Range Collection (page 12)

Junkers R I German bomber plane, Hugh W. Cowin artwork
Junkers R I German long-range five-man heavy bomber monoplane in flight, Hugh W. Cowin artwork. Work began in January 1917 and the design was finalised in March

Gotha G I German long range reconnaissance bomber
Gotha G I German long range three-seater reconnaissance bomber 9/15, completed and first flown in early 1915. Seen here is the prototype, with three-man crew. Date: circa 1915

Handley Page 0 / 100 long range heavy bomber
Handley Page 0/100 long range heavy bomber, first flown in December 1915, and operational from October 1916. Seen here is serial no. B 9446 with propellers turning. Date: circa 1915-1916

Dornier Do 26C -built as long range mailplanes for Lufthansa, they provided ocean going reconnaissance

Dornier Do 18D -the Luftwaffes standard long range maritime patrol aircraft during the early war years

Consolidated B-24D Liberator -shown amid Pacific palms Here the Liberators long range was a vital asset, the aircraft being used by both the US Army and Navy, as well as the RAF

Blackburn GP three-seater torpedo bomber seaplane
Blackburn GP three-seater long range patrol and torpedo bomber seaplane, of which only two were built, the first being completed in July 1916 (serial no. 1415, seen here). Date: circa 1916-1917

WW1 - Manufacture of Aerial Torpedoes - France Date: 1916

Atlas Novus. Asia, 17th c Aden
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Asia noviter delineata. Map of Asia printed in Amsterdam ca. 1635. Detail with view of the city of Aden. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA

South Africa - Cape Town
Black and white image of city and mountain range, Cape Town, South Africa.. Part of Box 287, South Africa Diamond Mines, Boswell Collection. Slide number 1. Date: circa 1890s

Switzerland - Blumlis Alp
Black and white lantern slide of the Bluemlisalp, a massif of the Bernese Alps, in the territory of the municipalies of Kandersteg and Reichenbach im Kandertal

Switzerland - Gasterin Thal, the Schilthorn
Coloured lantern slide of a view of the Schilthorn. The Schilthorn is a 2, 970 metre high summit of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the valley of Lauterbrunnen in the Swiss canton of Bern

Switzerland - Handek, the Chalet
Coloured lantern slide of a chalet at Handek. In the background is a large mountain range. Handeck is a village in the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland, near the lake Gelmersee

Switzerland - Brunnen
Coloured lantern slide of a view across Brunnen and Lake Lucerne. Brunnen is situated on the shores of Lake Lucerne and has views of Urnersee to the east

Sydney, Australia - Silver Mine - Broken Hill
Slide showing a photograph of a Silver mine. Broken Hill is Australias longest-lived mining city. In 1844, the explorer Charles Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range

India - A winter morning view over the town, Darjeeling
Black and white. View from an elevated path over a town with Westernised buildings - the British developed the town of Darjeeling (famous for its tea) in the mid 19th century

Erongo Mountain range. Namibia

Kopetdag Mountains Range - a view into Karakum desert from mountains. Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Wild Poppies - Kopetdag mountain range - spring (Papaver pavonuim L.). Turkmenistan

Russia - a typical small river in taiga-forest of Sengilen mountain range. South Tuva

Russia - small grassy clearings on slopes of Sengilen mountain range (Parnassius apollo). South Tuva

Russia - Sengilen mountain range slopes. South Tuva

Butterfly - male on rocks of Sengilen mountain range (Driopa eversmanni). South Tuva, Russia

Mayo Composite plane with S21 Maia
Mayo Composite plane with S20 Mercury and S21 Maia, a long-range seaplane flying boat combination. Date: 1937-1941

The Result Below Stairs by Heath Robinson
The result below stairs of upstairs perusal of our Entent Peace Number. The Cook: " Ow I ate hese finicky French ways

Nibetdag mountain range - desert on foreground. Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Turkmen Shepherd - on a donkey - with sheep and a dog - in front of Kopetdag mountain range. summer - Turkmenistan - former CIS

Russia - River Sarant in Sengilen mountain range. South Tuva, Russia

Northern Pika rodent on guard, living in a stone-river in Sengilen mountain range (Ochotona hyperborea). South Tuva, Russia

Pilgrim Hot Springs, West Alaska, USA
Pilgrim Hot Springs, Seward Peninsula, West Alaska, USA, with a view of the Sawtooth range of mountains in the distance. Date: 1909

Boeing B-47 Stratojet 20617 USAF
The Boeing B-47 was a high-flying, long range strategic nuclear jet bomber. It was a key part of the USAF Strategic Air Command

Boeing B-47 Stratojet 31822 USAF
The Boeing B-47 was a high-flying, long range strategic nuclear jet bomber. It was a key part of the USAF Strategic Air Command

Tourists on the peak of the Rigi-Kulm, Switzerland. There are panoramic postcards on sale, and a Pyramide lightning conductor for safety

Biplane over Gruneckhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Switzerland
Biplane over Gruneckhorn and Finsteraarhorn in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. Date: circa 1919

Evening scene, Jungfrau, Monch and Eiger, Switzerland
Evening scene with people and cattle, and the Jungfrau, Monch and Eiger mountains in the background, Switzerland. Date: early 20th century

Hotel Rothhorn-Kulm and Alps, Brienz, Switzerland
Hotel Rothhorn-Kulm, a panorama of the Bernese Alps and the Muhlebach Viaduct at Brienz, Switzerland. Date: late 19th century

Sofia Scalchi Scolli (1850 1922), Italian operatic contralto who could also sing in the mezzo-soprano range. Her career was international

Range of buckled womens shoes 1928
A range of French casual buckled womens shoes in a clothing catalogue. Date: 1928

Fighting planes of the powers of Italy
One of the cheif aims in Italian aircraft development was the production of long-range bomber to dominate the Mediterranean. Date: WWII

Mrs Baliol Scott teaching men how to shoot, WW1
Mrs Baliol Scott, the famous woman rifle shot, teaching boys how to shoot at the Byfleet Ladies Rifle Range of which she was a prominent member

British range-finder 1918
This diagram explains the usual Britsih method of producing a range chart. It depicts an imaginary landscape behind safe lines under survey prepartory to the possible contingency of an enermy

Advert for Kooksjoie range cooker 1918
Kooksjoie range cooker, from the London Warming and Ventilating Co. Ltd, a behemoth of a thing, whose manufacturers promise it consumes just half a ton of coal per month

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 -1917
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: how and whence the expedition proposes to start. Showing the proposed methods of transport from the Weddell Sea Base to the South Pole. Date: 1914

Mines and torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Navy Notes of the Week: the question of mines and torpedoes. Showing naval minesweepers at work, sweeping a wire across an underwater mine field; a modern high-speed long-range torpedo;

The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane

Storm and stress at sea by G. H. Davis
Storm and stress at sea: the two thrilling shipping incidents of the week. Above: how the Snowdon Range was driven hither and thither in her long voyage from Philadelphia across the Atlantic

Galloway Home, Whalley Range, Cheshire
Children stand in front of the Galloway Home at 34 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, near Manchester The home was established in 1875 by Miss Galloway who, for 35 years, ran it single-handed

Power of the big gun and the turbine by G. H. Davis
The power of the big gun and the turbine. Three annotated illustrations, showing the modern battleship cruisers advantage over an opponent carrying lighter guns of shorter range

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