Lever Collection (page 5)

WATER PUMP / MIDDELBURG
A Dutch girl has to work a massive lever to fill her little pitcher from the fine old pump in the Abbey quadrangle at Middelburg, Netherlands. Date: 1884

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Food Preparation, Cooking, Kitchen Equipment, Sunbeam Mixmaster electric food blender or mixer circa 1953 on a white background

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Food Preparation, Cooking, Kitchen Equipment, Sunbeam Mixmaster electric food blender or mixer circa 1953 on a white background

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Food Preparation, Cooking, Kitchen Equipment, Sunbeam Mixmaster electric food blender or mixer circa 1953 on a white background

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Food Preparation, Cooking, Kitchen Equipment, Sunbeam Mixmaster electric food blender or mixer circa 1953 on a white background

A signalman at work at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
A signalman at work in the 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Date: 1991

Train and levers
Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England

Frenchmans Bay, Bar Harbor, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Frenchmans Bay, Bar Harbor, c1897. Frenchman Bay in Hancock County, Maine, named after Samuel de Champlain, a French explorer who visited the area in 1604

USA, Washington State, Elbe. Rusted metal lever detail. Credit as: Don Paulson / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont.com (PR)

Port Sunlight - Cheshire, Merseyside - Mens Social Club and Bowling Green. Date: circa 1910s

Electro-Mechanical Signal Cabin at Victoria, Southern Railway, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Electro-Mechanical Signal Cabin at Victoria, Southern Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Train Movement Diagram in Signal-Box, Metropolitan Railway, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Train Movement Diagram in Signal-Box, Metropolitan Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

A Manual Box on the Great Western Main Line, Reading, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A Manual Box on the Great Western Main Line, Reading, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

A Contrast, c1838. Creator: Unknown
A Contrast, c1838. Political satire depicting British politicians: Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), and Arthur Wellesley

Locomotive Cab Fittings, 1935-36. Creator: Unknown
Locomotive Cab Fittings, 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 2". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935-36]

Illuminated Diagram of Signals, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Illuminated Diagram of Signals, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

The Newest Kind of Signal, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Newest Kind of Signal, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien, Loiret, France
Street mobile French Grape Press at Gien a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. Date: 1910s

Diagram of Hand-loom, c1917. From How It is Made, by Archibald Williams. [Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York]

Men on the Hydraulic Lever Platform of the Woolwich Ferry, London, 1896. Ferry employees on the north pontoon of the ferry, with levers in the foreground

Interior view of the Leverian Museum, Albion Place, Southwark, London, 1806. The Museum contains the natural history collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Front view of the Leverian Museum, Albion Place, Southwark, London, c1806. The museum contains the natural history collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Broker Row (now Blomfield Street), London, c1780. Artist: B Warren
Scene of a man and woman discussing a book on consumption, printed by John Lever, outside John Levers bookshop on Broker Row, (now Blomfield Street), London, c1780

Mr. Churchill on the bridge of the warship, 1943-44. Winston Churchill (1874-1965) travelling to America to meet with President Franklin Roosevelt (1882-1945)

The Vetterli Magazine Rifle, 1884
The Vetterli Magazine Rifle. From The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine Volume I [The Illustrated London News, London, 1884]

Winchester Magazine Gun, 1884
Winchester Magazine Gun, (1884). Winchester rifle is usually used to refer to the lever-action rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company

The Spencer Magazine Gun Used in the American Civil War, 1884
he Spencer Magazine Gun Used in the American Civil War. The Spencer repeating rifle was a manually operated lever-action, repeating rifle

The Arbour, c1900. Inverforth House (formally known as The Hill) is a large detached house at North End Way on the outskirts of Hampstead, London

The Pergola, c1900. Artist: Horatio Nelson King
The Pergola, c1900. Inverforth House (formally known as The Hill) is a large detached house at North End Way on the outskirts of Hampstead, London

The Lounge, c1900. Artist: Horatio Nelson King
The Lounge, c1900. Inverforth House (formally known as The Hill) is a large detached house at North End Way on the outskirts of Hampstead, London

Lily Basin and West Front; The Hill, Hampstead Heath, c1900. Inverforth House (formally known as The Hill) is a large detached house at North End Way on the outskirts of Hampstead, London

Mechanical advantage: The power of the lever, 1877. Lever of the second kind where effort is between the fulcrum and load. Resistance, A, is between power, B, and fulcrum, C

Equilibrium of solids, c1850. Physical principles including the lever, pulley, and inclined plane. Educational plate published in Wurtemberg, Germany, c1850

Raising water for cattle from a well in Hungary. Artist: CM Dixon
Raising water for cattle from a well using a counterbalanced arm, from Hungary

The New Junction, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
The New Junction, 1888. The two pointsmen are Sir William Harcourt and Spencer Cavendish Hartington. Recently, two railways lines had combined at a key junction to put in a state of the art

Advert for Waterbury pocket watches 1890
Waterbury pocket watches for men, with nickel siver cases. 1890

Albion Printing Press
An Albion press by Hopkinson and Cope of Finsbury, London. A very well-made and popular press, still in use amongst artists and printers today. Date: 1851

Suffragette Arson Rivington Pike. The ruins of the bungalow built by William Hesketh Lever, the industrialist and soap magnate, at Rivington Pike, near Bolton

Man operating a pulley with a lever and fulcrum. After an 18th century work

Charles James Lever, 1806 - 1872. Irish novelist and raconteur. From The International Library of Famous Literature, published c.1900

Engraving depicting men using a rope as a lever to help in the felling. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting different applications of the lever, such as a spade, a hammer head attached to a handle, and the shoemakers guillotine. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting with working of the handle of a pump (a bent lever) in order to draw water. Dated 19th Century

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"Leveraging the Power of Innovation: From Railways to Wart Removal" Poster produced for British Railways (BR), showing a railway worker manually operating a lever. Port Sunlight - A workers' utopia built on the foundations of progress and efficiency. Discovering simplicity in removing warts with a cleverly designed lever device. Welcoming visitors at the Main Office Entrance, Port Sunlight – where ingenuity meets hospitality. The Post Office and Library, Greendale Road, Port Sunlight – fostering knowledge through community support. Exploring the fascinating world of biomechanics through historical artwork depicting levers in action. Riding into the future with the Macmillan Bicycle – an embodiment of Lever's visionary spirit. Remembering William H Lever's legacy through Lifebuoy Soap Advertisement – cleanliness as a way of life. Timeless elegance captured in pocket watches and wristwatches from 1929 – powered by precise lever movements. Gentlemen's pocket watches with lever movement from 1929 – blending sophistication with mechanical mastery. Railwayman's pride: Controlling signals at Shrewsbury using an impressive 180-lever railway signal box. From revolutionizing transportation to enhancing personal grooming techniques, levers have played an integral role throughout history, showcasing their versatility and impact across various domains. Whether it be British Railways relying on skilled workers manually operating levers to ensure smooth operations or Port Sunlight embodying Lever's vision for an ideal working environment, these examples demonstrate how levers have shaped our society. Beyond industrial applications, we find innovation even in wart removal devices that utilize simple yet effective leverage mechanisms for painless solutions. Port Sunlight continues its commitment to progress by offering amenities like post offices and libraries that enrich lives within this harmonious community setting.