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Launching a Ship at Brest, c1750-1810. Artist: Nicolas Marie OzanneLaunching a Ship at Brest, c1750-1810
Egyptian Surveyor with coiled rope for measuring, 1400 BCEgyptian Surveyor with coiled rope for measuring, 1400BC. The Pharaohs surveyors used measurements based on body parts. It is thought the Egyptians introduced the earliest fully-developed base 10
YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, 1887Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) Gymnasium Longacre, London, 1887. Young men sprinting through the Maze. Wood engraving
YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, c1888Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) gymnasium, Longacre, London, c1888. Opened by the Prince of Wales, 16 June 1888. Men exercising using various apparatus. Wood engraving
Wine-press in a house in the Roman town of Pompeii, 1st century
Raising a slab of stone using a block-and-tackle mechanism, 1620. Copperplate engraving of a treadmill powered by men lifting a slab of stone using a block and tackle
Pump powered by men in a treadmill, 1556. Woodcut showing a rag-and-chain pump for draining a mine, powered by men walking a treadmill
The lesson of SS Titanic: Lifeboat drill on a passenger liner, 1912. Operated by the White Star Line, on 14 April 1912 SS Titanic struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland
Not Loose Yet, 1870. Artist: Joseph SwainNot Loose Yet, 1870. The British lion keeps a watchful eye on the Russian bear. The bear is shown gnawing at the sturdy rope that shackles him to the Treaty of Paris
A woman in profile pulling back on a rope tied around the horns of a young bull, ca. 1660
Le Christ a la colonne. Creator: Jean MorinLe Christ a la colonne
Yasashi Beach, known as Kujukuri, Kazusa Province, from the series Views of Famous Pla... ca. 1853Yasashi Beach, known as Kujukuri, Kazusa Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces, ca. 1853
Foedus, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90. ca. 1585-90. Creator: Philip GalleFoedus, from Prosopographia, ca. 1585-90
At The End, c1845, 1936At The End, 1936. The ill-fated crew of Sir John Franklin trapped in the ice. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]
