Motive Collection

Ferdinand And Miranda
This painting depicts a later scene from William Shackespeare's The Tempest, in which Miranda and Ferdinand are sat playing chess in a coastal countryside

Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 1 Red Wing
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No.1 - Red Wing, seen on skids at the time of its first flight a frozen lake. The first of a series of experimental powered aircraft designed

Motive Power Depot (MPD), Bournemouth, Dorset
Engine Works, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. London Brighton & South Coast Railway Date: 1950s

Study of Leonardo da Vinci. Multiple cylinder mill. Model
Renaissance. Study of Leonardo da Vinci. Multiple cylinder mill. Model by Alexander Siriati (20th century). The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine 1849
SHjorth (1801- 1870), Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

Frontispiece to Motive Power 1793s
Frontispiece to Motive Power. 1793. From Cayleys original notebook

Origin Species, CH Bennett, grieving man - crocodile
A crocodiles tears. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a crying, grieving man from a crocodile. Fresh from the funeral of a friend this mans tears conceal an ulterior

Aquatic Velocipede
The unnamed inventor of this aquatic velocipede claims to have used it successfully through the winter. Three air filled receptacles keep him up, pedals give motive power

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine
Sketch of the Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

Electric Dog-Cart 1888
Electric dog-cart : battery- powered. For a while, car designers will look to electricity for their motive power, but sadly, combustion will triumph

Stabs Attempt
At a parade at Schonbrunn, Stabs has a stab at stabbing Napoleon but is caught; he says his motive is to end the fighting

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