Images Dated 30th March 2004

The forerunner of the modern type writer- a piano like machi
Photograph of a typewriter from 1851. This typewriter resembled a toy piano with black and white keys

Cessna 172 Skyhawk
On short finals to land at CVT

Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalator
Illustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station

A robot to open an exhibition: the new mechanical man
Photograph and sketches of an aluminium man, the first British robot invented by Captain Richards and Mr. A.H. Refell. The machine could rise, bow and make a speech

The first photograph of a diver at the bottom of the sea

Wind-blown wave breaking in Hawaii
Breaking wave. View of a wind-blown wave (comber) breaking as it nears the shore. Photographed at Waimea Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Such waves are popular with surfers in this part of the world

Warning: bulldog

Girl on dog

Man with pipe

Boeing 757-200 without rudder after lightning strike
Without the rudder attached to the fin at BHX following a lightning strike

The first pneumatic tyres ever made
Photograph of the fist pneumatic tryes ever made as displayed at the Imperial International Exhibition at White City. They were the work of Mr William Thomson of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co

Little girl with dog

Dog

Methodist Chapel
Primative Methodist Chapel of 1838, Derbyshire. IoE 82626

architecture, boat, buildings, center, city, day, ferry, high angle view, manhattan
Manhattan skyline

architecture, buildings, cab, car, center, city, day, foreground, low angle view
World Trade Center towers

Computer art of communication satellite over Earth
Digital communications satellite. Computer artwork of a communications satellite in space orbiting above the Earth, with a digital signal of zeroes and ones seen

Artwork showing the nerve pathways to the brain

Optical images of a cepheid variable in M100

Diagram of gravitational focusing of double quasar
Diagram illustrating how gravitational focusing makes us perceive two images of the quasar 0957+561. The quasar is at far left, Earth at far right

Fire fighter in a burnt house
Fire fighter searching through the wreckage of a burnt house. Evidence collected from the scene of a fire can help distinguish an accident from arson

Milking by electricity
Illustration to show the process of milking cows with the Lawrence-Kennedy cow milker. The sketch also shows in fig.iv and v, a new hand- milking machine invented by Mr. C.S. Padfield of Bath

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Fly clot
Illustration showing protective clothing for horses and other animals to prevent them being bothered by flies and other insects

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; More wet
Illustration showing ideas for protective rain wear in the form of various rain shades and capes worn on the head and body

The Electric Light
Engraving of electric light apparatus, known as the Dynamo-Electrical machine. Made by the Russian engineer M

Tide predicting machine: back view
Photograph of the back view of the tide predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876

Brabys machine
Engraving of Brabys machine for breaking up roads and scarifying or tilling land

W. E. Gladstone watching a steam-driven saw, Tulse Hill, 1878
Engraving showing tree-felling by machinery in 1878

The patent elevator and observatory
Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes

Galloways rotary steam engine
Engraving of Galloways rotary steam engine. The machine was extremely powerful for its size

Automatic telephone-girls: Operators replaced by machines
A diagram of the mechanical telephone exchange, showing what happens once the number is dialled to when the call is received

Football by the new electric light at Kennington Oval
Engraving showing spectators and players at a football match between the Wanderers and the Clapham Rovers illuminated by the new lighting system

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: High frequency cooker
Photograph of a woman demonstrating the cooker of the future, in which the high frequency waves cook right through the food. The invention was a forerunner of the microwave oven, commonly in use today

Radar navigation at a glance- a new device
Diagrammatic illustration of radar navigation. This was designed by the Admiralty Research Lab (mainly by Mr.J)

The Workless man-of -all-work
Illustration of a man reading the paper whilst all the household work is done by machinery

Cranstons wood grass mowing machine
Engraving of Cranstons wood grass mowing machine of 1862

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A marine
A sketch showing an example of a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, of a marine life saving apparatus which was also submersible

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Curious
Sketch of a cross section of a curious apparatus for securing oysters. Two men work in a submarine-like pod at the bottom of the sea, scooping up oysters with a rake

Hunnybun & Vendens new patent safety omnibus
Engraving showing the new patent street carriage

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A boat d
An illustration showing a cross-section of a boat propelled by windmills, cruising along a country river

Inventions great and small: shaving in public
Amusing photograph of a man shaving in a train carriage captioned How to beguile the morning journey

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: Electric alarm tea ma
Photograph of a woman demonstrating the electric teas-made at the Olympia Ideal Home exhibition 1947

The Electric Light on the Thames Embankment
Engraving showing onlookers gazing up at the electric lamps along the Thames Embankment in 1879

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; An arran
Illustration representing an idea for a piece of machinery that enabled a dog or cat to drive a small machine

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine
Sketch of the Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine

Curiosities from the Patent Office; Safety Suit for Aviators
Illustration showing a safety suit for aviators from 1921. The suit takes the form of a parachute attached to the wearer in two parts, one to the torso and one to the head

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: Electric toaster
Photograph of a woman demonstrating an electric toaster with adjustable dial at the Olympia Ideal Home exhibition 1947

A flying roundabout; Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention
Illustration of Sir Hiram Maxims latest invention, which may be described as a roundabout in which the revolving bodies are suspended in the air in cars that are attached by steel wire ropes

M. Remond walking on water
Photograph of M. Remond walking on water on the lake in the Bois de Boulogne, in his experiment in 1907. He has a small canoe-like boat attached to each foot

Curiosities from the Patent Office; Support for cigarettes
Illustration showing a device to be attached to the face for holding a cigar or cigarette adjacent to the mouth

The evolution of the type writer
Photograph of a type writer from 1830, worked by an unusual vertical ratchet arrangement

To solve Londons car-garaging problem? A skyscraper Park
Illustration of a cross section of a proposed multi storey garage/ car park, designed by Eugene G. Higgins

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Helmet w
An illustration of a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, showing a man wearing a hat with a gun mounted on it

Steam ploughing with Boydells engine, near Louth
Engraving showing steam ploughing with Boydells engine near Louth, with a large group of onlookers watching the proceedings

Registering the finish of a horse race by photograph
A photograph of how the finish of a horse race is photographed. In order to terminate any dispute about the winner in a race, the first horse breaks a tight wire operating the apparatus

Steam washing machinery at St. Pancras workhouse
Engraving of the steam washing machine at St. Pancras workhouse 1857. St. Pancras workhouse was erected as the parish workhouse in 1809

George Stephenson experimenting with the safety lamp in a mi
Illustration of George Stephenson (1781-1848) experimenting with his safety lamp in a mine

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; A person
An illustration showing a curious design sent to the Patent Office in 1920, of a bizarre head covering with design features such as a window and ventilation

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