Methods Collection

British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis
Considered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder. Diagrammatic drawings of a famous British weapon

MONTESSORI (1870 - 1952)
Doctor MARIA MONTESSORI Italian medical and educator, first woman in Italy to obtain a medical degree; pioneered child education methods

How Navajo Indian Rugs are made - USA Date: circa 1930s

Scenes of peasant working life, Ireland
These illustrations show women and men engaged in activities such as carding wool, spinning, sowing, threshing, minnowing and scutching

German inventions for war in the air by G. H. Davis
The ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war in the air. Illustrating the methods and machines exploited and used by the Germans during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Sport / Martial Arts / Kendo
Two warriors practise Kendo, the way of the sword. Kendo is derived from ancient samurai (warrior class) fighting methods

Remedial Gymnastics
Diagram to show methods of curative gentle exercise

Johannes Gutenberg, German goldsmith and printer
Johannes Gutenberg (Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg), German goldsmith and printer. He invented mechanical movable type and thereby began a revolution in book printing

Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. Davis
The 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. Davis
Details 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 WWI
Double 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

Launching of V2 rocket bombs by G. H. Davis
The launching of V2 rocket bombs during the Second World War: an official photograph and its explanation. On the left: a scene at Peenemunde, birthplace of the V2

Japanese ways of chivalry: a display of ancient fighting methods by the Budokwai in London at the Aeolian Hall. Wielding "saucepan lids", sickle and chain

Aerial photography by G. H. Davis
Aerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Medical / Instruments / 1739
Diagram to show the various methods used for opening veins and performing blood transfusions

Lesson in Agriculture
A group of farmworkers receive instruction in agricultural methods

Primitive Stone Age people, Kazakhstan area
Primitive Stone Age people using ancient fire lighting methods. In the background are foragers harvesting. 8700-2000 BCE

Smelting Furnace - Sierra Leone, West Africa
Smelting in a bloomery-type furnace in Sierra Leone, West Africa. circa 1910s

Helena Rubinstein advertisement
Advertisement for Helena Rubinstein of Grafton Street, London, specifically hormone creams claiming to recreate vital glandular elements of " first youth". Date: 1932

Rural English Soft Cheesemaker - preparing formed rounds of local cheese. Date: 1900s

Attempt to divert river Peiho
The attempts of diverting the river Peiho and flood the surround country. The picture shows the camp at Hoshiwu, which is half way between Tientsin and Pekin

Photographs of methods of escape and rescue from fire, indoor and outdoor scenes. Captioned Help for the unconscious and the conscious: Fire ??Escapes??. Date: 1911

FEDERAL SENTINEL
A Federal sentry is shot by a Secessionist sniper : such methods of fighting were considered most ungentlemanly and contrary to accepted standards of military conduct. Date: 1861

Golden Soil: French methods of Market Gardening for England, showing scenes from the Market Garden at Thatcham, Berkshire. Date: 1908

Colonel Ashley with Chelsea Pensioners, WW1
Colonel Ashley explaining modern signal methods to Chelsea Pensioners during the First World War. 1914-1918

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

Pulled-Sugar Flowers Date: 1935

Piped Flower Samples Date: 1935

Arab Women carrying large Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt
Arab Women carrying large water Amphorae - Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1904

New methods with the deaf and dumb 1906
Interesting photographs of the method used in the early 1900s to help children learn to communicate. Date: 1906

NEW FARMING METHODS
Workers on a communal farm are given instruction in new farming methods Date: 1951

Temporary Treatment of Bone Fractures, including rifle used as a splint, cricket bat used as a splint, slings, triangular bandages, shawl caps, huntsmans whips used as splint

Methods of Arresting Bleeding with various tourniquets, clamps, manual pressure, forceps, knotted handkerchiefs and bandages. Date: circa 1880s

Syrian Women making Bread Date: circa 1907

Kitagawa Utamaro print - Watching Divers for Shellfish
Reproduction of a woodcut by Kitagawa Utamaro (1750-1806) entitled: Watching Divers for Shellfish. Date: circa late 18th century

Tibet - A Moment of Suspence - transporting animals on trail
Tibet - 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

Return of the hot water bottles 1946
Production of the rubber synthetic hot water bottle in Streatham factory, London, post Second World War. During the War, rubber was reserved for making tires for military trucks

Baling out of a stricken aeroplane by G. H. Davis
The gentle art of baling out: escape technique. How airmen dive and drift to safety through space. The use of the parachute during the Second World War: methods of escape from stricken aeroplanes

Diagram of a torpedo by G. H. Davis
The most destructive naval weapon of the Second World War: the torpedo. Its working and methods of firing diagrammatically explained. Date: 1939

Japan - Japanese tea ceremony Date: circa 1905

South Korea - Joseon Province - Weaving and Spinning
South Korea - Joseon (Chosen, Choson) Province - Women Weaving and Spinning. Date: circa 1920s

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

Olivier De Serres
OLIVIER DE SERRES French agronomist who created a medel farm at Pradel, introduced new plants from other countries, and pioneered new farming methods

Drying Fish on wooden racks - Nordland, Northern Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Malaysia - tapping rubber trees Date: circa 1920s

Lobster Fishing on Sark - lay lines hanging from rings
Lobster Fishing on Sark, Channel Islands - lay lines hanging from rings and ladder Date: circa 1906

Hvanneyri model farm, Iceland
Hvanneyri, one of the model farms, represents the most modern methods of construction in its buildings and the latest methods of cultivation and animal breeding in 1939. Date: 1939

Japan - Winnowing the rice by hand and by machine. Date: circa 1910s

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