Inventors Collection (#6)

Sir Richard Arkwright (chromolitho)
2802533 Sir Richard Arkwright (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Richard Arkwright)

James Watt (chromolitho)
2802530 James Watt (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Watt. Illustration for The Worlds Inventors published by Allen & Ginter)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse (chromolitho)
2802525 Samuel Finley Breese Morse (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Samuel Finley Breese Morse)

Colonel Albert Augustus Pope (chromolitho)
2802519 Colonel Albert Augustus Pope (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Colonel Albert Augustus Pope)

John Augustus Roebling (chromolitho)
2802507 John Augustus Roebling (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Augustus Roebling)

Incandescent Light (chromolitho)
2802113 Incandescent Light (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Incandescent Light)

Coupe figuree de Londres souterrain a l endroit ou se trouve situe le tunnel de la Tamise (engraving)
2787846 Coupe figuree de Londres souterrain a l endroit ou se trouve situe le tunnel de la Tamise (engraving) by French School

Ascension de M Blanchard, citoyen de Calais par adoption (engraving)
2787843 Ascension de M Blanchard, citoyen de Calais par adoption (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ascension de M Blanchard)

Le Great-Eastern posant le cable transatlantique de 1866 (engraving)
2787838 Le Great-Eastern posant le cable transatlantique de 1866 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

La manufacture de Sevres, L empilage des casettes (engraving)
2787831 La manufacture de Sevres, L empilage des casettes (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La manufacture de Sevres, L empilage des casettes)

Le jeu de l eventail (engraving)
2787813 Le jeu de l eventail (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le jeu de l eventail)

Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles (engraving)
2832683 Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles (engraving) by French School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles (1746-1823), French inventor, scientist, mathematician

Archibald Montgomery Low with the Audiometer, from Master Minds of Modern Science
2832679 Archibald Montgomery Low with the Audiometer, from Master Minds of Modern Science, published 1930 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer

Portrait of Jean Pierre Blanchard (engraving)
604522 Portrait of Jean Pierre Blanchard (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Pierre Blanchard, French inventor)

Library in the home of Thomas Edison, 1907 (silver gelatin print)
MNY381405 Library in the home of Thomas Edison, 1907 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942); 19.2x25.4 cm; Museum of the City of New York

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance artist, scientist and writer (1452-1519) (chromolitho)
724731 Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance artist, scientist and writer (1452-1519) (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leonardo da Vinci)

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1783 (oil on canvas)
2629931 Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, 1783 (oil on canvas) by Duplessis, Joseph Siffred (1725-1802) (after); National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, USA; (add.info.: Benjamin Franklin (January 17)

George Richards Elkington, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c
2619116 George Richards Elkington, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c
2619045 Sir John Frederick William Herschel, from Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870 (engraving) by French School

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1867 (b / w photo)
STC64676 Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1867 (b/w photo) by Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir John Frederick William Herschel (7 March 1792 - 11 May 1871)

Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738 - 1822) pub. 1867 (photo)
5055720 Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738 - 1822) pub. 1867 (photo) by Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-79); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds (engraving)
1619307 Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds)

Mr Henry Bessemer (engraving)
1611731 Mr Henry Bessemer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Henry Bessemer. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 10 April 1875)

Samuel Lister (b / w photo)
810860 Samuel Lister (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham, English inventor and industrialist)

Sir William George Armstrong, 110-Ton Gun (colour litho)
976727 Sir William George Armstrong, 110-Ton Gun (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir William George Armstrong, 110-Ton Gun)

Thomas Alva Edison, Phonograph (colour litho)
976715 Thomas Alva Edison, Phonograph (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Alva Edison, Phonograph)

Sir Humphry Davy, Safety Lamp (colour litho)
976713 Sir Humphry Davy, Safety Lamp (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Humphry Davy, Safety Lamp)

Monsieur Curie, extracting Radium from Pitchblend (colour litho)
976708 Monsieur Curie, extracting Radium from Pitchblend (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monsieur Curie, extracting Radium from Pitchblend)

Sir William Siemens, finishing an Armature (colour litho)
976726 Sir William Siemens, finishing an Armature (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir William Siemens, finishing an Armature)

Hans Lippershey, Telescope (colour litho)
976720 Hans Lippershey, Telescope (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hans Lippershey, Telescope)

Modern typewriter (b / w photo)
3652681 Modern typewriter (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern typewriter)

The story of photography (colour litho)
3099319 The story of photography (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The story of photography)

Sir F Pettit Smith (engraving)
1058433 Sir F Pettit Smith (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir F Pettit Smith)

Henry Bessemer, Esquire (engraving)
1053563 Henry Bessemer, Esquire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry Bessemer, Esquire)

Beautiful inventions card, barometers (chromolitho)
964011 Beautiful inventions card, barometers (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beautiful inventions: barometers, invented by Evangelista Torricelli)

Chocolat Poulain trade card, Robert Stephenson (chromolitho)
964035 Chocolat Poulain trade card, Robert Stephenson (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chocolat Poulain trade card)

Chocolat d Aiguebelle trade card (chromolitho)
964030 Chocolat d Aiguebelle trade card (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chocolat d Aiguebelle trade card)

Beautiful inventions card, refrigeration (chromolitho)
964012 Beautiful inventions card, refrigeration (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beautiful inventions: refrigeration)

Beautiful inventions card, lightbulbs (chromolitho)
964010 Beautiful inventions card, lightbulbs (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beautiful inventions: light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison)

First locomotive by Stephenson (chromolitho)
961476 First locomotive by Stephenson (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First locomotive by Stephenson. George Stephenson, inventor)

Alois Senefelder, inventor of lithography (chromolitho)
961471 Alois Senefelder, inventor of lithography (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alois Senefelder, inventor of lithography)

Elias Howe, inventor of the first sewing machine (chromolitho)
961470 Elias Howe, inventor of the first sewing machine (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elias Howe, inventor of the first sewing machine)

The Electric Light, Mr Edison in his Laboratory, a Sketch from Life (engraving)
1060392 The Electric Light, Mr Edison in his Laboratory, a Sketch from Life (engraving) by Villiers, Frederic (1851-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Electric Light)

Mr Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (engraving)
1044885 Mr Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Sidney Gilchrist Thomas)

The Benefactors of Mankind, plate depicting Great Inventions
CHT163156 The Benefactors of Mankind, plate depicting Great Inventions, 2nd half of 19th century (colour engraving) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

The Montgolfier Brothers, French ballooning pioneers (chromolitho)
1093873 The Montgolfier Brothers, French ballooning pioneers (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Montgolfier Brothers, French ballooning pioneers)

Wilbur Wright in the flyer, 1908. Creator: Anonymous
Wilbur Wright in the flyer, 1908. Private Collection

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"Inventors: Pioneers of Progress and Innovation" Step back in time to witness the remarkable achievements who shaped our world. The Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer plane, captured in a side view, symbolizes their audacious dream taking flight against all odds. Meanwhile, an early telephone depicted in historical artwork reminds us of Alexander Graham Bell's groundbreaking invention that revolutionized communication. "More Plots. . More Plots. . " exclaims a dedication to the ingenious minds behind countless inventions that have transformed our lives. Among them is Alessandro Volta, whose discoveries paved the way for modern electrical systems. James Watt's revolutionary improvements to steam engines propelled the Industrial Revolution forward. Marvel at Leonardo da Vinci's genius as he unveils "The Bridge (Ponte salvatico), " showcasing his visionary designs centuries ahead of their time. His study of two mortars capable of launching explosive bombs demonstrates his multifaceted brilliance. Joseph-Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor, captures history with his pioneering work in photography. His contributions laid the foundation for this art form we cherish today. Traveling further across continents, behold an Arabian flat astrolabe from 10th-century Italy and a Persian astrolabe from 17th-century France – testaments to humanity's ceaseless quest for knowledge and understanding of celestial bodies. A planispheric astrolabe manufactured in golden England during 1569 serves as a testament to precision craftsmanship and scientific curiosity prevalent during that era. Finally, pay homage to Sir Frank Whittle through Coventry's statue and The Whittle Arches – commemorating his groundbreaking invention: the jet engine which revolutionized air travel forever. These inventors dared to challenge convention, defying limitations imposed by society or technology itself. Their relentless pursuit pushed boundaries beyond imagination and left indelible marks on human progress. Let us celebrate these visionaries who continue inspiring generations to dream, create, and shape a better future.