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Pressure Collection (page 4)

Feeling the Heat: Exploring the Weight UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force Poster: A stark reminder of the pressure faced by communities during times of conflict

Background imagePressure Collection: Accessory Navicular Pain Syndrome is caused by friction

Accessory Navicular Pain Syndrome is caused by friction
Horizontal, Anatomy, Diagram, Illustration, Foot, Bone, Pressure, Injury, Medical, Doctor, Physician, Patient, Biology, Joint, Side View, See Through, Cut Out, White Background, Artwork

Background imagePressure Collection: Santa Sleeping

Santa Sleeping

Background imagePressure Collection: APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)

APPLEBYS HOIST (LIFT)
Applebys direct-action hoist (hydraulic). Date: late 19th century

Background imagePressure Collection: Two Lovers - Shamisen

Two Lovers - Shamisen
Two Japanese lovers play the shamisen. The girl touches the cords, whilst her lover determines the sounds by the pressure of his fingers on the strings. Date: 18th century

Background imagePressure Collection: SATIRE ON STEAMBOATS

SATIRE ON STEAMBOATS
An early steamship, which like a giant kettle has built up too much pressure and exploded throwing its unwitting passengers overboard. The rowing boat appears safer. Date: circa 1830

Background imagePressure Collection: PAPIN AT MARBURG

PAPIN AT MARBURG
Papin demonstrates his pressure machine to the professors at Marburg. Date: circa 1680

Background imagePressure Collection: Great Exhibition, cotton machines 1851

Great Exhibition, cotton machines 1851
A perspective view, looking West, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines and Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851

Background imagePressure Collection: Cotton machines at the Great Exhibition 1851

Cotton machines at the Great Exhibition 1851
A perspective view, looking East, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines amd Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851

Background imagePressure Collection: Otto von Guericke Demonstrating his Experiment

Otto von Guericke Demonstrating his Experiment
His pneumatic pistol, using atmospheric pressure Date: circa 1657

Background imagePressure Collection: JAPAN 41

JAPAN 41
Japan/ Tokyo/ Shibuya/ Meiji-dori with Dogen-Zaka junction View of one of the busiest junctions in the world " Shinjuku" from above

Background imagePressure Collection: The Post-Office and Bellows, c1870

The Post-Office and Bellows, c1870. Blowholes at Kynance Cove on the Lizard peninsula in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. From " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I"

Background imagePressure Collection: Geyser, Waiotapu, near Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Geyser, Waiotapu, near Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

Background imagePressure Collection: The Diver -- H. M. S. Blake, c1900. Creator: Unknown

The Diver -- H. M. S. Blake, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Diver -- H.M.S. Blake, c1900. From " The British Navy - Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Background imagePressure Collection: The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France

The Thermal Spa Baths at Dax, France - a (rather apprehensive!) woman contemplates the approach of the Douche a Vapeaur ready to apply a jet of hot steam water to her person... Date: circa 1920s

Background imagePressure Collection: The Diving Tank At Portsmouth Where Divers Are Trained, 1901. Creator: Unknown

The Diving Tank At Portsmouth Where Divers Are Trained, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The Diving Tank At Portsmouth Where Divers Are Trained, 1901. From " The Harmsworth Magazine, Volume VI. February 1901-July 1901", by [Harmsworth Bros, Limited, London, 1901]

Background imagePressure Collection: Wiley Post makes a final examination of his pressure suit

Wiley Post makes a final examination of his pressure suit in 1934. Date: 1934

Background imagePressure Collection: On the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, 1935-36. Creator: Unknown

On the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, 1935-36. Creator: Unknown
On the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 2". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935-36]

Background imagePressure Collection: Methods of Arresting Bleeding with various tourniquets

Methods of Arresting Bleeding with various tourniquets, clamps, manual pressure, forceps, knotted handkerchiefs and bandages. Date: circa 1880s

Background imagePressure Collection: A Blizzard with Gusts - July 23rd, 1911, (1913). Artist: George Clarke Simpson

A Blizzard with Gusts - July 23rd, 1911, (1913). Artist: George Clarke Simpson
A Blizzard with Gusts - July 23rd, 1911, (1913). Pressure tube anemometer record. The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Background imagePressure Collection: A Blizzard - March 12th, 1911, (1913). Artist: George Clarke Simpson

A Blizzard - March 12th, 1911, (1913). Artist: George Clarke Simpson
A Blizzard - March 12th, 1911, (1913). Pressure tube anemometer record. The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Background imagePressure Collection: A Pressure Ridge in the Sea-Ice Running Towards Cape Barne, 1911, (1913). Artist

A Pressure Ridge in the Sea-Ice Running Towards Cape Barne, 1911, (1913). Artist
A Pressure Ridge in the Sea-Ice Running Towards Cape Barne, 1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

Background imagePressure Collection: Pressure Ice Blocks Near Discovery Bluff, c1911, (1913). Artist: Frank Debenham

Pressure Ice Blocks Near Discovery Bluff, c1911, (1913). Artist: Frank Debenham
Pressure Ice Blocks Near Discovery Bluff, Due to the Thrust of the Mackay Glacier Tongue on the Sea-Ice, c1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott

Background imagePressure Collection: Going Down at Short Notice: A British Diver Preparing To Seek a Submarine at Sea Bottom, c1935

Going Down at Short Notice: A British Diver Preparing To Seek a Submarine at Sea Bottom, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imagePressure Collection: The Eternal Fight Against the Sea: Armoured Casing for the Deep-Sea Diver, c1935

The Eternal Fight Against the Sea: Armoured Casing for the Deep-Sea Diver, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Background imagePressure Collection: A Recompression Chamber, 1936

A Recompression Chamber, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Background imagePressure Collection: Testing gas pressure in street lighting, Westminster, London, 1910

Testing gas pressure in street lighting, Westminster, London, 1910. A man holds the ladder for his bowler-hatted colleague who is testing the pressure in a gas streetlight

Background imagePressure Collection: The Fram when dug out of the Pressure-Mound. End of March, 1895, (1897)

The Fram when dug out of the Pressure-Mound. End of March, 1895, (1897). Fram (Forward) is a ship used in northern and southern polar expeditions by the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen

Background imagePressure Collection: Over Difficult Pressure Mounds. April, 1895, (1897)

Over Difficult Pressure Mounds. April, 1895, (1897). From Farthest North, Vol. 2 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

Background imagePressure Collection: Screwing Down the Yeast in a Burton-On-Trent Brewery, c1916, (1935)

Screwing Down the Yeast in a Burton-On-Trent Brewery, c1916, (1935). Women screwing down the yeast in a Burton-On-Trent brewery, during World War I. From His Majesty The King 1910-1935

Background imagePressure Collection: The electric furnace, 1890-1910

The electric furnace, 1890-1910. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat

Background imagePressure Collection: Theatre, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Jacques Bellange

Theatre, late 16th / early 17th century. Artist: Jacques Bellange
Theatre, Bellange, Private Collection

Background imagePressure Collection: Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873)

Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricellis demonstration of the effect of atmospheric pressure on a column of liquid, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist and mathematician

Background imagePressure Collection: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873)

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873)
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647)

Background imagePressure Collection: Von Guerickes water barometer, 1672

Von Guerickes water barometer, 1672. Fig I: details of parts; Fig II: complete barometer; Fig III: apparatus for the investigation of the weight of air; Fig IV: details of indicator

Background imagePressure Collection: Blaise Pascal, 17th century French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher, 1878

Blaise Pascal, 17th century French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher, 1878. Pascal (1623-1662) carrying out experiments with a mercury barometer on the tower of St

Background imagePressure Collection: Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691

Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691. Closed tube with mercury (left) and double water barometer (right)

Background imagePressure Collection: Otto von Guericke, German inventor, engineer and physicist, 1672

Otto von Guericke, German inventor, engineer and physicist, 1672. Portrait from his Eperimenta Nova, ut vocant, Magdeburgica, de vacuo Spatio (New Magdeburgian Experiments, as they are called)

Background imagePressure Collection: Title page of Experimenta Nova, ut vocant, Magdeburgica, de vacuo Spatio, (Amsterdam, 1672)

Title page of Experimenta Nova, ut vocant, Magdeburgica, de vacuo Spatio, (Amsterdam, 1672). New Magdeburgian Experiments, as they are called, relating to a Vacuum) by Otto von Guericke (1606-1686)

Background imagePressure Collection: Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Artist: James Gillray

Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Artist: James Gillray
Humphry Davy, British chemist and inventor, 1802. Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Background imagePressure Collection: Von Guerickes demonstration of the strength of air pressure, 1672

Von Guerickes demonstration of the strength of air pressure, 1672. In the mid 17th century Otto von Guericke used an air-pump to remove the air from between two large close-fitting copper

Background imagePressure Collection: Calcite Formations, Hveravellir Hot Springs, North East of Langjokull, Iceland, 20th century

Calcite Formations, Hveravellir Hot Springs, North East of Langjokull, Iceland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Calcite Formations, Hveravellir Hot Springs, North East of Langjokull, Iceland, 20th century. Hveravellir Hot Springs, a low temperature area at the northern edge of Kjalhraunnature lava field

Background imagePressure Collection: A gusher in the Pennsylvanian oilfields, USA, 1886

A gusher in the Pennsylvanian oilfields, USA, 1886. Edwin L Drake drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania near Titusville in 1859

Background imagePressure Collection: colour, focus, multi coloured, multitasking, pressure

colour, focus, multi coloured, multitasking, pressure, Dorling Kindersley Prints, 944671030

Background imagePressure Collection: Donald Iain Smith

Donald Iain Smith
Australian Views Photographers: Donald Iain Smith

Background imagePressure Collection: Albion Printing Press

Albion Printing Press
An Albion press by Hopkinson and Cope of Finsbury, London. A very well-made and popular press, still in use amongst artists and printers today. Date: 1851

Background imagePressure Collection: John Dalton, English chemist and physicist

John Dalton, English chemist and physicist
John Dalton (1766-1844), English chemist, meteorologist and physicist, formulator of Daltons Law of Partial Pressures concerning gases in water

Background imagePressure Collection: WW1 recruitment poster, Which [hat] Ought You to Wear?

WW1 recruitment poster, Which [hat] Ought You to Wear? Date: circa 1915

Background imagePressure Collection: A Man who stayed at Home. H. M. Bateman cartoon, WW1

A Man who stayed at Home. H. M. Bateman cartoon, WW1
" A Man who stayed at Home: The ought-to-have!" This cartoon shows a man who at various points during the war insists I ought to enlist but never actually does so



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Feeling the Heat: Exploring the Weight UVF - Ulster Volunteer Force Poster: A stark reminder of the pressure faced by communities during times of conflict, as they grapple with difficult choices and uncertain futures. Man riding on a steam rocket: Pushing boundaries and defying gravity, this image captures the exhilaration and immense pressure that comes with pursuing ambitious dreams. Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park: Nature's breathtaking beauty reminds us of the immense geological forces at play beneath our feet, exerting constant pressure to shape our world. Trepanation, 14th-century artwork: An eerie depiction of ancient medical practices reveals how individuals throughout history have sought relief from physical ailments under tremendous societal pressures. Gathering of Unions / 1832: In an era marked by social unrest and demands for workers' rights, this image symbolizes the collective strength needed to withstand oppressive conditions and fight against systemic pressures. Chinese acupuncture model: Delicate needles puncture specific points in our bodies to relieve tension and rebalance energy flows—a testament to humanity's age-old quest for release from internal pressures. Laying new natural gas pipeline - Wormington to Sapperton pipeline project - near Winchcombe - Cotswolds - UK: The complex process behind constructing vital infrastructure highlights both economic pressures driving progress and environmental concerns demanding careful consideration. Dr. Merryweathers Tempest Prognosticator: This peculiar invention from yesteryears reflects society's relentless pursuit to predict weather patterns accurately—an attempt to alleviate uncertainties caused by atmospheric pressures impacting daily lives. The F. A Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923: As football fans roar in unison while witnessing historic moments unfold on hallowed grounds, players face intense pressure—both personal and professional—to perform their best under scrutiny.