Innovation Collection (page 6)

Fountains, Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg, Austria, c1935. Creator: Unknown
Fountains, Hellbrunn Palace, Salzburg, Austria, c1935. Hellbrunn is a large Baroque villa with an imaginatively designed water garden featuring hidden fountains which spray unsuspecting visitors

Milk pram, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Milk pram, 1933. Pneumatic tyres on ball-bearing wheels, bumpers, and a hand-brake have been fitted to the latest type of milk " pram" - to the delight of sleepers

People watching an early television broadcast, c1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
People watching an early television broadcast, c1930, (1933). Television! By the genius of James L. Baird, sight as well as sound was successfully broadcast in 1930. One of the pioneer experiments

Entrance to a Sap along the French Front, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Entrance to a Sap along the French Front, First World War, 1915, (c1920). The mine subsequently exploded in this sap killed a great number of Germans

The Britannia Tubular Bridge across the Menai Strait, 1850... (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Britannia Tubular Bridge across the Menai Strait, 1850: Built by Robert Stephenson, (1901). View of the Bridge designed by engineer Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)

Tower Bridge, London, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Tower Bridge, London, 1915. View of Tower Bridge over the River Thames, with a ship passing under the raised bascules. The construction of the bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones

Tower Bridge, London, 1906. Creator: Unknown
Tower Bridge, London, 1906. View of Tower Bridge over the River Thames, with a ship passing under the raised bascules. The construction of the bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones

Tower Bridge, London, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Tower Bridge, London, c1910. View of Tower Bridge with bascules open, and the River Thames. The construction of the bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

Tower Bridge, London, . Creator: Unknown
Tower Bridge, London, c1910. View of Tower Bridge with bascules open, and the River Thames. The construction of the bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

The Parade, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, c1915. Creator: Unknown
The Parade, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, c1915. The Crystal Palace was built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The glass structure was dismantled and transported from Hyde Park in London

The Telescope Completed, 1900. Creator: Unknown
The Telescope Completed, 1900. The Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900, the largest refracting telescope ever constructed, had an objective lens of 1.25 m (49 in) in diameter

Anti-aircraft device, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Anti-aircraft device, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920). The War against German Aircraft: a " Listening Post" in the French anti-aircraft Section

The New Tower Bridge, London, 1896. Creator: Works and Sun Sculpture Studios
The New Tower Bridge, London, 1896. From " Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York-London-Toroto Canada-Ottawa Kansas."

The Timber Industry, Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 1909. Creator: George Rose
The Timber Industry, Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 1909. Both saws operate in " breaking down" logs of greater diameter

Firing the 111-Ton Gun... at Woolwich, June 1887, (1901). Creator: Unknown
Firing the 111-Ton Gun, with 1800-lb. projectile and 960-lb. of gunpowder, at Woolwich, June 1887, (1901). William Armstrongs monster gun which was then the largest gun in existence

The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon... (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Laying of the Atlantic Cable, 1857: H.M.S. Agamemnon fitted with the machine for passing the coil overboard, (1901). HMS Agamemnon was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion

The Great Telescope constructed by Lord Rosse, 1828-1845, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The Great Telescope constructed by Lord Rosse, 1828-1845, (1901). Irish astronomer and engineer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867)

The Edwards Rhomboidal biplane, c1911, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The Edwards Rhomboidal biplane, c1911, (1935). The Edwards Rhomboidal was an unusually shaped early British aircraft designed by E.W. Edwards. It was tested at Brooklands in 1911

Peter the Great, c1710-1720, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Peter the Great, c1710-1720, (1890). Peter the Great (1672-1725) Russian Tsar who replaced traditional and medieval practices with more modern, scientific

Taxi cab with gas-bag device on specially fitted roof, 1914-1918, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Taxi cab with gas-bag device on specially fitted roof, 1914-1918, (1935). During the War years there was an acute petrol shortage

Performers singing a duet in one of the studios of 2LO, Savoy Hill, London, 1923, (1935). 2LO was the second radio station to broadcast regularly in the United Kingdom

A family listening to the results of the general election of 1923, (1935). Creator: Unknown
A family listening to the results of the general election of 1923, (1935). Wireless brought the election results into the homes of the people

John Logie Baird watching the first play to be televised, 14 July 1930, (1935). Creator: Unknown
John Logie Baird watching the first play to be televised, 14 July 1930, (1935). Mr. John L. Baird watching Pirandellos The Man with the Flower in his Mouth, the first play to be televised

The wireless transmission room at Croydon Aerodrome, south London, 1928, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The wireless transmission room at Croydon Aerodrome, south London, 1928, (1935). A view of a wireless transmission room, whence contacts can be made with pilots in the air as to direction

Forth Bridge, Scotland, 1897. Creator: Keystone View Company
Forth Bridge, Scotland, 1897. The Forth Rail Bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth, was built for the North British Railway and opened on 4 March 1890

A Curious Rolling Bridge, 1882. Creator: Unknown
A Curious Rolling Bridge, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

Dynamo-Electric Machines, Worked by Steam, and Producing Magneto-Electricity, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

The Electric Light in Madison Square, New York, on a Cloudy Evening, 1882. Creator: Unknown
The Electric Light in Madison Square, New York, on a Cloudy Evening, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

A Rainy Night. - Street lighted by Electricity, 1882. Creator: Unknown
A Rainy Night. - Street lighted by Electricity, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

Chariot manned torpedo, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
Chariot manned torpedo, World War II, 1945. The Human Torpedo. From " His Majestys Submarines". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1945]

Hoisting a Chariot manned torpedo on board a ship, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
Hoisting a Chariot manned torpedo on board a ship, World War II, 1945. A human torpedo is hoisted inboard. From " His Majestys Submarines". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1945]

Canning Dam, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Canning Dam, c1947. The dam is situated on the Darling Scarp and is an impoundment of the Canning River. From " Perth - City of Sunshine". [Australia House Bookshop, London, c1947]

Tank Inquiry at Lincolns Inn, c1919, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Tank Inquiry at Lincolns Inn, c1919, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) at an inquiry in London

The Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1932). Creator: Unknown
The Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1932). The inventor Fauste Veranzio (Faust Vrancic) developed a parachute after studying Leonardo da Vincis sketches of one

First manned ascent of a hydrogen balloon, Paris, France, 1 December 1783, (1932). Designed by Jacques Charles, a French professor of physics, and constructed by the brothers Jean and Noel Robert

Track-Laying Machine, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Track-Laying Machine, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Keeping the Tunnels Clean, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Keeping the Tunnels Clean, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Tower Bridge under construction, London, c1893. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

View of Tower Bridge under construction with river traffic in the foreground, London, c1893. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

View of part of Tower Bridge from the River Thames, London, 1894. The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of its opening

Tower Bridge, London, c1907. View of the bridge with bascules closed and various river vessels in the foreground. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones

View of the busy Thames looking towards Tower Bridge, London, c1920. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

Tower Bridge with bascules closed and barges passing under at high water, London, c1905. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

Tower Bridge with bascules open, London, c1905. View of the bridge from Tower Gun Wharf. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

The Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. Views of the Thames Tunnel: top, a cross section of the tunnel with the river above; centre

View of the shield used in the construction of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1835. Artist
View of the shield used in the construction of the Thames Tunnel, London, 1835. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Coade stone factory, Narrow Wall, Lambeth, London, c1800. Coade stone is an artificial stone material which is highly weather-resistant

Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. Artist: T Blood
Thames Tunnel, London, 1827. Four views of the Thames Tunnel, showing a general view and section, along with sections showing construction workers and a carriage travelling through the tunnel

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