Automatic Collection (page 4)

Film star Patricia Dainton selecting the exact amount of milk and sugar she requires, when about to get a cup of hot coffee from the coffee service machine, this morning. July 1955

Bell QF-63G-1-BE Kingcobra Pinball 45-57295
(United States Air Force - )Bell QF-63G-1-BE Kingcobra Pinball 45-57295, on display at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio in Texas, in the USAF History and Traditions Museum collection

Rotatory fast printing press by Hippolyte Auguste Marinoni

The Automaton Chess Player, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Automaton Chess Player, 1845. A machine...invented in the year 1769. by Wolfgang de Kempelin...the concealed player was seated immediately under the chess board of the Automaton...the reverse of

Imported Silk Reeling Machine at Tsukiji in Tokyo, 4th month, 1872

Pouring Cup of Coffee Date: 1950

Boeing 247D DZ203
Boeing 247D, DZ203, was used for instrument and automatic landing systems research by the RAF during WW2

Advert for Geo. Salter & Co. household items Advert for Geo. Salter & Co
Selection of household specialities, available from Geo. Salter & Co. in West Bromwich. Date: 1887

Spain, Madrid, Self-service ticket machines at Principe Pio metro station

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Laos, Armed guard on upcountry truck

Spain, Madrid, Passengers using the self-service ticket machines in front of the departures board inside the terminus of the Atocha Railway Station

2011 Automated car-wash. Creator: Unknown
2011 Automated car-wash

2012 Honda Jazz CVT. Creator: Unknown
2012 Honda Jazz CVT

In Alsace, a peasant woman is caught in a threshing machine, 1929. Creator: Unknown
In Alsace, a peasant woman is caught in a threshing machine, 1929. En Alsace, Une Paysanne Est Happee Par Une Machine A Battre

Motor-Car Equipped with the New Storage Battery, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Motor-Car Equipped with the New Storage Battery, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, 1902]

Reaping Machine, early 19th century. Creator: J Moffat
Reaping Machine, early 19th century. Diagram of a farm implement used for harvesting crops mechanically. Plate CCCCLXXIX from the " Edinburgh Encyclopaedia" edited by David Brewster

Washing A Locomotive on the Canadian National Railway, at Montrea, 1935. Creator: Unknown
Washing A Locomotive on the Canadian National Railway, at Montreal, by means of the special spraying equipment devised for this purpose, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1"

Automatic Coaling at Hornsey Station, Middlesex, 1935. Creator: Unknown
Automatic Coaling at Hornsey Station, Middlesex, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

Destroyed 75, automatic anti-aircraft gun, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Automatic Ticket and Change Machines at Westminster, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

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

Super calculating machine, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Automatic telephone exchange, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Modern cinema operating box, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

A metal worker with automatic drill stripping an engine casing, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Gun, (c1924). Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) invented the first portable, fully automatic machine gun in 1884

Gatling rapid fire guns, 1862. Artist: William George Armstrong
Gatling rapid fire guns, 1862. Various models of the machine gun patented by American inventor Richard J Gatling in 1862. The weapon, a hand-cranked multiple-barrelled rotary gun

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Mademoiselle Claire, an automaton built by Robert Herdner, 1912. Artist: Robert Herdner
Mademoiselle Claire, an automaton built by Robert Herdner, used by him at l Hopital Bretonneau to hand out surgical instruments from tgrolley. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 18 August 1912

Engraving depicting an earth closet by Kings, which automatically discharged earth into the bucket when the lid is closed. Dated 19th Century

Rifle, Self-Loading, 7. 92 Mm, Fg42
Fallschirmjagergewehr FG42 7. 92 mm automatic rifle, 1942-1945; with bayonet; no magazine; used by German parachute troops in World War Two, in France and Italy. Date: 1942

Automatic pistol, magazine & revolver
Diagram of the automatic pistol with its magazine, and revolver with its clip-loader. Both revolers and automatic pistols were supplied to the various branches of the Army and to the Navy. Date: 1915

Sperry bomb-sight apparatus 1944
Diagram of a Sperry bomb-sight O-1 used by the United States Army Air Forces (USaF) bombers in World War Two. By manipulating the various control knobs

Winifred Coombe-Tennant (Mrs Willett), medium
Winifred Margaret Serocold Coombe-Tennant (pseudonym: Mrs Willett, 1874-1956), British suffragette, politician, philanthropist, patron of the arts and spiritualist who engaged in automatic writing

Biometric passport chip. This chip is used in passports as an electronic identity document that uses biometrics to authenticate the identity of travellers

Automatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at sance
Automatic photograph of sitters and Rudi Schneider at a sance at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, 8 March 1932. Harry Price and Professor David Fraser-Harris are controlling Schneider

Sir Henry Morton Stanley with a Maxim Automatic Machine-Gun
Engraving of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Anglo-American journalist and explorer, sitting astride a Maxim Automatic Machine-gun, 1887

Dial Automatic Telephone Transmitting Speech
Dial of an automatic telephone. From The Wonder Book of Science, published 1930's

A 19th century miniature electric railway track used for serving meals at the table. From Ilustracion Artistica, published 1887

The worlds largest typewriter on display at the Business Efficiency Exhibition, White City, London, England in 1931. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934

Tel-Aviv Exchange Automatic Telephone 1934 Israel
Tel-Aviv Exchange Automatic Telephone. 1934, Israel, Tel Aviv

Composite picture radio mast Tel-Aviv Exchange
Composite picture with radio mast and Tel-Aviv Exchange Automatic Telephone 1934, Israel

A Maxim Automatic Machine Gun. From In Darkest Africa By Henry M. Stanley Published 1890

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"From Automats to Automatics: A Journey through Time and Technology" Step into the past at the Horn & Hardart Automat in New York City, USA, where hungry patrons once enjoyed a revolutionary dining experience with automatic food dispensers. Innovation knows no bounds, as seen with the introduction of the New British Sten gun by G. H. Davis. This automatic weapon designed during World War II showcased advancements in firepower. Speaking of firearms, we cannot forget John Moses Browning, a legendary inventor whose genius gave birth to iconic automatic pistols that changed military history forever. Sports enthusiasts recall the intense clash between Bristol City and Walsall on 03/05/15 when both teams displayed their automatic reflexes on the field. During times of political upheaval, propaganda played its part. Witness China's Communist Party poster from 1950 urging citizens to give everything for their country - an automated call for loyalty and sacrifice. Artistic expressions take various forms; one such example is a humanoid robot artwork that blurs the line between man and machine, showcasing our fascination with automation. Even animals have been enlisted in technological endeavors like military espionage. Discover how pigeons were trained as camera-carrying spies during wartime operations - nature's own automatic surveillance system. Transport yourself back to early 20th century America with an advertisement for Colt. 45 caliber military automatic pistol - a symbol of power and precision that became synonymous with American weaponry prowess. As technology progressed rapidly, so did communication systems. Explore the wonders of an Automatic Phone Exchange or step further back into history to witness Telephone Exchange in 1929 - marvels that revolutionized telecommunications worldwide.