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Advert for Harrods piano sale 1919Selection of bargain pianos, prices start at 148 gns for a Cramer Baby Grand in rosewood to a Chappell upright Boudoir Grand at 64 gns. 1919
Bicycle Made For Three - Continental Pneumatic AdvertBicycle Made For Three - Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) Advertisement. The pair at the rear of the bicycle appear to be contributing slightly less to the forward momentum as
Bone-Shaker Bike C1830It has pedals, but no chain, and no pneumatic tyres - hard work to propel, and hard on the seat... Date: circa 1830
The Micheline - a train on pneumatic tyresThe Micheline - the first train on pneumatic tyres. In commercial use since 1931 - the birth of the Michelin Tyre. This example was run on the L.M.S. Line (Bletchley to Oxford) in 1932
New Banting Bed for Reducing the FigureThe New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson
A splendid cabinet photograph of two well-dressed women standing proudly with their bicycles. Date: circa 1890s
Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installationA Rover car fitted with a neatly made coal-gas installation. The gas bolster originated by Wood-Milne Ltd. was a recepticle built along the lines of a pneumatic tyre
London / Embankment / 1867A section of the Thames Embankment, showing the Subway, the Pneumatic Railway, the Metropolitan and District Railway and the Low-Level Sewer
Track Cycling Race - Continental Pneumatic AdvertContinental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard showing a track cycle race in full swing. Date: 1916
Girl lighting her cigarette - Continental Pneumatic AdvertContinental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard, featuring a touching scene as a glamorous and confident lady cyclist stops to grab a light for her cigarette from a
Advert, Gas Switch, The Pneumatic Gas Lighting Co LtdAdvert for the Gas Switch, a pneumatic distance gas lighter, made by The Pneumatic Gas Lighting Co Ltd, Farringdon Street, London. 1909
Two Edwardian women with their bicycles in a garden. Date: circa 1907
Advertising Russian Pneumatic Tyres in BelgiumAdvertising - Provodnik Russian Pneumatic Tyres in Belgium - " This is what I need to prevent skidding!". Date: circa 1910
The Hardy Simplex road drill, Hardy Patent Pick Company, Sheffield
The Hardy Simplex, early 1900s
Pianola advertAn advert for the pianola. It is a player piano is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via programmed music recorded
Wildfowling in a Pneumatic BoatWildfowlers on Lake Keuka at Hammondsport, New York State, using a recent innovation in water-craft construction - the inflatable pneumatic boat. Date: circa 1924
Advert, Bailey Whalebone Pneumatic Road WagonAdvert for the Bailey Whalebone Pneumatic Road Wagon Date: 1901
Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896In the 1890s, when Dunlop tyre was first introduced the bicycle was popular in France that they were unable to keep up with extraordinary demand for pneumatic tyres
His pneumatic machine Date: circa 1657
Section of the Thames EmbankmentA section of the Thames Embankment, taken by the Charing Cross railway bridge, showing; (1) the subway, designed to hold the gas pipes, the water pipes, perhaps the telegraph wires
Michelin Tyre Company promo postcardcirca 1910s
Two girls with their new bicycles and proud parentsBritish family outside their house. The parents look very proud, possibly because their two duaghters have just learning to ride their shiny new bicycles! Date: circa 1920
Train with pneumatic wheels demonstrated at BletchleyA rail road car, a train with pneumatic wheels which runs on rails was demonstrated at Bletchley this morning in a trail run to Oxford
Pneumatic machine and batteriesPneumatic machine 3, and batteries 1, 2. Physique: Pile a auge, pile a colonnes, machine pneumatique. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard
Exact time, France 1880The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France - scene in the shop where the clocks are sold. Date: 1880
Interior in Dunlop factory 1896Thousands of Dunlop pneumatic tyres, Belfast was the scene of its introduction, then a move was made to Dublin, whose Corporation
Three scruffy boys watch the men digging up the road in Piccadilly
General Post Office London 1890sWomen at work in the General Post Office tube room at St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London. The room had pneumatic tube connections to post office establishments. Date: circa 1890s
Reinagles Leviathan 1846Reinagles pneumatic engine, the Leviathan. Date: 1846
London - Embankment - 1867A section of the Thames Embankment, showing; 1. subway, 2. low level sewer, 3. Metropolitan and District Railway and 4. Pneumatic Railway. Date: 1867
EXACT TIME, FRANCE 1880The unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France - reservoirs of compressed air. Date: 1880
EXACT TIME, FRANCEThe unification and distribution of time using pneumatic chronometers, France Date: 1880
Otto von Guericke Demonstrating his ExperimentHis pneumatic pistol, using atmospheric pressure Date: circa 1657
Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA - Birds eye view - toward the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. Date: circa 1930
Izmir, Turkey - Jewish Traditional Mosaic makingStoreroom for normal road cars at the Michelin pneumatic tyre factory. Date: 1907
Trade catalogue for Edwardian sweet making utensils 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of sweet making utensils. 1911
LCC-LFB A motorised Dennis pump escapeThe adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of stations required. A report produced in the 1920s recommended the closure of some 15 fire stations
Milk delivery men and carts, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexWs Baker & Son Victoria Dairy milk delivery men pictured with their carts at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Milkman Bill Whittle (left)
The first pneumatic tyres ever madePhotograph of the fist pneumatic tryes ever made as displayed at the Imperial International Exhibition at White City. They were the work of Mr William Thomson of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co
Paris to Bordeaux Race 1895The first car driving on Michelin tyres to win the Paris to Bordeax race in 1895. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1905
Paris Vienne Race MichelinParis - Vienne Race 1902. Farman sur Panhard. Tile picture from the Michelin Building in the Fulham Road, Chelsea
French Train PunctureA railway worker changes a wheel to repair a punctured tyre on a new French pneumatic tyred motor coach. Date: 1930s
Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Roadster and Carrier Range - Fort, Roadster, Magnum, Edinburgh, Cambridge, Champion, Carrier, Invader, Clipper Carrier, Scout and Cruiser. Date: circa 1935
Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Speed and Sports Range - Road Racing (Hgh Pressure) File Pattern, Road Racing (High Pressure) File Pattern with Ribbed centre, Sports, Speed, Tandem, Sprite and Sprite Tandem
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Gold MinesJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - Crown Mines - Gold Mining - miner operating a pneumatic drill. Date: circa 1930s
Cartoon, Scientific Researches! New Discoveries in Pneumaticks! or, an Experimental Lecture on the Powers of Air, by James Gillray
Paris Vienne Race 1902Auguste Bucquet riding a Werner motorcycle, winning the Paris to Vienne race 15 May 1902. The hoarding translates literally Michelin tyres drink the obstacles
Circuit des Ardennes 1906 won by Duray driving a Lorraine Dietrich. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1906
Coupe de Voiturettes 1907Louis Naudin driving his Sizaire-Naudin to win the Coupe de Voiturettes 28 October 1907. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1907
Bicycle Race Paris-Brest 1891Charles Terront riding on Michelin tyres in the Paris to Brest race of 1891. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1891
French Grand Prix Dieppe 1908Christian Lautenschlager driving Mercedes to win the Grand-Prix de l A.C.F. at Dieppe in 1908. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1908
Coupe Rothschild Nice 1903Serpollet winner of the Coupe Rothschild, Nice 1903. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1903
Ardennes Belges 1904 Heath sur Panhard. Ceramic tile picture ftom the Michelin Building in Fulham Road, London Date: 1904
Suffragette Toy Votes for Women. A suffragette with votes for women flag is pushed along by a policeman in this ingenious mechanical toy
Paris Madrid Race MichelinParis - Madrid Race 1903. Gabriel sur Mors. Tile picture from the Michelin Building in the Fulham Road, Chelsea
Fire engine and crew, LCC-London Fire BrigateA fire engine and its crew at Southwark HQ -- the first pneumatic tyred appliance, commissioned in April 1928, with a Dennis Tamini pump capacity of 500 gallons per minute. Date: circa 1928
Opening of the tube line between Holborn and EustonThe pneumatic despatch tube: the Holborn end of the tube on the opening day of the line between Euston Square and Holborn. Date: 1865
Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: trimming the casingsManufacture of cycling accessories: women trimming the casings of Dunlop tyres. Date: 1896
Manufacture of Continental Pneumatic tyres, 1900Manufacture of cycling accessories: a man admires a Continental pneumatic tyre. Date: 1900
Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: inserting the wiresManufacture of cycling accessories: women inserting the wires into Dunlop pneumatic tyres. Date: 1896
Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: inflating the tubesManufacture of cycling accessories: women inflate the tubes of Dunlop tyres. Date: 1896
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres, WW1A patriotic advertisement for Dunlop tyres in the early stages of the First World War. Dunlops are British-made -- avoid continental tyres made by the enemy! Date: September 1914
Motor Tyres Triple Stud Pattern - Dunlop - Three styles - Fort Triple Stud, Standard Triple Stud and Sports. Date: circa 1935
Motor Tyres 90 Pattern - Dunlop - Three styles - Fort 90, Standard 90 and Extra Low Pressure 90. Date: circa 1935
Giant Pneumatic Tyres - Dunlop - Three styles - 90 High Pressure, High Pressure (Triple Stud) and Low Pressure. Date: circa 1935
Motor Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Eight different styles of tyreEight different types of Dunlop Motor Cycle Tyres - the Fort, Standard, Heavy Duty (Beaded Edge), Standard (Ribbed), Solo Sports, Sports, Road Racing (Ribbed) and Road Racing (Triple Stud)
Diagram of Thompson?s pneumatic bicycle tyre, 1845 Date: 1845
LCC-LFB motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyresThe London Fire Brigade introduced Dennis dual purpose appliances which were fitted with pneumatic tyres, making fire engines faster and safer
Dennis motorised pump-escape with pneumatic tyresA Dennis dual-purpose fire engine (pump escape) at Southwark fire station (station No 1) and LFB Headquarters. Introduced into the Brigade in 1934, it was fitted with pneumatic tyres
Brother and Sister with their cyclesA brother and sister pose in their attractive back garden with their cycles. The boy sits on a tricycle and the girl stand propped up against her bicycle
Well, I m BlowedThe Heath Robinson Mark VII Extra Special Pneumatic Candle Flame Extinguisher, specially devised for blowing out the candle when the dressing table is a long way from the bed
St Marys - The Atlantic Hotel - Donkey CartSt Marys Island, Isles of Scilly - The Atlantic Hotel - Donkey Cart used to transport your baggage from the harbour up to the hotel
Digging up the tarmac on a roadA workman in a trilby hat digs up the tarmac surface of a road with a pneumatic drill
Removing Rock from a TunnelThree construction workers use pneumatic drills to remove rock from around a large pipe in an underground tunnel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Clearing Bristol SewersThree workers use spades and a pneumatic drill to clear/expand the tunnel space in Bristols underground sewerage system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
First dispatch of mail-bags by pneumatic tubeFirst dispatch of mail-bags in 1863 through the pneumatic tube from the district office in Eversholt Street, London to Euston Station
Arthur Du Cros - Racing CyclistArthur Du Cros - Du Cros was a racing cyclist, enthusiast of cars when they were invented, and founder of the Dunlop company
The Engine Room of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel ConveyancEngraving showing the engine room of the of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance, Battersea, London. This was part of an experimental setup to test the design of a pneumatic conveyance tube
The Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance Tube, BatterseaEngraving showing the Despatch-tube of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London. This was an experimental setup to test the design of the tube
The Mouth and Carriage of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel CoEngraving showing the mouth of the despatch-tube and a carriage, carrying mail, of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London
Pneumatic Railway at the Crystal PalacePneumatic railway for passengers in the grounds of the Crystal Palace. A model from the invention by T. W Rammell was exhibited and ran from the Sydenham entrance to the armoury
Humphry Davy / ExperimentsHumphry Davy, whilst director of the laboratory of the Pneumatic Institution, Clifton, investigates the effects of nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Scott-Moncrieff TramScott-Moncrieffs patent Pneumatic Tramway-car
