Dial Collection (page 8)

Susi - with cat and telephone. 1950s

Advert for John Bennett pocket watches 1902
A selection of pocket watches, all available in Cheapside, London. 1902

Advert for John Bennett calendar watches 1902
Reverse pocket watch with the time on one side and separate clock for seconds and on the back the date with day, month, and year. 1902

Dentists cabinet, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co Ltd. 1921

Advert for Bensons pocket watches with roman numerals 1888
Special strength watches and chronographs. 1888

Music cover, So Many Memories, Jack Payne
Music cover, Jack Payne, Round the Dial -- So Many Memories, by Harry Woods. 1937

Ancient radio receiver. Brand Invicta

Czech Republic. Prague. Astronomical clock at Old Town Hall
Czech Republic. Bohemia. Prague. Old Town (Star? Mesto). Old Town Square (Staromestsk? n?mest?=?). Astronomical clock at Old Town Hall Tower. Astromical dial

Dial work of a clock showing the moon age, lunar phase, etc.. Dial work of a clock showing the moon age, lunar phase, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Wildwood-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, USA
Shuffleboard courts (left) at Wildwood-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, USA, with a sun deck, Sun Dial Apartments and the Hotel Oceanic in the background. Date: 1945

Stork Nest Turckheim Alsace
A stork nesting on a platform erected over the Porte de la France entering Turckheim, a town in the Gewurztraminer wine region west of Colmar in Alsace

Dial 999 display in an LFB exhibition
A Dial 999 display in a London Fire Brigade exhibition with details on either side of the services available

LFB firefighter cleaning an enclosed pump vehicle

Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box, London
Woman dialling 999 in a public telephone box near the Royal Festival Hall on Londons South Bank, used for a fire service exhibition. Date: 1957

Charlotte Fire Department vehicle, North Carolina, USA, August 1935. It was the first enclosed Sedan-type fire appliance in America -- a six-cylinder engine of 160 horsepower with a pumping capacity

Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London
A Shand Mason Horsed Steamer at Bishopsgate, London. Date: 1906

Large Dennis trailer water pump

Trailer water pump at Dulwich Fire Station, WW2
The latest trailer water pump, presented in September 1940, seen here at Dulwich Fire Station, south London. Date: 1940

Man taking a call in a fire station control room, May 1939. Date: 1939

Controls of a Leyland Metz fire engine, WW2
Controls of a Leyland Metz TLP (turntable ladder pump) fire engine, showing extension and elevation dials, 3 November 1944. Date: 1944

Belgian boy scout in phone box
A Belgian boy scout (or cub) in a phone box

WWI Military Hunter pocket watch
First World War Military Hunter pocket watch with enamel dial with seconds counter and key-wind, jewelled lever movement, by Rothermans, London

How wireless beacons guide ships in the fog
The Marconi invention can determine distance of the ship from the beacon to steer the vessel into a Harbour during foggy weather

Man listening to a radio
Man sitting in an armchair, listening to a large radio. Date: circa 1930s

Keeping a check on fuel consumed by G. H. Davis
Your fuel target: keeping a weekly check on the fuel consumed in an average household during the Second World War. Electricity and gas meters will tell you if you are keeping to your proper average

How wireless waves guide aeroplanes during bad visibility
Method of directing the pilots of aircraft flying to and from Croydon has been revolutioned by the Marconi directional visual beacon station erected at croydon. WWII

Corpus Christi College Quad and sundial, Oxford
Oxford: the entrance and quad of Corpus Christi College, with the sun dial, adorned with a pelican, the symbol of the college, in the foreground

Polygraph for brain and body monitoring in ESP testing
A multi-pen polygraph for the monitoring of brain and body functions during ESP testing. Date: 20th century

Business card design, man with gramophone
Business card design, depicting a man sitting in a green armchair with a gramophone with an enormous horn at his side. Date: 20th century

Projet d grande Pendule Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier
Artokoloro

COMPUTER ROOM, 1999. Main control switchboard and operators desk at the Washington Water Power Clark Fork River Noxon Rapids Hydroelectric Development Powerhouse in Sanders County, Montana

COMPUTER SYSTEM. A microchip-based computer control system installed in the early 1980s at the Thirtieth Street Station Power Director Center at the Amtrak Railroad Station in Philadelphia

Pilots controls, switches and dials in aeroplane cockpit, front view

Analogue wristwatch with metal strap, dial showing the time, date and day of the week

Illustration, electric sewing machine

Illustration, speedometer showing miles per hour and odometer showing miles travelled

Cross-section diagram of telephone receiver connected to red button phone, rotary dial to the side

Pyrometer, expanded with cross-section

Illustration of voltmeter attached to battery, showing electromotive force on dial

RADIOLA RADIO, c1925. Woman tuning an RCA Radiola Super VIII radio. Photograph, c1925

CURIOUS GILT CLOCK. dial, time

Clock on console with mask and garland, Daniel Marot I, Anonymous, Anonymous, after 1706 - before 1800

Two pendants with sundial, Anonymous, Hans Collaert (I), Philips Galle, 1581

Dentist, Jan van der Bruggen, 1659 - 1681

Wall Clock; Case maker Jacques Caffieri, French, 1678 - 1755, master 1714, Movement maker Julien Le Roy, French, 1686 - 1759, master 1713, Dial enamelled by Antoine-Nicolas Martiniere, French

Mantel Clock; Movement by Julien Le Roy, French, 1686 - 1759, master 1713, and dial enameled by Antoine-Nicolas Martiniere, French, 1706 - 1784, master 1720, Case by Unknown; Paris, France

Corner Cupboard; Cabinet by Jacques Dubois, French, 1694 - 1763, master 1742, clock movement by Etienne Le Noir II, French, 1699 - 1778, master 1717

Cartonnier with Bout de Bureau and Clock; Bernard II van Risenburgh, French, after 1696 - about 1766, master before 1730, movement by Etienne Le Noir II, French, 1699 - 1778, master 1717

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