Solution Collection

An Ideal Home No. V. The Spare Room by William Heath Robinson
This is W. Heath Robinsons solution of the spare room problem, a brilliant idea which renders it possible to entertain in the smallest flat without the slightest difficulty

An Ideal Home No. IV. Top-Floor Chicken Farm by William Heat
The beauty and simplicity of this solution of the problem of how to keep chickens in the top floor of the bijou flat will appeal to readers who like to get as much as possible for their rent

The Spiral Bridge - Hastings, Minnesota, USA - completes in 1895, the only one of its kind in the world. Date: circa 1930s

Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot oil on canvas. Jean-Simon Berthelemy (1743-1811) French history painter. Legend is, in 333 BC at Gordium, Phrygia, Alexander the Great, unable to untie the knot

Long Dachshund Dog
The solution to the problem for traffic when a very long Dachshund crosses the road with is owner. Simply tie its body in a knot

Ventolin asthma drug C018 / 1165
Ventolin asthma drug. Ampoules of the bronchodilator drug salbutamol, marketed as Ventolin, for use in a nebuliser. Asthma causes breathing difficulties due to contraction of the airways in

Maze, artwork
Maze, computer artwork

The passion for crossword riddles (colour litho)
2777623 The passion for crossword riddles (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The passion for crossword riddles)

Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons
5308936 Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a young lady gilding buttons. Buttons were brushed with a solution of nitrate of mercury)

The many 'solutions' for a smoking fire
5308063 The many 'solutions' for a smoking fire.; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting the many 'solutions' for a smoking fire. Dated 19th century)

Crystals magnified under a microscope: silver solution and Diana's tree 1, camphor 2, and niter 3
FLO4574143 Crystals magnified under a microscope: silver solution and Diana's tree 1, camphor 2, and niter 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur

The process of tanning goat skins
5311845 The process of tanning goat skins; (add.info.: Woodblock engraving depicting the process of tanning goat skins in a sumach solution)

Washing ore to extract gold, 16th century (engraving)
540732 Washing ore to extract gold, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Water is fed into a sieve containing crushed ore)

Soldiers in Ypres during World War One using early gas masks, which were pads of cotton wool soaked in a solution of
3058444 Soldiers in Ypres during World War One using early gas masks, which were pads of cotton wool soaked in a solution of common washing soda

Merci, je sors d'en prendre, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Merci, je sors d'en prendre, 19th century. Thank you, I go out of it

PEZZO DOPO PEZZO
Daniele Porceddu

Forward Thinker
Carlo Kaminski

St. Jacobs Oil, Conquers Pain, 1888. Creator: Unknown
St. Jacobs Oil, Conquers Pain, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Dr Lloyd George proposes to cure the sufferer from the unemployment epidemic with four hot water bottles
KDC397332 Dr Lloyd George proposes to cure the sufferer from the unemployment epidemic with four hot water bottles, Insurance Levy, Relief Works, Loans and Export Credits, 1921 (litho) by Partridge

The hermit Niklaus von Flue and the Treaty of Stans, 1481 (colour litho)
3621070 The hermit Niklaus von Flue and the Treaty of Stans, 1481 (colour litho) by Courvoisier, Jules (1884 - 1936); Private Collection; (add.info)

Submarine Electric Telegraph (engraving)
1102290 Submarine Electric Telegraph (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Submarine Electric Telegraph)

Its no use calling the tiger to chase away the dog, 1932 (colour litho)
473438 Its no use calling the tiger to chase away the dog, 1932 (colour litho) by Bull, Rene(1872-1942); Private Collection; (add.info)

Obesity: sure cure for reducing fat - work harder (chromolitho)
5996013 Obesity: sure cure for reducing fat - work harder (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Obesity: sure cure for reducing fat - work harder)

Hydraulics systems including floating, hydromancy
Hydraulics systems including floating action 1, 2, hydromancy or water divination 3, 4, and Archimedes solution to the problem of Hieros crown 5

Cartoon, The Letter of the Law, by Ghilchick -- One-Piece Bathing Suits Prohibited. Date: 1933

Tankard, the body chased with a scene representing Alexander
CH469897 Tankard, the body chased with a scene representing Alexander and the Legend of the Gordian Knot, Danzig, c.1680 (parcel gilt silver) by German School

O, Lord, send me a wife, with money (colour litho)
3641711 O, Lord, send me a wife, with money (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: O, Lord, send me a wife, with money)

An officer of the National Peoples Armed Forces explains to foreign visitors at the Brandenburg Gate the necessity of
3638433 An officer of the National Peoples Armed Forces explains to foreign visitors at the Brandenburg Gate the necessity of the antifascist protective wall

The Spectroscope (colour litho)
966630 The Spectroscope (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Spectroscope)

A Midnight Trip by Road to Brighton (engraving)
1046371 A Midnight Trip by Road to Brighton (engraving) by Corbould, Alfred Chantrey (1852-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Midnight Trip by Road to Brighton, with the New Parcel Post Van)

A Tangle, 1897 (oil on canvas)
1199805 A Tangle, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Muschamp, Francis Sydney (1851-1929); 50.9x76.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Catching the emanation from radium (b / w photo)
3652710 Catching the emanation from radium (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Catching the emanation from radium)

The Sphinx Defeated, c. 1878 (oil on board)
NUL396516 The Sphinx Defeated, c.1878 (oil on board) by Moreau, Gustave (1826-98); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Lloyd George charming the Serpent of Unemployment, 1921 (litho)
KDC397330 Lloyd George charming the Serpent of Unemployment, 1921 (litho) by Raven-Hill, Leonard (1867-1942); Private Collection; (add.info)

Punch cartoon: Thames and His Tributary - John Thwaites and the commissioning of the Thames Embankment to improve
6034743 Punch cartoon: Thames and His Tributary - John Thwaites and the commissioning of the Thames Embankment to improve Londons sewerage system (engraving) by English School

The Lesson, 1887 (oil on panel)
CH429816 The Lesson, 1887 (oil on panel) by Caille, Leon (1836-1907); 33x23.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

Cartoon depicting the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelts (1882-1945) New Deal
PNP253851 Cartoon depicting the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelts (1882-1945) New Deal, 1933 (print) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rack picture with Telegraph, Letter and Postcards, 1880 (oil on canvas)
985016 Rack picture with Telegraph, Letter and Postcards, 1880 (oil on canvas) by Peto, John Frederick (1854-1907); 61x50.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rack picture with Telegraph)

Prayer
Young beautiful ballerinas hands on a black background. Alexander Yakovlev

I really do not know anymore
Carola Kayen-Mouthaan

Cutting through the Vendome Column; Paris Commune 1871
A group of Communards cutting through the base of the column in the Place Vendome, Paris, 1871. The Communards decided to remove the column, a symbol of imperial splendour

Elkingtons Electro-plate Factory, Birmingham 1844
The silver deposit room at Elkingtons Electro-plate Factory, Birmingham. The objects to be plated are connected to an electrical cable (routed across the ceiling)

Drawing goatskins at a leather factory, south London
Two men drawing goatskins at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. The process involves repeatedly soaking the skins in a solution of lime and water over a number of weeks

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