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Map of Isle of WightA Map of the Isle of Wight, showing the internal railway system and the new & short route between the island and the Hampshire coast
Chakras and Nervous SystemHow the chakras interact with the nervous system. Date: 1927
Heath Robinson Drawing Room 2 of 4Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Drawing-Room. A family in the Drawing Room, which is a typically Heath Robinson design
Writing / Shorthand PitmanShorthand writing: an example of Pitmans system, boasting that Fortune magazine has gained over 100, 000 subscribers in five short years
Saturn in natural color, photographed by CassiniSaturn. Sixth planet from the Sun. Photograph taken by the Cassini-Huygens
The Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan - The Auditorium. Opened in 1928 as a flagship movie palace in the Fox Theatres Chain. The first theatre to be designed to incorporate a speaker system for sound
Montessori schoolA detailed illustration by S. Begg of a Montessori school in Courtfield Gardens, London, showing children at various activiities
Diagram of the lungs and bronchial tubesA diagram of the lungs and bronchial tubes, with a section of the windpipe
Diagram of the human brain and spinal columnA diagram of the brain and spinal column, including the vertebrae
Phrenology - GallGalls phrenological system - the skull seen from side and front Date: early 19th century
Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmittAlexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound
John Logie Bairds experiment, showing how television transmSending pictures through the air. Bairds system of television transmits its wireless pictures. John Logie Baird transmitted a moving image by wireless, showing gradations of light and shade
Haltwhistle MilecastleA view toward the Haltwhistle milecastle, on the southern side of Hadrians Wall. The milecastles served as stationing posts along the length of the wall system
Carl Linnaeuss Systema Naturae (1736)Watercolour illustration by Georg Ehret, of Carl Linneauss sexual system for the classification of plants from Systema Naturae, published in 1736
Pan American Airways route mapPan American Airways System global route map of the Flying Clipper Ships (passengers, mail, express). circa 1938
Christmas Day in the WorkhouseIllustration and opening verses of In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse, written by George R Sims in 1877
A robot to open an exhibition: the new mechanical manPhotograph and sketches of an aluminium man, the first British robot invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A.H. Refell. The machine could rise, bow and make a speech
BAC TSR-2Control-Yoke and Instruments in the Cockpit of a BAC Tsr 2 Date: 1964
BRAILLE, Louis (1809-1852). French pedagogue and inventor, creator of the writing system for the blind. Braille alphabet. Photography
Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, LondonBarbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875
New Empire State Express trainPoster advertising the Empire State Express steam train of the New York Central System as it speeds across the American landscape
HMS Habbakuk in sectionIllustration showing a cross section of the top secret design for HMS Habbakuk a giant aircraft-carrier built of ice and wood pulp, which was proposed as a secret weapon in the Second World War
Diagram of the heart, lungs and windpipe
Feng-Shui CompassFENG-SHUI Fong-choei compass used by Chinese geomancers to calculate the most propitious location of buildings etc
Dewey Decimal SystemCard index showing use of the Dewey Decimal Classification system, the most widely used library classification system, devised by Melvil Dewey in the 1870s
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
Metric SystemApplications of the metric system to dimensions, weight and money
Sweet gale or Dutch myrtle, Myrica gale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst
Sea or rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst
LCC-LFB Pageants Wharf fire station, RotherhitheBuilt by the London County Council and opened in 1903, Pageants Wharf fire station still stands at 241 Rotherhithe Street, SE16
New terminal depot at Philadelphia. Reading railroad system
Pyne - BargemenTHAMES BARGE MEN Barges are an essential part of the transport system, bringing coal for fires, hay for horses, by river and canal
Copernicus / Solar SystemThe solar system according to Copernicus where Earth rotates daily on axis and, with other plants, revolves around the Sun
Main components of the Solar SystemPanoramic artwork showing the relative distances of the planets from the Sun
Mailboxes in Takaka, South Island, New ZealandA row of colourful farm mail boxes at the roadside in Takaka, at the northern end of New Zealands South Island
Draughtsmen at workDraughtsmen prepare technical drawings for an electronic wiring system, in a large open plan room, with plenty of essential natural light. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World WIllustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944
Louis Braille / ThiriatLOUIS BRAILLE French inventor of system of raised-point writing for the blind
Telephone Exchange 1929Londons new Automatic Telephone Exchange, showing an engineer testing the new revolutionary system, whereby subscribers were connected without an operator
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
Roentgens X-Ray SystemA photograph taken by Dr Voller of Hamburg using the Roentgen system
Kepler Planetary SystemModel of Keplers planetary system
Eagle and American Flag Date: 1915
Stela of Amenemhat I. Table offering. 12th Dynasty. Middle KAmenemhat I. 1st King. 12th Dynasty (1991-1962 BC). Middle Kingdom. Limestone, painted, stela of Amenemhat. Table offerings. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom
Penny Post Jubilee card - Sir Rowland Hill - 1890A Penny Post Jubilee card, issued in 1890 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years, 1840 - 1890) of the Penny Post. The card features a postman from 1840 and one from 1890
Boeing 314 ClipperPan American Airways System Paa, Boeing 314 Clipper Fleet Number 18 Flying Date: 1939
Balmoral Industrial School, BelfastA view of the Balmoral Industrial School for Protestant Boys, Belfast Date: 1899
Gloster Meteor F4 RA490Gloster Meteor F4, RA490, following use as a Beryl engine testbed, the aircraft was heavily modified to take two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets for trials with a jet deflection system
Fireless Locomotives - Llandarcy, Wales. Oil storage depots and oil handling docks used fireless locomotives (steam was pumped in to a specially constructed usually dome-ended boiler)
Magic Carpet AirborneThe Magic Carpet, favoured transport system of the Arabian Nights
Geocentric SystemThe pre-Copernican system of the Planets - Earth at the centre orbited by the other planets including the sun, and surrounded by the stars
Anatomy of the nervous system in the heart, neck and arm. Lithograph by C. Schach from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839
Blue lotus of the Nile, Nymphaea caerulea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst
Poster, Pan American World Airways to the Caribbean -- the System of the Flying Clippers, designed by Mark von Arenburg. circa 1950s
Are you nervous? If so, find the nerve! Photograph of Dr. Rufus Weaver showing the nervous system of a man. Date: 1906
Wheel worked by dog - turning roasting spit, CarmarthenshireWheel worked by a dog for turning the roasting spit - used until the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. This example was the property of the late Sir John Williams, Bart
BAE Sea Harrier FRS-1Royal-Navy Rn Bae Sea Harriers Parked on the Flight-Deck with Hms Broadsword Sailing Behind Date: 1982
Sir Isaac PitmanSIR ISaC PITMAN Inventor of a system of shorthand Date: 1813 - 1897
Escape System for British Submarines, 1933Illustration showing the air-lock system, built into British submarines of the 1930 s, that was designed to allow submariners to escape if their submarine failed
Three Sikh men, India. Date: 1843
Tour de la Fournache - Saint Jean-de-MaurienneTour de la Fournache on the road to Arves, just above St Jean de Maurienne - part of the old system of defense of the valley in the environs of Saint Jean-de-Maurienne, France. Date: circa 1910s
Self portrait photograph with multiple mirrors systemCatalan artist and architect, Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926), photographed with a system of multiple mirrors in order to capture different angles of the sitter
Nervous System 18th CThe nervous system of the spine and the front body according to Vieuffens Date: Circa 1760
Metropolitan Police Telephone Box System instruction bookA Metropolitan Police instruction book: Telephone Box System, published by Peckham Sub-Division
Grand Trunk Railway System Poster for rail travel in Canada showing an elephant and a steam engine
Indoor filmingTelevising a Spanish scene at the Crystal Palace, filmed on cine-film at the studios of the Baird Television Company. On the 2nd February 1935 the Baird system transmitted indoor
New dial operated telephone systemSeries of three photographs showing a new automatic system of telephoning introduced in Britain in 1911. The movement of a dial operated electrical switches and magnets in the telephone exchange
Abandoned rural branch line signal box, Worcestershire, England. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
HANSENs TYPEWRITER / 1880The remarkable typewriter invented by Rasmus Hans Malling Johan Hansen (1835 - 1890) in 1865, using a completely novel writing ball system
Mayhew / Wandsworth PrisonBuilt in 1851 and originally called the Surrey House of Correction. This picture shows the adult school in the chapel on the separate system
CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805CLAUDE CHAPPE French Engineer. Invented a telegraph system employing visual semaphore signals. With his brother, he erected signals between Paris & Lille
Anti-Communist CardDEIN LOS UNTER DEM SOVIET SYSTERN - your fate under the Soviet system - you and your family will be driven from your burning home to Siberia
Internal anatomythe nervous system of the spine
Twinflower or two-flowered linnaea, Linnaea borealis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany
Thrift, Armeria maritima (Statice armeria). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst
SS Lucania - CunardSS Lucania. This Cunarder is the first ship to be equipped with Signor Marconis wireless system : for a while she holds the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing. Date: circa 1920s
Wolverine or Gulo gulo.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794
Walrus and manati, Odobenus rosmarus and Trichechus manatus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794
RAF personnel completing Thor missile training courseRAF personnel, completing a 13-week training course on the Thor propulsion system at Rocketdyne. From left: Chief Technician Sidney Allen, Junior Technician Graham R.J
Hulluch underground system 1918Hulluch underground system known as Charing Cross near Loos. The 3rd Australian Tunnel Company engaged in defensive work on the Western Front in France during World War I in January 1918
The world of tomorrow- some dreams of invention run riot; thIllustration of an aerial mono rail (note date, 1st April 1905) as a vision of the future for railways. The caption states The scientific prophet looks forward to electric traction on this system
Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham areaThe key figures behind tariff reform from the Birmingham area. Tariff Reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903
