'Newest invention - an air balloon being piloted by Adler', 1801.

Plan of the Crystal Palace and grounds, Sydenham, 1911.

Schneider Trophy contest programme, back cover, 1931.

Ships signalling to each other at night by firing cannons, 1769.

'Bramah's improved Patent Fire Engine', 1805.

Making heavy forgings, Grimesthorpe Steel and Ordnance Works, 1914-1918.

The Metropolitan Underground Railway, 1863.

Hydrographic map of the Persian Gulf, 1712.

'Descending the Shaft at Wielliczka', 1869.

'The March of Intellect' - 'Lord, how this world improves as we grow older', 1829.

A medieval missionary finds the point where sky and earth touch, 1888.

An eruption of Mount Vesuvius as seen from Posillipo, Kingdom of Naples, 9 August 1779.