da Vinci. Weaving machines. Mechanical loom. 15th century. Model. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

The Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi (1318-1388). Used to determine the position of planets according to he Ptolemaic theory of the Universe. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

Newcomen steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. It consisted of a pump designed to reduce water steam in the galleries of mines. Engraving

WW2 poster, Thanks for Your Help! Airman shaking hands with airfield workman, photographic poster printed for HMSO by Henry Hildesley. Date: circa 1942

Tubular Slide Rule
OTIS KING TUBULAR SLIDE RULE a mechanical calculating devise using addition & subtraction of logarithms to simplify division and multiplication Date: circa 1960

Advert for Battle Creek Health Builder 1929
Mechanical massaging exercise machine that with a vibrating belt, used by 80, 000 men and women in the 1920s. Date: 1929

Greyhound racing - Cover of Sporting & Dramatic News
Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the new sport of greyhound racing. Top left photograph shows Be Sporty, an outstanding hurdler and top right shows Tall Oak

Four views of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Four views of the Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA -- Alden Memorial Auditorium, Sanford Riley Hall, Higgins Mechanical Engineering Laboratories

Card shuffler, illustration by William Heath Robinson
The new card shuffler and mechanical dealer for bridge parties, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Spencer (Melksham) Ltd - Mechanical Handling Equipment Mfrs, Melksham, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1910s

Early type of mechanical shovel by Heath Robinson
The inventor of the mechanical shovel trying out an early type. Two medieval engineers with a rickety but effective mechanical shovel or digger

Water-powered furnace bellows
A water wheel operates two sets of bellows to keep two furnaces burning hotly. Date: 1588

IMechE register of debentures and debentures etc, 1912 Date: 1912

IMechE logo / service mark ? plain embossed
IMechE logo / service mark ?plain embossed

Zenith Carburettors / IMechE

Thomas Andrews, MIMechE, died aboard the Titanic

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at Eltham
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 - Foam Tender 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 - Foam Tender at Heston
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

The Moon Era, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
The Moon Era (Jack Williamson) - time travelling Earthman attacks the mechanical servants of the Eternal Ones Date: 1932

Unloading Bananas, New Orleans
Unloading and processing of imported bananas in New Orleans, USA. The fruit is conveyed directly from the holds of the arriving ships into the dock into the refrigeration wagons (right)

Carpenter?s repair shop of the Electrical and Mechanical Eng
Lantern slide showing the carpenter?s repair shop of the Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 8th Army, Italy 1943; pictured are Corporal E B Heap, of Manchester, and Craftsman T E Jenkinson

John Moore & Sons Clock Factory -- Chiming Machine (above) and Plan of the Turret Clock proposed for the Royal Exchange. 1852

Dentists surgery, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd. 1921

Egypt, Africa - A Sakia, used for irrigation. Date: 1910s

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