Machinery Collection (page 9)

A Griscom eclectic motor fitted to a sewing machine, 1884
3479118 A Griscom eclectic motor fitted to a sewing machine, 1884; (add.info.: A Griscom eclectic motor fitted to a sewing machine. Dated 1884.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Carding engine, 1845
3479127 Carding engine, 1845; (add.info.: Carding engine incorporating an early improvement which brought off carded cotton in a continuous sliver)

Women drawing (roving) flax
2602751 Women drawing (roving) flax; (add.info.: Women drawing (roving) flax, Marshall's Flax Mill, Leeds, Yorkshire. Engraving, London, 1843.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Machine for making bobbin net
2602663 Machine for making bobbin net; (add.info.: Machine for making bobbin net - Nottingham, England. Engraving, London, 1855.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Man moving a length of cotton cloth through a dye-beck
2602612 Man moving a length of cotton cloth through a dye-beck; (add.info.: Man moving a length of cotton cloth through the solution in a dye-beck, winding it from one roller to another, Lancashire)

Machine for measuring and rolling lengths of cloth. Engraving, London, 1891
2602671 Machine for measuring and rolling lengths of cloth. Engraving, London, 1891.; (add.info.: Machine for measuring and rolling lengths of cloth)

Advertisement for Irish linens
2602651 Advertisement for Irish linens; (add.info.: Advertisement for Irish linens available by mail order from J. Lindsay & Co., Belfast, published London, 1898.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

An elastic mill, Leicester, England: Covering rubber with silk thread on the weaving beam
2602647 An elastic mill, Leicester, England: Covering rubber with silk thread on the weaving beam.; (add.info.: An elastic mill, Leicester, England)

Wringing out dyed yarn
2602635 Wringing out dyed yarn; (add.info.: Wringing out dyed yarn, Montieth's Dye works, Glasgow, Scotland. Engraving, London, 1844.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Scutching flax
3478865 Scutching flax; (add.info.: Scutching flax. Engraving after Daniel Nicolas Chodowiecki (1726-1801). Scutching is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of flax in preparation for

Planetary motion demonstration, 17th century (engraving)
864705 Planetary motion demonstration, 17th century (engraving); (add.info.: Planetary motion. Demonstration that an earthy substance and water will travel in a curved path together (left)

The gun pit: a gun jacket entering the oil tank, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub
STC400447 The gun pit: a gun jacket entering the oil tank, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

A boiler room on a battleship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC400490 A boiler room on a battleship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Night work on the breech of a great gun, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub
STC400470 Night work on the breech of a great gun, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Fire engine. From Isaac de Caus Nouvelle Invention de Lever l'Eau Plus Hault, London, 1664. Engraving
530355 Fire engine. From Isaac de Caus Nouvelle Invention de Lever l'Eau Plus Hault, London, 1664. Engraving; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Agriculture. Sugar making. Sugar cane mill. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France
3434737 Agriculture. Sugar making. Sugar cane mill. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Agriculture. Production du sucre. Coll)

Wool carding engine, 1851
3479133 Wool carding engine, 1851; (add.info.: Detailed view of the Cotton Carding. Used to create a single - long strand of material, rather than clumps. machine)

Theatrophone, 1892
3479258 Theatrophone, 1892; (add.info.: Theatrophone Central exchange for direct relays of opera, concerts and plays from the Paris theatres to hotels, cafes, etc)

Theatrophone, 1892
3479259 Theatrophone, 1892; (add.info.: Theatrophone Central exchange for direct relays of opera, concerts and plays from the Paris theatres to hotels, cafes, etc)

Wool carding engine by Davis & Furber, 1880
3479134 Wool carding engine by Davis & Furber, 1880; (add.info.: Wool carding engine by Davis & Furber, North Andover, Mass, USA. New York 1880.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Men working at the Gateway Soda Factory, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (b/w photo)
BAL130996 Men working at the Gateway Soda Factory, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia (b/w photo); Private Collection.

Theatrophone, 1892
3479257 Theatrophone, 1892; (add.info.: Theatrophone Plan of distribution line for Marinovitch and Svarvady's Theatrophone, dated 1892.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Kentish agricultural workers attacking a farm at night, c1830. Ricks were burned and machinery
527874 Kentish agricultural workers attacking a farm at night, c1830. Ricks were burned and machinery, particularly threshing machines

Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831), the first mechanical reaper to be generally adopted
538092 Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831), the first mechanical reaper to be generally adopted. Engraving 1862; (add.info.: Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831)

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the fitting shop, 1864. '...a view of the large building called "the fitting shop." It is here that

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the lathe and tool shop, 1864. View representing '...as well as a wood-engraving can render such a subject

Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Stephenson's locomotive manufactory at Newcastle-On-Tyne: the steam-hammer, 1864. '...night view of that portion of the forging department containing the Nasmyth steam-hammers

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, '...invented by Mr

The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. '...Prize Corn-mowing Machine of the trustees of W

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Motive power for steamships. 'The largest marine engines exhibited were those by Messrs

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862. '...it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Motive power for steamships

Flag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Flag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Shows women making flags on sewing machines at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York.

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. '...mechanical model of the eye,...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated

In a Detroit shop, 26 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
In a Detroit shop, 26 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). Two women wearing overalls as they work in a factory in Detroit, Michigan during World War I.

British engineers repairing bridge, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British engineers repairing bridge, between c1915 and 1918. British engineers fixing a bridge, probably during World War I.

Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Mrs
Mrs. Anna Dike & Anne Morgan, between c1915 and 1918. Mrs. Anna Dike, Miss Anne Morgan and French politician Fernand David (1869-1935) inspecting land in France

German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German field bakery near Ypres, 1914. Men cooking bread in mobile ovens near Ypres, Belgium during World War I.

Machine department, Oka River, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Machine department, Oka River, 1912.

Untitled, 1911. Creator: Kozlov
Untitled, 1911. From a collection of documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass

Baling machine for hay, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Baling machine for hay, 1915.

Machine pavilion R. Wolf, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov
Machine pavilion R. Wolf, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition, which took place in Omsk in 1911

Stone crusher, Beloomut, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Stone crusher, Beloomut, 1912. Men standing near a stone cutting machine, river in background. .

The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, [London], 1864. '...when the embankment is finished, running as it will from Pimlico to Blackfriars-bridge, and beyond it

Osborn. Auburn (North America). 2 Lanzheronovskaia Street, Odessa. Zadovskaia Street..., 1900-1914. Creator: Unknown
Osborn. Auburn (North America). 2 Lanzheronovskaia Street, Odessa. Zadovskaia Street, Samara. Nikol'skaia Square, Omsk, 1900-1914

S. Kh. Randrup's Factory in Omsk, 1909-1914. Creator: Unknown
S. Kh. Randrup's Factory in Omsk, 1909-1914. This collection includes tsarist-era advertisements and a set of posters from the era of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

West-Siberian Railroad. Main Workshop of the Omsk Station. The Turning Shop, 1892-96. Creator: Unknown
West-Siberian Railroad. Main Workshop of the Omsk Station. The Turning Shop, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian

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"Machinery: A Tapestry of Innovation and Efficiency" From the humble beginnings of horses pulling the plough to the marvels of modern technology, it has revolutionized our world. It encompasses a wide range of inventions that have shaped industries and transformed our daily lives. Take, for instance, the T class Submarine - a testament to human ingenuity in conquering the depths of the ocean. Its intricate mechanisms allow us to explore uncharted territories beneath the waves, unlocking secrets hidden from sight. In contrast, William Heath Robinson's whimsical creations like his Heath Robinson Kitchen or Pea Apparatus showcase a different side of machinery. These imaginative contraptions bring humor and creativity into everyday tasks, reminding us that even practicality can be infused with artistry. Robinson's works continue to captivate with pieces such as "A Decided Catch" and "Bound to Draw. " His intricate illustrations depict fantastical machines that blur reality and imagination, inviting viewers into a world where anything is possible. Meanwhile, in bustling workshops like The Engine Room at Clement-Talbot Motor Works in London or on wind-swept landscapes like The Willesborough Windmill in Ashford, Kent; machinery hums with purposeful energy. These industrial powerhouses are hubs where dreams become tangible through hard work and dedication. It also plays an essential role in agriculture – John Deere combine harvesters efficiently gather bountiful barley crops while Ford tractors tirelessly traverse fields during wheat harvesting season. These mechanical marvels ensure food security by maximizing productivity while minimizing labor-intensive processes. Yet amidst progress lies nostalgia - silhouettes of coalmine pitheads at dusk remind us of an era when these structures were symbols of industry and livelihood. They stand as reminders not only of past achievements but also serve as inspiration for future advancements yet to come. Whether it be ancient tools pulled by majestic horses or cutting-edge innovations shaping our present-day existence, the backbone of progress.