Bomb Collection (page 2)

Making bombs out of tin cans in Gallipoli, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Studies of Shields for Protecting Foot Soldiers and of a Bomb exploding, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of Shields for Protecting Foot Soldiers and of a Bomb exploding, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

The Americans Lend a Hand, 1940-1942, (1943). Strategic bombing during World War II. A bombing attack by US Flying Fortresses knocks out a key airfield at Abbeville

And the heat of Battle. 1941 (1942). Merchants Road, Clifton. On 3rd & 4th January 1941 Bristol had its longest raid lasting 12 hours; during the raid the Luftwaffe dropped their biggest bomb

Picturesque Guardian of the Iraq Frontier, 1941. An Arab Legionary on sentry duty at an R.A.F. aerodrome in Transjordan. From The War Illustrated: Volume 4 edited by Sir John Hammerton

British engineers with the Expeditionary Force making hand grenades out of tobacco tins, c1914. From The Manchester Guardian: History of the War, Vol. II.-1914-15. 1915

British soldiers practicing throwing hand grenades, c1914. British soldiers practicing throwing hand grenades from the trenches during World War I

Explosion on the Rue de la Loi, Paris, France, 24th December 1800 (1882-1884). The bomb was an assassination attempt by a group of Breton royalists on the life of the First Consul of France

British soldiers attacking the Hindenburg Line, World War I, 1917-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British soldiers attacking the Hindenburg Line, World War I, 1917-1918. Soldiers bombing Germans out of their deep dug-out with grenades

North Country troops bombing a German machine gun position, Polygon Wood, 20th century
Bombing a German machine gun position, Polygon Wood, Belgium, World War I, 1917. Soldiers from a British regiment from the North of England throwing grenades at a German position

Detection of an incendiary, American Revolutionary War, c1776 (c1880). Soldiers searching the streets as a man prepares to set fire to a house

The Anarchist, 1899. Artist: JF Weber
The Anarchist, 1899. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

The Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, 1862, (late 19th century). Also known as the Battle of Shiloh, a major battle in the American Civil War, fought in Tennessee on 6-7 April 1862

Clearing the remaining Germans out of the trenches by hand grenages, 1900s. Artist: Crown
Clearing the remaining Germans out of the trenches by hand grenages, 1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Zeppelin and accident insurance advertisement, 1910. Front and back. From The Connoisseur magazine (September 1910)

Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Haua
Munitions factory, London, World War I, 1914-1918

L Eventail (The Fan), 1619 (1924). Artist: Jacques Callot
L Eventail (The Fan), 1916 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Loading bombs on to an RAF aircraft during World War II, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

Heavy bombs in the racks of a RAF Short Sunderland flying boat, c1940 (1943). From Coastal Command. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1943]

The method and a scale for casting bombs into a town, 1748. A print from the Universal Magazine, 1748

Large shell on its way to the front, First World War, 1914-1916, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918

The attempt to assassinate King Louis Philippe of France, Paris, 1835. On 28th July 1835 a Corsican ex-soldier named Giuseppe Marco Fieschi detonated a bomb in an attempt to kill Louis-Philippe while

A British attack using the bayonet and grenade, Neuve-Chapelle, France, 10 March 1915, (1926). The British successfully broke through the German lines in Artois at the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle in

A French squadron of daytime bombers above a sea of clouds, 1918, (1926). Artist: Etienne Cournault
A French squadron of daytime bombers above a sea of clouds, 1918, (1926)

British air bombardment over the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926). Artist: Joseph Simpson
British air bombardment over the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926)

French squadron on the objective; factories at the edge of a river, 1918, (1926). Artist: Etienne Cournault
French squadron on the objective; Factories at the edge of a river, 1918, (1926). French aircraft in action on the Western Front during the First World War

A Breguet French biplane bomber in action, c1917 (1926)

In the Balkans: Macedonians defending themselves with bombs against Turkish Soldiers, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th September 1903

A bomb in Barcelona, 1896. Artist: F Meaulle
A bomb in Barcelona, 1896. On June 7, 1896, a bomb, probably planted by anarchists, exploded amidst a religious procession in Cambios Nuevos, Barcelona

Death of an anarchist assassin, Aniche, France, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Death of an anarchist assassin, Aniche, France, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 18th August 1895

Explosion of a letter bomb sent to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
Explosion of a letter bomb sent to Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 1895. In August 1895 the chief clerk of Rothschild Freres bank was seriously injured when he opened a latter bomb intended to

Death of the anarchist Jean Pauwels in the Church of la Madeleine, Paris, 1894. Pauwels was killed when the bomb he was carrying in his pocket detonated

Riot on Rue Nationale, Paris, 1934. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 13th may 1934

Forward!, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
Forward!, 1891. Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 31st January 1891

Frontpage of Le Livre des Heures, 1919. Artist: Andre Helle
Frontpage of Le Livre des Heures, 1919. A book of the principal events of the war period by Andre Helle, Berger-Levrault, Nancy, Paris, Strasbourg, 1919

Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914, (1915). A naval engagement of the First World War, fought between the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) on 8 December 1914

Sinking of the Merchant Ship Stamboul, Istanbul Harbour. May 25th 1915. HMS E11, an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy was one of the most successful submarines of the 1915 naval operations in

The Explosive Device, 24 December, 1800, 19th century
The Explosive Device, 19th century. The portrayal of the attempted assassination of Napoleon while his coach passed the Rue Nicaise on December 24, 1800

Soviet political poster, 1920. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich Moor
Soviet political poster, 1920

Attempt to assassinate Napoleon, 24 December, 1800. The most serious - and very nearly successful - attempt on his life took place on Christmas Eve in 1800 when a massive bomb exploded near his

The Infernal Machine, 24 December 1800, (19th century?). The most serious - and very nearly successful - attempt on Napoleon Bonapartes (1769-1821)

Le Garde Nationale aux Remparts, 1870-1871. Cartoon depicting a scene during the Prussian Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)

Preparing and setting a Dynamite charge, Paris, 1890. From La Science Illustree

Cartridge from Nobel Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Ayrshire, 1884. Cartridge packed with Dynamite made at the factory. From The Illustrated London News, 16 April 1884

Workers at Nobel Explosives Company Limited, Ardeer, Ayrshire, 1884. Top: Mixing house, with women rubbing Dynamite. Bottom: Woman filling cartridges with Dynamite using a filling machine

Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Beds occupied by casualties suffering the effects of radiation

150-megaton thermonuclear explosion, Bikini Atoll, 1 March 1954.The unexpected spread of fallout from the test led to awareness of, and research into, radioactive pollution. Courtesy UNO

Hiroshima, Japan, after the dropping of the atom bomb in August 1945. On 6 August 1945, a United States Air Force B-29 bomber

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