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Thimonnier Machine
The first working sewing machine, by French tailor and inventor Barthelemy Thimonnier, 1830. The machine sewed straight seams using chain stitch. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wanzer Machine
An early sewing machine made by the Wanzer Sewing Machine Company, circa 1865. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Garrets Thresher
Garretts bolting threshing machine of 1848. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wildes Dynamo
A separately excited dynamo invented by English scientist Dr Henry Wilde, circa 1865. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ulm Cathedral
The Gothic cathedral or Munster in Ulm, circa 1900. Construction was begun in 1377 and completed in 1890, and the spire is one of the worlds tallest, at 161 metres

New Jaguars
A line of new Jaguar E-type sports cars under dust sheets at the Jaguar factory, Coventry, 2nd September 1972. (Photo by Frank Tewkesbury/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Portsmouth Transport
A horsedrawn cart owned by Chaplin & Co, carriers for the South Western Railway, at Portsmouth, circa 1900. (Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Regent Street Shoppers
Shoppers outside Peter Robinson Ltd on Regent Street, London, 11th March 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kitchen Apparatus
Soyers Modern Housewifes Kitchen Apparatus, circa 1850. The invention of French chef Alexis Soyer, it boasts an open roasting fire, a hot water boiler, a baking oven

Early Cooker
An early gas cooker, made in Glasgow, circa 1875. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gas Cooker
A gas range invented by A. G. Southby, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

That Rude Uncivil Touch
Left to right: Valentine, Proteus, Silvia and Julia (dressed as a man) in act V, scene 4 of William Shakespeares play Two Gentlemen of Verona

Sulfur Mining
The kilns and refuse piles of limestone at a sulfur mine in Sicily, circa 1950. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Baltic Interior
The interior of the Baltic Exchange in London, 3rd May 1920. The exchange is the centre of shipbroking and chartering in the City of London. (Photo by A. R)

Covent Garden Market
The fruit department at Covent Garden market, London, 5th August 1925. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Linen Spinners
A group of women using spinning-wheels to spin linen yarn, 1783. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Town Barracks
The Officers Quarters at the Main Barracks in Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Town Station
The railway station on Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Town Parliament
The Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Town Street
Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1925. The railway station and post office are on the left and the Grand Hotel on the right

Cape Town in South Africa, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Town
A view of Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa, from the tower of the Post Office, with Lions Head mountain in the background, circa 1890

Cape Town in South Africa, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Town Crossing
Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa, with the post office in the background, August 1928. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Town War Memorial
The Cape Town War Memorial on Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa, August 1928. Table Mountain is visible in the background. (Photo by J. B)

Gold Miners At Ballarat
Gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, circa 1855. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kraal On The Tugela
Zulu warriors at a kraal on the Tugela River during the Zulu war with Britain, South Africa, 1879. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Evicted Family
A mother and children with their belongings after being evicted from their house near Errismore in the west of Ireland, circa 1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Fighting On The Congo
British colonialists fighting native Africans on the Congo river, circa 1875. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

London Bridge
Traffic on London Bridge, circa 1904. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Thames View
Customs House and Billingsgate Market across the River Thames in London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tartar Tyranny
Tartars (or Tatars) abusing the Russian peasantry, circa 1300. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Post Office
The new General Post Office on St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London, circa 1830. It was built between 1825 and 1829. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Post Office
The new General Post Office on St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London, circa 1830. It was built between 1825 and 1829. A page from Old And New London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Post Office
The General Post Office in London, as seen from Cheapside, circa 1890. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Post Office
The General Post Office on St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London, circa 1890. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Post Office
The General Post Office on King Edward Street in London, circa 1890. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Post Office
The proposed new post office buildings in Glasgow, circa 1880. The foundation stone was laid in 1876 by the Prince of Wales. Original Publication : The Illustrated London News - pub

General Post Office
Mail coaches leaving the new General Post Office on St Martins-le-Grand in the City of London, 1832. It was built between 1825 and 1829. llustration by Pollard. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Constantinople Post Office
The British Army post office in Constantinople, during the Crimean War, 1856. Original Publication : The Illustrated London News - pub. 19th January 1856. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Seaside Sunset
Sunset over the British coast, circa 1965. (Photo by Kenneth Rittener/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sunset On The Lake
Sunset over a lake, circa 1965. (Photo by Kenneth Rittener/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Appletreewick Rainbow
A rainbow over Appletreewick, in North Yorkshire, circa 1965. (Photo by Kenneth Rittener/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Randolph
Passengers on the deck of the Randolph, one of the first four ships to settle Christchurch in Canterbury, New Zealand, 1850. Original Publication - Illustrated London News - pub. 3rd August 1880

London Bridge
Traffic crossing London Bridge over the River Thames in 1805. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

London Bridge
Traffic crossing London Bridge over the River Thames in 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Yosemite Valley
A rocky stream in Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1870. (Photo by Carleton E Watkins/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sentinel Rock
The 3270 ft high Sentinel Rock, Yosemite National Park, California, circa 1870. (Photo by Carleton E Watkins/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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