Power Collection (page 8)

Lyalls patent postive motion loom
James Lyall from New York, showing his new and patent power loom. Date: 1869

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Napoleon Bonaparte, at Saint-Cloud, in which Napoleon seized power in revolutionary France on 9 November 1799. 1799

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Temporal Power. 1901

Crown Prince of Sweden meeting Emperor of Russia
The Crown Prince of Sweden meeting the Emperor of Russia at Abo (Turku, now in Finland). Probably at the time of the Treaty of Abo, marking the end of the Russo-Swedish War (1741-1743). 18th century

Johannes Treu, the worlds strongest tooth-athlete
Power achievement of the Russian Johannes Treu, claimed to be the worlds strongest tooth-athlete. circa 1898

Womens tug of war team training in Battersea Park
A womens tug-of-war team preparing to " take the strain" while training in Battersea Park, wearing sturdy boots and practical clothes. 1928

Sheffield - Castle Grinding Mill for cutlery 1853
Exterior view of the Castle Grinding Mill for cutlery at Sheffield. Date: 1853

Chaudiere Falls and dam, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Chaudiere Falls and dam on the Ottawa River, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1910

Great Western Power Co, Butte County, California, USA
Power House of the Great Western Power Co, on the north bank of the Feather River at Las Plumas, Butte County, California, USA. Date: circa 1909

Walter Hancocks steam-powered road vehicle 1833
Walter Hancocks Autopsy, high pressure steam vehicle with passengers in London. Date: 1833

Wycliffe explains his thoughts before the Archbishop
John Wycliffe (circa 1320s 1384) -an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, biblical translator, reformer, priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford

King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede
John, King of England (1166-1216) signs the Magna Carta (Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England) - forced onto him by the feudal barons

King Cnut commands the tide to retreat (unsuccessfully)
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

Steam-washing machinery at St. Pancras Workhouse
The steam-washing machinery at St. Pancras workhouse was a combination of Macalpines Washing machines and Manloves dash wheel and hydro-extractor, all driven by steam-power. Date: 1857

Shand and Masons steam fire-engine 1859
Shand Mason, British company that designed and manufactured steam powered fire engines in the 19th century and early 20th centuries. Date: 1859

Battersea Power Station
The new Battersea Power Station in London, the architecture was planned by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and now a Grade II listed building. Date: 1935

BIG BOSS
Democracy - Depicting a vulture over looking workers while sitting upon a human skull 1941

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT
Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team

Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat 93879
Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat N4994V (msn A-11631, ex BuAer number 93879), a former United States Navy radio-controlled drone target, on display at the Air Museum, Lancaster California, on 28 May 1965

Westland-Sikorsky S. 55 Series 3 G-APDY
Westland-Sikorsky S.55 Series 3 G-APDY (msn WA.241). Westlands Gnome-Whirlwind demonstrator at the 1963 Biggin Hill International Air Fair

Avro 701 Athena T Mk. 2 VW892
Avro 701 Athena T Mk.2 VW892, (second prototype T Mk.2), at the 1948 SBAC Radlett air show. Originally designed for turboprop power to Air Ministry Specification T.7/45 as the Athena T Mk.1

Napier Oryx gas generator turbine engine on the D. Napier & sons stand at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. The Oryx was designed to power the Percival P.74 helicopter rotor which was driven by

Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 1 Red Wing
Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No.1 - Red Wing, seen on skids at the time of its first flight a frozen lake. The first of a series of experimental powered aircraft designed

Folland Fo. 139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo.139 Midge G-39-1, taxiing for take-off at Chilbolton, Follands flight test base. First flown at Boscombe Down on 11 August 1954, the Midge was used to demonstrate the feasibility of W.E.W

Foster General Purpose Engine 14422 with threshing machine
Maker: William Foster & Co. of Lincoln Type: General Purpose Engine Number: 14422 Built: 1924 Registration: CT 6708 Cylinders: Single Nhp: 7 Providing power for a threshing machine. Date: 1970s-1980s

BATTLE OF ROCROI During the Thirty Years War, Conde defeats the Spanish with heavy casualties, an event which marks the decline of Spanish military power Date: 19 May 1643

Amhurst Park, North - London
1903

Small Rowboat Date: 1880

Opened Presents Date: 1948

Calm Captain in Storm Date: 1947

Speed Boat Racing Date: 1912

Steam sewing factory 1854
A large clothes manufactures at Holloway and Co factory, here you can see twenty machines at work, driven by steam power attended by young women. Date: 1854

Harrison & Sons power loom 1862 Harrison & Sons power loom 1862
Harrison & Sons power-loom for weaving flax. Date: 1862

INDUSTRIAL WINDMILL
A windmill in the Glacier National Park which gives power to a sawmill used by Native American Indians to cut the timber felled from the mountainside, USA. Date: 1940s

DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY
Before mains electricity became available, those who could afford it installed their own electricity power plants, generally in the cellar, as here. Date: 1885

THE FOUNDLINGS (HOGARTH)
The Foundlings, or Power of Attorney Date: 1740

SOLAR POWERED AIRCRAFT
A flying machine fills its tanks with solar power derived from the suns energy. Date: 1898

APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)
Applebys direct-action hoist (hydraulic). Date: late 19th century

WORLD MAP / BRIT EMPIRE
World map, showing the British Empire Date: 1902

ELECTRICITY IN THE HOME
A cutaway drawing illustrating the Marvels of the Electric Home, showing how electric heat, light and power are changing domestic life. Date: 1926

Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1
Front cover design, La Baionnette, an issue focusing on the Americans, showing a symbolic image of the American war machine, with soldiers pouring out of it to support the Allied cause. Date: 1918

ROSEBERY CARTOON 1895
The Earl of Rosebery falls from power, as his Liberal party lose the 1895 election. Lord Salisbury clears the fence and the Tories win. Date: 1895

DOG STOPS HORSE
When a bakers horse bolts in a Glasgow street, a retriever dog leaps at the reins and did all in its power to stop the frightened runaway Date: 1875

PAPAL TIARA
Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) wears the TIARA, the traditional Triple Crown symbolising his power and authority Date: 1903

TALMAS AUDIENCE
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances Date: late 18th century

PUMP AND WINDMILL
Pumping water with power from a windmill Date: circa 1760

Milton, Paradise Lost
Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky. (Book I, lines 44, 45). Date: First published: 1667

BELA KUN organises a communist revolution in Hungary - the Germans depict him rising to power on a heap of corpses Date: 1919

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