Mechanical Collection (page 7)

Chimes
An automated musical instrument that chimes, somewhat similar to those used in miniature in musical boxes. See picture 10809687 for a similar chiming machine in action

Suffragette Toy Votes for Women. A suffragette with votes for women flag is pushed along by a policeman in this ingenious mechanical toy

Firefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936)

Dennis breakdown lorry, demonstrating wrong method
Firefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936), demonstrating the wrong method of lifting and towing the front axle

Sir Vincent Raven
Sir Vincent Litchfield Raven KBE (3 December 1859 14 February 1934), chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway from 1910 to 1922

Sperry automatic computing gun sight by G. H. Davis
A mechanical brain: the Sperry automatic computing gun sight, in use during the Second World War. An invention which enabled US bombers to target a large number of enemy fighters. Date: 1944

Types of German tank by G. H. Davis
The four principal types of German tank during the Second World War: heavy and light mechanical cavalry. Top left: light tank (short type). Bottom left: light tank (long type)

A Robot to Teach Physiology by G. H. Davis
One of the novel exhibits on display at the Schoolboys Exhibition at the New Horticultural Hall, London in the Winter of 1928-9; a metal robot which explained the workings of the heart, lungs

Toasting the tank, Christmas 1916
Secondary front cover of The War Illustrated magazine featuring an illustration of British soldiers toasting a tank, comparatively a new-comer into the arean of battle

Tracked machine guns and in fights by G. H. Davis
Mechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H. Davis, showing tankettes with trailer wagons for transporting machine-guns together with

Canals, construction technique
A detailed engraving of a 16th century canal construction technique that somewhat resembles a conveyor belt. Date: 1588

Windmill, 16th century
A technical engraving of a 16th century windmill. Date: 1588

Complex 16th Century Pulley System
A complex and technical design of a 16th century pulley system. Date: 1588

Industrial Machine - Pulley system
Illustration of a 1588 Industrial Machine made up of a pulley system designed for heavy lifting. Date: 1588

The Gentle Art of Excavating - Latest Type of Grab Crane
The latest type of grab crane clearing out a small pond on Hampstead Heath. A typically rickety and convoluted crane goes through the ridiculous process of clearing out a tiny pond on Hampstead

Two women working in a garage, repairing vehicles

Mechanical water raising device
1588 complex mechanical water raising device that uses the current to lift large quantities of water. Date: 1588

Frederic Sauvage
FREDERIC SAUVAGE French mechanical engineer known for his work on the marine propeller. Date: 1785 - 1857

Alexis Sauvage
ALEXIS SAUVAGE French mechanical engineer whose fame has not outlived him, unlike others of his name.. Date: CIRCA 1860

Mechanical Milking
A dairy farmer in Lincolnshire, England, putting a mechanical milking device on a Fresian cows udders. Date: 1960s

Henry Hele-Shaw
HENRYs HELE-SHAW Professor of mechanical engineering at Liverpool U. known for work in fluid dynamics and especially the Hele-Shaw Cell. Date: 1854 - 1941

A model of the Nord Griffon at the 12th Louis Blriot Le?
A model of the Nord Griffon at the 12th Louis Blriot Lecture on 12 March 1959 at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage walk, London

General Nol Daum, Technical Director, Nord Aviation, de?
General Nol Daum, Technical Director, Nord Aviation, delivers the 12th Louis Blriot Lecture on 12 March 1959 at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage walk, London

Prior to the 12th Louis Blriot Lecture on 12 March 1959?
Prior to the 12th Louis Blriot Lecture on 12 March 1959 at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage walk, London, Sir Arnold Hall, RAeS President 1958-1959

The 12th Louis Blriot Lecture on 12 March 1959 at the I?
The 12th Louis Blriot Lecture on 12 March 1959 at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage walk, London. The lecture was given by General Nol Daum, Technical Director, Nord Aviation

Algiers, Algeria - Harvesting by Mechanical & handheld means Date: 1910

Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Garden
The Guinness Clock at Battersea Festival Pleasure Gardens - one of the famous attractions of the Festival of Britain, London, England. Date: 1951

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 5000 Dinar
The Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Banknote - 5000 Dinar, bearing the portrait of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer

Mechanical Engineering Building, Wisconsin University
Mechanical Engineering Building - University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Date: circa 1930s

Soviet Armenia - Cheese Factory
Soviet Armenia - Kalinin Mechanical Steam Cheese Plant No.1 - Foreman Akushev inspects the pressed round cheeses. Date: circa 1930s

Using a Singer Sewing Machine on the Caroline Islands - a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Date: 1894

Lady from Bulgaria using a Singer Sewing Machine, pictured with a Gentleman and another woman, also both in traditional costume. Date: 1894

Lady from Georgia using a Singer Sewing Machine, pictured with two other women working on needlecraft and a male musucian, sitting on the floor surrounded by elegant cushions. Date: 1894

Man sowing seeds in lines, using mechanical device. Illustration from F. Burvenich, La culture potagere a la portee de tous. Date: 1877

HMS ?Sphinx?: oscillating jet condensing paddle wheel machinery / IMechE obj. 1855 Date: 1855

IMechE building; north elevation (facing the park) Storey?s Gate, Old Queen Street

Two-cylinder horizontal saw-mill engine
Two-cylinder horizontal. Hick, saw-mill engine c.1845 / IMechE model Date: circa 1845

110-ton ?Barlow? gun / IMechE Proc. 1887 Date: 1887

Aeroplane at works of Petters Ltd, Yeovil / IMechE group, 1930 Date: 1930

GS & WR loco model, 1870 / IMechE Date: 1870

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