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 : In Scientific Circles by W. Heath Robinson


In Scientific Circles by W. Heath Robinson

Drawing by William Heath Robinson showing a policeman, watching very carefully. While a group of men holding a tray with one drink on it, walks round a lamppost, testing the principles of the gyratory system, for its protection for spills in collision. The drawing was trying to portray the new gyratory traffic experiment in central London to help the ease of traffic. Vehicles entering from the left would go around a grass verge or a gyratory system (similar to a roundabout) and leave when they arrived at the point they wished to

Picture No
13944717
Media ID
46790310
Size
3977px x 5764px (5.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Drawing by W. Heath Robinson in The Bystander', 2 June 1926, page 522
Date
1926

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Circles Collision Congestion Controlling Ease Introduced Lamppost One-way Problems Relieve Roundabout Roundabouts Scheme Selected Spills


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