Machine Collection (page 8)

Illustration of FW190 Fighter; Second World War, 1942
Illustration showing a German Focke-Wulf 190 fighter airplane, with cutaways of the engine and machine-guns, August 1942. This image showed some of the features of the latest FW190 captured by

Sketches in the Bank of England. Machine for weighing coins
Engraving of complicated device for weighing gold sovereigns

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Box of the Sover
Engraving of the Exterior of the Sovereign Weighing Machine at the Bank of England

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Enlarged View of
Engraving of a detail of the Sovereign weighing machine invented by Mr Bate to deal with the crisis in light gold coinage in the early eighteen forties

Usworth Colliery / 1881
A general exterior view of Usworth colliery, showing the colliery buildings and a workers cottage, with an insert of the winding machine

Hall type-writer
Advertisement for the Hall type-writer, the only portable writing machine of the time. Available from Witherby and Co. High Holborn, London

An incubator nursery
Nurses attending to sick babies kept alive in a ward of incubators. The incubators pictured are from a design by Paul Altmann and distributed by Messrs Coney and Schenkhein

Verne / Steam House 4
LA MAISON A VAPEUR A menacing group of native fanatics are terrified by the mighty machine

Tokyo Subway, ticket machines, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

German Tail-Gunner 1918
A German tail-gunner seated behind his machine gun

Hawksbees 2nd Machine
English physicist Francis Hawksbees second version of his electrostatic generator, based on a rotating glass sphere

Early Dishwasher
An early machine for washing dishes

Timing a Motor Cycle
Timing a motor cycle : when the machine crosses beams from photo-electric cella at the start and finish of the run, the time is measured. (In fact, the beam is invisible.)

Electricity Ramsden
Jesse Ramsden of London demonstrates his improvement on Guerickes electric machine, replacing the sphere by a rotating disc

Knitted Bows 1936
A machine-knitted jumper with narrow pleat detail on the shoulders & body. Wool lace bows add a decorative touch

Chocolate Machine 19th C
machine used to mix chocolate

Boring a Tunnel
A massive boring machine is used to tunnel through a rock face

Late C18 Fire Engine
Known as a bed-poster, this London engine is a manual machine worked by pumping handles on either side : a Beadle and a Watchman are in official attendance

The Time Machine
THE TIME MACHINE The Time Traveller arrives... sometime in the future

Steam Book Press / 1877
Steam printing press machinery for printing books - reading a page which has just come off the machine

Do it yourself Bike
Home assembly model Safety bicycle : if you ve followed the instructions properly, you should have one of these : if it looks more like a lawn- mower, you boobed

Excavator digging stone on hillside, England, november

Excavator and truck on beach, repairing sea defences with boulders, Happisburgh, Norfolk, England, august

Facade of building covered in Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels for sustainable power generation, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Mech1 R1
Rafal Kulik

Typewriter
Chechi Peinado

Mech1 R1
Rafal Kulik

Caterpillar hauling freight on the lake in spring to the Yukon, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Caterpillar hauling freight on the lake in spring to the Yukon, between c1900 and c1930

Frank G. Carpenter in middle of bucket at gold mine, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Frank G. Carpenter in middle of bucket at gold mine, between c1900 and 1916

Irrigation wheel at U.S. Telegraph Station, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S
Irrigation wheel at U.S. Telegraph Station, between c1900 and c1930

Dou Kee, Chinese servant, mowing the lawn, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Eleanor Lord Pray
Dou Kee, Chinese servant, mowing the lawn, Dom Smith, Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Showing scene described in Eleanor Pray's letter of May 28

Gold washing machine on Askold Island, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Gold washing machine on Askold Island, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin

The Interior "Clean Up" day at the Deadwood Terra Gold Stamp Mill, one of the Homestake... 1888
The Interior. "Clean Up" day at the Deadwood Terra Gold Stamp Mill, one of the Homestake Mills, Terraville, Dakota []. Interior of saw mill; men working on equipment

Automotive and tractor manufacturing on January 1, 1933, 1934. Creator: Mikhail Alekseevich TSvetkov
Automotive and tractor manufacturing on January 1, 1933, 1934. From the atlas "Industry of the USSR at the beginning of the 2nd Five-Year Plan

At Work, 1909. Creator: Nikolai Georgievich Katanaev
At Work, 1909. This image is from Tipy kazakov: Sibirskie kazaki na sluzhbe i doma (Types of Cossacks: Siberian Cossacks on duty and at home), one of three albums depicting the territories, culture

Spinner, 1909. Creator: Nikolai Georgievich Katanaev
Spinner, 1909. This image is from Tipy kazakov: Sibirskie kazaki na sluzhbe i doma (Types of Cossacks: Siberian Cossacks on duty and at home), one of three albums depicting the territories, culture

The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co. - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition: British Columbia and Prince Edward Island Courts... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: British Columbia and Prince Edward Island Courts, 1862. The collection from British Columbia [in the colonial department]...consisted mainly of natural productions

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862....one among the series of interesting machines exhibited by J. Harrison and Sons, of Blackburn

Commencement of the Thames Embankment: driving the first pile... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Commencement of the Thames Embankment: driving the first pile in front of the Duke of Buccleuch's mansion, [London], 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. The power-loom exhibited by this firm is adapted for weaving either Jacquard, Brussels, or velvet-pile carpets

The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. This compact little folding-machine

The International Exhibition: Burgess and Key's grain-mower, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Burgess and Key's grain-mower, 1862. Although [Messrs. Burgess and Key's] magnificent display of medals, earned on many hard-fought fields

The International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. It will be observed that the machine runs on two wheels

The International Exhibition: Siebes patent ice-making machine... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Siebes patent ice-making machine, from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862....an ingenious system of marine telegraph, consisting of flags for day

The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. This locomotive is the first application of a doubled system of cylinders, pistons

The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. European machine processing sugar cane from the colonies

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"Machines: A Tapestry of Innovation and Power" From the battlefields to the city streets, machines have shaped our world in countless ways. In this captivating collection of images, we witness the indomitable spirit of human ingenuity intertwined with these mechanical marvels. Winston Churchill, a symbol of unwavering determination, holds a sub-machine gun firmly in his grasp. His resolute gaze reflects the power that they can bestow upon those who wield them. In New York City's bustling Horn & Hardart Automat, people gather around automated food dispensers - a testament to how machines revolutionize even our most basic needs. The British Sten gun by G. H. Davis showcases precision engineering and innovation during times of conflict. It stands as a reminder that they can be both tools for destruction and instruments for survival. William Heath Robinson's whimsical Pea Apparatus transports us into a realm where imagination meets machinery. This intricate contraption reminds us that sometimes, even the simplest tasks can be transformed into elaborate feats through ingenious design. A transportable cider press captures the essence of rural craftsmanship brought to life by machine-assisted efficiency. It serves as an ode to tradition meeting modernity on farms across the globe. The Singer Sewing Machines factory in Clydebank hums with activity as workers diligently stitch together fabrics with precision and skill. Here lies evidence that machines empower individuals to create beauty from thread and fabric. Heath Robinson strikes again with "A Decided Catch, " depicting an absurd yet delightful contraption designed for fishing enthusiasts seeking unconventional methods to reel in their prized catch, and is a playful reminder that sometimes it is not just about achieving results but also embracing creativity along the way. Winston Churchill appears once more at the start line of St. Moritz's Cresta Run in 1912 – an embodiment of courage amidst exhilarating speed made possible by man-made mechanisms pushing boundaries beyond imagination.