Operating Collection (page 3)

Woman preparing food from cassava plant, Brazil
Woman preparing food from a cassava or manioc plant, Brazil. The root of the plant is poisonous, but the poison can be extracted by squeezing the sap out by stretching and contracting. Date: 1922

Girls operating the public lottery, Brazil
Girls operating the public lottery by turning wheels with numbers on them, Brazil. Date: 1922

Augustus Applegath and Edward Cowpers printing machine 1833
The invention of a steam powered rotary printing machine revolutionised the western world and opened large opportunities of mass distribution of books and news publications. 1833

Robot, 1928 - A Mechanical Man who may do work of tomorrow
Mr. R. J. Wensley of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company operating a mechanical man or robot who, in response to spoken signals and notes blown on a pitch pipe

The Dartmouth Ferry, Devon
The Dartmouth Ferry (also known as the DartmouthKingswear Floating Bridge, a vehicular cable ferry), operating between Dartmouth and Kingswear, Devon. Date: circa 1920s

Turning wood on a pole lathe, which is turned by a foot pedal. Date: 1930s

Operating the levers in the signal box at London Bridge, one of the busiest stations in the country. Date: 1866

Team of Surgeons Date: 1948

Surgical Operation

Surgeon preparing new skin in graft surgery
Surgeon and two nurses in operating theatre, preparing new skin for graft surgery. Date: 1946

Hospital Theatre, Lagos
A hospital operating theatre in Lagos, patient on operating table with surgical team an observers standing around table in gowns and masks. Date: circa 1930

Surgeon, nurses and anaesthetist with patient
Surgeon, three nurses and an anaesthetist stand next to an unconscious patient on an operating table. Date: circa 1930

Nurses preparing for surgery
Two nurses in operating theatre. One nurse is helping the other into surgical garments. An operating table is visible in the foreground, with a large hanging light overhead. Date: circa 1930

Nurses assisting doctor during surgery
Two nurses and doctor over patient on operating table Date: circa 1930

Nurses in an operating theatre
Three nurses laughing in an empty operating theatre. The nurse at centre wears glasses and holds a surgical instrument. There is an autoclave on the floor next to a radiator on their left

FURNACE OF STEAM ENGINE
The furnace, boilers and temperature gauge of a fully operating steam engine Date: early 19th century

KNIFE GRINDER / WHEATLEY
Knives, scissors and razors to grind?; a knife grinder operating in a London street. Date: 1795

WATER WHEEL MECHANISMS
Diagrams to show how different designs of water wheel work Date: 1819

Leather splitting machine at a leather factory, south London
Man operating a leather splitting machine (used for splitting one skin into two thinner skins) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

Anaesthesis of a patient before a medical operation 1888
Anaesthesising a patient before an operation-note the bare heads and primitive equipment. Date: 1888

Short S. 16-1 Scion 1 G-ACUW
Short S.16/1 Scion 1 G-ACUW (msn S.775) at Rochester airport. The third production Scion 1, G-ACUW can be seen with the low set engine nacelles and early style windscreen

A German couple on a fun miniature railway ride, possibly at the seaside. They are both wrapped up well - it must have been a chilly day! Date: 1909

Sir Hiram Maxim operating the valve of the steam engine?
Sir Hiram Maxim operating the valve of the steam engine during a propeller test at the shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim constructed his steam-driven aeroplane, 1890

Ufos / Reichs Cloudbuster
Wilhelm Reich finds that his weather-influencing devices also affect UFOs, and could perhaps destroy them; here he is operating one of his instruments

WW2 German hospital, Jersey, Channel Islands
Operating theatre in a WW2 German hospital, Jersey, Channel Islands. It was an underground hospital, built in the cliffs by Polish prisoners and used for the treatment of wounded officers

Donegal Carpet Hand-Loom Weaving at Killybegs - a view of a group of women in a factory operating a handloom. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Killybegs). Date: circa early 1900s

Weaving Donegal Homespun on Cottage Handloom, Buncrana - a view of a man operating a loom inside a cottage with a lady looking on from a doorway

A Damask Napkin Handloom Weaver, Waringstown - man operating a loom inside. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Waringstown). Date: circa early 1900s

An Irish Hand-Loom Weaver at Work, Moira - Interior of house showing man operating the loom.. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Moira). Date: circa early 1900s

Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving
A row of Jacquard Looms in operation for figured weaving Date: circa 1830s

Ryan YPT-16 -based on their earlier STM sport plane, Ryan built thousands of these pilot trainers, as well as operating training schools

Commander in German U-boat by G. H. Davis
Secrets of a German U-boat: one of a series of drawings made inside a captured submarine during the Second World War. The commander is seen at his action station

Sir Hiram Maxim operating the valve of the steam engine ?
Sir Hiram Maxim operating the valve of the steam engine during a propeller test at the shed at Baldwyn?s Park, Kent, where Sir Hiram Maxim constructed his steam-driven aeroplane, 1890

LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat, Blackfriars, London
Tied up at her Blackfriars moorings, the Massey Shaw fireboat gives a demonstration of her fire power from her Merryweather pumps

French gunners in Battle of Doiran, Macedonia, WW1
French gunners operating a 75mm gun during the Battle of Doiran, Macedonian Front, in the First World War. This was a battle between Bulgaria and allied French and British forces. Date: August 1916

Ww1 German Field Radio
German soldiers operating a field radio station

Revolving a steam engine
Roundabout ride for a steel giant. A large steam engine is turned around on a revolving track. Date: 1932

Farming family, South America, showing a man wearing a fancy silver belt, another man operating a sewing machine, and a seated woman. Date: circa 1900s

Operation being carried out by a Field Surgery Unit
Photograph: an operation being carried out by a Field Surgery Unit, Royal Army Medical Corps, in an Italian prison still under enemy fire

Royal Engineers Annual Reunion Dinner, 1925
Members of the Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers Annual Reunion Dinner in 1925. Date: 1925

Temporary operating theatre, Lindi area, East Africa, WW1. 1917

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Gold Mines
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Mines - Gold Mining - miner operating a pneumatic drill. Date: circa 1930s

People operating a hand mill. 17th century

WW2 - Land Girls working the land. Date: circa 1943

Waifs and Strays Society Map of Home Locations
A map of the locations of Waifs and Strays Society operating in 1907. Date: 1907

Dirty Furring Potatoes With Wooden Plough, Mourne - a view of two men in a furrowed field, one operating a horse drawn wooden plough and in the background is the sea

Pollan Fishers Twisting Lines for Nets, Lough Neagh
Pollan Fishers Twisting Lines forNets, Lough Neagh - a view of a man operating a large wheel to twist a net for a man in the background in a field

Handloom Carpet Weaving, Killybegs - a view of a woman in a factory operating a handloom. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Killybegs). Date: circa early 1900s

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