Powered Collection (page 10)

Comper Swift G-ABWW powered by an inverted 120hp Gipsy III
Comper Swift, G-ABWW, powered by an inverted 120hp Gipsy III

A line-up of Jupiter-powered DDL Fokker FVIIas including OY-DED, OY-DAC and OY-DYF

A late-series Hawker Typhoon IB powered by a Napier Sabre IIB and a de Havilland four-blade propeller

LCC-LFB Morris-Magirus solid tyre turntable ladder
The increasing need for ladders capable of reaching beyond the scope of the standard wheeled escape saw the introduction of the fist horse drawn turntable ladder in the late 1890s

Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies agricultural machinery
An advert for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd(Orwell Works, Ipswich) portable traction engines and steam powered thrashing machines

DUKW powered ferry on the Great Chindwin River, Burma - circa 1945. The DUKW (popularly pronounced " duck" ) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious truck that was designed by General Motors

Open Sedan Chair - China
Going to a Picnic - Mode of travelling a long journey in China. A European gent is carried by two Chinese porters in a bamboo pole open sedan chair or litter

Sedan Chair in Hong Kong
A young lady is carried through the streets of Hong Kong by two men bearing her in a sedan chair

Roman Rotary Quern
A Rotary Quern used by the Romans for grinding corn. A number were found intact at the bakery in Pompeii

Scottish Hand Mill
Two women use a handmill to grind flour in a Scottish cabin

Atomic Motor Race
Motor Racing with Atom-Powered Vehicles

Edmund Cartwright
EDMUND CARTWRIGHT Inventor of the powered loom

Horse puddler used during Australian gold rush
The first horse-powered rotary puddler in use at Pennyweight Flat, Ballarat, Victoria, during the Australian gold rush. Puddling involved breaking up clay soil containing gold

The Illustrated London News steam printing machines
Engraving of the steam printing machines used by the weekly periodical, The Illustrated London News. There were two separate machines; one for printing one side of the paper

British Army Dirigible No 1, Nulli Secundus, over St. Paul s
British Army Dirigible No 1, christened Nulli Secundus (Latin: " Second to none" ) was a Semi-rigid airship. First flown on 10th September 1907

Human-powered Paddler Wheeler Ship, China - men were stationed fore and aft to tread on pedals so that (the vessels) could go forward or backwards. Date: circa 1920s

Boston Harbour
Discovered in 1614 Boston harbour played an important role in American history. By 1660 almost all imports came through this greater boston area

Camille a Faure
CAMILLE A FAURE French scientist, noted for his improvement of the electric storage battery, making possible electrically powered vehicles. Date: CIRCA 1880

AIRSHIP: LA FRANCE / 1884
La France : built by Renard & Krebs; the first electric powered airship. Date: 12th September 1884

Go-Cart and Pram 1866
Technological progress in the field of infantile transportation - yesterdays go-cart gives way to todays perambulator. Date: 1866

Cattaneos Rocket Plane
Italian pilot Cattaneo tests his rocket-powered monoplane. Date: 1932

Rickshaw, Cape Town
A rickshaw man of Cape Town, South Africa, in his noticeable uniform Date: 1930s

Advert for Farmer, Lane - Co, mail carts and prams
A MAIL CART and a SAFETY PERAMBULATOR by Farmer, Lane and Co. London 1894

Richard Arkwright Sepia
RICHARD ARKWRIGHT English inventor and manufacturer, best known for his Spinning Jenny (water- powered spinning frame) Date: 1732 - 1792

First British motor car 1880
Henry J Lawsons patented design for a petroleum-powered motor car : if it was ever built, it was the first British motor car Date: patented 1880

Satire on The Yellow Book
Punchs satirical view of the fin-de-siecle publishing phenomenon, The Yellow Book, whose art editor was Aubrey Beardsley caricatured here

Man-Powered Cart 1927
Cart being pulled along by man in France passing a motor car. Date: 1927

People on canal between Edam and Volendam, Netherlands
People sailing on the canal on one-man-powered houseboats between Edam and Volendam, North Holland, Netherlands. Date: 1908

Verona, Italy - the main scene shows the Castel Vecchio Bridge (Scaliger Bridge) and the inset shows the unique floating boat mills of Verona, the last one of which stopped working in 1929

Advert for Marshalls curry powder 1899
Mrs A. B Marshalls curry powder, from India. Date: 1899

A gas-bag motor boat
The scarcity of petrol during the First World War saw the introduction of cars and vans powered by gas, with the gas being transported in a huge bag on the roof

The Gas-Driven Armoured Car by H. M. Bateman, WW1
Highly amusing sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman documenting the success of a gas-bag powered armoured car which, overly filled with coal gas

Supermarine Spitfire F XIV -this version, powered by a Rolls-Royce Griffon was the last to enter major wartime production

SPAD XIII a higher powered version -almost indistinguishable from the earlier VII -became the chosen fighter of both the French and US air arms from Spring 1917

Sopwith 2B2 Rhino powered by a 220hp BHP engine

Republic P-47B-developed from the P-35 and P-43 fighters, the high powered P-47 became operational in Europe at the end of 1942

De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito B IV -powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlins, once introduced, the type remained the RAF fastest bomber for the rest of the war

Caudron C714-a lightweight fighter, powered by a Renault engine Not very successful and only a few built - This one being flown by the Finns

Armstrong Whitworth AW 38 Whitley V -of the total 1, 814 Whitley built, 1, 645 were Roll-Royce Merlin powered, starting with the Mk IV

John Austins engine loom and shuttle, 18th century.. John Austins steam-powered engine loom and shuttle, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

Hat factory machinery after fire at Battersbys of Stockport in June 1906. The machinery shown is a crown finishing machine, and in the top left of the picture the drive system is visible

Otter hunt - The Meet, Overton Bridge 1907 showing a large group of people, the hounds, and a mixture of powered and horse drawn vehicles. The buildings are now part of the Cross Foxes public house

Boats of many sizes on a rough sea
Hand coloured. Illustration of boats of many sizes on a rough sea, some of them steam powered. There are people in smaller boats with oars.. Part of Box 365, Miscellaneous Part 1, Boswell collection

Gas powered cars, WW1 cartoon
Sammy (seeing gas-driven car for first time): " Say - some kit bag!" Cartoon showing an American soldier confused by a gas-powered car

Mr Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette with gas container, WW1
Ex-Prime Minister Herbert Asquiths Wolseley Landaulette motor car equipped with the Lyon-Spencer gas container on its roof

Coal-gas powered delivery van of the Illustrated London News
An example of coal-gas powered vehicles during the First World War, this example being the delivery van of the Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd

Gas powered car by Annie Fish, WW1
A car powered by coal gas which was contained in a rubber bag similar to a pneumatic tyre and placed on the top of the car

Gas powered car with lady chauffeur, WW1 cartoon
" You ll have to get rid of the chauffeurette, Alfred - shes getting much too flighty." Cartoon commenting on the double novelty of gas powered cars

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