Giant white horses carved into the grass of chalk hillsides, some dating back to the 18C
The poster child white horse of Wiltshire dates to the 18C
The original White Horse, a stylized Bronze Age figure carved into an Oxfordshire hillside
The second oldest white horse in Wiltshire is just a few miles from Avebury
One of the most visible and well-defined chalk horses, from 1812
A horse cut to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.