Couple sleeping in deckchairs on the beach

'Proposed Steam Navigation Dock at the Mouth of the River Lea', London, c 1850.

Man with a mouse in his mouth, mid 19th century.

Spittoon, Europe, 19th century.

Disinfecting car wheels during a foot and mouth outbreak, Whipsnade Zoo, 1935.

Zhang Heng, Chinese seismologist, c 120 AD.

Zhang Heng, Chinese seismologist, c 120 AD.

Lorenz Heister, German surgeon, 18th century.

Balling irons, 19th century.

Channel Tunnel construction, 1991.

Channel Tunnel construction, 1993.

Zhang Heng seismoscope, 132 AD.