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Background imagePower Collection: PUMP AND WINDMILL

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

Background imagePower Collection: Milton, Paradise Lost

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

Background imagePower Collection: BELA KUN

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

Background imagePower Collection: Jacques De Molay

Jacques De Molay
JACQUES DE MOLAY, Grand Maitre des Templiers, arrested and burned by Philippe IV who was jealous of the Templars power Date: 1243 - 1314

Background imagePower Collection: ALLEGORY OF IMPERIALISM

ALLEGORY OF IMPERIALISM
An allegory of Empire : Edward VII stands surrounded by his loyal and devoted imperial subjects Date: 1902

Background imagePower Collection: Wolf Charmer

Wolf Charmer
LE MENEUR DE LOUPS - wolf-charmer of Berry, central France - a power which passes from father to son in certain peasant families Date: 1851

Background imagePower Collection: Power Loom Weaving

Power Loom Weaving
Interior of cotton mill: power loom weaving. Man and woman tend machine. Date: 1835

Background imagePower Collection: CLASICAL MYTH / HEBE

CLASICAL MYTH / HEBE
The daughter of Zeus and Hera, goddess of youth, and cup- bearer to the gods. She had the power of restoring youth and vigour to gods and men. Seen here in Heras chariot

Background imagePower Collection: Caesar and Cleopatra in Shakespeares play

Caesar and Cleopatra in Shakespeares play
A scene between Octavius Caesar and Cleopatra in Shakespeares play, Antony and Cleopatra

Background imagePower Collection: Mouchots solar-powered motor

Mouchots solar-powered motor Date: 1927

Background imagePower Collection: Solar panels on a house, 1920s

Solar panels on a house, 1920s
Solar panels on a domestic house Date: 1929

Background imagePower Collection: Lancashire cotton industry 1844

Lancashire cotton industry 1844
Women at work in a power-loom factory, Lancashire Date: 1844

Background imagePower Collection: Attack on Whig mug-house

Attack on Whig mug-house
The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom

Background imagePower Collection: Gloster Sapphire Meteor WA820

Gloster Sapphire Meteor WA820
Gloster Sapphire Meteor F.8 WA820 at the 1950 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. In the background can be seen Gloster Meteor F.4 VZ389 and Avro Lincoln B.2 RA657 of Flight refuelling Ltd

Background imagePower Collection: Sultan, ruler of Islamic states

Sultan, ruler of Islamic states, sultanate

Background imagePower Collection: Electric power house for New York subway, Manhattan, USA

Electric power house for New York subway, Manhattan, USA
Interior of the 59th Street electric power house for the New York subway, Manhattan, USA. Date: 1904

Background imagePower Collection: Diamond polishing, Jaipur, India

Diamond polishing, Jaipur, India
A man squats on the floor by the window of his Jaipur workshop and polishes diamonds with a hand powered cutting machine Date: 1987

Background imagePower Collection: Market porter, Kashmir

Market porter, Kashmir
A ragged market porter pushes a heavily loaded cart through a street in Srinagar, Kashmir. He really puts his back into it Date: 1986

Background imagePower Collection: Pony and trap, Blists Hill, Shropshire

Pony and trap, Blists Hill, Shropshire
A horse and carriage with two passengers trots through Blists Hill, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Shropshire. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1990

Background imagePower Collection: Coal spoil tips Staffs

Coal spoil tips Staffs
man walking his dog in the early morning rain below the coal spoil tips Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Image first appeared in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1986

Background imagePower Collection: Lockheed F-104G Starfighter CF-104D / Canadair

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter CF-104D / Canadair
Engineers and Pilot Standing by Three Royal Canadian Airforce Lockheed F-104G Starfighter Cf-104Ds Parked, One with a Gpu Attached Date: 1960s

Background imagePower Collection: Power Jet W-1 Engine on a Jig

Power Jet W-1 Engine on a Jig Date: 1940s

Background imagePower Collection: Bathing Beach and Landing - Indian Point, Hudson River

Bathing Beach and Landing - Indian Point, Hudson River, USA, Now the site of Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York

Background imagePower Collection: Rio Cobre Dam, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean

Rio Cobre Dam, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean. The dam harnesses the waters of the Rio Cobre for the purpose of irrigation. Date: circa 1940s

Background imagePower Collection: Sweden - Vasteras - The Turbine House on the Svartan

Sweden - Vasteras - The Turbine House on the Svartan
The Turbine House (small-scale hydroelectric dam) in Vasteras, Sweden, near the mouth of Svartan. The river played an important role in the industrial development in this region from the 17th century

Background imagePower Collection: Political structures by Genghis Khan

Political structures by Genghis Khan
The image shows the Khagans deputy reading the regulations governing the meeting. 13th century

Background imagePower Collection: The King and his fleet, Spithead, July 1914

The King and his fleet, Spithead, July 1914 -- some 400 ships assembled in the Solent. Date: 1914

Background imagePower Collection: William the Conqueror at the siege of Gerberoy Castle

William the Conqueror at the siege of Gerberoy Castle
William the Conqueror on horseback at the siege of Gerberoy Castle, Oise, northern France. The siege and battle took place in the winter of 1078-1079. 1078-1079

Background imagePower Collection: Lots Road Power Station, 1926

Lots Road Power Station, 1926
Lots Road Power Station, in Chelsea, London, 1926. By night. Date: 1926

Background imagePower Collection: The British Empire - Mane of the Lion names the territories

The British Empire - Mane of the Lion names the territories
The British Empire - The mane of the Lion names the principal territories. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePower Collection: Advert for Beethams Glycerine Cucumber skin product 1889

Advert for Beethams Glycerine Cucumber skin product 1889
Apply a little daily Beethams Glycerine Cucumber, to the skin, keeping it soft, cool and refreshed during the hottest weathers. 1889

Background imagePower Collection: Puysegur and Victor

Puysegur and Victor
PUYSEGUR demonstrating the power of suggestion with his subject Victor Race Date: 1784

Background imagePower Collection: Twin chimneys of Barton Power Station, Eccles

Twin chimneys of Barton Power Station, Eccles
The twin chimneys of the long-demolished Barton Power Station reflected in the water of the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles, Manchester

Background imagePower Collection: WW2 poster, Save fuel for battle

WW2 poster, Save fuel for battle! Save coal, gas, electricity, paraffin, Ministry of Fuel and Power. Showing soldiers and ships in a battle scene. Date: circa 1944

Background imagePower Collection: WW1 - Cartoon - The Austrian Ultimatum

WW1 - Cartoon - The Austrian Ultimatum
WW1 - The Austro-Hungarian empire personified as birds of prey, deliver their ultimatum and demands to the Serbian s. With their demands not met

Background imagePower Collection: European Bison - large adult male bull lying down

European Bison - large adult male bull lying down - part of a larger herd living wild in a mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Background imagePower Collection: European Bison - a huge adult male bull lying down

European Bison - a huge adult male bull lying down - part of a larger herd living wild in a mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Background imagePower Collection: European Bison - a huge adult male bull - part

European Bison - a huge adult male bull - part of a larger herd living wild in a mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Background imagePower Collection: Queen Mary ocean liner: Lifeboats & gravity davits

Queen Mary ocean liner: Lifeboats & gravity davits
Lifeboats built to carry 145 passagers, more than the total accommodated in the first Cunarder, " Britannia" : One of the Queen Marys 24 large lifeboats

Background imagePower Collection: Polish tanks at the start of World War Two

Polish tanks at the start of World War Two
Poland as a military power: cavalry, tanks and infantry, part of a spread of photographs in the Illustrated London News. Here Polands mechanised forces are seen: tanks moving up towards the frontier

Background imagePower Collection: Farming with steam-powered tractor

Farming with steam-powered tractor
People farming with the aid of a steam-powered tractor

Background imagePower Collection: Battersea Power Station - First Phase Operational

Battersea Power Station - First Phase Operational
Battersea Power Station, London - on the banks of the River Thames - built in two phases. This is the coal-fired power station in 1934, with the first phase operational (two towers - the A Station)

Background imagePower Collection: Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood

Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
The Floor of Fame at Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA Date: 1941

Background imagePower Collection: Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Constitution

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey - Constitution
The Sultan travelling to the Friday Prayers after the Proclamation of the Constitution in Constantinople, 1908. Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)

Background imagePower Collection: Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey
Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909

Background imagePower Collection: Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey

Visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II to Turkey
The visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Viktoria to Constantinople. Pictured here with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918)

Background imagePower Collection: A Witch Doctor and his bride

A Witch Doctor and his bride
The Witch Doctor pictured is from the Mashlangan tribe, inhabiting the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal Republic. He had claimed to have used his power to rid the plague of locusts that devastated

Background imagePower Collection: KPD POSTER / 1929

KPD POSTER / 1929
German Communist party (KPD) poster evoking Soviet communism. Ten Years of Soviet Power - Join the German Communist Party. Date: 1929



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