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Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Rink to me only with thine eyes, 1876. Artist: George Du Maurier

Rink to me only with thine eyes, 1876. Artist: George Du Maurier
Rink to me only with thine eyes, 1876. The increasing popularity of roller-skates perhaps gave romantic young couples a better opportunity to be together without chaperones

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Why Shouldn t Girton Rink, When Cambridge Rows?, 1876. Artist: George Du Maurier

Why Shouldn t Girton Rink, When Cambridge Rows?, 1876. Artist: George Du Maurier
Why Shouldn t Girton Rink, When Cambridge Rows?, 1876 Lady students from Girton College on the towpath waving to crews rowing on the river Cam

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Camera obscura, 1855

Camera obscura, 1855. Drawing a landscape using a portable camera obscura in the form of a tent. From The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner. (London, 1855)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Early design of a quick firing cannon, 1482

Early design of a quick firing cannon, 1482. From De re militari (On Military Matters) by Roberto Valturio. (1482). Written in about 1455, the first printed edition was published in Verona in 1472

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Advertisement for The Vacuum Cleaner Company, 1906

Advertisement for The Vacuum Cleaner Company, 1906. This company adopted Hubert Cecil Booths patent of 1901 which used suction to collect dust

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Gatling rapid fire gun, 1862

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1862. This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of 1200 rounds a minute. Camel-mounted model. From The Science Record. (New York, 1862)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Gatling rapid fire gun, 1870

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1870. This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of rounds of 1200 rounds of a minute. From The Graphic. (London, August 20, 1870)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Artist: Joseph Montigny

Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Artist: Joseph Montigny
Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Various views of the gun, invented by Joseph Montigny, introduced by the French during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Henry Morton Stanleys African expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, 1886-1889 (1887)

Henry Morton Stanleys African expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, 1886-1889 (1887). Emin Pasha, who was in the Egyptian service and Governor of the Equatorial Province

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Waitresses on roller skates in a Berlin beer cellar, 1851

Waitresses on roller skates in a Berlin beer cellar, 1851. The first recorded roller-skates appeared in London in 1760 and the first successful ones date from the early 1820s

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Camera obscura, c1840

Camera obscura, c1840. The illustration shows how the scene outside was collected by a mirror tilted at 45 degrees (B), passed through a meniscus lens between F and C

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Seaside visitors paying a visit to the camera obscura, 1862

Seaside visitors paying a visit to the camera obscura, 1862. The viewers sat in a darkened chamber: the scene around was collected by the mirror (A) and passed through a convex lens (B)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: The Last Mile, c1880

The Last Mile, c1880. David Livingstone (1813-1873), Scottish missionary and African explorer, being carried the last mile to die at his African home in Ujiji, Tanganyika (Tanzania)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Sarah Siddons, English actress, 1784. Artist: John Kay

Sarah Siddons, English actress, 1784. Artist: John Kay
Sarah Siddons, English actress, 1784. Mrs Siddons (born Sarah Kemble) (1755-1831) as Lady Randolph in John Homes tragedy Douglas at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1784

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Police dog being trained, 1907

Police dog being trained, 1907
Police dog being trained, 1905. A dummy is being used to train this Paris Police dog to rescue people from drowning in the Seine. From Sunday. (London, 1907)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Ghent police dog, 1907

Ghent police dog, 1907. These dogs underwent a four month training period and accompanied police constables on their night rounds

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Making a call from a telephone call box, 1888

Making a call from a telephone call box, 1888. From Le Journal de la Jeunesse. (Paris, 1888)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Chicago police telephone box, 1886

Chicago police telephone box, 1886. A Chicago policeman telephoning from a police call box to bring help to an injured pedestrian. From Les Applications de l Electricite by E Hospitalier

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Carbon microphone, invented in 1878 by David Edward Hughes, 1890

Carbon microphone, invented in 1878 by David Edward Hughes, 1890. The apparatus was said to be so sensitive that a fly walking on the sounding-board could be heard by an observer on a telephone

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Gatling rapid fire gun, 1861-1862 (1872)

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1861-1862 (1872). This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of 1200 rounds a minute. From The Great Industries of the United States

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876)

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876). George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, devised an early form of electric telegraph

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: New letter boxes being mistaken for heating stoves!, 1855

New letter boxes being mistaken for heating stoves!, 1855. One of Londons first pillar (letter) boxes was erected by the Post Office at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Crash of La Republique, 1909

Crash of La Republique, 1909. The French military airship (dirigible) La Republique which made her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne in 1908

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: One of Londons first pillar (letter) boxes, 1855

One of Londons first pillar (letter) boxes, 1855. Erected by the Post Office at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street, London. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 24 March 1855)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: La Republique on her maiden flight, 1908

La Republique on her maiden flight, 1908. The French military airship (dirigible) La Republique on her maiden flight from Paris to Compiegne. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 20 September 1908)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: The New French Police Auxiliaries, 1907

The New French Police Auxiliaries, 1907. The newly introduced dog section of the Paris police making arrests in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 28 July 1907)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: In Possession, 1871

In Possession, 1871. Prussian officers billeted on a French family, December 1871, towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 in which France was defeated and partly occupied

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Battle of Sedan, France, Franco-Prussian War, 1 September 1870 (c1880)

Battle of Sedan, France, Franco-Prussian War, 1 September 1870 (c1880). Stampede of French troops in retreat from the Prussian onslaught

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Peace - and No Pieces!, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel

Peace - and No Pieces!, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
Peace - and No Pieces!, 1866. Napoleon III (1808-1873), French Emperor 1852-1870, dressed as a rag-picker (chiffonnier), warned off by Otto von Bismarck, the Prussian Chancellor

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Shades of Louis XIV and Napoleon I lamenting the fading of Frances glory, 1870. Artist: John Tenniel

Shades of Louis XIV and Napoleon I lamenting the fading of Frances glory, 1870. Artist: John Tenniel
Shades of Louis XIV and Napoleon I lamenting the fading of Frances glory, 1870. On 5 October 1870 Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia (foreground), made Versailles his headquarters

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Wilhelm I becoming Emperor of Germany, 18 January 1871 (c1880)

Wilhelm I becoming Emperor of Germany, 18 January 1871 (c1880). Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia from 1861, being proclaimed the first Emperor of Germany in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Rival Arbiters, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel

Rival Arbiters, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
Rival Arbiters, 1866. Napoleon III (1808-1873), Emperor of France, and Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Chancellor of Prussia, carving up Europe

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: General Bourbakis defeated French army in Switzerland, February 1871

General Bourbakis defeated French army in Switzerland, February 1871. Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Helmuth Karl Bernhard, Count von Moltke, Prussian general and statesman, c1880

Helmuth Karl Bernhard, Count von Moltke, Prussian general and statesman, c1880. As Chief of the Prussian General Staff, Moltke (1800-1891)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: French retreat to Switzerland, 30 January-1 February 1871 (c1880)

French retreat to Switzerland, 30 January-1 February 1871 (c1880). Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. After his attempt to break the Prussian line at Belfort had ended in disaster, with the loss of 10

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: An English butchers, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 1871

An English butchers, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 1871
An English butcher s, Boulevard Haussmann, 1871. The meat on sale is from animals, including elephant, from the Jardins des Plantes (Paris Zoo)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Shaving the enemy at Montmirail, 1870

Shaving the enemy at Montmirail, 1870. French woman barber shaving a Prussian soldier during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. From The Graphic (London, 8 October 1870)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: We have no more than that Sir, 1871

We have no more than that Sir, 1871. A market trader in poultry, during the Siege of Paris, showing that she has nothing to sell

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, late 19th century

Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany, late 19th century. Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia from 1861and the first Emperor (Kaiser) of Germany from 1871

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Britannia trying to restrain Napoleon III from embarking on war with Germany, 1870

Britannia trying to restrain Napoleon III from embarking on war with Germany, 1870. Artist: John Tenniel
Britannia trying to restrain Napoleon III from embarking on war with Germany, 1870. Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871. The French declaration was delivered to Berlin on 19 July

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, USA: cable anchorage on the Brooklyn shore, 1883

Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, USA: cable anchorage on the Brooklyn shore, 1883. Designed by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Joseph Wilson Swan, c1880

Joseph Wilson Swan, c1880
Joseph Wilson Swan, English chemist and physicist, c1880. Swan (1828-1914), pioneer of electric lighting and inventor of bromide photographic paper

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Incandescent filament lamp, glow-lamp, by Lane-Fox, 1883

Incandescent filament lamp, glow-lamp, by Lane-Fox, 1883
Incandescent filament electric lamp, glow-lamp, by Lane-Fox, 1883. St George Lane-Fox-Pitt (1856-1932) took out a number of patents for filament lamps between 1878 and 1881

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883

Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883. In January 1879 Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914)

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Maxim machine gun, c1895

Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: General Adoption of the Rolling Skate, 1866. Artist: George Du Maurier

General Adoption of the Rolling Skate, 1866. Artist: George Du Maurier
General Adoption of the Rolling Skate, 1866. In 1863 an American, James L Plimpton, patented a 4-wheeled roller-skate, the forerunner of todays skates

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (c1870)

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (c1870). George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, devised an early form of electric telegraph

Background imageImages Dated 31st January 2006: Battle of Sedan, France, Franco-Prussian War, 1 September 1870

Battle of Sedan, France, Franco-Prussian War, 1 September 1870. The village of Baseilles in flames (centre), the River Meuse (centre right) and Faubourg de Alan (centre foreground)


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