The 'Experience' railway coach, 1834. Model . This was a first class carriage used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . It was one of the first...The Experience railway coach, 1834. Model
Model. This hackney vehicle was popular from the 19th century until the motor cab superseded it during the period from 1905 to 1912. It was a closed...Hansom cab, c 1900.
Model. This hackney vehicle was popular from the 19th century until the motor cab superseded it during the period from 1905 to 1912. It was a closed...Hansom cab, c 1900.
Registration plate including manufacturer's plate and tax disc from a two-cylinder water-cooled six-seater Daimler motor car with hot tube ignition,...Daimler motor car registration plate, 1899.
Two-cylinder water-cooled six-seater Daimler motor car with hot tube ignition, built by the Motor Manufacturing Company, UK. The 1650cc engine...Daimler motor car, 1899.
Model. The light high-speed petrol motor, invented by Gottlieb Daimler in 1889, was first commercially applied to the motor car by the Frenchmen,...Panhard-Levassor motor car, 1894.
The 'Experience' railway coach, 1834. Model . This was a first class carriage used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . It was one of the first...The Experience railway coach, 1834. Model
These ribbons were woven on a model of a Jacquard loom made by James Heywood of Coventry, Warwickshire, in 1870. The Jacquard loom, developed by the...Ribbons woven on a model of a Coventry ribbon loom.
This was the first fully-automatic calculating machine. British computing pioneer Charles Babbage first conceived the idea of an advanced calculating...Experimental model of Babbage�s Analytical Engine mill, 1834-1871.
Detail of jewel bearings. Dip circles are used to measure the angle between the direction of the earth�s magnetic field and the horizontal at any...Fox dip and intensity apparatus, c 1840.
Detail of jewel bearings. Fox dip and intensity apparatus made by W George of Falmouth, Cornwall. A magnetic needle on a horizontal axis lays...Fox dip and intensity apparatus, c 1840.
Two cameras associated with the British pioneer of photography W H F Talbot . On the left is a small experimental camera with a lens; on the right a...Two mousetrap cameras, c 1835.
The Orangery, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 1997. Exotic fruit and plants were protected from the British winter in the orangery. Wrest Park was built in...The Orangery, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 1997. Artist: N Corrie
The Orangery, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 1997. Exotic fruit and plants were protected from the British winter in the orangery. Wrest Park was built in...The Orangery, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 1997. Artist: N Corrie
Interior of the Orangery, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 1997. Wrest Park was built in 1834-39, inspired by 18th-century French chateaux, and is set in...Interior of the Orangery, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 1997. Artist: N Corrie
Crew members get set as the French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione sails under the Rochefort transporter bridge as it departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort, western...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione sails under the Rochefort transporter bridge as it departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort, western...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
Onlookers cheer as the French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort, western France. The replica of the...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione sails past the Rochefort transporter bridge as it departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort, western...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione sails under the Rochefort transporter bridge as it departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort, western...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The French frigate Hermione departs to the Aix island, on September 7, 2014 from Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione, the frigate...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People look at the replica of the French frigate Hermione prior to its depature to the Aix island this afternoon, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort,...TOPSHOT-FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People look at the replica of the French frigate Hermione prior to its depature to the Aix island this afternoon, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort,...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People look at the replica of the French frigate Hermione prior to its depature to the Aix island this afternoon, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort,...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People look at the replica of the French frigate Hermione prior to its depature to the Aix island this afternoon, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort,...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People look at the replica of the French frigate Hermione prior to its depature to the Aix island this afternoon, on September 7, 2014 in Rochefort,...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon as it was blocked with mud, on September...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon as it was blocked with mud, on September...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon as it was blocked with mud, on September...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon as it was blocked with mud, on September...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon, as it was blocked with mud, on...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People gather around the replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon as it was blocked...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People gather around the replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon as it was blocked...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
The replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon, as it was blocked with mud, on...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
People gather around the replica of the French frigate Hermione remains behind a gate , which couldn't be opened in the afternoon as it was blocked...FRANCE-HISTORY-TOURISM-HERITAGE-SEA-US
Crew member of the replica of the Hermione ship plays the flute inside the ship on September 4, 2014 in Rochefort, western France. The replica of the...FRANCE-HISTORY-SEA-SHIP-HERMIONE
Crew members of the replica of the Hermione ship prepare hammocks inside the ship on September 4, 2014 in Rochefort, western France. The replica of...FRANCE-HISTORY-SEA-SHIP-HERMIONE
Crew member of the replica of the Hermione ship prepares the drugs on September 4, 2014 in Rochefort, western France. The replica of the Hermione,...FRANCE-HISTORY-SEA-SHIP-HERMIONE
Crew member of the replica of the Hermione ship gathers her belongings inside the ship on September 4, 2014 in Rochefort, western France. The replica...FRANCE-HISTORY-SEA-SHIP-HERMIONE
