Wheel Collection (page 30)

Learning to avoid obstacles / W H Robinson
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

The rear wheel gear / W H Robinson
The rear wheel gear for turning the car in one movement. Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans

View from the ferris wheel, Vienna, Austria
An aerial view from the famous ferris wheel in the Prater, Vienna, Austria

The new wheel lift for avoiding obstacles
Illustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Croatian National Costume - Lady and spinning wheel
Croatian National Costume, Zagreb - Lady and spinning wheel - advertising card (see below)

A ferris wheel viewed across the rooftops
A large ferris wheel viewed across the rooftops -- probably either in Paris or Vienna

A Banffshire Crofter

Butt Welding railway rails
A fantastic colour photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Saint-Charles - Algeria - Orphans
A French Mission to Africa (Saint Charles) - nuns running a home for orphans in Algeria

Broken-down car - Baroda, India
A British colonial lady stands beneath her parasol at the side of the road, as two Indian servants attend to a rear wheel puncture on a narrow Indian country lane. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Farmer with oxen and cart, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A farmer with his oxen and cart on a country lane in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940

Testing Train Wheels
A railway engineer uses an electronic device to test the solidity and structural integrity of a large steam train wheel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Shock absorbers in action
An artistic photograph of a train suspension system in action, absorbing the shock of the wheel on a rail when in motion. A photograph used in an advertisement for Rocksil rock wool - used

Molten Metal on a Production Line
A beautifully composed and lit photograph showing two metalworkers pouring hot molten metal into a series of moulds on a factory production line. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Oiling a Locomotive Wheel and Piston
A railway engineer oils the end of a piston on an immense steam train wheel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Manufacturing a train wheel
A heavy welding machine used to combine layers of metal to make a large train wheel. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Sports car driver
A lady wrapped up well against the cold sits in a two seater sports coupe with the roof down

British Army Officer in a sporty coupe

Lady and large tourer car
Jolly lady and her large unidentied tourer

Chaffeaur-driven tourer and passengers
A party of country gentry and a half-open-roof tourer with a chaffeur

Lady takes her two pet dogs for a drive
A lady with two litte dogs on the back seat of her tourer

Two 1920s ladies and large car
Two ladies in very typical 1920s attire of rounded brimmed hats and long pale dresses sit on the running board of a large tourer

Vintage Car with little puppy
Smart chap in his solid Tourer car, with a small black puppy sat on the running board!

DKW 600cc Drop Head Coupe (4 wheel drive)

Bentall 16 / 20 Tourer
The magnificent luxury of a Bentall 16/20 Tourer

Large family saloon
The whole family keen to experience a ride in Fathers new motor

Early convertible on a car ferry
An early convertible car on a car ferry alongsode a large cart/wagon and a couple of lads with a bicycle

Open-top sports coupe
A lady driving an open-top sports coupe past a dovecote

Elderly couple and their Armstrong Siddeley car
An elderly couple standing alongside their black shiny Armstrong Siddeley car

Ford Model T Open Truck
Four young chaps sitting (and standing on) a Ford Model T Open Truck

Chevrolet Drop Head Coupe
A lady seated on the bumber of a very fine white Chevrolet Drop Head Coupe sports car

Large saloon car on the beach
A large open-top saloon car on the beach

Boy in a toy car
A boy at the wheel of a rocket-shaped toy pedal car, posing outside his wooden boarded house

Women sitting on the running board
Two women and a young girl sit on the running board of a large family car with a soft top convertible roof and prominent spare wheel

A Bektash Dervish Sheikh (Baba) wearing the traditional twelve-pointed wheel (the twelve imans). Founder of the Bektashi order was Hajji Bektash Wali (1209 - 1271)

Returning home postcard
A lovely postcard of a donkey wagon laden with luggage to be sent to inform friends and relatives of the date of return from holiday in Bermuda

Mark I tank
A Mark I tank which had broken down as it crossed a British trench on the way to attack Thiepval. The Mark I was the worlds first combat tank

Antioch - Turkey - Large waterwheel
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

A De Dion Bouton car
Photograph of a lady at the wheel of a De Dion Bouton motor car, wearing a hat tied with a scarf so that it doesn t fly off while motoring along!

Weaver and admirer - Florence Hardy
Weaving a web deeper than friendship. An amorous advance by a young man toward a lady weaver working at her spinning wheel

Vertical advertisement for Dunlop Tyres
A vertical enamel sign advertising Dunlop Tyres from Dunlop Stock. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

MAB Early Motor Ambulance, London
A driver at the wheel of one of the first motor ambulances to be operated by Londons Metropolitan Asylums Board in around 1905

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

Rack and Pinion Railway
A Blenkinsop rack rail and spur. Rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. The circular pinion engages teeth on a flat bar - the rack

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Funfair
Funfair at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey, with large ferris wheel and carousel rides

Izmir (Smyrna) - The Evolution of Transport
A superb postcard photograph showing a meeting of transport types from the very early (block wheels - dating to the earlist known wheeled transportation types)

Waterwheel at Antioch
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. One of the large waterwheels for which Antioch is famed

Brother and sister in a toy vintage car
A young boy in a sailor suit at the wheel of his fantastic replica model car complete, with running boards, fenders, horn, lanterns and steering wheel

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