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Kaman HH-43F Huskie 62-4450 (msn 176), fire-fighting and rescue helicopter. Delivered as a Kaman HH-43B Huskie 62-4450 was converted to an HH-43F by replacing the original piston engine with a
Deltic engine, final gear is being fitted into a phasing gearing assembly
George Stephensons Rocket - the pre-1923 replica. George Stephensons Rocket Locomotive was built in 1829. Built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 Piston-Engine Date: 1942
Maintenance worker greasing pivots and slidesA Railway engineer, wearing no discernible protective clothing, greasing the pivots and slides with a grease gun. Photograph by Heinz Zinram. 1950s
Hawker Fury LA610 of 1945 was powered by a Napier Sabre VIHawker Fury, LA610, of 1945 was powered by a Napier Sabre VII which probably made it the fastest piston-powered Hawker aircraft. Date: 1945
Hawker Hector with Napier Dagger III engineA detail of a Hawker Hector focussing on the Napier Dagger III H-24 air-cooled piston Engine. Developing 805hp the Dagger was the next step for D
Replica of George Stephensons Rocket LocomotiveGeorge Stephensons Rocket Locomotive, built in 1829. Built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
Rolls-Royce Eagle Viii / 8 V-12 Piston Aero-Engine
Rolls-Royce Falcon 3 / III V-12 Piston Aero-Engine Off-A?Rolls-Royce Falcon 3 / III V-12 Piston Aero-Engine Off-Aircraft
Farnborough wind tunnel with Bristol BulldogThe Royal aircraft establishment wind tunnel at Farnborough, with Bristol Type 124 Bulldog TM K3183 mounted on the balance
Currie Jet Wot G-APWT, the second Currie Wot, first flown on 20 October 1959, fitted with a 70hp Rover TP.60/1 turboprop engine in November 1960
James Watt, Scottish engineer, at work on the steam engine. Date: circa 1760s
How a railway train is propelled -- two diagrams of a locomotive engine, showing firebox, boiler, smoke box, steam chamber, cylinder and piston, safety valves, steam whistle and feed pipe. Date: 1841
Westland WS. 55 Series 3 G-APDYWestland WS.55 Series 3 G-APDY (msn WA/241), at the September 1962 SBAC Farnborough Air-Show. Built as the WS-55 Series 2 demonstrator
Bristol Hercules, 14-cylinder, sleeve-valve radial piston engine. Date: 1940s
Convair 580 N331G (msn 202) Capitalist Tool of Forbes Magazine at London Heathrow Airport. built as a Convair CV-340-79-, powered by Pratt & Whitney R-2800 piston engines
Curtiss XF15C-1 01215 A large mixed-power naval fighter powered by a piston engine and a turbojet engine. 01215, the sole survivor of the three prototypes built
Blackburn YA. 7 WB781Blackburn YA.7 WB781 (msn 5615), on the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough fire dump (struck off charge on 18 May 1955)
de Havilland Gipsy Six. Six cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston Engine, developing 200-220 hp. RHS view Date: 1970s
Marine-Fliegerabteilung - Friedrichshafen FF. 31 274Marine-Fliegerabteilung - Friedrichshafen FF.31 274 pusher float-plane Two FF.31 float-planes were Built for the Marine-Fliegerabteilung
John Ainslies tile machine 1846John Ainslies tile machine. Date: 1846
Kaman K-125B N60377 - NX60377Kaman K-125B N60377 / NX60377 (msn 1). The first helicopter designed and built by (Charles H) Kaman Aircraft Corp, Bradley Field, Windsor Locks CT
Rolls-Royce V-12 Piston Aero-Engine Date: 1940s
Watt steam engine, first type of steam engine" Watt steam engine, first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to drive the piston helped by a partial vacuum
Rolls Royce Eagle H-type 24-cylinder piston engineRolls-Royce Eagle H-type 24-cylinder piston engine of 3, 500hp. circa 1947. Port rear quarter. Date: 1947
Junkers Jumo 204 CI 6-cyl vertically opposed piston engineJunkers Jumo 204 CI six-cylinder vertically opposed piston two-stroke engine of 600-750hp
Instrument for tattooing deserters, 1850 (c). Brass body and trigger with brass D plate and steel spikes. Engraved on side with manufacturers name, Savigny and Company, London
Submerged pump pistons. Supply cities. Engraved by Decreef. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878
Gresley A4 Pacific Steam Locomotive, . Showing close up of Piston Date: 1950s
Sikorsky-built S-58, XL722, re-engined by Westland with ?Sikorsky-built S-58, XL722, re-engined by Westland with a Napier Gazelle turboshaft replacing the radial piston engine. June 1957
First flight of the first Short Skyvan G-ASCNFirst flight of the first Short Skyvan, G-ASCN, on 17 January 1963 at Queens Island, Belfast, powered by two Continental piston engines. Date: 1963
Small experimental gunpowder engine, showing the bow string mechanism to effect the return stroke of the piston. 1807. From Cayleys original notebook
Piston, drawing by David Joy (?)
Pecussion cap gun (mid. 19th c. ). SPAIN. RipollPecussion cap gun (mid. 19th c.). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll Ethnographic Museum
Percussion cap handgun (beginning 19th c. ). SPAINPercussion cap handgun (beginning 19th c.). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll Ethnographic Museum
Pecussion cap gun (19th c. ). SPAIN. Ripoll. RipollPecussion cap gun (19th c.). SPAIN. Ripoll. Ripoll Ethnographic Museum
Large output pinion - Deltic engineTwo fitters assemble the large output pinion into the phasing gear case of a Deltic engine Date: 1960
Deltic assembly, in the background are Deltics on revolving cradles
Machine shop, Deltic production, left gearcutting and grinding bay, right machining connecting rods
Liverpool works, general turning and gear grinding lanesLiverpool works, general turning line on the left, gear cutting and grinding on the right
Oiling a Locomotive Wheel and PistonA railway engineer oils the end of a piston on an immense steam train wheel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram