Mechanical Collection (page 5)

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

Statue of James Watt, Westminster Abbey, London
Statue of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer in Westminster Abbey, London. Date: 1903

Mechanical Pieces, Plate 186, showing a range of items including a bird tree with clock, a monkey conjuror or magician, a sleeping beauty, a woman at a sewing machine, a bird in a cage

Internal Combustion Engines. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Steam engines. Room inside. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Hydraulic saw. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 1078, 1478-1480. Desi
Hydraulic saw. Mechanical saw works with hydraulic energy. Leonardo da Vinci drawing. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 1078, 1478-1480

Ramon Batlle Ribas (1837-1906). Photography
Ramon Batlle Ribas (1837-1906). Spanish technical and textile teacher. Founder of the first school for teaching mechanical tissue

Woman police officer checking under a car, London
Woman police officer (Deirdre O Donoghue) checking under a car, probably during driving training. Date: circa 1960s

Mechanical Power 1827
A machinist demonstrates the scale of the new industrial machinery as he operates a huge vice. Date: 1827

Elegant Bakery Furnaces
The elegant furnaces of the mechanical bakery in the Avenue de l Opera, Paris Date: 1885

Dathis Mechanical Knead
Dathiss petrin mechanique (mechanical kneader) Date: 1885

Greyhound racing - canine actors in the limelight
Sketches at White City greyhound racing stadium when the sport was enjoying a meteoric rise in popularity. A stadium was established in Manchester in 1926

Washing / Equip / Soap Disp
A mechanical soap dispenser from Germany Date: 1900

Variety of brooms and carpet sweepers 1929
A page from a 1929 catalogue showing a variety of brooms and lightweight carpet sweepers. Date: 1929

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Crackers dog show inventions (with the authors apologies to Heath Robinson). Smoothing the Scotch Collie, Pampering the Pom, and Improving the Kerry Blues Beard

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