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Extraordinary engineering!
A selection of surprising images from the collections of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET).
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Engineering
Technical Illustration
Surprise Images
Wind Power
Engineers
Journal
Paper
A wind powered circular saw from a paper entitled 'Electricity from the wind,' by Arthur H Allen, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1910.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Technical Illustrations
Library Services
Houses Of Parliament
Warfare
Maps
Blue Prints
Figure of the ventilation of the debating chamber of the Houses of Parliament from a paper entitled 'Ventilation and warming' by William Thomas Sugg, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1895.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Charles Turner
Old Folks
Homestead Survival
Knots
Figure from a paper entitled 'The timbering of trenches and tunnels' by Charles Turner, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1871.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Solar System Facts
Solar Energy System
Solar Power
History Of Solar Energy
Think Tank
World History Facts
History Books
Collections D'objets
Jardin Des Tuileries
Pifre's sun-power plant of 1878, driving a printing press, from a paper entitled 'The utilisation of solar energy' by A S E Ackerman, in the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1915.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Cult Movies
Destruction
Movie Stars
Engineering
World
The World
Technology
Images of the construction of Sizewell B power station, from Engineering World, 1991.
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Extraordinary engineering!
200 Pounds
Yards
Gun
Military
A silent and flash-less gun which can throw a projectile of 200 pounds 1,500 yards, from a paper entitled 'Sonics' by George Constantinesco, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1959.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Figure of a sewer gas destructor from a paper entitled 'The cleansing and ventilation of pipe sewers' by Boyd Archibald Miller, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1892.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Scaffolding
Cathedral
Louvre
Environment
London
Architecture
Scaffolding on the dome of St Paul's cathedral, London, from a paper entitled 'Scaffolding of St Pauls' by A E Witchlow, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1966.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Gallery
Tourists looking out from the Golden Gallery on the scaffolding-encased dome of St Paul's cathedral, London, from a paper entitled 'Scaffolding of St Pauls' by A E Witchlow, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1966.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Will Turner
History
Modern
Vintage
Carter and Turner's patent roller mill from a paper by J Harrison Carter, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1883.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Animals
Animales
Figures of rolling machinery from a paper by J Harrison Carter, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1883.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Royal Society
Crosses
Robot
Physics
A description of a robot against which one can play noughts and crosses, at the National Physical Laboratory, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1949.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Ship
Board
Figures from a paper entitled 'Refrigeration machinery on board ship' by T B Lightfoot, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1887.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Outfit
Outfits
Kleding
Clothes
The Mackintosh boring and prospecting tool, from a paper entitled 'A "one man" borehole outfit', by F H Mackintosh, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1928.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Trafalgar Square
Bridges
London England
Figures of photographic surveying in Trafalgar Square, London, from a paper entitled 'Photographic surveying' by J Bridges Lee, from the journal of the Society of Engineers, 1899.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Water Supply
Bobs
Chart
Map
City
Chart of the engineering bureau organisation of New York City, from a paper entitled 'Notes on the water supply of greater New York', by William T Taylor in the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1914.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Milling Machine
Brixton
Drill
Images of a machine shop from a paper by Annette Ashberry, managing director of Atalanta, Ltd, Brixton, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1926. Top: Herbert Capstan lathes and universal grinder. Bottom: milling machine, drill and lathes.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Jets
Worlds Largest
Fountain
Barcelona
Water Fountains
Figures from a paper entitled 'Illuminated fountain at Barcelona Exhibition' by A S E Ackerman, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1930. At the time this was the world's largest and most exquisite illuminated fountain with jets of water reaching 160 foot.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Leadership Lessons
Theodore Roosevelt
Popular Books
21st Century
Reading
'The first model' of a hovercraft from a paper entitled 'Developments of hovercraft' by Sir C Cockerell, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1969.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Airplanes
Planes
Aircraft
Plane
Hover scooter, from a paper entitled 'plastics as a structural material in engineering' by A J Davenport, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1962.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Over The River
World War One
German
British
England
France
Top: Bridge over the River Scarpe, France, reconstructed by the British. Bottom: St Quentin canal bridge, France, destroyed by German forces. From a paper entitled 'Bridges, their renewal in England and France during the Great War (WW1)' by A Stewart Bickle, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1925
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Extraordinary engineering!
Diagram
Figure of stoking machinery at a gas works, from a paper in the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1898.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Olympics
Construction
Building
Travel
Erection of moveable scaffolding for the construction of the Olympic stadium, Caracas, Venezuela. From the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1953.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Bridge Construction
Hoe
Underwater
India
Goa India
A jham, an underwater hoe, used for well formation during bridge construction, from a paper titled 'Engineering in India' by F C Danvers, from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1868.
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Extraordinary engineering!
Deep Sea
Lighthouses
Lighthouse
Cross section of the Seastation, from a paper entitled 'Deep Sea Lighthouses', from the Journal of the Society of Engineers, 1965.
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Extraordinary engineering!
