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Charles Dickens, English author, c1850-1870. Dickens (1812-1870) began his career as a journalist before becoming one of the greatest English novelists
Method of laying an artillery piece on target using Gunners scale, 18th century. Paths of trajectories and various types of ammunition are shown
Paul Masson, winner of a cycling event at the Olympic Games, Athens, 1896. Masson, a Frenchman, won 3 events at the first modern Olympiad, the 2km, 10km and single lap races
Wedding party on bicycles led by the bride and bridegroom, Nice, France, 1909. The party rode to the civil ceremony and after it was performed, remounted and rode off for the wedding breakfast
Eiffel Tower elevator, 1889. Elevator built by Otis. An elevator car and one leg of the tower showing the elevator system with (1) hydraulic cylinder; (2) travelling multiplying pulleys; (3)
Rear-engined Benz Velo car, German, 1894. Karl Benz was the father of the motorcar. In 1885 he built the first successful petrol engine car, and Benz cars were produced for public sale from 1888
Cover of De la Terre a la Lune and Autour de la Lune, by Jules Verne, c1896Cover of De la Terre a la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) and Autour de la Lune (Around the Moon), from the Voyages Extraordinaires series by the popular French science fiction writer Jules Verne
Prison ships (hulks or tenders) in the Thames off the Tower of London, 1805. Artist: William Henry PynePrison ships (hulks or tenders) in the Thames off the Tower of London, 1805. Hulks were usually old naval vessels no longer considered seaworthy
Woman in cycling dress, American, c1900. Display card showing a ladies cycling costume with accordion-pleated divided skirt and side-buttoning gaiters, made by Gosta Kraemer, New York
Canning Dock, Liverpool, showing the Custom House, 1841. Sailing vessels can be seen moored in the basin as well as warehouses on the dockside. Canning Dock opened in 1737
The Fight for the Harvest : sorting of seeds in a Mordva collective farm, 1933. Russian postcard after a painting by Jeroushew
Birmingham viewed from the south showing smoking chimneys, c1860. A small manufacturing town until the 18th century, Birmingham was one of the most important centres of the Industrial Revolution in
Surfacing a road with granite setts, Paris, c1900. Liebig trade card
Surfacing a Paris street with wooden blocks, c1900. Liebig trade card
Laying paving slabs in a Paris street, c1900. Workmen are using crowbars to lever the slabs into place. In the background is the cathedral of Notre Dame. Liebig trade card
Laying an asphalt-based surface in a Paris street, c1900. Sand is being spread to stop the surface from adhering to traffic until set. Workmen are cleaning and heating their tools in brazier
Laying bitumen road surface in a Paris street, c1900. In the background a man is drawing buckets of liquid bitumen from a tanker for the workmen to spread. The men are wearing wooden shoes (sabots)
Laying a Macadam road surface and compacting it with a steam road roller, Paris, c1900. Workmen are wearing wooden shoes (sabots). Liebig trade card
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Artist: D le BihanCrystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Queen Victorias carriage can be seen in the centre
Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, 1851. An interior view of the main avenue looking eastwards, showing galleries supported by iron columns rising to ridge-and-furrow glass
Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, with cars and motor buses on the street, c1900
Rue Royale and the Madeleine, Paris, with cars and a motorbus on the street, c1900Rue Royale and la Madeleine, Paris, with cars and a motorbus on the street, c1900. Louis XV ordered the building of a church at the end of Rue Royale early in 1764
Renards automobile train, showing coupling (top right) and a train of wagons, 1904
Renards tractor unit, showing towing attachment for trailers, French, 1904
Army truck by Daimler, with 4 cylinder 12 hp engine, 1904
Mercedes 35 hp motor car, 1901. Designed by Wilhelm Maybach and manufactured by the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft of Cannstatt, Germany, these cars marked a great leap forward in design
Armand Peugots first motor car, 1890. Fitted with a Daimler V-twin engine, this was the first petrol-driven car built in France
A British cycle club out for a country ride, 1895. The man in front on the right is riding a machine of the Rover safety type, while the rider following him is on an earlier type of bicycle
Volunteer women drivers in a Wolseley, donated towards the war effort, Cambridge, World War I, 1915
Volunteer English woman driver washing down her ambulance, Cambridge, World War I, 1915. The ambulance, a converted Wolseley, was donated towards the war effort
Armour Companys pig slaughterhouse, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1892. One of the earliest production lines. Pigs walked up a ramp to the top of the building
Singers special safety bicycle, c1886 (1890). This chain-driven machine introduced the diamond frame which gave greater rigidity in spite of its lightness
Soldering bicycle parts in an American factory, c1900
Rover Safety Bicycle, c1885. The design of the present-day bicycle has remained much the same as the Rover safety bicycle, the first embodiment of the modern vehicle, designed by John Kemp Starley
Welding bicycle frames in an American factory, 1900
Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Visitors to the exhibition, held in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London
Gathering of the UK cycling clubs at Castle Inn, Woodford, Essex, 1 June 1889. After a day of cycling followed by an evening smoking concert the gathering took a Chinese Lantern ride to Walthamstow
Sandblasting the joints of a bicycle frame, France, 1896. The operator wears a helmet with a breathing tube and a protective tunic
Welding a bicycle frame, France, 1896. The frame is suspended over a forge as a worker applies a welding rod
Bicycle manufacture, France, 1896. Shaping the wheel rims. The machinery is all driven from a central power source through belt-and-shafting
Women making pneumatic tyres for bicycles, France, 1896. Scottish vet and inventor John Boyd Dunlops invention of the pneumatic tyre in 1888 greatly improved the comfort of cycling
India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Company factory, Silvertown, London, 1887. The factory, which manufactured much of the telegraph equipment used in Britain
Aftermath of a mining accident, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1895. Pit-head scene showing the reactions of friends and relatives as victims of a fire-damp (mainly Methane)
New Year greetings from stockbrokers Mercer Locock to their clients, 1894. The illustration at the top portrays international links by telegraph and telephone
Thomas Edisons improved form of JW Trowbridges electric dynamometer, 1879. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents
Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879. Behind the doors is the 80 hp engine
Steam hammer being used in an ironworks, France, 1867
Wall mounted telephone, c1910. From Grande Encyclopedie Practique by Henri Desarces
