Inventions Collection (page 13)

Ateliers de construction de machines a vapeur de Boulton et Watt, a Soho, pres Birmingham (engraving)
5992930 Ateliers de construction de machines a vapeur de Boulton et Watt, a Soho, pres Birmingham (engraving) by European School

Machine du Cornouailles (engraving)
5992923 Machine du Cornouailles (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Machine du Cornouailles)

John Fitch, premier inventeur des bateaux a vapeur en Amerique, se donne la mort, a Philadelphie (engraving)
5992915 John Fitch, premier inventeur des bateaux a vapeur en Amerique, se donne la mort, a Philadelphie (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Fitch)

Le marquis de Jouffroy fait fabriquer au marteau, le cylindre de sa machine a vapeur
5992914 Le marquis de Jouffroy fait fabriquer au marteau, le cylindre de sa machine a vapeur, par le chaudronnier de Baume-les-Dames (engraving) by European School

Fulton monte sur son bateau a vapeur, le Clermont, a New-York, pour son premier voayage, le 11 avril 1807 (engraving)
5992908 Fulton monte sur son bateau a vapeur, le Clermont, a New-York, pour son premier voayage, le 11 avril 1807 (engraving) by European School

La Comete, premier bateau a vapeur anglais, construit par Henry Bell, en 1812 (engraving)
5992905 La Comete, premier bateau a vapeur anglais, construit par Henry Bell, en 1812 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Comete)

George Stephenson, ouvrier chauffeur a Newcastle, demonte et repare sa machine a vapeur (engraving)
5992903 George Stephenson, ouvrier chauffeur a Newcastle, demonte et repare sa machine a vapeur (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Stephenson)

Le Sphinx, premier navire de guerre a vapeur de la marine francaise, construit en 1830 (engraving)
5992898 Le Sphinx, premier navire de guerre a vapeur de la marine francaise, construit en 1830 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Sphinx)

Dallery fait mettre en pieces son bateau a vapeur a helice (engraving)
5992893 Dallery fait mettre en pieces son bateau a vapeur a helice (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Locomotive en elevation, montrant le mecanisme moteur (engraving)
5992880 Locomotive en elevation, montrant le mecanisme moteur (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Locomotive en elevation, montrant le mecanisme moteur)

Locomotive Crampton (engraving)
5992873 Locomotive Crampton (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Locomotive Crampton)

Coupe d un tunnel avec le puits d aerage (engraving)
5992872 Coupe d un tunnel avec le puits d aerage (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coupe d un tunnel avec le puits d aerage)

Entree du chemin de fer pneumatique de Londres a Sydenham etabli en 1865 (engraving)
5992851 Entree du chemin de fer pneumatique de Londres a Sydenham etabli en 1865 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Machine a battre les gerbes a grains (engraving)
5992844 Machine a battre les gerbes a grains (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Machine a battre les gerbes a grains)

Experiment of Folckes, Cavendish and Bevis in 1747 on the Thames (engraving)
5992836 Experiment of Folckes, Cavendish and Bevis in 1747 on the Thames (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Experiment of Martin Folckes)

Machine electrique de l abbe Nollet, 1747 (engraving)
5992829 Machine electrique de l abbe Nollet, 1747 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Machine electrique de l abbe Nollet, 1747)

Experience faite en 1746 par Lemonnier dans le couvent des Chartreux pour apprecier la votesse de l electricite
5992825 Experience faite en 1746 par Lemonnier dans le couvent des Chartreux pour apprecier la votesse de l electricite (engraving) by European School

Le physicien Wall, au XVIIe siecle, decouvre l analogie de l etincelle electrique avec l eclair et le tonnerre
5992817 Le physicien Wall, au XVIIe siecle, decouvre l analogie de l etincelle electrique avec l eclair et le tonnerre (engraving) by European School

Experience du cerf-volant electrique faite par Romas, le 7 juin 1753, dans les allees de la ville de Nerac (engraving)
5992815 Experience du cerf-volant electrique faite par Romas, le 7 juin 1753, dans les allees de la ville de Nerac (engraving) by European School

Le physicien Jallabert decouvre le pouvoir de pointes (engraving)
5992807 Le physicien Jallabert decouvre le pouvoir de pointes (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le physicien Jallabert decouvre le pouvoir de pointes)

La tour Saint-Marc, a Venise, frappee et endommagee par le feu du ciel, le 23 avril 1745 (engraving)
5992803 La tour Saint-Marc, a Venise, frappee et endommagee par le feu du ciel, le 23 avril 1745 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La tour Saint-Marc)

Galvani, professeur a Bologne, decouvre, en 1780, l irritabilite des muscles de la grenouille par l electricite
5992797 Galvani, professeur a Bologne, decouvre, en 1780, l irritabilite des muscles de la grenouille par l electricite (engraving) by European School

Expressions diverses de la physionomie humaine resultant de l application du courant electrique sur le trajet des
5992795 Expressions diverses de la physionomie humaine resultant de l application du courant electrique sur le trajet des muscles de la face (engraving) by European School

Le nouvel Opera de Paris et ses paratonnerres (engraving)
5992792 Le nouvel Opera de Paris et ses paratonnerres (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le nouvel Opera de Paris et ses paratonnerres)

Alexandre Volta lit devant l Academie des sciences, son memoire sur la pile, en presence du premier consul Bonaparte
5992786 Alexandre Volta lit devant l Academie des sciences, son memoire sur la pile, en presence du premier consul Bonaparte, 18 novembre 1800 (engraving) by European School

Davy decompose les alealis par la pile voltaique, 1807 (engraving)
5992765 Davy decompose les alealis par la pile voltaique, 1807 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Davy decompose les alealis par la pile voltaique, 1807)

Experience telegraphique faite par Amontons, en 1690, au jardin du Luxembourg a Paris (engraving)
5992747 Experience telegraphique faite par Amontons, en 1690, au jardin du Luxembourg a Paris (engraving) by European School

Claude Chappe fait l experience de son premier telegraphe aerien, devant les notables de Parce
5992740 Claude Chappe fait l experience de son premier telegraphe aerien, devant les notables de Parce, le 2 mars 1791 (engraving) by European School

Experience of Chappes telegraph in 1793 (engraving)
5992730 Experience of Chappes telegraph in 1793 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Experience of Chappes telegraph on 1793)

Telegraphe de Chappe (engraving)
5992721 Telegraphe de Chappe (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Telegraphe de Chappe)

L empereur Nicolas execute le premier essai de la ligne telegraphique de Saint-Petersbourg a Varsovie (engraving)
5992719 L empereur Nicolas execute le premier essai de la ligne telegraphique de Saint-Petersbourg a Varsovie (engraving) by European School

Le premier telegraphe electrique de Samuel Morse (engraving)
5992704 Le premier telegraphe electrique de Samuel Morse (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le premier telegraphe electrique de Samuel Morse)

L Agamemnon posant le cable atlantique, 2 aout 1858 (engraving)
5992682 L Agamemnon posant le cable atlantique, 2 aout 1858 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Agamemnon posant le cable atlantique, 2 aout 1858)

Bouee fixant la place du cable atlantique perdu (engraving)
5992661 Bouee fixant la place du cable atlantique perdu (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bouee fixant la place du cable atlantique perdu)

L Aurore, piece d orfevrerie electro-chimique de MM Elkington, de Birmingham
5992648 L Aurore, piece d orfevrerie electro-chimique de MM Elkington, de Birmingham, Exposition universelle de Paris en 1867 (engraving) by European School

Plongeur revetu de l appareil Cabirol, vu de dos (engraving)
5993304 Plongeur revetu de l appareil Cabirol, vu de dos (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plongeur revetu de l appareil Cabirol, vu de dos)

Plan du bateau sous-marin de M Payerne (engraving)
5993301 Plan du bateau sous-marin de M Payerne (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan du bateau sous-marin de M Payerne)

Casque du scaphandrier (engraving)
5993300 Casque du scaphandrier (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Casque du scaphandrier)

The worlds first manned hydrogen balloon flight over the Champs de Mars, Paris
2619128 The worlds first manned hydrogen balloon flight over the Champs de Mars, Paris, France in 1 December 1783, piloted by Nicolas-Louis Robert and professor Jacques Charles

An electric motor invented by Ladislas Adolphe Gaiffe, from Les Merveilles de la Science
2619122 An electric motor invented by Ladislas Adolphe Gaiffe, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

Paul-Gustave Froments vertical electro motor, c. 1844
2619121 Paul-Gustave Froments vertical electro motor, c.1844, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

Chappes telegraph system, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c
2619084 Chappes telegraph system, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Claude Chappe (December 25)

Soldier on horseback using a hand held bombard, late 14th and early 15th centuries
2619065 Soldier on horseback using a hand held bombard, late 14th and early 15th centuries, after a drawing from the manuscript of Marianus Jacobus, fom Les Merveilles de la Science

Jean Bernard Leon Foucaults mirror reflecting telescope on an equatorial mount
2619050 Jean Bernard Leon Foucaults mirror reflecting telescope on an equatorial mount, after a 19th century drawing, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

The House at Gras, near Chalon-sur-Saone, France where French inventor Nicephore Niepce developed heliography
2619042 The House at Gras, near Chalon-sur-Saone, France where French inventor Nicephore Niepce developed heliography, from Les Merveilles de la Science

Claude Chappe demonstrating his first aerial telegraph system in 1791
2619081 Claude Chappe demonstrating his first aerial telegraph system in 1791, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre inventing the daguerreotype photographic process in the 19th
2619044 Louis-Jacques-MandeDaguerre inventing the daguerreotype photographic process in the 19th century, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

Old-Fashioned Dentist Equipment, 1923 (engraving)
2629964 Old-Fashioned Dentist Equipment, 1923 (engraving) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Equipment including a drill, x-ray)

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"Inventions: A Journey through the Eccentric Mind of William Heath Robinson" Step into the whimsical world of William Heath Robinson, where imagination knows no bounds. His ingenious contraptions, such as the Pea Apparatus and Bound to Draw, defy logic and tickle our sense of wonder. Yet, despite their brilliance, many were met with rejection by the stern Inventions Board. Rejected by the Inventions Board IX - Heath Robinson showcases his resilience in face of adversity. Undeterred by setbacks, he continued to push boundaries and challenge conventional thinking. Take a glimpse at his Mixing treated asbestos fibre machine or marvel at his Patent double action grinder for asbestos – proof that innovation can be found even in unexpected places. During World War I, Robinson's creativity took flight with The Subzeppmarinellin cartoon. This futuristic invention blended submarines and airships seamlessly, capturing both humor and ingenuity amidst a time of turmoil. But not all inventions ended on a high note; Ending in Smoke reminds us that failure is an integral part of progress. It serves as a reminder that every setback brings valuable lessons for future breakthroughs. Robinson's visionary mind also ventured into transportation innovations like the Cube Car – a compact yet efficient vehicle ahead of its time. Meanwhile, Military Rockets showcased his contribution to warfare technology during times when nations sought strategic advantage on battlefields. Though some ideas faced rejection from traditionalists at the Inventions Board once again, it is clear that Robinson's legacy lies not only in successful creations but also in daring to dream beyond societal norms. Let these captivating glimpses into William Heath Robinson's imaginative universe inspire you to embrace curiosity and think outside the box.