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Paris: Le Mot 1914-1915 Bound folioParis: Le Mot. 1914-1915. Bound folio with a book cover by A.G. Gonon and a book plate for H.P. Gassier (French cartoonist - 1883-1951)
Various fetal skeletons displayedAnatomical display. Scene depicts various fetal skeletons, one holding a necklace of pearls, another holding a miniature scythe, another cries into a membrane
Man in classical dress contemplating a skeleton lying on the ground. From: Osteographia, or, The anatomy of the bones. Date: 1733
Manufacture Avro 504 biplanes WWIA.V. Roe and Company, factory in Hamble in Hampshire, England making Avro 504 biplanes made entirely of wood, during World War One, the biplane was largely in observation and bombing roles
Parts of the headTab VII - Praelectio secunda. A head and other diagrams showing parts of the head Source: Myographia nova, or, A graphical description of all the muscles in the humane body
View of male from side Source: Myographia nova, or, A graphical description of all the muscles in the humane body, as they arise in dissection by Browne, John, 1642-ca. 1700
German plants raided by Allied bombing, by G. H. DavisRaided by Allied bomber operations during the Second World War: Germanys principal aircraft and component plants, and what they manufacture. Date: 1944
Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. DavisThe transport problems that would arise were heavy bombers switched from Britain to the Middle East during the Second World War
Loading spare motor parts, Western Front, WW1British soldiers loading spare motor transport parts on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Motor transport work, Western Front, France, WW1British troops engaged in motor transport work near the Western Front in France during World War One. They are packing parts at a depot ready for despatch. Date: circa 1916
Two women working in a garage, repairing vehicles
Vehicles awaiting repairVehicles in a yard, waiting to be repaired, or perhaps they are beyond repair and are being held for spare parts
French woman in a munitions factory, making parts for artiFrench lady as she sits at her bench, in a French factory, machining brass striker-pins for artillery shells. 1916
The Tower of David, Jerusalem, Israel. The existing building is mainly a Medieval fortress, but parts of it were built by the Hasmondean (1st century AD) and King Herod (37-34 BC) Date: BCE & Medieval
Rugby School, Warwickshire, England, was founded by a bequest from Lawrence Sheriff, wealthy grocer to Elizabeth I. The famous Victorian parts are by William Butterfield (1875). Date: founded 1567
Edward PalmerEDWARD PALMER Oriental scholar, who had the misfortune to be murdered by murderous Arabs while on an expedition in those parts... Date: 1840 - 1882
Ferrying a New BridgeThe rather precarious task of ferryimg the component parts of an iron bridge into position. Date: early 1930s
Two Female Missionaries in China and local converts, both young and old(er). Possibly from the S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts). Date: 1913
China - Christian Clergyman Rev. John Kao (Shantung Diocese)China - A superb portrait of Clergyman Rev. John Kao (Shantung Diocese). The S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) sent its first missionary to China in 1863 Date
S. P. G. Christian Graduates at Kobe, JapanS.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) Christian Graduates at Kobe, Japan Date: 1910s
South Korea - Ganghwa Island - The S. P. G. Mission HouseSouth Korea - The S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts) Mission House at Ganghwa (Kang Hoa) Island, Korea. Date: circa 1910s
Cupid with flaming torch and flower. Engraving, probably by (or after) Thomas Holloway, from Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: a poem in two parts. Page viii, Proem of Vol. 2. Date: 1791-94
Flora at play with Cupid. Engraving by S. Alkin, from Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: a poem in two parts. Frontispiece for Vol.2. Date: 1791-94
Flora attired by the elements. Engraving by Anker Smith, from Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden: a poem in two parts.Frontispiece for Vol.1. Date: 1791-94
Zeppelin parts at Lady Droghedas Official Air Services Exhibition at the Peoples Palace, Mile End Road, 1-19 November 1917
SORIGUEROLA, Master of (half 13th century)). Panel of Saint Michael. A vertical border divides the panel into two parts. In
VERNET, Joseph (1714-1789). Night: A Port in the Moonlight. From a series on seaports depicting the different parts of the day
Biblia Polota Complutense (The ComplutensianBiblia Pol ota Complutense (The Complutensian Polyglot Bible). Bible written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin (some parts also in Aramaic)
Map of Palestine. Illustration of the work Description of the Earth. Depiction of the world parts (15th c.). Miniature
The Paris revolutionA barricade at the corner of the Boulevard Rue Mazagran in Paris, 1848. In France, the catalyst for the revolutions in the rest of Europe, the monarchy was replaced by the Second Republic
Model of historical appliance at Selfridges
Stocks of fire brigade hose fittings, LFB HQ workshopsAn assortment of pump collector heads, hose adapters and suction hoses on the floor of the London Fire Brigade workshops at Lambeth
A new table of all the names of the principal parts and rigging of a man of war
Auto parts shop. Atlanta, Georgia. Date 1936 Mar
British soldier riding on light railway, WW1A British soldier riding on a light railway during the First World War. The contraption he is riding is made from parts of an old motor car, and bears the name Scotch Express on the front. Date: 1917
Dressing CasesFine morocco leather dressing cases for ladies, containing Toilet Requisites, traveling clocks, accessories for all parts of the anatomy... Date: 1930
Railton FairmileAn English car with some American parts, and with a price approaching seven hundred pounds - evidently for the choosy motorist. Date: 1937
Rue Royale FiresFires are started in parts of Paris, often by petroleuses - women carrying cans of fuel. Firemen fight fires in the fashionable rue Royale, seen as symbolic of the old regime. Date: April- May 1871
Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Parts of the present building are medieval, but most of it was rebuilt between 1907 and 1937, when the restoration was completed. Date: 1936
Psychometric TestingA Feature Profile Test, used by the National Institute of Industrial Psychology to measure intelligence. The person has to assemble disconnected parts. Date: 1930s
Carpet FactoryOne of the older parts of the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory, Wiltshire, England, where the famous Wilton and Axminster carpets were manufactured until a takeover in 1995. Date: early 18th century
Roasting Deer on a SpitDeer and ox roasting is often part of a celebration or custom, in various parts of Britain. Here deer carcasses are being roasted in the open air at Bournemouth, England. Date: 1950s
Dartmoor Standing StoneA granite Standing Stone and ancient stone row, near Nattor, on Dartmoor, Devon, England, one of many similar stones situated on all parts of the moor. Date: BC
Roberts and Coppocks Improvement in Looms for WeavingTechnical drawing of an invention, patented in 1855, by Roberts and Coppock, consisting of an improved arrangement of parts for letting the yarn off the warp beam in a weaving loom
Gauges used to manufacture Vickers-Maxim gunGauges used to manufacture the Vickers-Maxim gun, a heavy machine gun which was used from the late 1880s through to the 1940s in many wars by many countries. Date: 20th century
Gun parts of ANR on Rufiji River, East Africa, WW1Gun parts of the 1st Service Battery ANR on the Rufiji (Rufigi) River in German East Africa (now Tanzania) during the First World War. The photograph was taken during the wet season
Loading Mechanism PartsComponents of the loading mechanisms of 18th century rifles & pistols. Date: Circa 1760
St Bartholomew MassacreProtestants are stabbed, shot, trampled and thrown from windows in a Paris street - just some of the 3000 murdered in Paris, and many more in other parts of the country Date: 24 August 1572