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Diagram of a fire brigade respirator
LCC-LFB Daylight Rubber Co fire, Farringdon RoadA major fire at the Daylight Rubber Co warehouse in Farringdon Road required many pumps and a turntable ladder to quell the blaze, involving rubber goods
NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets
London (NFS) firefighter in breathing apparatus, WW2Side view of the Mark IV Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set, showing the re-breather bag, mouthpiece, control valves and cooler
Firefighters (NFS London Region) in breathing apparatusFirefighters wearing Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets, seen here at the Regional Headquarters station, Lambeth, SE1
View of journalist Joseph Croce-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, and Gaston Tissandier in the basket of the balloon, Zenith
Mine rescue team wearing breathing apparatusA mine rescue team wearing new breathing apparatus set off into the mine by truck. circa 1911
Men testing breathing apparatusA group of men testing some breathing apparatus, possibly for diving or for use down a mine. circa 1911
Visicks Ether Bottle, with oxygen inlet and two yards of rubber tubing [This catalogue contains 2000 pages of medical equipment] Date: 1930
Flying DressA pilot dressed for a high- altitude flight. Equipped with parachute, harness, oxygen apparatus, telephone, wireless earphones, electrical system for heating clothing. Date: 1920s
Slingsby Truck - 6Oxygen bottle truck (This is just one of 100s of specialisefd trucks etc in this catalogue) Date: circa 1900
K2 ConqueredAn Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the Himalayan summit of K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on July 31, 1954
Met Police Thames DivisionA diver of the Underwater Search Unit of the Metropolitan Police boarding a Thames Division launch after searching in the River Thames, London
Nurses and patient at the Medical Centre, HendonScene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with two nurses attending to a patient
Nurse with equipment at the Medical Centre, HendonScene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse wheeling an oxygen cylinder
Members of the rescue parties at Gresford Colliery, WalesEquipped with oxygen apparatus, these are some of the men who battled for a day and a half to save the lives of miners who had been trapped by flames following an explosion in the mine
Advertisement for tooth powderCalox oxygen tooth powder, for cleaning teeth
Guys Hospital oxygen chamberThe oxygen chamber in the Addison ward. Patient pictured receiving oxygen treatment
Training athletes before a gameOxygen used as a substitute for training athletes. The gas is inhaled before a game or race and is believed to produce outstanding preformances
Westminster Bridge lit by lime lightWestminster Bridge shown lit by lime light as crowds of people and horse-drawn carriages cross. Lime light was so intense it could be seen 95 miles away
The Bude Lights in Trafalgar SquareBude lights in Trafalgar Square, London. Patented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1839, the Bude light introduced oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame
Bude lightA large Bude light in Trafalgar Square. Invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and patented in 1839, the light worked by introducing oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame
Diagram showing the circulation of the bloodA diagram showing the circulation of the blood, with veins, arteries and capillaries
Skincare / Face Cream 1920A woman contemplates the effects of using VEN-YUSA, the oxygen face cream
Joseph Priestley / HoggJOSEPH PRIESTLEY English chemist and clergyman, best known for his experiments with electricity and oxygen Date: 1733 - 1804
Miners Rescue StationA Miners Rescue Station with the use of oxygen apparatus
Climbing / Oxygen / 1923Mountain climbing at high altitude using oxygen masks with the cylinders strapped to their backs
London Athletes W / OxygenLondon athletes breathe oxygen before exercise in order to improve their performance
Smoke Helmets in UseSmoke helmets in use by two members of a colliery rescue brigade, allowing breathing in a smoky or poisonous atmosphere for several hours if necessary
Oxygen / HorseThree men use oxygen to treat a horse at an the Great Northern Railway Infirmary for horses
Sport / Climbing / HimalayasIn their Everest attempt, English climbers Bruce and Finch reach 8300 metres, helped with oxygen apparatus
Futuristic underwater cafeA futuristic underwater cafe. The waiter and customers are wearing diving helmets and oxygen packs. More customers are arriving and departing in submarines
Futuristic seabed fishing -- the fishermen are all wearing diving helmets and oxygen packs, and are firing harpoons at the fish