Workbench Collection (page 3)

Training apprentices, Globe & Simpson auto electrical workshop, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1961. Two young apprentices are shown how to strip down a starter motor

Assembling garden shears, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Assembling garden shears, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

Lab technician at a steelworks in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. Laboratories were essential for checking the quality of the raw materials

Laboratory facility at Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1960. Artist
Laboratory facility at Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1960. The Laboratory and testing facility at Spillers at Gainsborough where the company developed new animal feed products

Cleaning Fish, Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Corralejo is a tourist resort situated at the northern end of Fuerteventura

Using an adjustment gauge on a Stanley plane, 1968. Artist: Michael Walters
Using an adjustment gauge on a Stanley plane, 1968

Marie Curie, Polish-born French physicist, c1920. Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel Prize winner, seated in her laboratory. (Colorised black and white print)

Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, 1651, illustrating that the Philosophers Stone must be combined with gold to produce new gold, just as a lion eats a serpent to change it into its own substance

Globe Making, 1917. An image of the George Philip & Sons Ltd. establishment. From The British Printer Vol. XXIV. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1917]

A Cloissonne Worker, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
A Cloissonne Worker, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Student laboratory, Sterling Chemical Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926
In the student laboratory, Sterling Chemical Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1926. Soapstone table tops supported on metal standards provide working space

Boys of Bradfield College making shell parts, Berkshire, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

Boys of Harrow School making splints, crutches and other articles for the wounded, c1916 (1928). From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co

A manual training centre: woodwork, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

One of the cigar manufacturing departments at Salmon and Gluckstein, Ltd, London, c1870s (1903). Salmon & Gluckstein was a British tobacco company

Marking soap for hotels, clubs, etc, Edward Cook and Co Ltd, London, c1903 (1903). Edward Cook and Co registered on 18 October 1898, in the business of soap making for hotels, clubs and households

The Workshop, Stirling, 1905. Artist: David Young Cameron
The Workshop, Stirling, 1905. From The Studio Volume 36. [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1905-6]

Wirless Operator Mechanics Workshop, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Workers cutting leather for shoes in a factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Liebig in His Laboratory-Chemistry, mid 19th century (c1885). German chemist Baron Justus Freiherr von Liebig (1803-1873) was one of the most illustrious chemists of his age; he was the founder of

The higher education of women in Japan, 1910. A biological class in the Nippon Womens University at Tokyo. A Photograph from The Graphic, 14th May 1910

Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, 1898 (1951)
Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory. 1898, (1951). Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel

Fernand Forest, French inventor, 1888. Forest (1851-1914) played an important role in the development of the internal combustion engine and the motor car

In Professor Herkomers enamelling studio, grinding colours, 1899. A photograph from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1899

Amputation. A clumsy carpenter saws his own leg off

Dwarf pines and maples in Count Okumas greenhouse, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Dwarf pines and maples in Count Okumas greenhouse, Tokyo, Japan, 1904. Okuma Shinegobu was Prime Minister of Japan on two occasions; in 1898 and again in 1914-1916. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Wire being wound into springs for spring-locks, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Spur maker, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Spur maker, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

Thimble makers, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Thimble makers, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version based on an original 16th century wood engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud

Painting on glass in the 12th century, (c1900). Fire in the artistic industry, French advertising for Liebig Meat Extract

Painting with enamels in the 17th century, (c1900). Fire in the artistic industry, French advertising for Liebig Meat Extract

A cutlers shop, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Pressers at work, c1880. Workers making bottles. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Louis Pasteur, 19th century French microbiologist and chemist, (1900). Pasteur (1822-1895) developed the pasteurisation process which kills pathogens in milk, wine and foods

A Wood Cutter, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
A Wood Cutter, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

The Cobbler, 1737-1742. Artist: Bouchardon
The Cobbler, 1737-1742. Part of a series called Paris Street Cries, by Bouchardon

The Clockmaker, 16th century, (1870). Artist: Jost Amman
The Clockmaker, 16th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

The studio of Etienne Delaune, 1576, (1870). Artist: Etienne Delaune
The studio of Etienne Delaune, 1576, (1870). A wood engraving of the interior of the workshop of Etienne Delaune (1518-1583), French goldsmith, artist, printmaker and medallist

Laboratory and chart, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Fan making, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. From a private collection

The electric furnace, 1890-1910. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat

Leather gilders, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

St Joseph, c1425. Artist: Robert Campin
St Joseph, c1425. St Joseph portrayed as a medieval carpenter from the Merode Altarpiece. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Making silk hats, 1867. The hatter is covering a hat frame with black silk. To his left on the bench is an iron for smoothing out the fabric

The apothecary using pestle and mortar to prepare drugs, 1823. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1823)

Justus von Liebig, German chemist, at work in his laboratory, mid 19th century (c1885). Liebig (1803-1873) was one of the most illustrious chemists of his age; he was the founder of agricultural

The amateur chemists laboratory bench, 1860. Artist: M & N Hanhart
The amateur chemists laboratory bench, 1860. The largest item on the bench is a Liebig condenser, a piece of apparatus devised by the German chemist Justus von Liebig (1803-1873)

Testing the weight of gold pieces, Paris mint, 1892

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