Wheels Collection (page 2)

Carcel and his Lamp
BERTRAND GUILLAUME CARCEL, French clockmaker, in 1800 demonstrates his oil lamp which incorporates wheels and pistons. Its a good lamp, but he dies in poverty

Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz aged 81
Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz in 1925 aged 81, seated in his first car of 1885. 1925

Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ltd 1909
Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ltd, operating in North London, adopting the German trackless idea of running electric trolley cars on the ordinary road. Date: 1909

Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, in south east London, London, laying in marsh land between Greenwich and Gravesend. The majority of heavy guns for the Navy

McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh
McNabs tree transplanter, as used by him in the Royal Scottish Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1850

Advertisement, The Humber Tricycle, Humber, Marriott & Cooper, Beeston, near Nottingham. 1890s

Visit to Madeira - Road to the Hotel
Black and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Engraving of Newshams fire engine, patented in 1725. Date: 1725

Fireworks Factory
Women from Brooks fireworks factory, one of the oldest British fireworks companies, show off a selection of their huge rockets and catherine wheels!

LCC-LFB firefighters with old hose cart
Four LCC-LFB firefighters with a 60-year old hose cart, 17 August 1938. The cart was housed in the HQ in Cherry Garden Street

Crew of the Bexleyheath Fire Brigade, Kent, with fire engine and hose

Poster design, Commercial Motor Show, Earls Court, London, 25 September to 3 October

Off to the Sea by Muriel Dawson -- a little child ready for the summer holidays. Date: 1940

Poster advertising Rafaga bicycles. They don t run... they fly! Available from all the main garages in Spain

Puffing Billy engine
Puffing Billy, steam engine invented by William Headley in 1813. Headley solved the problem of slippage on the iron tracks by applying power through two sets of driving wheels

Parading the Guy
Boys parade their Guy - - if all gave a penny, I wonder how many Wheels, crackers and squibs They ll be able to buy ?

Chauffeur driving a blue car on a greetings card
Chauffeur driving a blue car with two passengers on a greetings card -- A mile a minute. Date: circa 1900s

Muriel Dawson Sketchbook Sketch Book Toy Toys
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Early Motor Cars - Karl Benz and his wife in a Benz car. 1891

Advert, Garratts Coach Manufactory, High Street, Cheltenham - a state carriage built for Baron de Pontecarvo, a Portuguese Nobleman. 1826

Horse trotting races - Hipodromo, Sant Lluis, Mahon, Menorca
Horse trotting races at Hipodromo, Sant Lluis, Mahon, Menorca, Spain. A male jockey driver in orange shirt and hat out in front of the field

Man in pony and trap beneath a road sign on Innishmore
A man wearing a cloth cap sits in a pony and trap beneath a road sign on Innishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland. Horse transport is often used as taxis on the islands Date: 1991

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

Australia - Bullock teams carrying huge Karri logs (Eucalyptus diversicolor) - native to the wetter regions of Southwestern Western Australia. Date: circa 1910

Advertisement for Kerrs thread, Newark, New Jersey, USA
An advertisement for Kerr & Co thread of Newark, New Jersey, USA. Keep your eye on Kerrs Thread. Sure to Please. Showing a young lady sitting on a giant reel of thread

Lady in two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage. circa 1890

Baby and Jack Russell terrier in cart pulled by toy horse
Baby and Jack Russell terrier dog in a cart pulled by a toy horse. circa 1914

Highway Four Wheel Trailers and Reversible Trailer Chassis
Features exclusive with Highway Four Wheel Trailers and Reversible Trailer Chassis. Date: early 1920s

Model P-4 Highway Four Wheel Reversible Trailer. Date: early 1920s

Chinese artillery, QIng Dynasty
Chinese artillery: cannon with narrow muzzle like a musket, Chinese style culverine and large-bore cannon on wheels. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Children riding in a cart on a Victorian scrap
Children riding in a cart drawn by goats on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for John Carters invalid chairs 1884
Selection of invalid and students chairs, including holding a book or writing at a desk, lamp in any position over an easy chair

Latest style of American velocipede 1869
America were in the middle of bicycle craze, different types of cycles were introduced, this design showing two large wheels revolving around a common axis with a crank motion for both hands

Piper PA-11 Cub Special N4873M (msn 11-390), seen fitted with the Whittaker tandem-wheel landing gear system. This device, which consisted of dual main wheels fixed one behind the other

Scheibe SF 25A Motor Falke G-AVIZ (msn 4552). Note that this early Motor-Falke had high-set wings with optional balancing wheels attached to the lugs visible on the fuselage sides

Horse-drawn Caravan, Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland
Horse-drawn Caravan, Bunratty, County Clare, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s

Pedro Pons Pons, of Binirramet, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain
Pedro Pons Pons, in his workshop in Binirramet, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain. Pedro is an arader - one of the last remaining wheelrights

Old man with cart, Kashmir
An old man pushes a heavy three-wheeled cart through the streets of Srinagar, Kashmir Date: 1986

A Bear-faced steal - Wagon raided in the USA by a brown bear (another on the way...) - it is unclear what was contained within the barrels which piqued their excitement... Date: 1905

The Engine Room of HMS Mauritius. Date: 1945

Mid-19th cetury brass signal cannon
MILITARIA: a mid-19th century brass signal cannon, with cylindrical barrel on a shaped truckle base, inscribed PEACE 1856 TRUST IN PROVIDENCE AND KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY with two large spoked front

19th century brass and wood ship's wheel, made in Belfast
MARITIME: A good 19th century brass and hard wood ship's wheel with the legend NORTHUMBRIAN MAID. BELFAST. 1843 in the brass central boss, on display stand

Siebe Gorman pump converted to drinks cabinet
MARITIME: a rare fully fitted Admiralty pattern two diver twin cylinder double acting pump by Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd, London converted to a bespoke drinks cabinet. 23ins. x 42ins. x 20ins

Abraham Wivell's Improved Fire Escape Date: 1860

The Aellopodes Velocipede Date: 1839

The Accelerator Velocipede Date: 1839

Dunlop Formula D wheels window display Date: 1970

No. 1 Engine on original rails, Stockton & Darlington Railwa
No. 1 Engine on the original rails, Stockton & Darlington Railway

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