Apparatus Collection

Pea Apparatus by William Heath Robinson
An interesting and elegant apparatus designed to overcome once for all the difficulties of conveying green peas to the mouth

Proton collision C014 / 1797
Particle tracks from a proton-proton collision seen by the CMS (compact muon solenoid) detector at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva, Switzerland

Tesla Coil - Twain
TESLAs COIL Author Mark Twain holds a loop over a resonating coil : high- tension current passes through his body before it brings the lamps to incandescence

Mass spectrometer, 1954
Mass spectrometer. Researchers adjusting the controls of a mass spectrometer. This is an all-metal demountable mass spectrometer

Marconi radio apparatus
Marconi radio equipment on a ship. The equipment includes headphones and a Morse code key (lower centre)

Firefighters in action, Eagle Street, London WC1
Firefighters in action at a fire in Eagle Street, London WC1, 0738 hrs, 9 June 1955

Laboratory clamp. This is used to hold and support laboratory equipment. The clamp is attached to a stand, and its arms are adjusted with the screw mechanism at centre

Home cholesterol test kit
Cholesterol indicator test for use at home. This kit tests a small sample of blood for the presence of high levels of cholesterol. The scale on the disk indicates the level of cholesterol

Hillary and Tensing on Mount Everest
Hillary and Tensing nearing the summit of Mount Everest. Date: 1953

SURVEYING, 1594. Surveyors taking sightings on land and sea. Line engraving, German, 1594

Economics a la Heath Robinson
Do not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements

Deep sea diver at work
A deep sea diver at work, assisted by a colleague. 1965

Tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks C016 / 2042
Tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks. These are used as a standard form of length measurement. They are precision ground (lapped) to a specific thickness and then stacked to create the required length

LCC-LFB enclosed pump at Lambeth fire station
Pictured at Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth SE1, an example of an 1930 enclosed London pump with carried breathing apparatus

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB Fire in Lambeth Road, SE11
A Merryweather turntable ladder stands ready whilst fire crews wearing Proto oxygen breathing apparatus tackle a blaze in Victoria House & Victoria Mansions, South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth

LCC-LFB Aftermath of a fire in Hare Street, SE18
A retail shop and dwellings above were seriously affected by a fire in Hare Street, London SE18, requiring additional fire engines to combat it

LCC-LFB changeover from brass to cork fire helmets
Two firemen in the foreground wearing new style cork helmets and Proto Mark IV breathing apparatus sets

DISTILLERY, 1844. Demons at work in a distillery allegedly operated by church deacon Amos Giles of Salem
DISTILLERY, 1844

Marconi radio valve. This is a Marconi transmitter valve of the type M.T.6. Marconi patented his radio equipment in 1896, founding a company in 1897 to build the new equipment

Cell structure. Confocal light micrograph of cultured endothelial cells. A fluorescent dye has been used to show the cell structure

Distillation, 16th century woodcut
Distillation. Coloured 16th century woodcut depicting apparatus used for distillation

1st Petrol Fire-Engine
A combination fire-fighting engine, with chemical fire extinguishing apparatus and a fire-escape ladder. This model was the first petrol motor fire-engine in the world

Petri dishes in a stack

Alchemist at work
Black and white print of the painting, " L Alchimiste" by David Teniers the Younger, dated 1790. HPF/5C/4"

Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)

Merryweathers Engine
Merryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames

Holmes & Watson / In Lab
THE NAVAL TREATY Holmes busy with his chemistry apparatus at Baker St. watched by Dr. Watson

Multi-pipette
Multi-channel pipette. Droplets of fluid hanging from the openings of a multi-channel pipette that is being used to fill a multi-well sample tray

Marconi Transmitter
Marconi transmitting apparatus

Laboratory chemist writes a chemical formula
MODEL RELEASED. Chemical formula. Female scientist in a laboratory writes a chemical formula on glass while observed by a male scientist

Guglielmo Marconi
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian physicist and inventor in yachting attire and with communications apparatus

LCC-LFB firefighters change from brass to cork fire helmets LFB150
Two firemen in the foreground wearing new style cork helmets and Proto Mark IV breathing apparatus sets

Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2
Two women police officers in gas masks in London during the Second World War. One of them is Florence Bragg (joined November 1936). Date: 1940s

Pearl fishing in the Persian Gulf
The Pearl Fishery in the Persian Gulf. Sidi-Arab diver with pince-nez. The Mosquito Fleet at anchor. The divers at work below. Apparatus used by the divers. Date: 1881

NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2
An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London

Deer anatomy, artwork
Deer anatomy. Computer artwork showing the internal anatomy of a deer (family Cervidae)

Firefighters at Middlesex Street, Aldgate, E1
Lambeth and Clerkenwell emergency tender crews in Middlesex Street, Aldgate, London E1, on 23 June 1958. They are equipped with breathing apparatus, awaiting orders to enter a burning building

Station 28, Whitechapel BA pumps crew
Firefighters from Whitechapel fire station posing with their Proto Mark IV oxygen breathing apparatus sets with their open Dennis dual purpose appliance which could carry either an extension ladder

LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Breathing apparatus communications set
A Sub Officer from Lambeths (D61) emergency tender crew demonstrating the Southampton communications equipment that was worn with a full face mask on the Proto (oxygen) breathing apparatus set

ASTROLABE, 15TH CENTURY. German mathematician and astronomer, Johann M├╝ller, known as Regiomontanus. Line engraving

Harry Prices ghost hunting kit
Undated photograph of Harry Prices ghost hunting kit, comprising a Reflex and cine cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape

Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from Shipwr
Engraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886

Tompkins upright rotary knitting machine 1875
Tompkins American family company, showing upright rotary knitting machine. Date: 1875

Methods of escape from submarine by G. H. Davis
The latest methods of escape from a sunken submarine: the rescue bell, the one-man escape chamber, and escape without the use of breathing apparatus. 1954

Cooling Buoys Icing the Gulf Stream to Chill the Enemy
British U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, showing mine-like cooling-buoys armed with icing apparatus for lowing the Gulf Stream temperature and the morable! Date: 1941

American barrel organ with inside mechanism, wood engravings, published 1888
American barrel organ with punched tape technique - Automatic musical instrument from the 19th century. Right side: The inside mechanism. Wood engravings, published in 1888

Advert for Stereoscopic Company, hand-held cameras 1894
Advert for the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, two latest hand-helded cameras: The New Binocular camera, hand camera takes moving objects instantaneously, no need for focussing

Copy of the Imperial Standard Pound C016 / 2048
Copy of the Imperial Standard Pound. Parliamentary Copy number 5 (P.C.5) of the Imperial Standard Pound, dated 1879

Rudolf II with his alchemist, artwork C013 / 9565
Rudolf II with his alchemist, artwork

Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
Firemen entering the basement of the major fire in the Smithfield Poultry Market on 23 January 1958 that had already cost the lives of two firemen

Marconi radio apparatus
Marconi radio equipment. This is a Marconi type 31 crystal receiver for ships. Marconi patented his radio equipment in 1896, founding a company in 1897 to build the new equipment

Early telephone, historical artwork
Early telephone. Historical artwork of three men gathered around an early telephone. The man at right is talking into the speaking tube

TURKISH ASTRONOMERS. Astronomers in the Istanbul observatory. Ottoman manuscript illumination, late 16th century

The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums
Undated photograph showing the method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums by means of electrical control

Chaps Exercise Regime
A variety of body exercises, requiring no special apparatus, that will keep any chap in good shape

Tesla Coil - Discharge
TESLAs COIL here used to discharge electricity from the earth; due to the photos long exposure the separate flashes appear as though they come in one burst

Chemical Lectures, c. 1809 (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF308091 Chemical Lectures, c.1809 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Rowlandson

French neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne using his electrophysiology apparatus on an old man
6014967 French neurologist Duchenne de Boulogne using his electrophysiology apparatus on an old man, 1862 (b/w photo) by Duchenne de Boulogne

Caricature of future travel
3847140 Caricature of future travel by Heath, William (1795-1840); (add.info.: Caricature of future travel March of intellect, 1829 by William Heath (1795-1840)

Montem Street Higher Elementary School, London - Chemistry
The London School Boards Montem Street Higher Elementary School - boys in a laboratory are surrounded by bottles of chemicals and other chemistry apparatus. Date: early 1900s

From Cellar to Bar
How the beer gets from the barrels in the cellar to the beer-pull on the bar counter, thanks to carbonic acid gas in Hermann- Lachapelles apparatus

Pigeon as Military observer 1914
Miniature double camera with two lenses pointing in opposite directions was attached to the pigeon by harness to take automatic photographs at regular intervals over enermies ground. 1914

An old instrument with sights for roughly marking the positions of the celestial bodies before the invention of
ASTROLABE. An old instrument with sights for roughly marking the positions of the celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant. Line engraving

Lead ion collision C014 / 1793
Particle tracks from a lead ion collision seen by the CMS (compact muon solenoid) detector at CERN (the European particle physics laboratory) near Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Zanders apparatus, 1897
Dr Zanders apparatus: a lady rides side saddle on a horse simulator. A fixed saddle is attached to a cast iron frame, simulating similar vibrations to those experienced when riding a horse. 1897

Safety glasses. Safety glasses are usually made with shatter-resistant plastic lenses to protect the eye from flying debris. The sort seen here are often used in science laboratories

Rosenhain optical microscope. The viewing lens (eyepiece, upper right), focusing wheel (lower right) and objective lens (centre) are seen

Quantum cryptography equipment
Quantum cryptography. Eye of an observer reflected in a mirror in quantum cryptography apparatus

Dr J D Cockcroft listening for atomic disintegration
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

Undated photograph of the corner of the chemical laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (ii)

The National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Photograph of the laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (i)

Horses being X-Rayed
A horse being x-rayed at the Royal Veterinary College, Camden, London, using portable x-ray apparatus, which has proved invaluable in the treatment of animal ailments

Table of Elements
Table of elements of matter Listing metallic and non- metallic elements, and including various pieces of apparatus

Testing Rasmussen
Apparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained

Priestleys Apparatus
Joseph Priestley, English clergyman and chemist. Priestleys gas-making apparatus

Hawksbees 2nd Machine
English physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere

Setting a Bone 1682
Surgeons setting a bone, with the help of Michaults bone- setting apparatus

Construction manager holding documents while showing machinery in construction elevator

Extreme process of beauty in the parlour of Mme Lina Cavalieri. Woman changing her nasal contours using electrical apparatus strapped around her face, all in the name of fashion. Date: 1927

First transatlantic radio broadcast. How the Pittsburg (U.S.A.) concert was re-broadcasted to British listeners in one operation. Date: December 1923

John Logie Baird transmitting a moving picture 1926
John Logie Baird adjusting the transmitter on his new invention. Date: January 1926

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"Exploring the Marvels of Apparatus: A Journey Through Time and Innovation" Step into the world of apparatus, where ingenuity knows no bounds. From William Heath Robinson's whimsical Pea Apparatus to the awe-inspiring Proton collision C014/1797, these inventions have shaped our understanding of science and technology. Witness the mesmerizing power of a Tesla Coil - Twain as it crackles with electricity, captivating minds with its sheer brilliance. And in moments of crisis, brave firefighters spring into action on Eagle Street in London WC1, their trusty apparatus at hand to combat raging flames. The Marconi radio apparatus revolutionized communication, bridging distances and connecting people across continents. Meanwhile, the mass spectrometer of 1954 unlocked secrets hidden within matter, unraveling mysteries on an atomic level. Innovation extends beyond laboratories; even home cholesterol test kits empower individuals to take control of their health. Tungsten carbide slip gauge blocks C016/2042 ensure precision in engineering endeavors while laboratory clamps hold experiments together with unwavering strength. Economics takes a playful turn through Heath Robinson's imaginative lens – his contraptions showcasing how complex systems can be simplified with creativity. As Hillary and Tensing conquered Mount Everest, their reliance on specialized apparatus highlighted human determination amidst nature's grandeur. Travel back centuries to witness surveyors taking sightings on land and sea in 1594 – pioneers using early apparatus to map uncharted territories. These visionaries laid foundations for modern cartography that we benefit from today. Apparatus is more than just machinery; it represents humanity's relentless pursuit of knowledge and progress. It embodies our ability to adapt and innovate when faced with challenges both big and small. So let us celebrate these remarkable creations that have shaped our world – past, present, and future.