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Pressure Collection

Background imagePressure Collection: UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force Poster

UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force Poster
Notice posted by the Ulster Volunteer Force intending to quell speculation that its founding was a direct violent challenge to those of differing views within Ulster

Background imagePressure Collection: Man riding on a steam rocket

Man riding on a steam rocket
The Flight of Intellect. A comic image of a thin man riding on a steam rocket, with his top hat flying off behind him. Portrait of Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess Quick & Speeds new patent high

Background imagePressure Collection: Gathering of Unions / 1832

Gathering of Unions / 1832
THE GATHERING OF THE UNIONS Three meetings organised by the Birmingham Political Union, held at New Hall Hill during May, maintain the pressure for electoral reform

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, Enlist Today (Welsh version)

WWI Poster, Enlist Today (Welsh version)
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse. (Lord Kitchener) Enlist Today (Welsh version). Date: 1916

Background imagePressure Collection: The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923

The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923
Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

Background imagePressure Collection: Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator

Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator
Featured in the Great Exhibition of 1851, Dr. Merryweather of Whitbys Tempest Prognosticator was designed to warn of approaching storms

Background imagePressure Collection: Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installation

Rover car with fitted Coal-Gas installation
A Rover car fitted with a neatly made coal-gas installation. The gas bolster originated by Wood-Milne Ltd. was a recepticle built along the lines of a pneumatic tyre

Background imagePressure Collection: Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note?

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note?
Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Background imagePressure Collection: SS Atlantic Conveyor

SS Atlantic Conveyor, roll-on roll-off container ship, on 26 may 1982, the day after being struck by two Exocet missiles in the South Atlantic near the Falkland Islands

Background imagePressure Collection: Boeing 737-3B7 N352AU

Boeing 737-3B7 N352AU (msn 22952 / 1015). of Boeing (US Air), seen before delivery to US Air, with a trailing static port on the fin top to provide ambient static pressure out of the influence of

Background imagePressure Collection: Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team on dangerous ice

Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team on dangerous ice
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team crossing treacherous pressure ice. On his second expedition in 1934, Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957)

Background imagePressure Collection: Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter 55-2956

Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter 55-2956
United States Air Force - Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter 55-2956 (MSN 183-1002), the number 2 YF-104 seen with a pilot in partial pressure suitat its unveiling at Palmdale, CA. on 17 April 1956

Background imagePressure Collection: Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition

Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition
Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth 2 underwent a £90 million refit that marked the end of her life as a steamship as her turbine engines were replaced by a diesel

Background imagePressure Collection: Diver working on the hull of a ship underwater

Diver working on the hull of a ship underwater
A diver (in helmet and breathing gear) working on the hull of a submerged vessel - most likely welding work using an oxy acetylene torch. Date: 1943

Background imagePressure Collection: Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania - brass pressure gauge

Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania - brass pressure gauge
Cunard Line, RMS Aquitania - circular brass pressure gauge on a contemporary oak backing with plaque bearing the words Cunarder Aquitania 1914-1950'. Date: 1914-1950

Background imagePressure Collection: RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic

RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature

Background imagePressure Collection: Advertisement for Dunlop low pressure tyres. Scenic colour illustration, with fairy

Advertisement for Dunlop low pressure tyres. Scenic colour illustration, with fairy, trees and flowers, and Dunlop Cord Balloon tyre in foreground

Background imagePressure Collection: Piccard's Gondola

Piccard's Gondola
Gondola used by Professor Auguste Antoine Piccard (1884-1962) and Max Cosyns (1906-1998) for the second ascent into the Sratosphere on August 18, 1932

Background imagePressure Collection: Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport, in November 1977

Background imagePressure Collection: Industry Industrial Power Station 1960 1960s

Industry Industrial Power Station 1960 1960s
industry, industrial, power, station, 1960, 1960s, 60s, sixties, crane, cranes, building, construction, electricity, hunterston, ayrshire, scotland, scottish, first, reactor, magnox, man, men, work

Background imagePressure Collection: Robinson Tom Charter 88 Subject Citizen Politics

Robinson Tom Charter 88 Subject Citizen Politics
robinson, tom, charter, 88, subject, citizen, politics, political, placard, slogan, 1950, english, singer, songwriter, bass, guitarist, radio, presenter, entertainer, performer, campaigning

Background imagePressure Collection: Scotch Express, LNER No. 10000

Scotch Express, LNER No. 10000, high pressure 4 cylinder compound locomotive by C.T. Howard

Background imagePressure Collection: A worker using mechanical power to press paper in a mill

A worker using mechanical power to press paper in a mill. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Background imagePressure Collection: Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy C. 1 9Q-COE

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy C. 1 9Q-COE
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy C.1 9Q-COE (msn 6778, ex XP446), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Background imagePressure Collection: Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 650 Argosy T. 2 9Q-COA
(ex Royal Air Force) Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy T.2 9Q-COA Jason (msn 6791, ex XR136), of O.R.A.S. (Otrag Range Air Services) at East Midlands Airport

Background imagePressure Collection: Santa Sleeping

Santa Sleeping

Background imagePressure Collection: APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)

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

Background imagePressure Collection: Two Lovers - Shamisen

Two Lovers - Shamisen
Two Japanese lovers play the shamisen. The girl touches the cords, whilst her lover determines the sounds by the pressure of his fingers on the strings. Date: 18th century

Background imagePressure Collection: SATIRE ON STEAMBOATS

SATIRE ON STEAMBOATS
An early steamship, which like a giant kettle has built up too much pressure and exploded throwing its unwitting passengers overboard. The rowing boat appears safer. Date: circa 1830

Background imagePressure Collection: PAPIN AT MARBURG

PAPIN AT MARBURG
Papin demonstrates his pressure machine to the professors at Marburg. Date: circa 1680

Background imagePressure Collection: Great Exhibition, cotton machines 1851

Great Exhibition, cotton machines 1851
A perspective view, looking West, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines and Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851

Background imagePressure Collection: Cotton machines at the Great Exhibition 1851

Cotton machines at the Great Exhibition 1851
A perspective view, looking East, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines amd Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851

Background imagePressure Collection: Otto von Guericke Demonstrating his Experiment

Otto von Guericke Demonstrating his Experiment
His pneumatic pistol, using atmospheric pressure Date: circa 1657

Background imagePressure Collection: The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France

The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - a (rather apprehensive!) woman contemplates the approach of the Douche a Vapeaur ready to apply a jet of hot steam water to her person... Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePressure Collection: Wiley Post makes a final examination of his pressure suit

Wiley Post makes a final examination of his pressure suit in 1934. Date: 1934

Background imagePressure Collection: Methods of Arresting Bleeding with various tourniquets

Methods of Arresting Bleeding with various tourniquets, clamps, manual pressure, forceps, knotted handkerchiefs and bandages. Date: circa 1880s

Background imagePressure Collection: Albion Printing Press

Albion Printing Press
An Albion press by Hopkinson and Cope of Finsbury, London. A very well-made and popular press, still in use amongst artists and printers today. Date: 1851

Background imagePressure Collection: John Dalton, English chemist and physicist

John Dalton, English chemist and physicist
John Dalton (1766-1844), English chemist, meteorologist and physicist, formulator of Daltons Law of Partial Pressures concerning gases in water

Background imagePressure Collection: WW1 recruitment poster, Which [hat] Ought You to Wear?

WW1 recruitment poster, Which [hat] Ought You to Wear? Date: circa 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: A Man who stayed at Home. H. M. Bateman cartoon, WW1

A Man who stayed at Home. H. M. Bateman cartoon, WW1
" A Man who stayed at Home: The ought-to-have!" This cartoon shows a man who at various points during the war insists I ought to enlist but never actually does so

Background imagePressure Collection: Council of Vienne (1311), convened by the Pope Clement

Council of Vienne (1311), convened by the Pope Clement V under pressure of the king Philip IV of France to suppress the Order of the Temple. Painting by Cesare Nebbia (1536-1614). Mannerism art

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, Have you a reason or only an excuse?

WWI Poster, Have you a reason or only an excuse?
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Which? Have you a reason or only an excuse for not enlisting? Now! Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair

Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair
Telegram excuse sent by an older man to his wife to disguise the affair he is having with his young Secretary. Date: 1909

Background imagePressure Collection: Watt steam engine, first type of steam engine

Watt steam engine, first type of steam engine
" Watt steam engine, first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to drive the piston helped by a partial vacuum

Background imagePressure Collection: Deep sea diver in diving bell, off The Lizard, Cornwall

Deep sea diver in diving bell, off The Lizard, Cornwall
Deep sea diver in a diving bell, preparing to descend to examine oil drilling equipment below the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Background imagePressure Collection: China - Using high-pressure water jet in mining operation

China - Using high-pressure water jet in mining operation. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePressure Collection: Catapult used by Roman army during its military campaigns

Catapult used by Roman army during its military campaigns. Colored engraving. 19th century

Background imagePressure Collection: Advert for Dickins - Jones corsets 1909

Advert for Dickins - Jones corsets 1909
The Specialite Guninea corset, available from Dickins & Jones, is ideal for slight figures. It promises not to cause undue pressure to the respiratory organs. 1909

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight

WWI Poster, Come into the ranks and fight
Come into the ranks and fight for your King and Country. Don t stay in the crowd and stare. You are wanted at the Front. Enlist today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster. Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation

WWI Poster, The Key to the Situation
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, The Key to the Situation, Munitions, Men and Money, are YOU helping to turn it? Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, Are you doing your duty today?

WWI Poster, Are you doing your duty today?
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, England Expects, 1805, 1915. Are you doing your duty today? With the figure of Admiral Lord Nelson. Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, What Will Your Answer Be

WWI Poster, What Will Your Answer Be
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, What will your answer be when your boy asks you, Father, what did you do to help when Britain fought for freedom in 1915? Enlist Now. Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: The Debutante by H. M. Bateman (Tennis at Wimbledon)

The Debutante by H. M. Bateman (Tennis at Wimbledon)
Humorous illustration by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman showing a new tennis player on the famous centre court at Wimbledon, feeling very much as if all eyes are upon her. Date: 1926

Background imagePressure Collection: Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Speed and Sports Range

Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Speed and Sports Range - Road Racing (Hgh Pressure) File Pattern, Road Racing (High Pressure) File Pattern with Ribbed centre, Sports, Speed, Tandem, Sprite and Sprite Tandem

Background imagePressure Collection: Hawker Typhoon first prototype P5212 in its original form

Hawker Typhoon first prototype P5212 in its original form
Hawker Typhoon first prototype, P5212, in its original form with small fin, triple exhaust stubs, no armament and large-diameter, low-pressure tyres

Background imagePressure Collection: Controls and instrument panel of a plane, WW1

Controls and instrument panel of a plane, WW1
A close-up view of the controls and instrument panel in the cockpit of a British plane in service during the First World War. 1914-1918

Background imagePressure Collection: Otto Von Guericke / Worlds

Otto Von Guericke / Worlds
OTTO VON GUERICKE German physicist, famous for his experiment of the Magdeburg hemispheres to demonstrate air pressure

Background imagePressure Collection: Catholic Emancipation

Catholic Emancipation
A British battering Ram preparing the way for a Popish Bull - A satire on the pressure for Catholic emancipation, which led to an Act of Parliament in 1829

Background imagePressure Collection: No 5 pressure switch, 1942 (c). Made by R M Limited, 1942

No 5 pressure switch, 1942 (c). Made by R M Limited, 1942 (c). Stamped: SWITCH No. 5 1 RM. Stamped on plate: LTD 2-53 CL. Associated with the Special Forces and Army Commandos

Background imagePressure Collection: Antalya, Southern Turkey - Aspendos - Aqueduct

Antalya, Southern Turkey - Aspendos - Aqueduct (pre-excavation). Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePressure Collection: Antalya, Southern Turkey - Aspendos - conduit of aqueduct

Antalya, Southern Turkey - Aspendos - conduit of aqueduct
Antalya, Southern Turkey - Aspendos - The pressure conduit of the Aspendos aqueduct. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePressure Collection: Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662). Measuring the air pressure. Colo

Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662). Measuring the air pressure. Colo
Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662). French mathematician, physicist and philosopher. Measuring the air pressure. Colored engraving

Background imagePressure Collection: Cover design, London Magazine, April

Cover design, London Magazine, April, sixpence, depicting a woman in an orange raincoat and a man in naval uniform, with a battleship at sea in the background

Background imagePressure Collection: Stopping in the Snow

Stopping in the Snow
A train halts on a Scottish moor when the water goes off the boil, lowering pressure to the point where it is insuf- -ficient to turn the wheels. Passengers must be patient. Date: 1876

Background imagePressure Collection: Man working on miniature steam engine

Man working on miniature steam engine
Man in his sitting room, working on a miniature steam engine. Date: circa 1930s

Background imagePressure Collection: Firemen at Battersbys hatworks

Firemen at Battersbys hatworks were obviously employed in house, and despite the equipment being satisfactory, when a fire broke out in 1906 there was insufficient water pressure in the mains to be

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, Make us as proud of you as we are of him

WWI Poster, Make us as proud of you as we are of him
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Make us as proud of you as we are of him! Poster issued August 1915. Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, Surely you will fight

WWI Poster, Surely you will fight
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, Surely you will fight for your King and Country. Come along, boys, before it is too late. Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: WWI Poster, You re proud of your pals in the Army

WWI Poster, You re proud of your pals in the Army
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, You re proud of your pals in the Army of course! But what will your pals think of YOU? Think It Over! Date: 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: RFC after reconnaissance work on Western Front, WW1

RFC after reconnaissance work on Western Front, WW1
The pilot and observer of a Royal Flying Corps aeroplane are helped back to their rest quarters after returning from a reconnaissance mission over the Western Front

Background imagePressure Collection: Advert for Hawkins kitchen accessories 1952

Advert for Hawkins kitchen accessories 1952
Home-making begins with Hawkins. Hawkins labour saving kitchen accessory to make light of every chore. From a Tecal, that automatically makes your morning tea or coffee

Background imagePressure Collection: Operating the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw

Operating the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw below decks Date: circa late 1930s

Background imagePressure Collection: Large Dennis trailer water pump

Large Dennis trailer water pump

Background imagePressure Collection: Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2

Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2
The latest trailer water pump, presented in September 1940, seen here at Dulwich Fire Station, south London. Date: 1940

Background imagePressure Collection: Bending armour-plates by hydraulic pressure

Bending armour-plates by hydraulic pressure
The new iron-clad fleet: bending armour-plates by hydraulic pressure at Chatham Dockyard. Date: 1863

Background imagePressure Collection: Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis

Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The mine problem in the North Sea. The mine layer at work, showing the way in which the mine is held below the water and how it is exploded by a passing ship

Background imagePressure Collection: Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis

Coping with effects of bomb blast by G. H. Davis
The effects of bomb blast: how research and experiment have helped to cope with this vital problem during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Background imagePressure Collection: Pressure cabin in airliner by G. H. Davis

Pressure cabin in airliner by G. H. Davis
Travelling comfortably at 25, 000 feet: pressure cabins in airliners. Details of a system demonstrated in last weeks high altitude passenger-carrying flight by a British airliner. Date: 1946

Background imagePressure Collection: Aerial fog trail by G. H. Davis

Aerial fog trail by G. H. Davis
The aerial fog trail which often reveals high-flying raiders. The involuntary sky writing effect produced by raiders and fighters at great heights may be caused by exhaust condensation or reduced

Background imagePressure Collection: Sheet music cover, Your King & Country Want You

Sheet music cover, Your King & Country Want You, a Womans Recruiting Song, dedicated by special permission to Her Majesty the Queen

Background imagePressure Collection: MG sports car outside Day & Night Cafe

MG sports car outside Day & Night Cafe
A man waits for his MG sports car to be checked by two mechanics outside the Day & Night Cafe

Background imagePressure Collection: Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note ?

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note ?
Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxim?s steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Background imagePressure Collection: Motor Tyres 90 Pattern - Dunlop - Three styles

Motor Tyres 90 Pattern - Dunlop - Three styles - Fort 90, Standard 90 and Extra Low Pressure 90. Date: circa 1935

Background imagePressure Collection: Giant Pneumatic Tyres - Dunlop - Three styles

Giant Pneumatic Tyres - Dunlop - Three styles - 90 High Pressure, High Pressure (Triple Stud) and Low Pressure. Date: circa 1935



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