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Rickshaw Japan 19CA Japanese mother and her daughter are transported by two rickshaw boys. Date: late 19th century
Camel-powered water wheel in Morocco. Date: circa 1930
Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5E -these Eberhart built SE 5s used a low powered 180hp engine and served as fighter trainers
Water-powered furnace bellowsA water wheel operates two sets of bellows to keep two furnaces burning hotly. Date: 1588
Solemnity of the World - On the way to a Flower FestivalSolemnity of the World - On the way to the Flower Festival. Date: 1837
Gloster Mars VI Nighthawk, J6926, powered by a 325hp Bri?Gloster Mars VI Nighthawk, J6926, powered by a 325hp Bristol Jupiter III radial
An early aircraft flying over Stonehenge, Wiltshire Date: circa 1910
The Fokker-Republic entry for the VTOL NBMR 3 competitionThe Fokker-Republic entry for the VTOL NBMR.3 competition, the D24 Alliance powered by a BS100 engine
Three-view drawing of a Fairey Rotodyne powered by two Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprops
Miles M69 Marathon II G-AHXU later VX231Miles M69 Marathon, II, G-AHXU, later VX231, was powered by two Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprops
The Rolls Royce Eagle-powered Westland Wyvern TF2The Rolls-Royce Eagle-powered Westland Wyvern TF1 first prototype, TS371
Comper Swift G-ABWW powered by an inverted 120hp Gipsy IIIComper 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 ladderThe 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 machineryAn 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 - ChinaGoing 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 KongA young lady is carried through the streets of Hong Kong by two men bearing her in a sedan chair
Roman Rotary QuernA Rotary Quern used by the Romans for grinding corn. A number were found intact at the bakery in Pompeii
Scottish Hand MillTwo women use a handmill to grind flour in a Scottish cabin
Atomic Motor RaceMotor Racing with Atom-Powered Vehicles
Edmund CartwrightEDMUND CARTWRIGHT Inventor of the powered loom
Horse puddler used during Australian gold rushThe 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 machinesEngraving 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 sBritish 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 HarbourDiscovered in 1614 Boston harbour played an important role in American history. By 1660 almost all imports came through this greater boston area
Camille a FaureCAMILLE A FAURE French scientist, noted for his improvement of the electric storage battery, making possible electrically powered vehicles. Date: CIRCA 1880
AIRSHIP: LA FRANCE / 1884La France : built by Renard & Krebs; the first electric powered airship. Date: 12th September 1884
Go-Cart and Pram 1866Technological progress in the field of infantile transportation - yesterdays go-cart gives way to todays perambulator. Date: 1866
Cattaneos Rocket PlaneItalian pilot Cattaneo tests his rocket-powered monoplane. Date: 1932
Rickshaw, Cape TownA rickshaw man of Cape Town, South Africa, in his noticeable uniform Date: 1930s
Advert for Farmer, Lane - Co, mail carts and pramsA MAIL CART and a SAFETY PERAMBULATOR by Farmer, Lane and Co. London 1894
Richard Arkwright SepiaRICHARD ARKWRIGHT English inventor and manufacturer, best known for his Spinning Jenny (water- powered spinning frame) Date: 1732 - 1792
First British motor car 1880Henry 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 BookPunchs satirical view of the fin-de-siecle publishing phenomenon, The Yellow Book, whose art editor was Aubrey Beardsley caricatured here
Man-Powered Cart 1927Cart being pulled along by man in France passing a motor car. Date: 1927
People on canal between Edam and Volendam, NetherlandsPeople 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 1899Mrs A. B Marshalls curry powder, from India. Date: 1899
A gas-bag motor boatThe 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, WW1Highly 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