Workings Collection

Cutaway Diagram of the V-1 Flying Bomb; Second World War
Cutaway diagram of the German V-1 Flying Bomb, showing the inner workings of this rocket propelled bomb, 1944

Machine gun diagrams
Full page diagrams and illustration showing the workings of the Hotchkiss and Lewis machine-guns, used widely by the British army during World War I

Safety Lamps / 1826
Diagrams showing the workings of Stephensons Lamp (1 - 4), and Davys Lamp (5, on the right)

Porthgain lime workings, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
View of Porthgain lime workings on the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. Limestone was shipped in from South Pembrokeshire to produce lime

Clock Mechanism, 1737
A diagram of the inner workings of a clock

D Napier and Son - Deltic
General arrangement of Deltic 18-11B MTB Driving End

Cornish China Clay Dumps
China Clay dumps and flooded disused workings, near Bugle, Cornwall, England

Copper and tin mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall
A copper and tin mine at Botallack, St Just, Cornwall -- the workings extend beneath the sea for about 1 km. Date: 1869

Coniston Copper Mine Lake District Victorian period Date: 19th century

Power and control in R101
The first diesel-engined airship: power and control in R101. Illustrations of some of the features of R101: a power car, the chart room, and mooring arrangements

GWR construction work at Pontlliw, South Wales
Construction work taking place on the Great Western Railway near the village of Pontlliw, near Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales

GWR workings on a railway line in South Wales
Navvies working on a Great Western Railway line embankment, somewhere in South Wales. The navvy hut can be seen in the distance on the left

Work in a Coal Mine
Various workings of a coal mine in Northumberland, England

The German as a grenadier 1918
Two distinct kinds of grenades were used by the Germans in World War One, these were namely, those which rely on explosive effect alone, and those which supplement by bursting into fragments

Mine or quarry workings, Mam Tor, Victorian period

Sawing Timber - India. Date: circa 1910s

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Helicopter gas generator integral with rotor

Building Panama canal, Canal workings, railway
Vintage 19th century photograph: Image relates to the first French led attempt to build the Panama canal in the 1880s under the supervision of Ferdinand de Lesseps. Canal workings, railway

Building Panama canal, Canal workings
Vintage 19th century photograph: Image relates to the first French led attempt to build the Panama canal in the 1880s under the supervision of Ferdinand de Lesseps. Canal workings

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Kent
Father shows his daughter the workings of a steam locomotive on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Kent. Date: circa 1950

D Napier and Son - Bristol centaurus
Bristol Centaurus 661 engine

D Napier and Son - Turbocharger prints
Napier turbocharger. Type NA-150

D Napier and Son - Nomad
Napier 5000 BHP E124 aero engine

D Napier and Son - Sabre E107
Gear idler LH sleeve & blower drive

D Napier and Son - Special projects
Breguet scheme for augmented lift

D Napier and Son - Gazelle
Gazelle Mk. 10101 ECU. Air diagram 6983

D Napier and Son - Sabre I, II & V
Diagrammatic Layout of Hobson-RAE. Master Control Injector Type: NS2 & NS4

D Napier and Son - Turbocharger
Napier na 450 Turbo-charger

D Napier and Son - Hercules
Bristol Hercules 730 Engine TP1536

D Napier and Son - Sealion
60-0 Power MTB Section through Camshaft Drives

Inside a cabinet piano, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842
The action or internal mechanism of a cabinet pianoforte, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842

Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, London 1842
Wheel cutting at a clock factory, Moore and Co, Clerkenwell Close, London. 1842

Clock of St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London 1842
A man operating the workings of the clock belonging to St Anns Church, Limehouse, East London, to illustrate an article about a church clock factory and bell foundry, Moore and Co. 1842

Early Motor Cars - First Vee-Type Daimler Engine, 1889. 1889

Early Motor Cars - diagram of first petrol-driven car
Early Motor Cars - diagram of the workings of the first petrol-driven car

Robot Godfrey at Health of the People exhibition 1948
Front cover of the Illustrated London News, 15th May 1948 showing Godfrey, the mechanical man at the Health of the People exhibition at Marble Arch in 1948

Mechanism of the Great Cloak 1857
In 1851, Edmund Beckett Denison designed the mechanism for the clock of the Palace of Westminster (the Houses of Parliament in London), responsible for the chimes of Big Ben. Date: 1857

INTERIOR OF POCKET WATCH
The internal workings of a pocket or wrist-watch, showing the complicated positioning of the wheels and catches. The watch is by LeCoutre (Swiss)

Interiors of National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Photographs of the interiors and workings of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, London. Photograph of seance room at the NLPR

WW2 poster, Flying Bomb or Doodlebug
WW2 Air Ministry poster, Flying Bomb or Doodlebug seen in cross-section. Date: 1944

Details of the V2 rocket bomb by G. H. Davis
Details of the German V2 rocket bomb, comparing its size with a V1, a house and a London bus. A comparison of its fuel economy with a Lancaster bomber

Cornish Tin Mine Engine House & Workings, England
Cornish Tin Mine Engine House & Workings, Cornwall, England. Date: 1900s

The Desideratum shotgun by Cogswell & Harrisons new hammerless gun Date: 1882

Cross-section of a U-boat engine room Date: circa 1940s

Two boys playing in old washing machine
Two young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!

Railway tunnel, Oakeley Slate Quarry, North Wales
Entrance to a railway tunnel, built in 1879, which goes right under the main workings of Oakeley Slate Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales

Interior of a 16th century mill in operation. 16th century

The Reef, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Reef (looking west), Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with mining dumps (Robinson Deep) in the middle distance. Date: circa 1930

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