- "Buy a fine Singing Bird?"
- 'Bone-shaker' bicycle, 1869
In 1839 Kirkpatrick Macmillan, a blacksmith of Courthill, Dumfriesshire, fitted pedals and cranks to the rear wheel, but again the machine was a failure. About 1864 Pierre Lallement, of Paris, adopted a front-wheel drive by fitting cranks and pedals, and, strange to say, this ‘bone-shaker,' as it was called, became the first popular bicycle The back-bone was of solid iron, and the wooden wheels had iron tires. It was introduced into England in 1868, and large numbers were made and used. In 1869 wire-spoked wheels were introduced by E.A.Cowper, and in the following year solid rubber tyres,and ball bearings in 1878. - 'Kampite' Trench Fuel blocks
BRYANT & MAY’S “KAMPITE” SAFETY TRENCH COOKER NO SPIRIT NO LIQUID SAFE, CLEAN & RELIABLE Complete with collapsible stand and six fuel blocks. Made by BRYAN & MAY, LTD., Manufacturers of the celebrated ‘Brymay’ Safety Matches & Swan Vestas) - 10 Profiles of historical people
No.1 .CHARLEMAGNE,though unable to write his own name,promoted schools,arts,civilization,and was the most powerful and enterprising monarch of his day. No.2.JAMES BOSWELL,the celebrated biographer of Dr.Samuel Johnson.He resembled Johnson as a fly does an elephant,while his self-assurance and impudence have rarely been equalled. No.3.CINGHALESE,a gentleman from the mountains of Ceylon. No.4.JOHN LOCKE,a distinguished philosopher. No.5.TASMANIAN,an aboriginee of Tasmania.His head does not,while his face does,manifest his cruel and cannibal habits. No.6.LORD BYRON,a poet of marvellous genius. No.7.CASSIUS,a famous Roman general,described in Shakespeare's "Julius Cæsar.” No.8.REV.ROWLAND HILL,an English clergyman. No.9.LAVATER,an eloquent Swiss preacher,poet,and physiognomist. No.10.PAUL I,Emperor of Russia,as his feeble face indicates,he was one of the weakest rulers in Europe. - 17pdr gun mounted in the Archer SP
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- A 13th-Century English Ship
The Viking influence is still easily traceable in this ship, but the forecastle and the sterncastle have put in their appearance. Also the hull is heavier than and not so sharp as in the earlier Viking ships. - A 16th-Century Dutch Boat
It was on boats of this type that the jib seems first to have been used. To-day in Holland one sees a similar boat, called a schuyl, which is almost identical with this, except that it utilizes a curved gaff at the top of the mainsail. - A 3
- A Bark Canoe
- A Bark Canoe
- A Bark Raft
- A Bark Raft
- A Battle Cruiser
A ship carrying the heaviest of guns but lacking the heavy armour of the dreadnaughts. Its speed is greatly superior to that of dreadnaughts. - A Birch-bark Canoe
In many parts of the world savage people have learned to build light frames over which they have stretched the best material available to them. The Indians of North America commonly utilize birch bark. - A Bishop’s Crozier, which appears to be of Italian manufacture. (Fourteenth Century)
- A Black Ball Packet
Ships of this type carried the transatlantic passengers of the early part of the 19th Century. Because of the demand of the owners of the Black Ball Line and of its competitors, America, where these lines were owned and where their ships were built, developed the designers who ultimately gave the world the clipper ships. - A Break-wind
- A Break-wind
- A British East Indiaman
These merchant ships, which sailed from England to the Far East, were almost as much like warships as they were like merchantmen. They were finely built, but they took their time on their voyages out and back. - A British Line-of-Battle Ship, 1790
This awkward ship is one of the type that made up the great fleets that fought, for instance, at Trafalgar. Nelson’s flagship, the Victory, is of this type. - A Camp Oven
- A Caravel of the time of Columbus
- A Cargo Liner
A cargo liner is a freight ship that sails on scheduled dates and routes, and is different in this from a “tramp” which takes what cargoes it can at any time and to any port. - A Character
- A cooked turkey
- A Cooper’s Workshop
- A Corvette of 1780
This ship shows the new sail plan overcoming the old. The masts carry topsails, topgallantsails, and royals, and what was formerly a lateen sail on the mizzenmast has become a spanker. Furthermore, while the ship carries jibs, she has not yet parted with her spritsails. - A Drinking Cup, called Gondole
- A European Side-wheeler
These steamers are often seen in European waters and are widely used as excursion boats. - A Few Types of Sailing Boats to Be Found Around the World
- A Few Types of Sailing Ships Common in European and American Waters
- A fiddler
- A Fight in the Tree-tops
- A fine exercise for abdominal muscles
- A Floating Dry Dock
And a ship undergoing repairs. - A Freighter Tied Up to a Pier
The lines shown running from the ship to the pier are often used in slightly different arrangements, but always it is advisable to run lines diagonally in order that slight movements of the ship away from the pier may be checked gradually and without breaking the lines. Furthermore, this arrangement prevents movement ahead or astern. - A Galleon of the Time of Elizabeth
The extremely high stern and the low bow shown in this drawing are about as extreme as any in use during the period when high bows and low sterns were thought to be good design. - A Glimpse of Camp Life
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- A Gloucester Fisherman
Such schooners as this are common in the New England fishing fleets. They are seaworthy and fast, and probably the men who sail them are the greatest seamen of our time. - A good reducing exercise fir vigorous girls
- A Great Lakes Freight Carrier
This type of ship is eliminating the whaleback on the Great Lakes, and is used largely to transport ore and grain. - A Greek Cuirass, Breast and Back plates
- A Greek Helmet
- A Greek Helmet 2
- A Greek Helmet 3
- A Greek Shield
- A Greek Trireme
These warships were about 120 feet in length, and the sails and spars were taken down and sent ashore if battle was expected. The oars were operated by slaves. - A Hudson River Steamer
The passenger steamers of the Hudson are large, speedy, and are capable of carrying thousand of excursionists. - A Knight armed and mounted for War
- A Knight entering the Lists
- A Large Egyptian Ship of the 18th Dynasty
The overhanging bow and stern were common on most early Egyptian ships, and the heavy cable, stretched from one end of the hull to the other and supported on two crutches, was used to strengthen these overhanging ends. - A loaf of bread
- A Love Affair in Little Italy
- A Lydian Helmet
- A Mail Liner
These ships, while somewhat smaller than the biggest ships and not quite so fast, are perhaps the most popular of passenger ships, for their rates are not so high as those of the great ships, and their accommodations are more or less comparable. - A Map of the Port of Cape Town
Table Bay is open to the force of north and northwest winds. Before the bay could protect ships from the frequent storms blowing from these directions a series of breakwaters had to be built, in the lee of which ships could anchor.