Power Collection (page 17)

Testing the Hoover Dam, Nevada, USA
Testing the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam), Nevada, USA - view of the downstream face and the Power House. Date: 1936

The Hon J and Mrs Freeman-Mitford
John Power Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford, later 4th Baron Redesdale (18851963), seen here with his bride, formerly Fraulein Marie Ann von Friedlander-Fuld, daughter of a wealthy German coal owner

The boat question by G. H. Davis
The boat question: a suggested method of launching ships boats (ie lifeboats) with long davits. The longer davit would launch the boat well clear of the ships side

Horse & Horse Power bound for Goodwood by Gilbert Holiday
A coach and horses carrying passengers to the Goodwood race meeting at the end of July, is passed by a juggernaut of a vehicle, a charabanc carrying numerous visitors. Date: 1928

Naval strength of Argentine Republic by G. H. Davis
Naval strength of the Argentine Republic. Showing a range of ships, including gunboats, destroyers and torpedo craft. Date: 1913

Italy v. Turkey, rival navies compared, by G. H. Davis
Italy versus Turkey, the rival navies compared. Showing the Italian navy (top), whose chief fighting strength was four powerful armoured cruisers, and the Turkish navy (bottom)

Menace of the U-boat by G. H. Davis
The deadly menace of the U-boat: the power and possibilities of Germanys underwater wolves. Some details of the operational methods of enemy submarines working in the Atlantic shipping lanes during

Royal investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castl
Prince Charles in full regalia as he is presented to the Welsh people at Queen Eleanors Gate. His coronet weighs only three pounds and is of pure gold crystals

Comparative ranges of fighter aircraft by G. H. Davis
The speed and power of fighter craft during the Second World War: comparisons of range. RAF and German bomber escorts: the difference between cruising range and fighting range. Date: 1941

Gas-powered transport by G. H. Davis
A substitute for petrol: internal combustion engines run on gas for road transport. Showing a bus with the plant on a trailer, and other types of converted vehicles

Cartoon, Monopolising the Party Machines, depicting Lloyd George and other Liberal politicians enjoying a dip in the sea (representing political power)

Speed boat tearing through the water
A speed boat called Firefly making waves on the still green water with a pier and paddle steamer in the background. Date: 1928

Car with suitcases on roof rack - Germany post-war
A car with several suitcases packed together on the roof rack. Note the wood gas generator power supply system - Germany, 1945 - essential due to the severe petrol shortage at the end of WW2

Louis XIII Crowned
When Henri IV is murdered, his 8-year old son is crowned as Louis XIII, but his mother, the ghastly Marie de Medicis, will seize power and rule as his regent. Date: 14 May 1610

Conseil Des 500
Napoleon is assailed as Tyrant and Dictator by the Conseil des 500 in the Orangerie de Saint-Cloud : he dissolves the assembly and assumes power as First Consul Date: 9-10 November 1799

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine 1849
SHjorth (1801- 1870), Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

Smoke over Halifax
An industrial landscape, showing smoke over Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1960s

Sofya and Supporters
Sofya, Peters half-sister and regent during his youth, finds herself marginalised when she tries to seize power : she appeals to her supporters for help, but in vain. Date: 1688

Cinna Assassinated
Lucius Cornelius Cinna seizes consular power, but is murdered by mutinous troops just as he is embarking on a new military campaign. Date: 84

Marguerite Power
MARGUERITE POWER niece of Lady Blessington, noted social leader - but also a writer in her own right : and surely an archetypal Victorian miss ! Date: 1815 - 1867

Ellen Power
ELLEN POWER niece of noted social leader lady Blessington, noted for being painted by Landseer. She was evidently fond of birds, and they of her. Date: circa 1841

Henri Martin
HENRI MARTIN French tamer of animaux feroces, which he did, it seems, by the power of his gaze. Date: CIRCA 1866

David Jenkins
DAVID JENKINS Welsh judge and royalist - Here Jenkins stands, who thundring from the TOWER shook thd bold Senates legislative power... Date: 1582 - 1663

Sir Kingsley Wood is greeted by Mr Scott-Paine when insp?
Sir Kingsley Wood is greeted by Mr Scott-Paine when inspecting an armoured target boat for the RAF, built by British Power Boat Co, Hythe, Southampton

Popular Plays - His Majestys Servant - Proud Lad in uniform
Popular Plays - His Majestys Servant - A proud lad in his cadets uniform strides along with an arrogant swagger borne out of the confidence his uniform provides

An emancipated woman dreaming of the perfect husband
My Dream. An emancipated woman dreaming of a small, manageable, respectable husband! Date: circa 1920s

Winning Float for an Electricity Company - North East London. Date: circa 1930s

Flying Terms Defined - Flier Education. A jolly cartoon dog demonstrates some flight terminology: Power Diving (attempt to grab a bone thwarted)

Emancipated woman shows off her strength
The strong emancipated woman shows off her strength; she balances on a barbell with two red Valentines Day hearts for weights while picking up a puppet-like little man by the scruff of the neck

Valentine admiration of emancipated woman
The strong emancipated woman on a red heart Valentines Day see-saw, crushes the puppet-like little man as she rises. Date: 1910s

Personification of Charity - Sweet Sunshine to the Flower
Charitys transforming power - Is like sweet sunshine to the flower. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Little girl searching for her home
This charming comic social commentary card from WW2 is either a little girl pondering where her new home will be (following her evacuation from the big city) or (potentially)

Baku, Azerbaijan - Oil / Gas Blowout
Baku, Azerbaijan - Oil/Gas Well Blowout. Date: circa 1902

Pretty French Girl in powder blue dress and large medallion
Pretty French Girl in powder blue silk dress and wearing a large medallion. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Japan - Woman Factory Worker working hard for her country. Date: circa 1940s

St. Pauls Minnesota, USA - Ford Plant and Power House, situated oat Mississippi River Boulevard and the Ford Road. Date: circa 1920s

Court of Electrical Group - Worlds Fair, Chicago, USA. Part of the " Century of Progress" exhibition. Date: 1933

The Bristol Lucifer radial power egg fitted to a Bristol Type 73 Taxiplane

Avro 638 Club Cadet, G-ACHN, after conversion to de Havilland Gipsy Major power in 1936

HMA R100 aft power car

Power Jets W2 / 700
Power Jets W2/700

Bristol Hercules XI 14-cylinder radial power unit for the Short Stirling

Frontispiece to Motive Power 1793s
Frontispiece to Motive Power. 1793. From Cayleys original notebook

Experimental model of a supersonic guided missile which is being tested in the 8 by 6 foot supersonic wind tunnel of NACAs Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory

Battery of wind turbines in an electric power system, Federal Power Commission, designed by P H Thomas

6500kw twin wheel turbine model. ?The wind power aerogenarator twin-wheel type? by P H Thomas, 1946 Date: 1946

Boiler explosion caused by corrosion from report by Robert Longridge. CE. Boiler Insurance & Steam Power Co. Ltd. Manchester. c.19th C Date: 19th century

Barking Power Station
Barking power station (?)

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