Successful Collection (page 7)

Stephenson Locomotive
George Stephenson is the most successful of the many inventors seeking to apply steam-engine technology to transport on land

Jasons Argo
This is the boat used by Jason in his successful expedition to steal the Golden Fleece : though equipped with a sail, it has to be rowed up the Bosphorus against the current

Queen Charlotte
Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and wife of George III. Originally Charlotte Sophia, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Fitch Steamboat 1
John Fitchs first steamboat makes a successful trip on the Delaware River

Pelopidas Goes to Thebes
The Theban general Pelopidas (in green) and his men, disguised as peasants, set off for Thebes and are successful in freeing the city from the crushing Spartan occupation

A Calculating machine
The control panel of the automatic sequence-controlled calculating machine at Manchester University; showing the monitor cathode-ray tube with Dr. T. Kilburn (left) and Professor F. C

Grammes dynamo-electrical machine
Engraving by W. Bazzett Murray showing Grammes direct-current dynamo. Zenobe Theophile Gramme (1826-1901) built the first successful dynamo in 1869

Bristol Blenheim Prototy
This is the 142M Britain First, prototype of the Blenheim which will be one of the most successful light bombers of World War Two, more than 3000 being built

Testing the recovered Atlantic telegraph cable
Group of engineers testing the recovered 1865 Atlantic cable. The first attempt at laying a transatlantic cable had been in 1858

Peter Easton & his NSU car
Peter Easton, the successful right hand batsman and his NSU car

Nieuport Seaplane
An early type of French seaplane from the company who later created a series of very successful military aircraft

Santos Dumont Book
Brazilian aviation pioneer Santos-Dumonts own account of his flying career : the cover depicts his successful circuit of the Tour Eiffel, Paris, on 13 July 1901

German Tank in Snow
A German tank in the snow- covered Russian countryside. The caption claims that the Germans are successful in all weathers, but events were to prove otherwise

Malcom Campbells famous Blue Bird
Photograph of Malcolm Campbells famous Blue Bird. This was the first Blue Bird, and was less successful than the larger second one

A French Collector
A French collector has just paid a successful visit to the marche aux puces (flea market)

Isabela & Espartero
Baldomero Espartero, statesman and general who brought the Carlist wars to a successful finale, presents the 12-year old Isabela to the Cortes

Attempt on Alexander
Police dig out a mine planted in the streets of St Petersburg, hoping to blow up the tsars carriage when it passes : a later attempt will be more successful

Shepherds Informed
The Illustrated London News made its debut in coloured journalism on the 22nd December 1855 when the first series of coloured printed pictures appeared in its Christmas supplement

Robinsons Lunaires Cover
(The lunar family Robinson) by G Le Faure. A balloon is carried to the Moon, but make a successful return to Earth

CLAN GRANT
Clan GRANT a barefoot youth carries the trophies of a successful shoot slung on his gun

Sir William Johnson
SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON British military commander in America, successful negotiator with native Americans, captured Niagara 1759

Lithotritie Operation
Eminent French doctors examine a patient after a successful operation for lithotritie

Soviet Woman Pilot
A female Soviet pilot is congratulated after a successful mission. She is a member of the Tamanski Guards Air Corps, an all-female group

John Harrison
JOHN HARRISON horologist, inventor of successful chronometer for determining longitude at sea

Pulain Manpowered 1921
At Longchamps, Paris, cyclist Pulain attempts to win the Prix Peugeot for a successful man-powered flight

Pola Negri / Chaplin
POLA NEGRI (Appolonia Chalupek) Polish actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films - seen here with Charlie Chaplin

Mouse Trapper 1865
Now I ve got you ! - a successful Swedish mouse- trapper gloats over his captive

Judas Maccabeus Success
Judas Maccabeus maintains a successful war against the Seleucids who dominate Israel

Thomas Savery / Smiles
THOMAS SAVERY English military engineer, patented first commercially successful steam engine Date: 1650 - 1715

Successful Angler
An angler contemplates the fish he has just caught from the stream : his catch contemplates him back, with a fishy stare

Pola Negri / Borzoi Dog
POLA NEGRI (Appolonia Chalupek) Polish-born actress who went to Hollywood in the 1920s and was successful in silent films

Successful Ghost Hunter
A successful ghost hunter watches an apparition walk through a solid wall

Samuel Beeton
SAMUEL ORCHART BEETON Successful publisher and husband of the famous cook Mrs Beeton, died of tuberculosis in June 1877

Operation Dragoon / 1944
Operation Dragoon, the successful allied invasion of Southern France. Within 30 days it had linked up with the Normandy invasion forces

Italians in Sudan 1940
East Africa : the Italians continue their successful advance into Kurmuk, in the Sudan

Mahomed Akbar Khan
SARDAR MAHOMED AKBAR KHAN son of Dost Mohammad, led a successful rebellion against the pro-British Afghan ruler Shah Shuja in 1841

Wwi / British Cross Piave
Following the successful taking of the river by a joint Italian, British and French force, British cavalry cross the Piave

Gustave Zede Submarine
The Gustave Zede is one of the worlds first successful submarines, performing 2500+ dives without mishap : she is the first submarine to be equipped with a periscope

Alcock & Brown - 4
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown receive their prize of 10, 000 pounds from Winston Churchill, for their successful first crossing of the Atlantic by air

Alcock & Brown - 1
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown in Ireland after their successful first crossing of the Atlantic by air

Mccurdys Silver Dart
Canadian aviator J A D McCurdy pilots the Aerial Experiment Associations biplane Silver Dart designed by himself : he makes several successful flights

Tissandier Airship 3
The electric-powered dirigible of Gaston and Albert TISSANDIER flies from Auteuil, near Paris, and qualifies as the worlds first successful dirigible airship

Tissandier Airship 2
Gaston and Albert TISSANDIER take off from Auteuil, near Paris, in their electric- powered dirigible which qualifies as the worlds first successful dirigible

REPUBLIQUE - 2
Lebaudys Republique makes a successful first flight, amazing the countryfolk down there on the ground

ADERs EOLE 1891
ADERs EOLE I The most elegant of Aders would-be flying machines, this is also the least practicable and the least successful

Trial Trip, Underground
A successful trial trip on the Metropolitan Railway : the train - drawn by a steam locomotive - is about to enter Portland Road station, near Euston

Miss Vera Phillips
MISS VERA PHILLIPS One of Messrs Lafayettes most successful child studies

A Good Days Work
A GOOD DAYs WORK IN THE COVERS - counting the bag after a successful day slaughtering scores of beautiful pheasants

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