Mechanical Collection (page 3)

Alphonse Penaud's ornithopter
5616602 Alphonse Penaud's ornithopter; (add.info.: Alphonse Penaud's ornithopter, driven by twisted rubber bands. Alphonse Penaud (1850-1880) a French aviation designer and engineer

The first Edison phonograph
5310257 The first Edison phonograph; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the first Edison phonograph. The phonograph was invented in 1877)

A mechanical catapult
5308082 A mechanical catapult.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a mechanical catapult wound up by a winch (right). When the rope was released

A swinging urinal on a vertical hinge from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, 1850
3359504 A swinging urinal on a vertical hinge from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, 1850; (add.info.: Design for a swinging urinal on a vertical hinge from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics)

Reel for winding and counting hanks of cotton
2602771 Reel for winding and counting hanks of cotton; (add.info.: Reel for winding and counting hanks of cotton thread. Engraving, London, 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Illustration depicting women listening to a phonograph
5308583 Illustration depicting women listening to a phonograph; (add.info.: Illustration depicting women listening to a phonograph)

A Persian Wheel
5310032 A Persian Wheel; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Persian Wheel, also known as a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars)

James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor depicted at the fireside collecting steam from a
528452 James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor depicted at the fireside collecting steam from a kettle

Mechanical forces
5310195 Mechanical forces; (add.info.: Engraving depicting mechanical forces. A horse pulling a cart along a road exercises an animal force)

An engraving depicting Charles Babbage's difference engine. Charles Babbage (1791-1871) an English polymath
5311323 An engraving depicting Charles Babbage's difference engine. Charles Babbage (1791-1871) an English polymath, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1866); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Engraving depicting a Persian Wheel, also known as a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars
5309472 Engraving depicting a Persian Wheel, also known as a Sakia, a mechanical water lifting device which uses buckets, jars, or scoops fastened either directly to a vertical wheel

Engraving depicting Henderson's Three-Wheeled Orrery, a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates or
5309412 Engraving depicting Henderson's Three-Wheeled Orrery, a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates or predicts the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons

Advertisement for a Edison phonograph, 19th century (engraving)
5308678 Advertisement for a Edison phonograph, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Advertisement for a Edison phonograph. A phonograph is the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound)

Cartoon depicting a proposed use of the Edison phonograph
5308853 Cartoon depicting a proposed use of the Edison phonograph; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a proposed use of the Edison phonograph)

A Slubbing-Billy, 1850
3479649 A Slubbing-Billy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Slubbing-Billy; used to spin carded wool into rovings'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A carding engine, 1850
3480150 A carding engine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a carding engine. Carding is the process that disentangles; cleans; and intermixes the woollen fibres)

Engraving depicting the largest printing press in the world, 19th century (engraving)
3521999 Engraving depicting the largest printing press in the world, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the largest printing press in the world); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Engraved portrait of Robert Henry Thurston
3077595 Engraved portrait of Robert Henry Thurston; (add.info.: Engraved portrait of Robert Henry Thurston (1839-1903) an American engineer

James Watt
3586207 James Watt; (add.info.: Cartoon of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

James Watt
3586204 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Nikola Tesla
3586134 Nikola Tesla; (add.info.: Photograph of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist

Nikola Tesla
3586133 Nikola Tesla; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist

James Watt
3586205 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A portable water closet from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, 1850
3359505 A portable water closet from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics, 1850; (add.info.: Design for a portable water closet from the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics by Edward H)

Puddling furnace and mechanical hammer (right background): Pig iron puddled to remove carbon and oxygen
531837 Puddling furnace and mechanical hammer (right background): Pig iron puddled to remove carbon and oxygen, ball of hot metal (bloom) then hammered. Process sometimes repeated

Mechanical elephant used as an advertinsing float
5616650 Mechanical elephant used as an advertinsing float; (add.info.: Illustration showing a mechanical elephant used as an advertising float 1893. 01/01/1893); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Alphonse Penaud's airplane
5616601 Alphonse Penaud's airplane; (add.info.: Alphonse Penaud's airplane, driven by twisted rubber bands. Alphonse Penaud (1850-1880) a French aviation designer and engineer

Alphonse Penaud's helicopter
5616600 Alphonse Penaud's helicopter; (add.info.: Alphonse Penaud's helicopter, driven by twisted rubber bands. Alphonse Penaud (1850-1880) a French aviation designer and engineer

Engraving depicting a visitor being interrogated by a phonograph in the hall table before being received by the person
5308813 Engraving depicting a visitor being interrogated by a phonograph in the hall table before being received by the person she is visiting

A dome supported on columns
5308086 A dome supported on columns.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a dome supported on columns, standing on a base. Wound round four columns are two parallel inclined rails down which a ball)

A 'new' Edison phonograph
5309989 A 'new' Edison phonograph; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a 'new' Edison phonograph. The phonograph was invented in 1877)

Engraving depicting and Edison phonograph
5309481 Engraving depicting and Edison phonograph; (add.info.: Engraving depicting and Edison phonograph. Fig. 1: Clockwork driven force)

Edison's phonometer, 1890
3479313 Edison's phonometer, 1890; (add.info.: Edison's phonometer which measured the mechanical force of sound waves produced by the human voice)

Stocking-frame weaver at work
2602749 Stocking-frame weaver at work; (add.info.: Stocking-frame weaver at work on a treadle operated machine. Engraving, London, c1880.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Mechanical dyeing process in operation
2602745 Mechanical dyeing process in operation; (add.info.: Mechanical dyeing process in operation at Messrs Markendales, Salford, Lancashire, England)

Stahmer's railway lever frame mechanism used for signalling trains, a system used to direct railway traffic
3473206 Stahmer's railway lever frame mechanism used for signalling trains, a system used to direct railway traffic , from Meyers Lexicon, pub

James Watt
3586309 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Diagram of James Watt's steam indicator
3586197 Diagram of James Watt's steam indicator; (add.info.: Diagram of James Watt's steam indicator. James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist

The first Edison phonograph
5309985 The first Edison phonograph; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the first Edison phonograph. The phonograph was invented in 1877)

A Slubbing-Billy, 1850
3479650 A Slubbing-Billy, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a Slubbing-Billy; used to spin carded wool into rovings'. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Mechanical Exhibition or Exposition, 1859
2902317 Mechanical Exhibition or Exposition, 1859; (add.info.: Mechanical Exhibition or Exposition, 1859.); Buyenlarge Archive/UIG.

Nikola Tesla
3586130 Nikola Tesla; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist

James Watt
3586203 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Horse-drawn mechanical harvesters in use near Adelaide, Australia. In right background the threshed grain from a full
527910 Horse-drawn mechanical harvesters in use near Adelaide, Australia. In right background the threshed grain from a full machine is being put into sacks

A train on the Mount Pilatus rack railway
5308352 A train on the Mount Pilatus rack railway.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a train on the Mount Pilatus rack railway designed by Carl Roman Abt)

Steam carriage designed by Nicholas Cugnot (1725-1804) French inventor built in 1769. Mid-19th century (engraving)
545138 Steam carriage designed by Nicholas Cugnot (1725-1804) French inventor built in 1769. Mid-19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Said to be the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle)

Minting coins: 6,6 at bottom right are dies that would be put in press, 1, in which coins stamped out
535372 Minting coins: 6,6 at bottom right are dies that would be put in press, 1, in which coins stamped out. From The Universal Magazine (London 1750)

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)

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