An engineer times valve ignitions on a new JA Prestwick racing motor, 1953. [Getty Images]

ENGLAND - MAY 28: Photograph by Walter Nurnberg who transformed industrial photography after WWII using film studio lighting techniques. (Photo by Walter Nurnberg/SSPL/Getty Images) — see more

ENGLAND - MAY 28: Photograph by Walter Nurnberg who transformed industrial photography after WWII using film studio lighting techniques. (Photo by Walter Nurnberg/SSPL/Getty Images)

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