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Innovation Collection (page 6)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Brooklands Plane

Brooklands Plane
20th September 1910: McFie bi-plane at Brooklands Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Antoinette XIII

Antoinette XIII
1st September 1909: Lathams Antoinette Mark XIII in flight in September 1909 during the unsuccessful cross Channel attempt. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Tin Man

Tin Man
September 1928: A tin man robot which speaks, answers questions and shares hands when told to. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Coupling Device

Coupling Device
July 1910: The vacuum break coupling device on a LNWR (London and North Western Railways) slip coach. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cultivator

Cultivator
6th October 1932: The Cultivator, an invention by Mr Fishleigh, demonstrates its ability to remove weeds and prepare the soil for sowing at the Duke of Connaughts Estate at Bagshot, Surrey

Background imageInnovation Collection: Farman Biplane

Farman Biplane
October 1909: Louis Paulman flying a Farman biplane at Blackpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Police Timer

Police Timer
January 1909: A British police constable inspecting an electric timing device for motor cars. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: RAC Dust Trials

RAC Dust Trials
1st July 1908: A racing car with anti-dust devices at the RAC Dust Trials at Brooklands race-track. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Antibiotic Plant

Antibiotic Plant
Technicians at Europes newest and most modern antibiotic plant on its opening day. The plant in Sandwich, Kent, cost ?2, 500, 000 to establish and manufactures Terramycin, Tetracyn

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cable Photography

Cable Photography
Photography By Cable And Wireless. A photograph being wound off a large spool

Background imageInnovation Collection: Mind Machine

Mind Machine
A woman whose head is attached to a machine which resembles a large hairdryer, but is in fact a Lavery Electric Automatic Phrenometer, for measuring brain activity

Background imageInnovation Collection: Snow Vehicle

Snow Vehicle
A vehicle invented by George McLaughlin which was designed to travel on ice and snow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: The Burney

The Burney
15th September 1930: The Burney, a new streamlined car designed by Sir Denniston Burney who was responsible for the design of the R 100 (R100) airship. The engine is in the rear

Background imageInnovation Collection: Monorail

Monorail
May 1907: A demonstration of a model of the Brennan Mono Rail. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Replica Of Rocket

Replica Of Rocket
21st April 1913: A replica of the steam locomotive Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, on display at Crewe for a visit by King George V and Queen Mary

Background imageInnovation Collection: Graham Bell

Graham Bell
circa 1910: Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922) a Scots-born American inventor who established the Bell Telephone Company

Background imageInnovation Collection: Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle
10th January 1944: English engineer and inventor of the jet plane Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Early Aircraft

Early Aircraft
1910: A crowd gathered around an aircraft at Claude Grahame-Whites passenger flights event at Ranleagh. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Electrical Exhibition

Electrical Exhibition
7th October 1908: An electric iron, kettle, curling tongs and shaving pot on display at The Electrical Exhibition, Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Barton Airship

Barton Airship
1906: Doctor Bartons airship tethered in Alexandra Park, north London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Wrights Biplane

Wrights Biplane
29th March 1910: Alex Ogilvies Wright biplane at Camber Sands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Telescopic Gangway

Telescopic Gangway
31st July 1950: The Worlds first powered telescopic gangway connected to the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner at Southampton Docks. (Photo by Harrison /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Single Or Double

Single Or Double
November 1915: A van with a collapsible top section which converts the vehicle into a double decker. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageInnovation Collection: Teotihuacan scenics

Teotihuacan scenics
Landscape for backgrounds in Teotihuacan, blue sky with low clouds and three trees

Background imageInnovation Collection: The Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid, Dahshur, Egypt

The Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid, Dahshur, Egypt
Located approximately 40 kilometers south of Cairo

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Region of Castile-La Mancha

Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Region of Castile-La Mancha, between the Jcar and Hucar river canyons
Its historic centre The Cathedral, Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses) looks out over rocky canyon walls in the heart of the Cuenca Mountains

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Roofs of the church of the Salvador of the 18th century

Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Roofs of the church of the Salvador of the 18th century
Roofs of the church of the Salvador of the 18th century of Neogothic style

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Mangana tower

Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Mangana tower
Mangana tower, it was built at the beginning of the 16th century on an old Arabic castle. Cuenca, Spain

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Detail of the door of entry to the cathedral

Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Detail of the door of entry to the cathedral
Cathedral of Cuenca, it was constructed in 1196 - 1257 and it is of Gothic, baroque and Neogothic

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Region of Castile-La Mancha

Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Region of Castile-La Mancha, between the Jcar and Hucar river canyons
Its historic centre The Cathedral, Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses) looks out over rocky canyon walls in the heart of the Cuenca Mountains

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Region of Castile-La Mancha

Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Region of Castile-La Mancha, between the Jucar and Hucar river canyons
Its historic centre The Cathedral, Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses) looks out over rocky canyon walls in the heart of the Cuenca Mountains

Background imageInnovation Collection: Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Roofs of the church of the Salvador of the 18th century

Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Roofs of the church of the Salvador of the 18th century
Roofs of the church of the Salvador of the 18th century of Neogothic style

Background imageInnovation Collection: Sight of the city of basin constructed on the rocks of a great ravine

Sight of the city of basin constructed on the rocks of a great ravine
Its historic centre The Cathedral, Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses) looks out over rocky canyon walls in the heart of the Cuenca Mountains

Background imageInnovation Collection: The Baochu Pagoda against the skyline of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

The Baochu Pagoda against the skyline of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Background imageInnovation Collection: The skyline of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

The skyline of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
The Baochu Pagoda against the skyline of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Background imageInnovation Collection: St. Paul Bridge and Cuenca

St. Paul Bridge and Cuenca
Its historic centre The Cathedral, Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses) looks out over rocky canyon walls in the heart of the Cuenca Mountains

Background imageInnovation Collection: Fuji Mountain in the fall

Fuji Mountain in the fall

Background imageInnovation Collection: Electronic Brain

Electronic Brain
A woman examines the readout from an electronic brain

Background imageInnovation Collection: Sashalite Camera

Sashalite Camera
A camera equipped with the Sashalite system, an early type of flashbulb invented by British photographer Alex Sasha Stewart. A reflector spreads the light produced by the bulb

Background imageInnovation Collection: Sashalite Reflector

Sashalite Reflector
The Sashalite system, an early type of flashbulb invented by British photographer Alex Sasha Stewart. A concave reflector spreads the light produced by the bulb in the centre

Background imageInnovation Collection: Sashalite Lamp

Sashalite Lamp
The Sashalite system, an early type of flashbulb invented by British photographer Alex Sasha Stewart. A large reflector spreads the light produced by the bulb

Background imageInnovation Collection: Electric Bridge Table

Electric Bridge Table
An Hammond electric bridge table which simulates a player in a game of bridge

Background imageInnovation Collection: Sashalite System

Sashalite System
circa 1930: A hand operating the Sashalite system, an early type of flashbulb invented by British photographer Alex Sasha Stewart. A reflector spreads the light produced by the bulb

Background imageInnovation Collection: Artificial Sun

Artificial Sun
17th April 1942: Civil Defence Workers in Finsbury are beating the winter pallor with free sun lamp treatments. They call it Mixray at the Finsbury Health Centre



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