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Tesla Coil - TwainTESLAs COIL Author Mark Twain holds a loop over a resonating coil : high- tension current passes through his body before it brings the lamps to incandescence
Toilet / Massage / JapaneseA Japanese masseur works on his client, using his elbows to relieve tension in the back
ILN cover - Kuwait and its ruler, 1961Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring the ruler of Kuwait, H. H. Sheikh Sir Abdullah As-Salim As-Sabah with telegrams of support from Kuwaiti citizens
Crisis at the Admiralty; Lord Fisher and Winston ChurchillArticle detailing the friction between Lord Fisher and Winston Churchill during World War One. Previously they had been on very good terms but it is thought that the Dardanelles question
Jumping Sheet Drill - London Fire Brigade Date: circa 1940s
Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961Page from The Illustrated London News with an article written by Cyril Falls on the tensions in Kuwait arising over Iraqi claims to sovereignty over the oil-rich state
Iraq threat to Kuwait, 1961Page from The Illustrated London News, 8 July 1961 reporting on the tensions in Kuwait after the Iraqi leader General Kassem had claimed Kuwait should be part of Iraq
Last minute in the Football Match, it's now or neverThe last minute in the Football Match, it's now or never Date: 1898
Crossbowman. Engraving by Serra (after a 14th century codex)Crossbowman reloading using windlass. Engraving by Serra (after a codex of the 14th century). Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Belfast, 1912, showing the football ground & Ulster HallOverhead drawing of Belfast, showing the football ground and the position of Ulster Hall. Illustration accompanied a feature in The Sphere reporting on Winston Churchills visit to Belfast in 1912
U. S. Troops depart for Mexico 1914A line of US soldiers in uniform and full kit march onto a ship, surrounded by wooden boxes full of supplies and weapons, en route to Mexico
Street scene during riot, Brixton, Lambeth, South LondonA street scene in Brixton, Lambeth, South London, during a period of rioting. The air is full of black smoke, something (possibly a car) is on fire on the left
Poll Tax demonstrator and riot policeman, Central LondonA female Poll Tax demonstrator with a scarf over her face aims a metal bar at a riot policeman equipped with helmet and shield, in Central London
Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central LondonA Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990
CLOVIS ARGUES WITH KINClovis at odds with his kinsmen. Date: circa 509
Keep Our Secrets Secret - a poster created by The Central Office of Information during the Cold War. Date: 1960s
London. Picadilly. Socialist agitation. February 8, 1886. EnGreat Britain. London. Socialist agitation. Protesters encouraged to theft and looting in shops Picadilly during the meeting of the Socialist leader Burns in Trafalgar Square. February 8, 1886
Husband and Wife in Tense SceneDate: c.1880
Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961 - helicopters leaving HMS BulwarkBritains spearhead in Kuwait - men of 42 Marine Commando embarking in helicopters of H.M.S. Bulwark to land in Kuwait in July 1961 in support of the Sheikhs request for reinforcement against
Gibbs Happy Families - Master Sparks the Electricians son. 20th century
Italy. Rome. Points of subjection to tension the awning that was placed in the Colosseum in Roman times
Advertisement, Arrow Hill-Climbing Tricycle. 1883
Floating landing strips for aircraft by G. H. DavisSurface tension seadromes: floating landing strips for aircraft. A revolutionary British invention: a floating aerodrome tested by the Admiralty. 1945
Crowds in Whitehall, London, waiting for news, WW1Crowds in Whitehall, London, on Bank Holiday Monday, waiting for news of the declaration of war. 3 August 1914
Indian Drum - MridangamIndian Drum - this is a type of Mridangam drum. The pieces of wood between the leather braces and the striped shell are used to assist the tuning
Love Triangle scrapA charming chromolithograph Victorian scrap featuring a rural scene of young love and possible jealous attention. A pretty girl in pink sits below a tree reading the latest chic-lit whilst her male
Two tension wheels shown in perspectivesTwo tension wheels shown in perspective. 1808. From Cayleys original notebook
First design for the tension (or suspension) wheelsFirst design for the tension (or suspension) wheel for aircraft undercarriages: (a) side elevation; (b) cross-section, with section of the key for tightening the cordage. 1808
Riots in Constantine, Algeria, 1934A road in Constantine, Algeria, after looting and bloody riots. From 3rd to 6th August 1934, intermittent rioting occurred in the Algerian city of Constantine between the Jewish
Indian man with a Pakhawaj drumA Pakhawaj drum - essentially a north Indian version of the mridangam drum and is the most common north Indian representative of the class of barrel shaped drums known as mridang. Date: circa 1920s
Ice Neck MassageA platinum blonde model demonstrates how to relieve stress and tension by applying ice wrapped in a flannel to the back of the neck. Date: early 1930s
French Italian tension WWIIFrench Senegalese troops leaving their barracks at Toulon for Marseille, where they will embark for Somaliland
D-Day - US troops waiting for the moment of attackA tension-filled photograph depicting American troops and medical personnel awaiting the moment of attack during the Normandy landings. The horror of the beaches would only be moments away
Fly-wheel at St. DenisA huge fly-wheel dynamo at St. Denis station, used to light Paris. There were eight dynamos at the St. Denis station, producing a high tension current of 2250 volts and 210 amps
Spinning Cotton / ChinaA chinese boy separate cotton thread using a bobbin and spinning device, with tension provided by a wooden spring tied to his back
British Move InlandCamouflaged British troops in Normandy, France, make their way inland