System Collection (page 11)

Shoe-Black Brigade 1851
The Shoe-Black Brigade were an offshoot of the Ragged School system. Date: 1851

HARTS CONTINUOUS LIFT-2
Harts continuous lift system in action, with the engine mechanism shown below. (pic 2 of 2) Date: 1882

TAKE CAR ON FERRY
Loading a car onto a ferry, before the drive-on system is dreamt of. Date: 1936

LEAD MINE / DU CASSE
Illustration which shows the tier system used in lead mining. Date: circa 1837

DRAINAGE SYSTEM / 1803PASS
Plans for a modern drainage system. Date: 1803

SPORT / SWIMMING / CHANNEL
Captain Boytons system for successful cross channel swimming. Date: 1876

International Electric Exhibition 1882
Interior of International Electric Exhibition at Crystal Palace, showing Edison Exhibit and Siemens chandeliers. Date: 1882

PRISON REFORM / J HOWARD
John Howard (1726-1790), investigating the French penal system, is visited by an officer of the Prefecture Date: circa 1775-79

PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM /
Plan of the Heavens, showing Ptolemys explanation for the eccentric movement of the Sun round the Earth, in relation to the Fixed Stars and Planets Date: 17th century

BERTILLON SATIRE
ALPHONSE BERTILLON French criminologist A satire on his system - looking for clues Date: 1853 - 1914

Wife-Beater
Brutish wife-beater confident of lenient treatment by legal system. Date: 1875

Empyrean Heaven and fall of Lucifer
System of the empyrean, or interior heaven, showing the fall of Lucifer. Date: 1794

Laird LCRW-450 - not much seems to be known about this beauty. I think, understandably that confusion reigned over the Laird system of aircraft designations. Date: circa 1935

Floating bread market, Kashmir
Dawn light at the floating bread market on Lake Dal, near Srinagar, Kashmir Date: 1986

Parish Workhouse Plan, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Plan of the parish workhouse erected in 1808 at Southwell Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher in association with a local architect, believed to be Richard Ingleman. Date: 1828

A test rocket used to demonstrate the parachute recover?
A test rocket used to demonstrate the parachute recovery system of the English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air guided missile. 1957 Farnborough air show. Date: 1957

A mobile unit of the English Electric Thunderbird surfa?
A mobile unit of the English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air guided missile system leaves English Electric?s Guided Weapons Division factory at Stevenage, Hertfordshire

WW1 - Cold German Soldiers behind the lines
WW1 - Cold-looking German Soldiers behind the lines during Winter - note the fantastic telegraph pole attesting to the complex communications systems in operation at this point on the front

Cadburys Bournville, Birmingham - Girls Gymnasium Exterior
Cadburys Cocoa and Chocolate Works at Bournville, Birmingham - Girls Gymnasium - Exterior view. Date: circa 1909

Class from Carlton School, Grafton Road, London
Mixed class from Carlton School, Grafton Road, London - built in the 1880s. Date: circa 1890s

Ju-Ju Doctor, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1930s

Approved School - Gym
Boys performing exercises in the gymnasium of an unidentified Approved School. Date: circa1945

Helsingeland runic alphabet
Scandinavia. Helsingeland runic alphabet

The Muscular System of the Human Body - from the front and the rear. Date: circa 1790

Plantation at Lake Caijo, French Congo
Group of people standing and crouching on a path next to a palm tree with the irrigation system at a plantation at Lake Caijo in French Congo

Kudurru (stele) of King Marduk-zakir-shumi (852-828 BC). An act of donation to a priest of the temple of Eana of Uruk. Mesopotamia. Limestone. Cuneiforme. Babylon exposore. Louvre. Paris

Obelisk of king of Assirya Adad-Nirari III (810-783 BC) insc
Obelisk of king of Assirya Adad-Nirari III (810-783 BC) worshipping divine emblems and inscribed with cuneiform characters. Erected for the Assyrian king Adad, from Sabaa, Yemen

Thomas horns steam engine. Built around 1850 by the Thos. H
Thomas horns steam engine. This machine was built around 1850 by the Thos. Horn Engineer firm in London. It was used in the Paine Co. Ltd of St

Knight Paying Homage
A knight paying homage to his king. Date: 1100

Khoisan woman in hat, animal skin, necklace, and bracelets, and carries a bow and arrows.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Khoisan man of South Africa wearing animal skin, beaded necklace and loincloth.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Koisan woman of South Africa in full dress wearing animal skin cape.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Native American wearing a headdress and short skirt, a large silver plate on his chest.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Weasel, stoat, ermine, polecat, ferret, marten and sable.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Grays Anatomy - carotid artery
Two pages from the second edition of Grays Anatomy dealing with the common carotid artery. With hand-coloured illustration showing the blood vessels of the neck

Three Nawabs, India. The Nawab was a high-status Muslim. Date: circa 1890s

Three views of a wolf bone excavated at Vestonice
Proof that the mammoth-hunters of 30, 000 years ago knew how to count: three views of a wolf bone (the radius) marked with numerical notches

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