Technology Collection (page 2)

Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c. ). Etching
Map of Gibraltar (XVIIIIth c.). Etching

Replica of George Stephensons Rocket Locomotive
George Stephensons Rocket Locomotive, built in 1829. Built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Ideal Home Exhibition - Heath Robinson Home
William Heath Robinsons Ideal Home - " The Gadgets". Displayed at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at London Olympia. Date: 1934

First published photograph, William Fox-Talbot facsimile of a photogenic drawing showing fern leaves. Date: 1839

Double cylinder steam fire engine made by Thomas Coates
A double cylinder steam fire engine, made by Thomas Coates, awarded the Champion Gold Medal at Crystal Palace, London, in 1890. Date: late 19th century

Poster, Anglo-Swiss Telephone Service, showing a woman skating in the Alps. 20th century

The Improved Ladys Own Sewing Machine by Leigh & Crawford, Brooke Street, Holborn, London EC. 19th century

HMS Monarch, British cable ship
The HMS Monarch, a British cable-laying ship. There were three cable ships of this name -- this is probably the third one, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in 1916. Date: 20th century

A Calculating machine, 1949
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, 1949, reporting on the automatic sequence controlled calculating machine at Manchester University

Jetstream G-AXUI flight mechanics laboratory for the Cranfield Institute of Technology (later Cranfield College of Aeronautics)

Cannon Street Station, City of London
An impressive view from the direction of the Thames of the newly completed Cannon Street Station terminus of the South Eastern Railway

CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805
CLAUDE CHAPPE French Engineer. Invented a telegraph system employing visual semaphore signals. With his brother, he erected signals between Paris & Lille

Advert, Rolls-Royce, Vickers Vimy biplane
Advert for Rolls-Royce, 25th anniversary of a Vickers Vimy biplane with Rolls-Royce engines, first direct Atlantic crossing by air, June 1919. 1944

Isle of Man coast, and gateway to Highlands
A panoramic view of the coast of the Isle of Man photographed from Cumbria (Cumberland) at a point over 40 miles away, which was taken by means of infra-red plate and filter

Thomas Mudges timekeeper, 18th century horology.. Thomas Mudges timekeeper detached lever escapement, 1754. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J

John Smeatons water gin winding engine, 19th century.. John Smeatons design for a water gin (winding engine) for drawing coals from the pits, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W

Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee telegraphing message
Queen Victoria sending a message to the nation on her Diamond Jubilee. " From my heart I thank my beloved people. May God bless them. V.R and I." 1897

Aerial photography by G. H. Davis
Aerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Cable laying, Houses of Parliament, London
Laying cables in the street outside the Houses of Parliament, Central London

Portable seismometer in use, 1973
A modern model of Zhang Hengs apparatus for detecting earthquakes. The model is from the Science Museums collections

Metropolitan Police operations room, London
View of a Metropolitan Police operations room at New Scotland Yard, London, with officers and telephonists busy taking calls

Wool factory in Bradford, Yorkshire
Scene at a wool factory in Bradford, Yorkshire -- drawing wool at Fosters Mill

New Orleans (1881). Wharf on Mississippi river. Etching

Listening to an early Telephone Receiver
Listening to an early telephone receiver. " A Word to the Wise is Sufficient." Date: circa 1903

Reginald Malby with a giant camera in his garden
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, using a giant camera in his garden at Woodford, Essex

Horse-Trams Versus Buses
OLD STYLE VERSUS NEW Brown: Which would you rather ride by? Jones: Oh! the trams of course, no cruelty to the horses, but I am an opposer

Photo Equipment Rust
The Daily Mail photographer Frank Rust with an array of photographic equipment

An early typing pool
From the start, typing was perceived as the archetypal employment opportunity for women : this is the Typing Office of the Society for the Employment of Women

Interior, Birmingham Railway Station
Passengers await their train beneath Birmingham Stations soaring canopy, upheld by a lattice of girders providing a wide span over the tracks

The Rolls Rapide Twin Tub washing machine - look what you get! A bargain at 39 guineas! Date: 1961

WW II - range of bombs, ordnance dropped by RAF
Vintage World War II photograph - range of bombs ordnance dropped by bombers of the RAF

Black and white television test card. 1950s

Birth of a baby, Rochford General Hospital, Essex
Birth of a baby at Rochford General Hospital, Essex. When Janet Gisby was admitted, the chances were high that, after two miscarriages, she would lose her baby

Smelting Furnace - Sierra Leone, West Africa
Smelting in a bloomery-type furnace in Sierra Leone, West Africa. circa 1910s

A spectacular Kirchner Leipzig band saw, Germany
A spectacular Kirchner Leipzig band saw in a woodworking workshop, Germany. Date: circa 1910s

Cossor high vacuum cathode-ray tube for high definition television, 12.25 inches in diameter Date: 1937

Advert, Atwater Kent Model 30 Radio. 1926

William Caxton and his printing press, Westminster, London. His visitors depicted here are probably King Edward IV and his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Date: circa 1477

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Winston Churchill NR 965
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Science and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Burrell Scenic class Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. NR 965, number 3909, Winston Churchill

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive Princess Marina CL 4483
At a traction engine rally outside the Museum of Scince and Technology on Newhall Street, Birmingham:- Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. CL 4483, number 3847, Princess Marina

8mm Film Projector Date: 1950

BAe EAP
Bae Eap Experimental Aircraft Programme Test-Bed Fighter Date: 1988

Spinning-frame. Designed in 1767 by Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). Semi-mechanical machine for spinning cotton driven by water power. 18th century. Colored engraving

Magnetron Valve - Britain's Great Contribution to Radar. Date: 1946

South Foreland Lighthouse, St Margaret's Bay, Kent
South Foreland Lighthouse and radio transmitter, St Margaret's Bay, Kent - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806)
History of Air Transport. 18th century. Balloon test flight by Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) before King Charles IV and the entire royal family, on January 8, 1793. Etching on paper by Jose Rodriguez

Balloon ascent of Vicente Lunardi (1754-1806) on the Buen Retiro, August 12, 1792. Etching on paper, circa 1793. History Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Engravers Workshop, Engraving and Printing on Copper Date: 1853

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