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Tubes Collection (page 2)

Background imageTubes Collection: Using Ponds Cold Cream

Using Ponds Cold Cream
Illustrations depicting women using various Ponds skincare products, available in jars for use at home, or tube for when travelling. Date: 1935

Background imageTubes Collection: Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links

Background imageTubes Collection: More Types From Harley Street by H M Bateman

More Types From Harley Street by H M Bateman. Skin - The Microscopic. The one with the magnifying glass and the test tubes. Brain - The Genius. He knows all about the mind. Nerve - The Intense

Background imageTubes Collection: Fulgerites from Dundrum Sand Hills, Co. Down

Fulgerites from Dundrum Sand Hills, Co. Down - a view of the lightening struck fused tubes of sand laid out on a black background. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Dundrum)

Background imageTubes Collection: Easel, painting and artists palette on a greetings card

Easel, painting and artists palette on a greetings card -- Kensington Palace, birthplace of Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageTubes Collection: HMS Marlborough - Torpedo Room in the hawl of the ship

HMS Marlborough - Torpedo Room in the hawl of the ship. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Background imageTubes Collection: Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Dab

Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Dab the Artist. 20th century

Background imageTubes Collection: Italy. Pompeii. An original Roman lead pipe

Italy. Pompeii. An original Roman lead pipe

Background imageTubes Collection: Lumiere / Louis / Ils Photo

Lumiere / Louis / Ils Photo
LOUIS-JEAN LUMIERE French chemist, industrialist and pioneer (with his brother) of cinematography Date: 1864 - 1948

Background imageTubes Collection: Scientist at work in laboratory(Eugene Turpin)

Scientist at work in laboratory(Eugene Turpin)
Eugene Turpin (1848 - 1927), French scientist and inventor of melinite, a form of gas warfare

Background imageTubes Collection: Boy scouts in swimming race, British Honduras

Boy scouts in swimming race, British Honduras
Boy scouts in a swimming race, wearing lifebelts, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Background imageTubes Collection: Deep sea diver taking a break

Deep sea diver taking a break
A deep sea diver taking a rest break, his heavy helmet resting on his knee. Date: 1965

Background imageTubes Collection: Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: inflating the tubes

Manufacture of Dunlop tyres, 1896: inflating the tubes
Manufacture of cycling accessories: women inflate the tubes of Dunlop tyres. Date: 1896

Background imageTubes Collection: Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis

Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis
The transport problems that would arise were heavy bombers switched from Britain to the Middle East during the Second World War

Background imageTubes Collection: Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Background imageTubes Collection: Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cow

Two Babies getting their milk direct from the cow
A quite surreal German postcard, showing two rather plump babies strapped to the back of two cows, their mouths clamped to long tubes originating from the cows udders

Background imageTubes Collection: Beautifully dressed passengers on the Underground

Beautifully dressed passengers on the Underground. As the card states: The Bakerloo & Piccadilly Tubes afford the maximum of speed, safety

Background imageTubes Collection: Electrical Apparatus

Electrical Apparatus
Various electrical apparatus: Electroscope Electrophorus Geissler tubes Date: 1882

Background imageTubes Collection: Science lesson, Northfield House School, Leicester

Science lesson, Northfield House School, Leicester
Two boys experimenting with test tubes at Northfield House Junior School, Leicester. Date: 1965

Background imageTubes Collection: Welding equipment

Welding equipment
Atlantic Blaugas Co. Painting of three tanks in a cabinet, with meters and tubes; center tank has Atlantic Blaugas Co. logo with a main office address in Manhattan, and a factory a

Background imageTubes Collection: Exhibition Exhibit - The United Flexible Metallic Tubing Co

Exhibition Exhibit - The United Flexible Metallic Tubing Co
The Franco-British Exhibition at White City, London of 1908. The exhibit of the United Flexible Metallic Tubing Company (of 112 Queen Victoria Street, London) in the Palace of Machinery (stand no)

Background imageTubes Collection: Testing a Device

Testing a Device
An engineer tests a small hydraulic device. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageTubes Collection: Belgian Grotto 3

Belgian Grotto 3
Stalagmites and crystalline tubes at Engihoul

Background imageTubes Collection: The Engine Room of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyanc

The Engine Room of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyanc
Engraving showing the engine room of the of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance, Battersea, London. This was part of an experimental setup to test the design of a pneumatic conveyance tube

Background imageTubes Collection: The Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance Tube, Battersea

The Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Conveyance Tube, Battersea
Engraving showing the Despatch-tube of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London. This was an experimental setup to test the design of the tube

Background imageTubes Collection: The Mouth and Carriage of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Co

The Mouth and Carriage of the Pneumatic Letter and Parcel Co
Engraving showing the mouth of the despatch-tube and a carriage, carrying mail, of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London

Background imageTubes Collection: To cure tube stuffiness

To cure tube stuffiness
Image showing a new experiment on the London Underground to cure tubes of their stuffiness, whereby the Central London Railway Company proposed to spray the tunnels every night to combat the dryness

Background imageTubes Collection: Lady Artist in Studio

Lady Artist in Studio
An artist in her studio

Background imageTubes Collection: Stretching Glass

Stretching Glass
Men stretching tubes of glass

Background imageTubes Collection: Making Window Panes

Making Window Panes
Glass tubes are moulded into window panes

Background imageTubes Collection: U-Boat Torpedo-Tubes

U-Boat Torpedo-Tubes
The torpedo-tubes, in the bows of an untersee-boot (it must be one of U-9 to U-20)

Background imageTubes Collection: Selling Confectionery

Selling Confectionery
An old woman sells chocolate on the street in Kensington, London, including Mars Bars, Milky Way and tubes of Rolo



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