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28 printing blocks

1910-1915

Burner cowling, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 flying machine steam engine

1847-1848
Boiler, for horizontal single cylinder-slide valve steam engine, by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the boiler for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft.

Boiler for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine

1847-1848
Horizontal single cylinder slide-valve steam engine, designed and made by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the engine for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft.

Steam Engine, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 Flying Machine

1847-1848
Alcohol/naptha-fired burner, for horizontal single cylinder-slide valve steam engine, by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1847-1848. John Stringfellow made the burner for a William Henson designed ten-foot wing-span model aircraft.

Alcohol/naptha-fired burner, for Stringfellow's 1847-8 flying machine

1847-1848
Seven glass plate negatives (10"x8"), showing portraits of people with artificial legs fitted by Gillingham and Son of Chard, Somerset, late 19th to early 20th centuries

Glass plate negatives (10"x8")

Reproduction model of Stringfellow's model triplane of 1868

Model Stringfellow's triplane, 1868.

1933
Demonstration models of a bobbin-net machine, (an original model as designed by Samuel Blackmore in 1880 and one reconstructed by Museum Workshops)

Demonstration models of a bobbin-net machine

circa 1880
Henson's Flying Machine model [1843]. With stand and pieces of fabric.

William Henson's model of his 'Aerial Steam Carriage'

1843
Twin cylinder aeronautical steam engine built by John Stringfellow, Chard, Somerset, England, 1871. The engine was built for use during the Siege of Paris.

Twin cylinder aeronautical steam engine built by John Stringfellow

1871
Two framed photographs showing patients supplied with artificial limbs and other orthopaedic aids produced by Gillingham and Son of Chard, Somerset, England, c.1903

Framed photographs (2) showing patients supplied with artificial aids by Gillinghams of Chard

1903
Framed photograph of man sitting in an invalid carriage, believed to be a customer of Gillingham and Son, artificial limb makers based in Chard, Somerset, probably early 20th century.

Framed photograph of man in invalid tricycle

1903