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Images Dated 4th August 2005: Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851

Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Visitors to the exhibition, held in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Gathering of the UK cycling clubs at Castle Inn, Woodford, Essex, 1 June 1889

Gathering of the UK cycling clubs at Castle Inn, Woodford, Essex, 1 June 1889. After a day of cycling followed by an evening smoking concert the gathering took a Chinese Lantern ride to Walthamstow

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Sandblasting the joints of a bicycle frame, France, 1896

Sandblasting the joints of a bicycle frame, France, 1896. The operator wears a helmet with a breathing tube and a protective tunic

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Welding a bicycle frame, France, 1896

Welding a bicycle frame, France, 1896. The frame is suspended over a forge as a worker applies a welding rod

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Bicycle manufacture, France, 1896

Bicycle manufacture, France, 1896. Shaping the wheel rims. The machinery is all driven from a central power source through belt-and-shafting

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Women making pneumatic tyres for bicycles, France, 1896

Women making pneumatic tyres for bicycles, France, 1896. Scottish vet and inventor John Boyd Dunlops invention of the pneumatic tyre in 1888 greatly improved the comfort of cycling

Images Dated 4th August 2005: India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Company factory, Silvertown, London, 1887

India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Company factory, Silvertown, London, 1887. The factory, which manufactured much of the telegraph equipment used in Britain

Images Dated 4th August 2005: New Year greetings from stockbrokers Mercer Locock to their clients, 1894

New Year greetings from stockbrokers Mercer Locock to their clients, 1894. The illustration at the top portrays international links by telegraph and telephone

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Thomas Edisons improved form of JW Trowbridges electric dynamometer, 1879

Thomas Edisons improved form of JW Trowbridges electric dynamometer, 1879. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879

Thomas Edisons generator for electric light at his home at Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1879. Behind the doors is the 80 hp engine

Steam hammer being used in an ironworks, France, 1867

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Telephone Exchange, Paris, 1904

Telephone Exchange, Paris, 1904. Women telephonists working while a uniformed boy messenger waits. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, 17 April 1904)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Courting by telephone across Paris, 1883

Courting by telephone across Paris, 1883. An idea of one of the results of the invention of the telephone. From Le Vingtieme Siecle (The 20th Century) by A Robida. (Paris, 1883)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865. On the deck of the SS Great Eastern searching the cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic on 31 July 1865

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Laying of the telegraph cable across the Indian Ocean between Bombay and Aden, 1870

Laying of the telegraph cable across the Indian Ocean between Bombay and Aden, 1870. Landing the shore end of the cable at Aden

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 (1866)

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1865 (1866). Preparing to grapple for the broken cable from the bows of the SS Great Eastern, 2 August 1865

Images Dated 4th August 2005: The Atlantic Telegraph, c1878

The Atlantic Telegraph, c1878. Idealised view of the telegraph cable passing under the ocean from Valentia, Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Longitudinal section of a steam turbine fitted into the Dover packet boat Queen, c1904

Longitudinal section of a steam turbine fitted into the Dover packet boat Queen, c1904. The turbines for the Queen were designed by the Anglo-Irish engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Longtudinal sections of two steam turbines

Longtudinal sections of two steam turbines. 1: Parsons marine turbine; 2: Rateaus marine turbine. Anglo-Irish engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Steam turbines fitted into the Dover packet boat Queen, 1904

Steam turbines fitted into the Dover packet boat Queen, 1904. The turbines were designed by the Anglo-Irish engineer Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Depot where electrically driven Paris cabs were fitted with freshly charged batteries, 1899

Depot where electrically driven Paris cabs were fitted with freshly charged batteries, 1899
Depot at Rue Cardinet where electrically driven Paris cabs were fitted with freshly charged batteries, 1899. At front right are glass carboys in protective wicker jackets

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Factory for making, recharging and servicing electric cabs, Aubervilliers, France, 1899

Factory for making, recharging and servicing electric cabs, Aubervilliers, France, 1899
Factory for making, recharging and servicing electric cabs used in Paris, Aubervilliers, France, 1899. From La Nature. (Paris, 1899)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Main station of the Exchange Telegraph Company, London, 1882

Main station of the Exchange Telegraph Company, London, 1882. An operator receives a message on a ticker-tape machine. A Morse transmitting instrument is connected directly to the Stock Exchange

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Manufacture of electric batteries, USA, 1887

Manufacture of electric batteries, USA, 1887. Interior view of MWJ Jenkss Electrical Accumulator Company, New York

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. Artist: John Tenniel

Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. Artist: John Tenniel
Private and Confidential, opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The British Prime Minister (Lord Salisbury) in conversation with the French President (Sadi Carnot). Cartoon from Punch

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891

Opening of the Anglo-French telephone line, 1891. The first London to Paris telephone conversation at the General Post Office, London. Bell instruments were used at the London end

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link, 1852

Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link, 1852. The instrument room at the Submarine Telegraph Company, Cornhill, London, showing a Wheatstone needle telegraph instrument

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Giant galvanometer in the physics laboratory, Cornell University, New York, USA, 1886

Giant galvanometer in the physics laboratory, Cornell University, New York, USA, 1886. A galvanometer is an instrument for measuring small electric currents

Images Dated 4th August 2005: William Wollastons reflecting goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals, 1874

William Wollastons reflecting goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals, 1874. William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) was a notable English chemist who researched into both chemistry and optics

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Plate measuring microscope, 1895

Plate measuring microscope, 1895. A woman measuring star positions on a photographic plate during the compilation of the Carte du Ciel at the Paris Observatory

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Lord Kelvins mirror galvanometer, 1876

Lord Kelvins mirror galvanometer, 1876. William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) devised this instrument for measuring small electric currents

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. Artist: John Wright Oakes

Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. Artist: John Wright Oakes
Lord Kelvins transatlantic telegraph, 1877. William Thomsons (Lord Kelvin) (1824-1907) receiving apparatus used at Brest, France, including his mirror galvanometer (left)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887

Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887. In the box under the table are the wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Colorimeter, after a design by Labilliardiere with modifications by Salleron, 1871

Colorimeter, after a design by Labilliardiere with modifications by Salleron, 1871. The intensities of colour of two liquids in glass tubes are made equal by adding water to the stringer

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Telegraph office, c1900

Telegraph office, c1900. A man reads a message he has received (left). Inside the office an operator sends a message using a Morse transmitting key (right)

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. He is tapping out the message with a key using the code developed by Samuel Morse and Alexander Bain

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert

Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), this was the first functional electric telegraph

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882

Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882. Rear view of the instrument showing the roll of paper for recording messages and the transmitting key at C. D are wet cells (batteries) providing electricity

Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882. Front view of the instrument showing the roll of paper for recording messages and the transmitting key at A. D are wet cells (batteries) providing electricity

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Joseph Crosfield & Sons soap factory at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire, 1886

Joseph Crosfield & Sons soap factory at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire, 1886. 1: general view of works; 2: display at Liverpool Exhibition; 3: frame room; 4: stamping; 5: packaging room; 6

Joseph Crosfield & Sons soap factory at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire, 1886. 1: boiler shed; 2: alkali plant; 3: raw material being brought by boat along the Mersey; 4

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Manufacturing electric light bulbs, c1883 (1896)

Manufacturing electric light bulbs, c1883 (1896). A mercury vacuum pump being used to evacuate (exhaust) light bulbs on a commercial scale

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1899

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1899. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1897. Artist: James Craig Annan

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1897. Artist: James Craig Annan
Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1897. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, with his compass, 1902. Artist: James Craig Annan

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, with his compass, 1902. Artist: James Craig Annan
Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, with his compass, 1902. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1876

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1876. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1852

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, 1852. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Images Dated 4th August 2005: Physics research laboratory at the Sorbonne, Paris 1895

Physics research laboratory at the Sorbonne, Paris 1895
Physics research laboratory at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1895

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