Speed Collection (page 22)

Russian Postman
With three horses to draw his troika, the Russian postman can make his round in speed and comfort

Breaking the Record !

Forth Bridge
A passenger train can cross the Forth Bridge while maintaining a speed of 90 km/h. Completed in 1890, it is one of the engineering triumphs of its time

Warrior Cigarette Card
This British battleship is the worlds first iron-hulled capital ship; she has a speed of 14 knots (26km/h). Now restored and docked at Portsmouth, Hampshire

An Aerial Policeman
Speeding will be just as much an offence in the sky as on land, and we shall need aerial traffic cops to make sure aviators keep within the prescribed speed limits

Schneider Trophy 1923
The 1923 contest, at Cowes, England, is won by American aviator D Rittenhouse, flying a Curtiss CR-3 at an average speed of 285 km/hour

Cugnot Causes Alarm
Cugnots first steam carriage causes alarm when he takes it on a trial trip

Speed Contest 1897
The start of a speed contest at the Velodrome de la Seine, Paris - a gent in a top hat gives the starting signal

Futuristic train travel, Paris to Peking
This is how you will travel from Paris to Peking in the year 2000 - on a high-speed monorail travelling at intercontinental velocity !

High Speed in Low Gear
High speed on low gear : An American motorist takes two friends for a ride - note the ingenious seat on the running board (and shes not even strapped in!)

Lady Rider / Jugend 1896
Lady riding sidesaddle

Transport / Donkey C1880
A farmer goes to market on a cart pulled by a donkey. He dangles three carrots on a stick, to keep the speed up

Mariner, Two Spirits
The two spirits powering the ship onwards at great speed over the ocean

Signposts of Future
Tomorrows roads will be well signposted with illuminated overhead signs and loud- speakers so that even when travelling at speed you won t miss your way

Eyston Thunderbolt 1938
Dunlop tyres pay tribute to George Eyston who this year drives his Thunderbolt on Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, at a speed of 536 km/h

Seagraves Golden Arrow
Henry Seagrave drives his Golden Arrow; at Daytona Beach, Florida, achieving a speed of 372 km/h

ARIZONA WRECK
The American steamship Arizona of the Guion Line sails at full speed into an iceberg off Newfoundland

Riding Arab Horse C1850
An Arab riding an Arab horse

Lion in Passenger Seat
A lion-tamer takes one of his menage for a car-ride to show it the sights of Dusseldorf, but the police are not amused and fine him for endangering the populace

Speed Boating
Jolly japes abord the Miss Wellington speed boat!

British Campers 1930S
Teenage boys and girls enjoying a chance to mix freely with one another, on a camping holiday at Boxhill, Surrey, England

Hereward & Lightfoot
HEREWARD THE WAKE How the swift and aptly named Martin Lightfoot overtook Hereward, who was on horseback

Beagle (Bewick)
The Beagle is used only in hunting the Hare... Although far inferior in point of speed, it follows by the exquisiteness of its scent and traces her footsteps

Telegraph / Australia / 1891
Australian Telegraph messenger

Reading the Log - 3
On board a troop ship bound for the East, a log line is used to measure the speed of the ship in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

Reading the Log - 2
Aboard a ship on the way to India a log line is used to measure her speed in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

Full Speed / Motor / Kunst
" In voller Fahrt" (at full speed)

Jean-Antoine Chaptal
JEAN-ANTOINE CHAPTAL comte de Chanteloup, French chemist, suggested adding sugar to speed fermentation of wine &c

Cartwrights Loom
CARTWRIGHTs POWER LOOM Edmund Cartwrights steam- powered loom of 1785 enabled weaving to be carried out at vastly greater speed

Train at Speed Photo
A steam passenger train travelling at speed

SHIPWRECK
An early warning of the risks involved in crossing the Atlantic at high speed

Chariot race accident
Chariot racing in the Circus at Rome -- one of the chariots overturns on the bend, causing an obstruction for the chariot behind

Runaway couple get married at Gretna Green
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green, literally striking the iron while it is hot. Gretnas runaway marriages began in 1753, following a change in the English law that did not apply in Scotland

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