Method Collection (page 3)

Japan - Japanese tea ceremony Date: circa 1905

Monte to Funchal Wicker Toboggan - Madeira, Portugal
Wicker Toboggan transportation from the mountainous village of Monte, Island of Madeira, Portugal down to the Capital, Funchal

Training volunteers of an industrial works
Industrial works fire brigade firefighters being instructed in the use of a hose line and the correct method of controlling a branch (jet of water)

NFS firefighter under-running a fire hose, WW2
A London Region NFS firefighter in an instructional photograph demonstrating the correct method of under-running (which removes the water from inside the hose) prior to rolling the hose up after use

Tapping a rubber tree in Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

Malaysia - Men of the Sakai tribe
These men of the Malaysian Northern Sakai tribe have built a scaffolding system enabling them to cut down a tall (and very wide!) tree at an easier higher level

Hand grenades, the sling-method of throwing them used by Spanish troops

Cross-Section / Air Rifle
Air-gun - section through the rifle showing the method of loading

Venice, Italy - Covered gondola and the Railway Bridge. Date: circa 1910s

Fishing with cormorants - China. Date: circa 1910s

German poison- gas 1915
Diagrams of various kinds of apparatus employed by Germans. 1915

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

Panama - Talamanca Region - Indigenous Bribri people fishing
Northern Panama - Talamanca Region - Indigenous Bribri people fishing with bow and arrows Date: 1913

Primitive Method of Breaking Flax for Hand Scutching, Toome
Primitive Method of Breaking Flax forHand Scutching, Toome - an outside shot showing a man and a woman breaking flax by hand, in the background are buildings

Method Employed in Colour Decoration of Plate Rims, Belleek Potteries - an interior shot showing a woman decorating a plate rim. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek)

Primitive Method of Grinding Corn With Quern on Inishmurray Island - a man outside building with stone and small shaft. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Sligo: Inishmurray Island)

A diagram showing the method of constructing a Cromlech. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old & New
London and North Western Railway - Signal Boxes, Old and New methods. Date: 1908

Maxim Gorky - Russian and Soviet writer
Maxim Gorky (Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) (1868-1936) - Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist realism literary method and a political activist. Date: circa 1910s

Children transported to school by wheelbarrow - China. Date: circa 1909

Oratores. Right way to pray. Miniature at Theologica Varia. 14th-15th centuries. Folio 6r. Vatican Apsotolic Library. Vatican City

Head of greek philosopher Socrates
Socrates (469-399 BC). Greek philosopher. Head. Roman copy of an original of 320 BC. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

Workshop. Handcrafting the paperboard. Encyclopedie by D
Workshop dedicated to handcrafting the paperboard. Pulping and pressing. 18th Century. Encyclopedie. Edited by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond d Alembert (1717-1783). Engraving

FERRAN, Jaime (1852-1929). Spanish bacteriologist. Colored engraving. By Carretero

Figurine depicting a carder at the 17th and 18th centuries. Sabadell History Museum. Catalonia. Spain

Socrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek philosopher
Socrates (469-399 BC). Classical Greek Philosopher. Statue of Socrates at the Athens Academy. Athens. Central Greece. Attica. Europe

Aristotle (384-322 BC). Classical Greek philosopher
Aristotle (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

Japanese Geisha attend to dressing, washing and make-up Date: circa 1910s

Alexandria, Egypt - The Semaphore - Fort Mex. Date: circa 1905

Stamping Clay by Foot
This method of stamping clay by foot was still employed as late as the 1930s for making the large pots used for melting glass - the method used by the Ancient Britons. Date: 17 February 1933

Wheat Stooks
Wheat stooks in a field. Stooking is a traditional method for stacking harvested cereals, leaning six sheaves against another six. Date: August 1947

John Bacon / Sculptor
JOHN BACON English sculptor. Perfected method of working in artificial stone, and transferring designs to marble Date: 1740 - 1799

Constructing Underground
Constructing an underground line beneath the streets of London using the cut-and- cover method Date: 1860s

Building Underground
Building the London Underground, using the cut- and-cover method whereby a trench is turned into a tunnel Date: 1860s

Fromagerie in Switzerlnd
Manufacturing cheese in Switzerland - a traditional method Date: 1834

Dowsing, Sieur Royer style
Sieur Royers method: he balances the dowsing baguette, or stick, on his wrist. Date: 1693

Advert for Bensons Edwardian jewellery 1906
Selection womens Edwardian diamond jewellery, a system of 20 monthly payments obtainable by The Times. Date: 1906

Man and boy, seed drill, field near Plymouth, Devon
Man and boy with horse and seed drill in a field near Plymouth, Devon. circa 1960s

How Acheulean Man Captured His Prey
Hunting with the Bolas: How Acheulean Man Captured His Prey with a Stone-Age Weapon Still in Use To-Day - A reconstruction of a hunting scene in the stone age

Fisherman with pollock, Lands End, Cornwall
Fisherman landing a four pound eight ounce pollock near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Cartoon, Methodical training, WW1
Cartoon, Methodical training. A French soldier on the Western Front has been given a dog as a mascot. He is gradually training him by giving him less meat each day

How Betty can make a Christmas hankie for mother, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Dainty frock of opal hues, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Jolly play clothes from daddys shirts, baby creeper and sisters apron, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A smart note is added to the sports blouse, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A rainbow frock
How to create a rainbow frock using Dy-o-la Dyes, page of instructions in a brochure. Date: 1920s

A chic little turban made from an old scarf
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye an old scarf with Dy-o-la Dyes and turn it into a turban -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Also how to make a dolly bag out of an old scarf. Date: 1920s

Simple designs with many uses
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye different designs with Dy-o-la Dyes -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s

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