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Smaller Collection (page 4)

Background imageSmaller Collection: Shipping the Atlantic Telegraph onboard the Great Eastern

Shipping the Atlantic Telegraph onboard the Great Eastern
Engraving showing Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam-ship Great Eastern receiving the Atlantic cable from a smaller vessel. The cable was manufactured at Messrs

Background imageSmaller Collection: Fish Eating Fish

Fish Eating Fish
A big fish eats some smaller fish which appear to be nibbling a swimming man

Background imageSmaller Collection: Gigantic Beetle Etc

Gigantic Beetle Etc
The GIGANTIC BEETLE and others - the big one at top is the female, the smaller blue one is the male. Also the HERCULES BEETLE upper left. Date: circa 1880

Background imageSmaller Collection: Coracles / Curragh Boats

Coracles / Curragh Boats
The main picture shows Irish coracles, known as curragh boats, being used in the sea just off-shore. The inset shows a man carrying a smaller welsh-style coracle

Background imageSmaller Collection: Battle of Cassano

Battle of Cassano
BATTLE OF CASSANO - the Austrians under prince Eugene of Savoy, though a much smaller force, defeat the French under the duc de Vendome

Background imageSmaller Collection: Hand-Drawn Engines

Hand-Drawn Engines
Although the larger engines of French sapeurs-pompiers are drawn by horses, smaller appliances are drawn to the scene of the fire by the firemen themselves

Background imageSmaller Collection: Header Silhouette

Header Silhouette
Silhouette of a teenager heading a football on a beach, watched by two smaller boys, one holding his bicycle

Background imageSmaller Collection: Male Spermatozoa

Male Spermatozoa
Male spermatozoa according to Hartsoeker (main figure) and Dalepadius (smaller) : both perceive the sperm as humanoid in form !

Background imageSmaller Collection: HALLEYs BELL - 3

HALLEYs BELL - 3
In this contemporary sketch, two divers are seen within the bell, while a third, wearing a smaller bell over his head, leaves the bell for a brief period of exploration

Background imageSmaller Collection: HALLEYs BELL - 2

HALLEYs BELL - 2
Cross-section of his bell, showing how it is proposed that the diver could emerge wearing a smaller bell on his head, sufficient for a brief period of exploration

Background imageSmaller Collection: Edisons Flying Canoe

Edisons Flying Canoe
Thomas Alva Edisons flying canoe, the smaller of his two projected flying machines

Background imageSmaller Collection: The Return from the Hunt

The Return from the Hunt
The return from the hunt - a Flemish huntsman, with his servant, two hounds and two smaller dogs, brings back a stag, borne on the second horse

Background imageSmaller Collection: NATIONAL FIRE ESCAPE

NATIONAL FIRE ESCAPE
National fire-escape in use. The second or smaller portion of the ladder was fixed at a point on the main ladder and lifetd outwards when required

Background imageSmaller Collection: Space Rocket Carrier

Space Rocket Carrier
Interplanetary Spacecraft, Carrying Four Smaller Rockets

Background imageSmaller Collection: Malaka, Malaysia C18Th

Malaka, Malaysia C18Th
A view of Malaka from the sea showing sailing ships and other smaller vessels, rows of small houses, a walled area of the town & a building set up on stilts in between

Background imageSmaller Collection: Two Lizard Species

Two Lizard Species
A pink-bellied leaf lizard (Stenocercus rosei ventris) and another smaller lizard type, labelled as Trachycyclus marmoratus

Background imageSmaller Collection: Boys in Classroom

Boys in Classroom
An older boys helps a smaller one with a difficult sum

Background imageSmaller Collection: William Ivs Coat Arms

William Ivs Coat Arms
Possibly the Royal Coat of Arms of William IV as the Hanovarian coat of arms is included within a smaller shield which was removed when Victoria gained the throne

Background imageSmaller Collection: Making Butter, Holland

Making Butter, Holland
The ingenious Dutch harness machinery to the business of butter-making; after churning in large barrels it is decanted into smaller ones

Background imageSmaller Collection: Radiated Mole (Bewick)

Radiated Mole (Bewick)
sorex cristatus This is the RADIATED MOLE, smaller than the Common Mole, who lives in, or rather under, North America. Unfortunately its fur is used to make hats

Background imageSmaller Collection: Leopard (Bewick)

Leopard (Bewick)
Panthera pardus - the leopard is really a smaller panther

Background imageSmaller Collection: Hungarian Dismemberment

Hungarian Dismemberment
After World War One, the Allies proposed to break up Hungary into smaller units. This card protests against the dismemberment - but it happened anyway

Background imageSmaller Collection: Delivery Cycles

Delivery Cycles
Express delivery ! Bouillon Cibils employ cyclists to deliver their meat extract - for larger deliveries, a tricycle van, for smaller ones, one with a handy box

Background imageSmaller Collection: Amrou Mosque Cairo

Amrou Mosque Cairo
One of the smaller Cairo mosques but with its own particular dedication and its own devotees

Background imageSmaller Collection: Dinornis Giganteus

Dinornis Giganteus
A DINORNIS GIGANTEUS (giant moa) is about to be attacked by a native New Zealander, while a smaller DINORNIS ELEPHANTOPUS browses in the background

Background imageSmaller Collection: Battle of St Euphemia

Battle of St Euphemia
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN Battle of St Euphemia Anglo-Neapolitan force under Stuart, in action against a smaller French force under Reynier

Background imageSmaller Collection: School Bullies / Boys Own

School Bullies / Boys Own
BULLYING Boys bullying smaller schoolmates at a Victorian school



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