Pressure Collection (page 2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Large Dennis trailer water pump

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One Encore too many - Boy performer collapses backstage
One Encore too many - A young boy performer collapses backstage and is tended to by his female co-star, a kindly clown and another older member of the ensemble

The Gondola of Auguste Piccard
The Gondola of Prof. Auguste Piccard and Monsieur Cosyns used for the second ascent into the stratosphere on August 18th, 1932. The maximum height reached was 16, 940 metres (10 1/2 miles)! Date: 1932

Naval Airship No3, Astra Torres, after a forced landing due to loss of pressure, June 1913

Richard L Johnson dressed in an Air Force T-1 pressure suit
Dressed in an Air Force T-1 pressure suit, Richard L. Johnson, Convair F-102A chief test pilot, prepares for take-off at Edwards Air Force Base, California

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxims 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

Sqn Ldr F R D Swain of the Royal Aircraft Establishment
Sqn Ldr F.R.D. Swain of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Experimental Section in the Siebe, Gorman and Company Ltd pressure suite in which he achieved the world altitude record of 49

WWI Poster, To the Women of Britain
WWI Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster, To the Women of Britain, won t you help and send a man to join the army today? Date: 1915

Tracked vehicles on snow - test
Tracked vehicles on snow to test ground pressure distribution and tractive performance, c.1984 Date: circa 1984

Variable pressure scanning electron microscope
This electron microscope allows the imaging of samples without any preparation

Volcano types
Block diagram showing: (top left) Glowing cloud eruption, (top right) a shield volcano and (Bottom) a strato-volcano

Igneous activity
A block diagram depicting various types of igneous activity. Fig 65 from The Story of the Earth (1977), a Geological Museum booklet

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