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A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a LawnIllustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by
Swinging on Ringing BellThe bell ringers of Seville - a rather unusual method where the ringers are swinging on the bells themselves
Venice, Italy - Grand Hotel Royal Danieli and Gondolas. Date: circa 1920s
Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopheSocrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Bust. Found at Piazza Venezia. 1st. century. Pentelic marble. Palazzo Massimo. National Roman Museum. Rome. Italy
How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s
The Zulu Wars. Zulu method of advancing to the attackLarge war party of Zulus with shields and spears held in front of them, including one with a rifle, running into battle
Recruiting Bands / WwiA poster asking for people to donate to or join a recruiting band, a popular method of recruiting men during World War One
Brunels Thames TunnelBrunels Thames tunnel - the method of work, whereby a number of labourers could work side by side
B. S. A. Air Rifles, Birmingham Small Arms CompanyB.S.A. Air Rifles, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited Date: circa 1910
Traditional method of holding dowsing rodA man demonstrates the traditional method of holding the baguette, or dowsing rod. Date: 1693
Balloon ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, ParisBalloon ascent of Charles and Robert from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, the first voyage made in a hydrogen balloon. After sending off a trial hydrogen balloon, Charles designed
Kaisers Campaigning CarThe Kaiser enjoying a morning tub in his new campaigning car during World War One. A typically convoluted method of transportation from W.Heath Robinson
Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. DavisThe latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine: the rescue bell, the one-man escape chamber, and escape without the use of breathing apparatus. 1954
New German incendiary bomb by G. H. DavisDetails of the new German explosive incendiary bomb produced during the Second World War. Explanatory drawings showing how the bomb is constructed, and the proper methods of tackling it. Date: 1942
British soldier bears to the firing line WWIDouble page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915
Athelney in Somerset, the most flooded village in EnglandAthelney in Somerset, devastated by floods in 1930 showing the only method of travel around the area - in Venetian style, by boat
WW2 - R. A. F. Air Gunner TrainingThis photograph displays a novel method of training British Royal Air Force air gunners during WW2. Date: circa 1940s
Vasco di Gamas Fort, built 1498. The lady dressed in a Leso is carrying a kerosene tin of water on her head. This is the regular method of water supply in Zanzibar. 1935
Met Police stopwatch -- inside faceA Metropolitan Police issue stopwatch for the purpose of catching speeding motorists. This method worked on the principle of timing motorists over specific distances to estimate their speed
Volley firing by Scott Method by G. H. DavisThe gunnery experiment of which all the naval world is talking: the six-to-one superiority of volley firing by the Scott Method
Childrens book addingTeaching children simple counting in a Merry Days childrens book. Date: 1928
Two bearers and patient (2 of 2)Method of lifting a patient onto a stretcher, with two bearers. (2 of 2)
Electric TattooerMax O Reilly, of New York, invents an electric tattooing pen which is not only faster than the manual method, but also less painful
Godwins ProjectFRANCIS GODWIN An ingenious method of flying by harnessing trained birds, who would tow the intrepid aviator even so far as the Moon
Looking for Queen BeeBee keeping - a method of holding a Brood Frame, when looking for the Queen Bee
Ancient Greek method of mounting and riding a horse bareback. A cavalry man mounts a horse by holding lance and bridle in his right hand
Never-stop railway at British Empire Exhibition 1924Diagram showing step-on, step-off method, where people walked slowly onto the moving carriage that went around the British Empire Exhibition, in Wembley, designed by William Yorath Lewis
Drying Silk Cocoons in IndiaA silk factory in India, showing the latest and most approved method. Cocoons exposed in the sun in large flats trays to dry the silk and also kill the grub inside each cocoon. Date: late 1890s
Helena Rubinstein advertisementAdvertisement for Helena Rubinstein of Grafton Street, London, specifically hormone creams claiming to recreate vital glandular elements of " first youth". Date: 1932
Lithographic printing-press 1876Printer and his apprentice, putting on the ink on the pre-made etched stone. Date: 1876
Building the Paris Metro, France - Boulevard Saint-Andre. This tube at Saint-Michel was built above ground first and then literally sunk below street level after the tunnels were dug out. Date: 1907
French Water Towers - Built in Reinforced ConcreteThree examples of French Water Towers in the modern style built in Reinforced Concrete by Demay Freres - Advertising card. The Architect for all three was Monsieur Maigrot of Paris. Date: circa 1910s
German parachute troops, WW2Germanys Newest Weapon - The Parachute Troops. The New Method of Warfare in the Attack on the Low Countries. Date: 1940
Importance of Punctuality, Victorian morality print Date: circa 1850
Congo. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripodsHistory of Africa. 19th century. Fishermen Wagenya preparing their wooden tripods across the river rapids at Stanley Falls. Engraving by W. Meyer
Diagram of the Teletype, both receiving and transmitting. They were the first method of communication which could send messages within minutes
Newport County footballers, method of attackNewport County footballers working out a new method of attack Date: 1946
Rubber Tree to Finished Motor Tyres 1907Showing the plantation where the rubber is produced for the Dunlop Tyres factory where it is pressed, stretched and moulded into shape ready to be used on motorcars. Date: 1907
Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopheSocrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Socrates in prison before being sentenced to death. Colored engraving
Defence during the summer months from the beach, home guards hiding with their gun ready. Date: 1941
CREMATION, ANCIENT GREEKAmong many ancient and primitive peoples, cremation has been the favoured method of disposing of the dead : this scene from the Trojan Wars shows Patroclus end Date: BC
British naval warship, armed according to a new method proposed by Captain Schank Date: 1802
Assist the Remedies of Nature 1933Removal superfluous hair: A warm mixture paraffin and shellac applied to the ladies eyebrows and peeled off a few minutes later. Date: 1933
New protective water-spray 1903The latest German novelty for protecting firemen from flames. Water is fed through a branch from a hose which the fireman carries for playing upon flames
Proposed method for the removal of Cleopatras Needle from Alexandria and its transportation by sea to London. Date: 1877
Scenes in the AmericasLumberjack felling a tree in the Bay of Honduras 40, view of the town of Acapulco, Mexico, 41, and interior of a Native American Nuu-chah-nulth house in Nootka Sound 42
Ancient Greek method of riding a horse bareback. A young man returns with a chlamys on his lance to a woman offering drinks to both man and horse (top) and a rider holding lance and bridle
Greek warriors in helmets, armour, and labarum standards. They hold shields and lances. A woman brings a patera bowl and vase. From an ancient vase in the collection of Sir William Hamilton
Method of sealing an ancient letter - Paston correspondenceMethod of sealing an ancient letter, an item from the correspondence of the Paston family in the time of Henry VI and Richard III (15th century). Date: 15th century
Beluga sturgeon, Huso huso, and fishing methods with hook and line. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804
Sea trout, charr and fishing methodsSea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 98, charr, Salvelinus alpinus alpinus 99, and fshing methods using manmade rapids on a river to catch salmon in grills and nets
Sea trout, brown trout, and fishing methodSea trout, Salmo trutta trutta 96, brown trout, Salmo trutta fario 97, and trout fishing method using a wooden dam with nets and grids
Female Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, and fishing methods using nets and grills across a river during spawning season. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias
Silver or Atlantic salmon and fishing methodsSilver or Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, male, and methods of catching salmon with nets under a bridge. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia
Mackerel fishing methods, pilot fish and painted mackerelMackerel fishing methods: walled channels and grate to catch spawning mackerel with the tide 47a, and fishermen in boats unfurling nets to encircle a school of mackered 47b
Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Machine and method for stringing the balista, an ancient machine for firing darts. From William Newtons Designs for Vitruvius
Centrifugal machine and centrobaryc method. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees
Method of moving a house in America, by elevating it on blocks of wood, before moving it to its new location. Date: 1842
PLUTO Memorial Port en Bessin NormandyPLUTO - Pipe Line Under The Ocean was an ingenious method of supplying the Allied Forces with fuel from a main base at Southampton. The idea is said to have been that of Lord Louis Mountbatten
United States Air Force - Boeing RB-50F Superfortress 47-159 (msn 15843), built as a B-50B-60-BO, 47-159 was modified for reconnaissance with navigational radar, cameras and ElINT equipment
Schutte-Lanz S. L. 1 rigid airshipSchutte-Lanz SL.1 rigid airship, designed and Built by the Schutte-Lanz company, set-up by Johann Schutte and Karl Lanz. The SL.1 was Built largely from wood with a geodesic framework
Take My Tip The one way to follow horses with successTake My Tip.. Theres only one way of following horses with any success... AND THIS IS IT! circa 1930s
Barrel House - Tonopah, Nevada, USA - one of the first houses built in this silver boom mining town. Date: circa 1910s
Socrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek philosopherSocrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. Statue of Socrates at the Athens Academy. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe
Young woman of Bayeux A novel method making aYoung woman of Bayeux. A novel method of making a tie to fix the bonnet.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885
An early bomb disposal method to detect unexploded bombsFrench soldier holding an electrical induction balance, capable of detecting buried explosive shells. These shells had been causing large numbers of casualties to civilian agricultural workers
Method of making the Tower Bell for Westminster 1856Showing the method for making the Great Clock, Big Ben, using a mould. Date: 1856
ARTIFICIAL MAGNETSThe Method of making Artifical MAGNETS - as you see, its very easy when you know how. Date: 1755
Method of curing anchovies in Sicily 1834In the Mediterranean Sea, the anchovy is chiefly taken at night; large fires are lighted on rafts, which attracts the fish, engraving showing men a cellars packing anchovies in barrels in salt
TarantulaTHE TARANTULA With the method of curing those stung by it, which is effected by Music and DANCING - specifically, by dancing the tarantella Date: circa 1770
ACCIDENTS / LIFE-SAVINGResuscitation - Dr H R Silvesters method Date: circa 1860
Syrian Women making Bread Date: circa 1907
Method of refining saltpeter for making gunpowderMethod of refining saltpeter (potassium nitrate) for making gunpowder. circa 18th century
Portrait photograph of Maxim Gorky, Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist
Golden Wedding Cake with Gum Paste Molding Date: 1936
Kabyle Olive Oil Press - North Eastern AlgeriaA quite outstanding postcard (incredible detail) showing an olive oil press in operation in the Kabyle Region of Algeria. The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated
Transport to the Transvaal gold minesCrossing the Wilge river, the quickest method of transport to the gold fields of Transvaal
Russian Literary Giants - Chekov, Tolstoy and GorkyThree Russian Literary Giants - (left) Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Playwright and short story writer (centre) Count Lev (Leo) Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Royal Victoria Hospital Farm Colony, Polton, ScotlandPatients plough the land and plant seed potatoes at the Farm Colony (founded in 1910) at The Royal Victoria Hospital, founded in 1894
Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trailTibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on a narrow Himalayan Mountain trail by means of suspending two poles on ropes and man-handling the animal across. Date: 1907
Primitive Method of Rippling Or Bolling Flax, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of two men in a field rippling flax onto a white sheet. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge)
Aristotle (384-322 BC). Classical Greek philosopherAristotle (384-322 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. A student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. Statue of Aristotle at the Athens Academy. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe
Alexandria, Egypt - The Semaphore - Fort Mex. Date: circa 1905
