Valve Collection (#4)

Horizontal section of a switch valve and cylinder in the Westinghouse pneumatic interlocking system of railroad
RAILROAD SWITCH, 1892. Horizontal section of a switch valve and cylinder in the Westinghouse pneumatic interlocking system of railroad switches. Wood engraving, American, 1892

William Harvey (1578-1657) English physician. Diagram from De Motu Cordis, 1628. When tourniquet applied valves in veins B, C, D, E, F Fig.1. show. Vein at valve at OH Fig.2

Rubber snap in valve and a valve core from a car

Thermometer, tyre pump and bicycle wheel and tyre

Brachiopods - Actinoconchus: Shell of the brachiopod Actinoconchus paradoxus McCoy, which lived attached to hard substrates by a short pedicle

Brachiopods - Strophomena: The brachial valve interior of the shell of the brachiopod Strophomena grandis (J. de C)
Brachiopods - Strophomena: The brachial valve interior of the shell of the brachiopod Strophomena grandis (J.de C. Sowerby), which was probably free-lying

Brachiopods - Chonetes: Brachial valve

Roman civilization, Valve from diptych portraying Flavius Stilicho
Roman civilization, 4th century A.D. Valve from a diptych portraying Flavius Stilicho

Side view of model of black and yellow Bombardier Beetle with yellow legs, cross section showing venom glands and reservoir, explosion chamber filled with red liquid with one-way valve, side view

Valve wheel F006 / 7251
Valve wheel

Radiator thermostat F006 / 7101
Radiator thermostat

Prosthetic heart valves, X-ray F008 / 3450
Prosthetic heart valves. Coloured X-ray of the chest of a patient that has had their mitral and aortic heart valves replaced with prosthetic valves (orange)

Prosthetic heart valves, X-ray F008 / 3451
Prosthetic heart valves. Coloured X-ray of the chest of a patient that has had their mitral and aortic heart valves replaced with prosthetic valves (black)

Prosthetic heart valves, X-ray F008 / 3449
Prosthetic heart valves. Coloured X-ray of the chest of a patient that has had their mitral and aortic heart valves replaced with prosthetic valves (orange)

Prosthetic heart valves, X-ray F008 / 3453
Prosthetic heart valves. Coloured X-ray of the chest of a patient that has had their mitral and aortic heart valves replaced with prosthetic valves (centre right)

Prosthetic heart valves, X-ray F008 / 3452
Prosthetic heart valves. Coloured X-ray of the chest of a patient that has had their mitral and aortic heart valves replaced with prosthetic valves (centre right)

Laboratory pipes F006 / 8556
Laboratory pipes

Male heart, artwork
Male heart, computer artwork

Ventricular shunt, X-ray
Ventricular shunt. X-ray of the head of a 52-year-old patient with hydrocephalus, showing the position of a ventricular shunt (dark lines, right) and its external valve (round, centre right)

Heart, illustration C018 / 0797
Heart, artwork. The heart is a hollow muscle that pumps blood around the body. Deoxygenated blood from the body is returned to the hearts right atrium (chamber)

Sun valve C014 / 1499
Sun valve (left) on a routing beacon. A Sun valve consists of a central blackened metal rod, surrounded by three polished rods, all enclosed in a glass tube

Sun valve C014 / 1500
Sun valve (upper left) on a routing beacon. A Sun valve consists of a central blackened metal rod, surrounded by three polished rods, all enclosed in a glass tube

Early Russian computer in Baikonur museum
Early Russian computer in Baikonur space museum, Kazakhstan (note thermionic valves and mechanical calculator)

Artificial urinary sphincter, X-ray C016 / 6609
Artificial urinary sphincter. Coloured X-ray of the pelvis of a 55 year old female patient showing a prosthetic urinary sphincter (AUS, beige at centre)

Artificial urinary sphincter, X-ray C016 / 6610
Artificial urinary sphincter. Coloured X-ray of the pelvis of a 55 year old female patient showing a prosthetic urinary sphincter (AUS, beige at centre)

Artificial urinary sphincter, X-ray C016 / 6608
Artificial urinary sphincter. Coloured X-ray of the pelvis of a 55 year old female patient showing a prosthetic urinary sphincter (AUS, beige at centre)

Engineer on a gas pipeline C018 / 2310
Natural gas. An engineer standing next to valves on a gas supply pipeline. Photographed near Minsk, Belarus

Heart ventricle anatomy, artwork C016 / 2875
Ventricular diastole. Artwork showing a section through a human heart and its associated blood vessels during ventricular diastole. The heart is composed of four chambers

Engineer checking wellhead pressure C016 / 2762
Oil. An engineer checks wellhead valves in an oil field. The wellhead is a piece of equipment that forms the interface between the drilled borehole and production equipment at the surface

Cardiovascular system, artwork C013 / 4406
Cardiovascular system, computer artwork. The heart (centre) is a hollow muscle that pumps blood around the body. Arteries, which carry oxygenated blood around the body, are red

Cardiovascular system, artwork C013 / 4405
Cardiovascular system, computer artwork. The heart (centre) is a hollow muscle that pumps blood around the body. Arteries, which carry oxygenated blood around the body, are red

Engraving of a Rowntree fire engine, showing various sections

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- foam being applied around the valve of a tank at a serious oil tank fire at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940

John Gray valve gear by David Joy

Silicified brachiopod
This specimen shows spiral supports for the brachiopod feeding system. Preserved inside are one of the valves, and have been etched out with acid

Actinoptychus, diatom
Scanning electron microscope image of the exterior valve of the diatom Actinoptychus (x 500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

American advertisement for Mobilgas gasoline, 1943
MOBIL ADVERTISEMENT, 1943. American advertisement for Mobilgas gasoline, 1943

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: HORNS. A pair of horns: French horn with valves (left) and early valveless bugle. Line engraving, German, late 19th century

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