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1861x1768, 211x200, 5584x5304, 931x884 | Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 1. A quadruple pump-mill for raising water.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771) The height of modern technology in 1771: a super-efficient pump powered by a water wheel! The ngine is represented in Plate 99. fig. 1. In which ABCD is a wheel, turned by water according to the order [...] Keywords: diagrams, machinery, wheels, pulleys, chains, whaterwheels, pumps, hydraulics, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2014-03-25 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 325x750, 567x1308, 756x1744, 87x200 | Plate XCIX.—Hydrostatics.—Fig. 8. Cup of Tantalus.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771) Tantalus’s cup. Let a hole be made quite through the bottom of the cup A (fig. 11) and the longer leg of the bended syphon BCED be cemented into the hole, so that the end D of the shorter leg DE may a [...] Keywords: diagrams, cups, water, hydraulics, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2018-03-01 + S K L |
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124x200, 1396x2245, 467x750, 698x1123 | An Orphan Family’s ChristmasGood Words (1862) This picture, by Thomas Morten, was engraved by the Brothers Dalziel. It shows a woman and two children sitting near a lit fireplace, their heavy clothing suggesting the house is not warm. One child h [...] Keywords: christmas, xmas, interiors, victorian costumes, andirons, fireplaces, holly, orphans, poverty, people, children, women, boys, girls, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2025-12-23 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1058x1632, 130x200, 447x689, 595x918, 794x1224 | Advert: Delightful Steamer TripsLynton, Lynmouth, Exmoor, Minehead and the Land of Lorna Doone (1910) An advertisment from the beginning of the travel guide. DELIGHTFUL STEAMER TRIPS THROUGH 90 MILES Of THAMES SCENERY. Daily service (Sundays excepted) from May to end of September. SALOON STEAMERS run [...] Keywords: page images, advertisements, boats, transport, greyscale Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England Added: 2006-01-17 + S K L R N |
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1085x934, 2170x1868, 233x200, 814x701 | The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built.The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786) The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. 1 The Barbacan. 2 The Ditch or Moat. 3 Wall of the outer Ballium. 4 Outer Ballium. 5 Artificial Mount. 6 Wall of the inner Ballium. 7 Inner Ball [...] Keywords: castles, diagrams, towers, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-05-31 + S K L |
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1019x712, 1528x1067, 2037x1423, 287x200, 750x524 | The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. (version with no caption)The Antiquities of England and Wales (1786) This is a version of The Mode in which Antient Castles... but without the caption. Antient is an old way to spell “ancient.” The Mode in which Antient Castles were generally built. 1 The Barbacan. 2 [...] Keywords: castles, diagrams, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-05-31 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1280x800, 1440x900, 1600x1000, 1680x1050, 2364x1475, 319x200, 640x400, 960x600 | 6.—Tinmouth CastleThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786) Tinmouth Castle from the North, with a View of the Haven &c. Northumberland. There was a monastery at Tynemouth as early as the 6th century, and the fortifications were builtby the monks for protectio [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, people, cliffs, water, ships, greyscale Places shown: Tynemouth; Northumberland; England Added: 2009-11-29 + S K L R N |
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1050x1543, 136x200, 136x200, 590x867, 787x1158 | Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon.The Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772) Thomas Hearne M.A. of Edmund Hall Oxon. Obit 10 Junii. 1735. Ætat. 57. Vertue Soul Thomas Hearne, the famous Oxford Antiquary, or historian, is depicted in this woodcut or engraving as a portly gentl [...] Keywords: portraits, people, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2007-05-18 + S K L |
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116x200, 116x200, 1613x2787, 454x784, 605x1045, 807x1394 | Title page, New Year’s GiftThe Life Of Anthony à Wood (1772) This scan shows the title page from the 1772 edition of John Leland’s New Year’s Gift, which was printed as a fac-simile (such as technology then allowed) of the original 1549 edition of John Bale. My [...] Keywords: page images, typography, title pages, greyscale Places shown: unspecified Added: 2007-05-18 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1004x777, 1339x1037, 258x200, 2677x2073, 752x583 | Antique Eighteenth-Century Map of BerkshireThe Antiquities of England and Wales (1786) BERKSHIRE Drawn from the Best Authorities and Regulated by Astronomical Observations By T. Kitchin Geogr. This 1786 (approx.) map includes Reading, Abingdon, Faringdon, Wantage, Wallingford, East Ilsl [...] Keywords: maps, greyscale Places shown: Berkshire; England Added: 2008-04-26 + S K L R N |
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158x200, 591x750, 917x1163 | Oval shamrock borderSheet Music and Covers (1910) This border is of clover, or Irish shamrock, as befitted the cover of an Irish song. You can also see the original cover page and there is a green version too. Keywords: borders, leaves, foliated borders, oval, clover, full-page borders, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2021-01-05 + S K L |
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141x200, 636x900, 848x1200 | Music Cover: Country Life by Ernest NewtonSheet Music and Covers (1910) The cover of “Country Life” by Ernest Newton. Sheet music, such as for a piano and singer, has for many years been published with the title page on the front cover; this is because it is most convenie [...] Keywords: title pages, sheet music, page images, colour Places shown: none Added: 2010-08-17 + S K L |
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