Images Dated 4th August 2005 (page 24)

Stourbridge Lion, steam locomotive, c1830 (1900). Built in England under the direction of Horatio Allen, this was first locomotive to be used in America, by the Boston & Hudson Railroad

Hedleys Puffing Billy, 1813 (1901). William Hedleys railway locomotive Puffing Billy was patented in 1813. It began work in that year and continued in use until 1872

Josiah Wedgwood, English industrialist and potter. Artist: W Holl
Josiah Wedgwood, English industrialist and potter. Wedgwood (1730-1795) is credited with the industrialisation of pottery manufacture at his factories

Worsted manufacturing, c1845. A man, woman and small boy working a wheel for combing long staple wool into slivers for worsted manufacture

Carding, drawing and roving cotton, c1830. A carding engine (left) delivers cotton in a single sliver. The factory is operated by shafts and belting, which could be powered by water or steam

The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. Artist: J Shury
The Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828. View showing shipping, warehousing and smoking chimneys in the background. From History of the County of Yorks

Weaving shed fitted with rows of power looms driven by belt and shafting, c1840

Sketch of the Harrington Mill Pitt Colliery, County Durham, early 19th century. Artist: Middlemist
Sketch of the Harrington Mill Pitt Colliery, County Durham, early 19th century. View of the pit head, showing the steam engine house

Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. Artist: Thomas Dick
Section of a Coal Mine, 1860. A general pit head scene showing an engine house for a steam engine, the pit head winding gear and the underground areas of the mine in cross section

Underground scene in a coal mine, 1860. Full baskets (corves) of coal being loaded on a tram wagon using a crane. Pit ponies were used to haul coal underground

Bottom of a pit shaft in a coal mine with a train of loaded wagons, 1860
Bottom of a pit shaft in a coal mine with a train of loaded wagons waiting to be hoisted to the surface, 1860. The coal wagons have flanged wheels

Boring the cylinder of the Britannia Press at the Bank Quay Foundry, Warrington, 1851. Boring the cylinder for the hydraulic press (lift)

Casting the cylinder of the Britannia Press at the Bank Quay Foundry, Warrington, 1851. Casting the cylinders for the hydraulic press (lift)

Casting a mortar at Grissells Regents Canal Ironworks, City Road, London, 1855. A Nasmyth safety ladle (invented 1838) is being used. From The Illustrated London News, December 29 1855

The foundry or cast house, Butterley Ironworks, Derbyshire, 1844. Tapping the furnace and casting iron into pigs. A manager in top hat and tail coat watches the procedure

Casting the bell for the Westminster Clock Tower, 1856. Tapping furnaces at Warner & Sons Barrett Furnaces, Stockton-on-Tees, England. From The Illustrated London News, August 23 1856

Weaver at his loom, 1823. This man would be a piece-worker with his loom in his house, and would produce lengths of cloth for a merchant who often supplied him with his yarn

Potter at work at the Wedgwoods Etruria factory, Hanley, Staffordshire, c1830. An assistant turns a wheel to operate the belt driving the potters wheel

West India Docks, London, 1808-1810. Artist: Augustus Charles Pugin
West India Docks, London, 1808-1810. The docks were built in 1799-1802. The chief engineer was William Jessop, and the warehouses were built by George Gwilt (1746-1807)

Schematic view of a Newcomen steam engine, early 19th century. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712

Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), English engineer and industrialist
Matthew Boulton, English engineer and industrialist. Works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)

Bells reaping machine, 1851. Artist: GH Swanston
Bells reaping machine, 1851. Scottish clergyman and inventor Patrick Bells (1799-1869) reaping machine of 1826 was the first successful reaping machine, but was not commercialised

Two East Indiamen off a Coast, Thomas Whitcombe, c1850. Artist: Thomas Whitcombe
Two East Indiamen off a Coast, Thomas Whitcombe, c1850. At this time the East India Company still governed India. The company was founded in 1600 to challenge the Dutch

Slaves cultivating sugar cane in the West Indies, 1852. From The Wonders of Home by Grandfather Grey. (London, 1852)

Threshing machine by Andrew Meikle, Scottish inventor and millwright, 1811. Top: original form of the machine powered by horses. Bottom: improved form powered by a water wheel

St Anthony the Great, Egyptian aesthetic. Also known as Antony of Thebes, St Anthony was the father of Christian monasticism and is the patron saint of herdsmen

George Biddell Airy, English astronomer and geophysicist, 1868. Airy (1801-1892) was Astronomer Royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1835 to 1881

John Glenn and crew, June 1998. Seated are Curtis L Brown and Steven W Lindsey. Standing, from the left are Scott F Parazynski and Steven K Robinson, Chiaki Mukai, Pedro Duque and John H Glenn

John H Glenn, American astronaut, May 1998. In October 1998, the STS-95 mission flew from the Kennedy Space Center with the aim of examining the effects of space flight and ageing

John H Glenn and crew members, June 1998. Wearing training versions of the Space Shuttle partial pressure launch and entry suit are (from the left) Scott Parazynski, Glenn, and Stephen Robinson

The Deposition from the Cross, 1526-1528. Artist: Jacopo Pontormo
The Deposition from the Cross, 1526-1528. The dead Christ is lifted down after being crucified. From the Capella Capponi, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence, Italy

Golden Age of Earthly Paradise, 1567. Streams, bordered by flowers, run through a landscape where humans and animals live in harmony and enjoy the fruits of the earth

The Nativity, 1470-1475. Artist: Piero della Francesca
The Nativity, 1470-1475. The Virgin in a blue robe kneels before the infant Jesus lying on the corner of her cloak. St Joseph sits on a saddle and listens to the shepherds

Etienne Chevalier and St Stephen, c1450. Artist: Jean Fouquet
Etienne Chevalier and St Stephen, c1450. Etienne Chevalier was treasurer to King Charles VII of France. From the Staatliche Museen Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

Apres le Bain ( After the Bath ), c1895. Artist: Edgar Degas
Apres le Bain ( After the Bath ), c1895. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Death of Buddha, c483 BC, (17th century). Buddha (The Enlightened One), the founder of Buddhism, was born Prince Gautama Siddhartha (c563-c483 BC), son of a rajah in Nepal

The Jewish Bride, (The Loving Couple), 1667. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
The Jewish Bride, (The Loving Couple), 1667. Portrait of two figures from the Old Testament, known as The Jewish Bride. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

View of the Battle of Marengo at the moment of victory, 1800. The battle, fought in the north of Italy, was won by Bonaparte, who commanded the French Army in person

Battle and crossing of Bridge of Lodi, 11 May, 1796. Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle and crossing of Bridge of Lodi, 11 May, 1796. It was at the Battle of Lodi that Napoleon Bonaparte proved himself to his men and won the nickname The Little Corporal

Battle of Marengo, 13 June, 1800. Artist: Francois Georgin
Battle of Marengo, 13 June, 1800. General Louis Desaix (1768-1800) heard the cannons firing, turned around his divisions and marched to the sound of the guns

Arrival of the Patriots of Rouen, Elbeut and Le Havre, Paris, 30th July 1830. Scene during the French Revolution of July 1830

Napoleons return to Paris from the Island of Elba, 1815, (c1835). Artist: Francois Georgin
Napoleons return to Paris from the Island of Elba, 1815, (c1835). Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was exiled by the Allied governments to Elba following his abdication at Fontainebleau

Battle of Jena, 14 October, 1806, (c1835). The battle of Jena in Germany began with the chance evening meeting of Marshal Lannes corps with a Prussian force of 35

The Battle of Montmirail, 11 February, 1814, (1822). Artist: Horace Vernet
The Battle of Montmirail, 11 February, 1814, (1822). One of Napoleons (1769-1821) last successes in France, when he defeated the Russian General Sacken

Napoleon at the Siege of Toulon, 1793, (19th century). The major port of Toulon was anti-revolutionary and on 28 August 1793, the city turned itself over to the Bourbons and a British

The Battle of Valmy, 20 September, 1792, (1826). Artist: Horace Vernet
The Battle of Valmy, 20 September, 1792, (1826). At this battle a mixture of French regulars and conscripts, under General Francois Kellerman, faced an army of Brunswick veterans

The Wheel of Life, Tibet, 19th-20th century. A buddhist deity wearing a skull headdress holds a wheel containing scenes from the cycle of life and death

Adam and Eve ( The Temptation of Adam ), c1520. Artist: Master of Lucretia
Adam and Eve ( The Temptation of Adam ), c1520. Eve offers Adam the apple of the Tree of Knowledge while the serpent, coiled round a tree, looks on. Adam and Eve are naked but each clutches a fig leaf

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