Wheel Collection (page 31)

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

Motor Racing at San Sebastian, Spain

Street scene with horse and cart, Kashgar, western China
A street scene with a horse and cart in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Scene in a timber yard, Kashgar, western China
Scene in a timber yard in Kashgar, western China, with many logs stacked up. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Cart and oxen in Madhya Pradesh, India
A cart pulled by two oxen, with four men, in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Village walls - Madhya Pradesh - India
Scene outside the walls of a large village or small town in the Madhya Pradesh Province of India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Laxey Wheel, Isle of Man
The Great Laxey water wheel, Isle of Man

Traditional Egyptian water wheel
A traditional ox-powered Egyptain water wheel, used to draw up water from the Nile for irrigation

Aden - Yemen - Native Camel Cart

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

Fish Sailing Couple 1939
A sailor, with his female companion, find a far more interesting way to sail the seas, on the back of a fish. The steering wheel must be of invaluable assistance

Fantasy card - flying over Constantinople
Wonderful fantasy card depicting British soldiers flying over the distinctive skyline and rooftops of Constantinople in a very early aeroplane (seemingly held together by string and luck)

Motor car drawing
A drawing of a racing car in profile, with emphasis on the detail of the wheel

Great Well - Carisbrooke Castle
The Great Well at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, powered by a donkey in a wheel!

Tatler front cover: Queen Elizabeth II
The Tatler front cover featuring a photograph of Queen Elizabeth II at the wheel

The Rest-Cure
Society goes to Monte Carlo to recuperate from the strain and excitement of the season. A colour illustration showing a busy roulette wheel table

Vieux Jeu
A gentleman walking along a promenade. He is distracted by a ladies parasol which is mesmerisingly transformed into a roulette wheel

Car Production Line Worker
A photograph of a car plant worker ( Dick Whittington) on the production line at Fords plant at Dagenham. A promotional photograph for the Daily Mirror. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Man Power in the Recruitment Office
A perfectly impartial way of dealing with doubtful cases at the recruitment office. Bemused individuals are placed upon a roulette wheel in order to decide their future in Britains army

Horse-powered Four Wheel Vehicle, 1921
Illustration showing an invention, patented in 1921, that used a horse to push a four wheel vehicle

The Babes in the Wood Race, Bermuda, 1904
Illustration showing the Babes in the Wood race at a gymkana held in Bermuda, 1904. The race was as follows: The men had to gallop up to a wall, dismount and climb over

Gold Mine in Brazil. The Morro Velho Mine - Stoping Section
Engraving of a cross section of mine workings showing shafts, water wheel, pillars of lode stone and the sump shaft

Advertising / Tobacco / Ciga
Advertisement for Ravenklau cigarettes. At the ships wheel

Lady at the Helm
A lady takes the ships wheel

Dryden in Car C1928
ERNST DRYDEN Poster artist, fashion pioneer and Hollywood costume designer. At wheel of austro-Daimler, Hello (glasses), Lily on left

Seaman at the Ships Wheel, Atlantic, 1870
Illustration showing a sailor, dressed in souwester and waterproof, steering his ship through bad weather on the Atlantic crossing, c.1870

A French soldiers douche
An improvised shower for French soldiers in the style of Heath Robinson, powered by a water-wheel in a small stream near the firing-line

Passengers on the deck of a Trans-Atlantic steamer, 1888
Engraving showing passengers on a trans-Atlantic steamship gathered round the capstan on the deck of the ship, 1888. The passengers shown were involved in buying and selling of pool tickets

Columbus / Age 16 / Wheel
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Italian navigator as commander of a galley at the age of 16

Watermill in Turkey
Huge water wheel near Antakya (Antioch)

At the Wheel of a Yacht, 1890
Engraving showing the scene at the steering wheel of a sailing yacht, entitled Passengers are requested not to speak to the man at the wheel

The Hydromotor Ship, 1881
Engraving of the Hydromotor Ship, invented by Dr. Emil Fleischer of Dresden, September 1881. Instead of propellor or paddle-wheel

Policeman and Beat Wheel
Policeman with a beat wheel measuring the distance of walking a beat Metropolitan Police

Wheelwright 1930S
A man, possibly a wheelwright, wheels a large cart wheel across a yard

Monte Carlo Winner
A huge stash of winnings surrounds a lucky gambler at Monte Carlo

Fly-wheel at St. Denis
A 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

Bernhardt / Campbell 1905
MRS PATRICK CAMPBELL English actress, not too excited at being read to by the French actress Sarah Bernhardt

Spinning Flax at Home
A woman spins flax at home into thread for linen using a spinning wheel

First aid, Ashford Litter
The Ashford Litter, for use in first aid etc. This is the 1899 model, with a two-wheeled undercarriage, prices from 8 10s to 17 2s 6d

Spinning / Shanghai Mill
Chinese women spinning in a Shanghai mill

Aeroplane Studio Set 20C
A little girl poses as an aeroplane pilot in this photographers studio setup

Tarot Card Wheel Fortune
TAROT : 10 LA ROUE DE FORTUNE (The Wheel of Fortune)

Radio fitted to car dash board
A woman at the wheel of an Isotta-Fraschini car which has a radio set fitted to the instrument board

Woman at the Wheel
Ilustration of an example of a female motorist in 1925, with the gentlemen taking a back seat. Before the World War I, few women could drive a car

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