19th Century Scientific Apparatus

Engravings of historical scientific machines including a film projector, presses, and electrical devices, showcasing a vintage aesthetic.

Marking Machine, 1866. Artist: Unknown

An engraving depicting a hand-cranked film projector. Dated 19th century

Buchbindereimaschinen 1890: Goldmesser, Vergolde-, Blinddruck- und Prägepresse, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Ja...

Rotating apparatus according to Stöhrer, induction, electrical engineering / Rotationsapparat nach Stöhrer, Induktion, Elektrotechnik, Stöhrerscher Rotationsapparat, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

An engraving depicting the mechanism of the Drummond Light (limelight or oxy-hydrogen light). Dated 19th century

Magneto-electric machine from the Alliance company

Abbildung einer Drehmaschine für Gewindebohrer von J. E. Reinecker aus Chemnitz-Gablenz, Deutschland, 1885, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reprodukt...

Marking Machine, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Universal Ziegelmaschine von Emil Flach, stellt verschiedene Ziegelformen her, Industrieprodukt aus dem Jahr 1880, Historisch, digital restaurierte Re...

Drawing of an American rotary cylinder steam engine, industrial product from the year 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, exact original date unknown

Engraving depicting a vertical OTTO engine manufactured by Crossley Bros. of Manchester. This engine worked on the OTTO (4-stroke) cycle, and used a mixture of 13 parts of air to 1 part of gas. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a horizontal OTTO gas engine manufactured by Crossley Bros. of Manchester. This engine worked on the OTTO (4-stroke) cycle, and used a mixture of 13 parts of air to 1 part of gas. Dated 19th century

technics Laterna Magica schema of Laterna Magica wood engraving 20th century,

Engraving depicting John Downe's water closet with automatic flush mechanism. Dated 19th Century

Steam engines of the 19th century, Vertical steam engine, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Hutmacher, Presse zum Formen der Strohhüte und Filhüte von Grahl und Boehl in Dresden, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Sound Recording Disc Electricity Motor Battery Liquid, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Historische Illustration von Gasmotoren, liegender Ventilmotor von Otto, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhunde...

Spectroscopic apparatus used by used by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899) and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887). Discovered Spectrum Analysis (1859) which enabled discovery of elements including caesium and rubidium. Engraving c1895.

An engraving depicting laboratory apparatus for the destructive distillation of coal gas. Dated 19th century

A photochronograph made by Etienne-Jules Marey, camera circa 1870, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Writing telegraph, ca 1870, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, colour pen by Digney and Beaudoin from Paris, France, Europe

Schreibtelegraf, ca 1870, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage dem 19. Jahrhundert, Farbschreiber von Digney und Beaudoin aus Paris...

An engraving depicting water clocks: left, a model where figure mounted on a float indicates the time. Right is a version where ratchet on float makes hands move round face. Dated 19th century

Alcohol engine Charron, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Hydro-electric machine invented by William George Armstrong (1810-1900), later Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, in the 1840's. Originally training as a solicitor, Armstrong was fascinated by mechanics and demonstrated this particular machine at the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to an audience which included famous engineers such as Faraday and Whitworth. The invention utilised high pressure steam issuing through nozzles in the boiler. Date: 1845

Telegraphy in the 19th century: Morse telegraph by Day & Comp. digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Illustration of a universal lathe by Max Hasse & Co. Berlin Germany, Berlin Trade Exhibition 1896, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, exact original date unknown

Gaskraftmaschine, Motor nach Koerting-Lieckfeld, um 1887, Historisch, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19, Jahrhundert 1f-4999624

Armstrong's electric machine

American machine for peeling apples, 1888, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century pattern

An engraving depicting the mechanism of a fountain powered by an overshot water wheel. Dated 17th century

An engraving depicting a Morse transmitting key. Dated 19th century

Machine for printing railway tickets, produced by Georg Gobel, Darmstadt, Germany. Old illustration by Louis Poyet (1846-1913) from La Nature 1887

Tools for sheet metal working, 19th century: a pair of scissors for circles, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Engraving depicting a vertical OTTO engine manufactured by Crossley Bros. of Manchester. This engine worked on the OTTO (4-stroke) cycle, and used a mixture of 13 parts of air to 1 part of gas. Dated 19th century

Apparatus of staged air compression and water injection, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Group calorigenic Sturtevant, with fan control via pulley, vintage engraved illustration.

Milchwirtschaft, Butterherstellung, Ansicht und Durchschnitt eines Butterfaß, um 1860, Holstein, Deutschland, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

An engraving showing Henry Cavendish's metallic eudiometer. Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) a British natural philosopher, scientist, and an experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. Dated 19th century

Morse System. Morse telegraph reciever. Engraving 19th century. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

Edison pyromagnetic generator. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Electric aspirator, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1892.

Morse System. Morse telegraph reciever. Engraving 19th century.

Machine agglomerate triple compression, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

An engraving depicting the 'Bruncor' acetylene gas plant for supplying light in large country houses or remote locations where town gas was not available. The Carbide lamp, or acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water. Dated 19th century

Illustration, cannon, German marine turret cannon, 19th Century, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1889

Tympan described by Vitruvius and restored by Perrault, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

Engraving depicting a small Edison dynamo.

Universal milling machine, produced by G Thomas & Co, Manchester, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1888.

Illustration depicting the Stanhope Press: Improved form of common printing press devised by Charles, third Earl Stanhope (1753-1816) which was adopted almost universally. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing screw-cutting lathe. From Jacques Besson 'Theatre des Instrumens', Lyons, 1593

Receiver and Transmitter of the Cassell Autographic Telegraph. Illustration from a 1881 magazine

Drawing showing a battery of Leyden jars; known as Lanes unit jar. 1896. A Leyden jar (or Leiden jar) stores a high-voltage electric charge (from an external source) between electrical conductors on the inside and outside of a glass jar.

Engraving depicting the raising of water by means of a tread-wheel. Dated 17th century

Fixed electric drill, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1892.

Philipp Reis's telephone transmitter (top) and magnetostriction receiver at bottom. Paris, 1891.

World Expo 1867. Mr. argometrique Balance of Plazanet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

Illustration of an Oscillating paddle engine of the steamer 'Berbice' built by R. and W. Hawthorn. Dated 19th Century

Engraving of Dolton's valve less flush-out water closet. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting Carre's static or 'influence' machine. The two revolving discs in this apparatus were of ebonite

Illustration showing Demonstration of electromagnetic induction 1887

medicine narcosis anaesthetic machine by Humphry Davy London 1800 19th century historic historical narcoses anesthesia anaesthesia reseraches chemical and philosophical chiefly concerning nitrous oxide or dephlogisticated nitrous air and

Holtz's electric machine

Relay for electric telegraph. 1896.

Illustration showing Air pump: the mechanism, showing the rack-and-pinion system operating the double exhausting syringe 1866

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler

An engraving depicting Zenobe Gramme's small hand dynamo for laboratory work. The armature rotated between the poles of a permanent steel magnet. Zenobe Gramme (1826-1901) a Belgian electrical engineer. Dated 19th century

Telegraph key is a switching device used primarily to send Morse code, 1880, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe

Typewriter telegraph by Siemens and Halske from 1850, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

The transmitter of Bell's photo phone: vibrations of the diaphragm, D, at the end of the mouthpiece tube, caused pulses of light to be transmitted to the receiver which had light sensitive selenium cell. Dated 1880

An engraving depicting a hydraulic press. Material to be compressed is placed on a plate which is raised and lowered by a piston, P which descends into the tank of water, B. B is connected to a force pump (right) using a leaden tube, K. When the pump handle, M, is operated and water is taken up from the reservoir, A, the pressure in B rises, lifting the piston, P, and compressing blades. Dated 20th century

Edison pyromagnetic generator. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

The Edison phonograph with voice play back, illustration by Dumont from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1830, Volume LXXI, March 23, 1878.

Manchester electric dynamo to power 200 incandescent lamps, produced by Mather & Platt, Salford Iron Works, Manchester, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1887.

Hair cutting machine, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

The Lumiere Cinematographe, introduced in 1895

Engraving depicting Hignette's milk pasteuriser. Dated 20th Century

Water purifier, Atkins system, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, n. 34, 21 August 1887.

Apparatus used by the English physicist William Crookes to investigate psychic force when examining the claims of the Victorian medium Saniel Douglas Home. Woodcut from The Science Record, New York, 1872.

Power Perforator, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Illustration showing Reconstruction of Ampere's experiment to show the behaviour of an electric current in a magnetic field. Ring of wire pivots on mercury bearings on column C. When current passed through, it aligns itself with its plane at right-angles to the magnetic meridian. Bare column can hold a second wire, so that effect of two electric currents upon each other can be studied.

Engraving depicting Hauducoeur's hand-powered machine used for mixing and blending butter. Dated 19th Century

Charon engine, vintage engraving. Charon engine, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657391

Device to dry spent grain, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Diagram of a rack-and-pinion mechanism used for operating an air pump. Dated 19th century

Mixing machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1893.

Cross-section of Edison's lamp-black (carbon) button telephone transmitter (microphone), c1891. Artist: Unknown

Submerged pump pistons. Supply cities. Engraved by Decreef. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

Pneumatic machine 3, and batteries 1,2. Physique: Pile a auge, pile a colonnes, machine pneumatique. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39.

Receiver device used to remotely reveal the presence of electric waves. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

New telegraph to transmit facsimiles, exact copies of handwritten documents. The paper for writing the documents was chemically prepared. It was devised and built by the industrial engineer W.E. Sawyer, from New York, United States. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, April 8, 1876.

Dampfmaschine, Maschine von Bietvir, Historisch, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19, Jahrhundert 1f-4999621

Display chart, telephones, illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1897

The Wimshurst machine is an electrostatic generator, a machine for generating high voltages developed by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832-1903) Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Twin gas engine, Otto cycle, double-action, 600 hp, produced by Langen and Wolf, Milan, Italy, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1903.

Illustration depicting a steam locomotive. A flywheel is mounted on the side of the boiler, and the governor is positioned towards the rear. Dated 19th century

Electric dynamo, Thomson-Houston machine. Old illustration by Louis Poyet (1846-1913) from La Nature 1887

Engraving depicting a vertical section of Schiele's Turbine. Dated 19th century

Vertical revolving machine for boring and turning, produced by Geo Richards & C, Manchester, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1901.

Mechanical sifter vsrs invented after 1552, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

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