Space Collection

An Ideal Home No. V. The Spare Room by William Heath Robinson
This is W. Heath Robinsons solution of the spare room problem, a brilliant idea which renders it possible to entertain in the smallest flat without the slightest difficulty

An Ideal Home No. II. The Folding Garden
This folding garden for flat dwellers with a love of open-air life will appeal to all householders who enjoy rustic amenities in a urban setting. The second of the Ideal Home designs by W

Plumstead Common Road, showing (on the right, with the clock tower), the newly opened " Links" (1904) branch of the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society, still a " Co-Op" today

A Star Explodes - Norman Lindsay
A Star Explodes by Norman Lindsay Date: 1932

The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI. Sports Without Broad Acres by
The difficult problem of how to enjoy games and field sports when you live in a block of flats has triumphantly solved. The sixth in the series of Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson

Flat Earth map of the world showing it to be a plane
A MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING IT TO BE A PLANE - and those of us who suppose it to be a globe are clearly mistaken. Date: 1893

A House Full by Cecil Aldin
Illustration by Cecil Aldin showing six dogs jostling for space on a cosy armchair. Date: 20th December 1933

An Ideal Home No. I by William Heath Robinson
The first in the series of the Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson. The illustrations from The Sketch depict ingenious space creating ideas for the spatially challenged home

An Ideal Home No. IV. Top-Floor Chicken Farm by William Heat
The beauty and simplicity of this solution of the problem of how to keep chickens in the top floor of the bijou flat will appeal to readers who like to get as much as possible for their rent

An Ideal Home No. III. Space Economy At A Wedding Reception
The third of the Ideal Home designs by W. Heath Robinson. The illustrations from The Sketch depict ingenious space creating ideas for the spatially challenged home

Mercury 7 Astronauts
The Mercury Project astronauts standing beside a 106-B plane. (l to r) Ms Carpenter, L G Cooper, John H Glenn, V I Grissom, Walter M Schirra, Alan B Shepard and D K Slayton

Southern Cross (Kranz)
The southern sky with the SOUTHERN CROSS constellation

Lovecraft / Colour / Space
A shapeless stream of unplaceable colour - scene from The colour out of space

Hollow Earth
THE HOLLOW EARTH Neuperts model

LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, Hackney
Built in 1895, station B27, Shoreditch fire station, was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street. The stations pump

Yost Light Running Typewriter No. 15
A Yost Light Running Typewriter No.15. Date: 1910

Project Mercury 7
The original 7 Project Mercury astronauts. Top row (l to r): Alan Shepard, V I Gus Grissom, L G Cooper. Front row (l to r) Walter M Schirra, D K Slayton John Glenn and Scott Carpenter

Hindu / The Cosmic Turtle
In the ancient Indian cosmogony, the Earth is sustained on the backs of elephants who are themselves standing on the back of a cosmic turtle

Depiction of a flat planet Earth, with curious little wheels for the ships to go round without (hopefully) falling off into space

Amazing Stories scifi magazine cover, Robot and lion
Testing a robot for a space mission by having it fight a lion - a scene from J Schlassels To the Moon by proxy Date: 1928

Two miners in a narrow coal seam, South Wales
Two miners, one of them quite young, working in a narrow coal seam in a mine in South Wales

Starlight bent by the Suns Attraction: The Einstein Theory
This diagram drawn by W. B. Robinson illustrates Professor Einsteins Theory that light is subject to gravitation. The drawing was based on British observers photographs at the eclipse of the sun

French map of the planet Mars
A French map of the planet Mars, showing two views

Agatha Christies cottage near River Dart, Devon
Agatha Christies cottage near the River Dart, Devon, with three cars parked in the foreground. Date: circa 1960s

Earths Crust
Cross-section of the solid crust of planet Earth Date: 1879

Place in the Line Poster
This space is reserved for a fit man - There is still a place in the line for YOU - will you fill it?. Classic World War One recruitment poster

Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover, Martian City
THIA OF THE DRYLANDS (Harl Vincent) A secret service man from Earth navigates his ronsal along a street in a Martian city

Military Rockets for Space Activity, Armed with Death Rays

PTOLEMYs SYSTEM (2)
Earth is depicted at the centre of the cosmos, circled by the seven planets known to him : our globe is made up of four elements - earth, air, fire and water

PTOLEMYs SYSTEM (1)
A representation of his system, showing Earth at the centre of the cosmos, circled by the planets and by the signs of the Zodiac

Richmond Green Cricket
A civilised game of English cricket on Richmond Green, Surrey. Date: 1950s

Ursa Major Star Map
The constellation of Ursa Major

Transit of Venus 1874
A diagram showing the areas of the world which will be able to view the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on the 8th December 1874

Blunt / Cygnus & Lyra / Pl32
The constellation of Cygnus - a flying swan - and Lyra - that of an ancient Greek lyre

Copernicus / Solar System
The solar system according to Copernicus where Earth rotates daily on axis and, with other plants, revolves around the Sun

Main components of the Solar System
Panoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun

Hydra Star Map
Hydra constellation, including an owl, a raven and a sextant

Orion Star Map
Orion, giant hunter, clubbing a lion. Being slain by Diana, he was made one of the constellations and is supposed to be attended with stormy weather

Ursa Minor Star Map
Draco and Ursa Minor constellation

Canis Major Star Map
Canis Major (dog) and Lepus (hare) constellation

Blunt / Full Moon / Plate 13
The Moon at the full

Copernicuss System (1)
A representation of his system, showing Earth circling the sun which illumines different parts of the globe according to the time of day and the season of the year

Homeward at Sunset Aldin
Homeward : three white horses pull a covered wagon and an elderly man and woman follow on foot as the sun sets over the hills

Schiaparellis two hemispheres of the planet Mars
The two hemispheres of the planet Mars as drawn by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli

Lunar Eclipse
The Moon in eclipse

Kepler Planetary System
Model of Keplers planetary system

Blunt / Pisces / Plate 49
The constellation of Pisces, the fish

The Arrow Star Map
The Arrow constellation, showing Antinous being attacked by an eagle and also including a dolphin

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