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The new R. A. F. Centrifuge 1955Testing the effects of gravitational stresses experienced by pilots at high speeds: the new R.A.F. centrifuge at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine at Farnborough, Hampshire
Zeppelin Train 1930SThe Rail Zeppelin, an experimental vehicle developed and tested by Franz Kruckenberg in 1930 - 1931. It was capable of speeds of well over 200 kilometers per hour. Date: 1930s
Futuristic Rocket CarTHE SHAVER MYSTERY by Richards Shaver. A red rocket car speeds past strange stone carvings of monsters in a cave, evading the fire from a ray-gun
Schneider contest nerve centre by G. H. DavisThe Schneider contest nerve centre: timing at over 300 mph. How the amazing speeds of the seaplanes were recorded: the timekeepers and their work on Ryde Pier. Date: 1929
Poster celebrating Leon VanderstuyftPoster celebrating the achievements of Leon Vanderstuyft, the Belgian racing cyclist who amazingly covered over 125 kilometers in one hour. The poster lists various speeds and victories
Super Train of FutureA gyro-balanced monorail, the super train of tomorrow will be a three-decker carrying great numbers of passengers at high speeds
Leduc 0. 21 01, mounted on a S. E. 161Leduc 0.21 01, mounted on its SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother-ship, parked next door to the second 0.21, also mounted on a Languedoc mother-ship
WW2 - Peggy Speeds The PloughAn illustrated front cover of a WW2 children's book, Peggy Speeds The Plough, written by Madge S. Smith. The images portray wartime agricultural working women, land girls
RAF trainee pilots working out courses and speeds, WW2RAF trainee pilots working out courses and speeds Date: circa 1941
Fairey Rotodyne dynamic model, to assess vibration and resonance with a representative rotor running at scale speeds. Date: circa 1957
The Opera House, Paris, FranceA car speeds past the Paris Opera House, with a busy street scene. Date: circa 1930s
John Speeds monument in the chancel of St. Giles, Cripplegate. Speed was an Elizabethan cartographer and historian 1551-1629, depicted in lace ruff and doublet, holding a book and skull
Opel rocket car in actionThe Opel rocket car in action. After achieving high speeds, an accident resulted in the complete destruction of the machine. 20th century
A despatch rider of the Wurttemberg forces of the German army speeds along on his motorcycle watched by an officer
Yellow Diesel Train Date: 1950
Animals at a French Zoo - Springbok - small short-horned antelope. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Slide 7
Top SpeedPromotional postcard for Top Speed The New Era Production presents. The Unique High Class Revue. Touring to Palace Theatre, Lincoln, 15th February 1920. Date: 1920
How to build a racing car by G. H. DavisA sport for model enthusiasts: how to build a car which will race at speeds in excess of 40 mph. Details of the construction of a model racing car, powered by a tiny petrol engine
Effects of varying speeds, wind, and height on bombing 1917The race for raiding: Problems of bombing for Briton and Boche. Top, a comparison with a British bomber and a Gotha heavy German bomber
Chart shewing growth of racing speeds, 1895 to 1906 Date: circa 1906
Elizabeth / Q Mother 60SELIZABETH as QUEEN MOTHER Widow of George VI in an open- backed car - a crowd waves as she speeds past Date: 1900 - 2002
Embroidered TrainThe Present Time A train with two carriages, capable of speeds of 60 miles per hour
MauretaniaThe Mauretania, built in 1906 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time, she was the largest liner in the world at 32, 000 gross tons
HESTON PHOENIXA popular light aicraft which carries five passengers in comfort, at speeds up to 210 km/h, and can travel 800 km without refuelling
Five Man Bobsleigh 1914A five-man bobsleigh speeds through the snow
Laser Anemometer 1968This experiment measures how much light from a laser beam can pass through the water in the glass tube when the water moves at different speeds
Ilford Photographic 1929Advertisement for Ilford Panchromatic Plates of various film speeds, and colour filters
100-Passenger Air-LinersTodays air-liners will seem tiny compared with the huge passenger carriers of tomorrow, which will carry as many as One Hundred people, at speeds of 350 km/h !
French Monocycle 1950At Saint-Etienne, a French inventor drives his monocycle, sitting inside the wheel, at speeds up to 140 km/h
Gilpin at EdmontonTHE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN Gilpin, on the back of his uncontrolled horse, speeds past his family waving from the balcony at Edmonton
