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

Machine for the production of ethanol, ethylene hydration, 1890, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model

Engraving depicting Gustaf de Laval's centrifugal cream separator. Gustaf de Laval (1845-1913) a Swedish engineer and inventor. Dated 19th Century

Spinning machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1887.

Morse's first telegraph (1837) Wood engraving c1900

Double piston suction and pressure fire pump, origin sometimes attributed to Ctesibius.

John Thompson's magic lantern with continuous slide feed.

Device for studying the opacity of bodies to Hertzian waves. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

Engraving depicting Edison's commutator. Thomas Edison (1847-1931) an American inventor and businessman. Dated 19th century

Professor Wheatstone's Universal and Military Telegraph. The communicator.

Goldbergbau 1890, Pochwerk zum zerkleinern von goldführendem Quarz, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, O...

Gyroscopic collimator by Fleuriais ship captain. Old illustration by Louis Poyet (1846-1913) from La Nature 1887

MacCormick turbine for variable flows and small falls, United States of America, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1902.

Geodetic meridian telescope 1890. The meridian astronomer uses a special telescope called a transit circle

Illustration depicting a French; 18th century, treadmill. From Diderot's Encyclopédie

Engraving depicting Favre and Silberman's mercury calorimeter. Dated 20th Century

Steam engine, Bietvir machine, historical, digitally improved reproduction of a model from the 19th century.

Clocks: a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.

Engraving depicting a condensing air pump. Strong glass receiver held tightly down and air pumped into the vessel. Same principle was used to supply air to divers. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting Edison's dynamo

Apparatus for macro micro projection.

Engraving depicting a Watson's turbine on the Jonval (downward flow) principle. Dated 19th century

Machine to mercerize cotton in skeins with caustic soda, David system, produced by Fernand Dehaitre, Paris, France, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1901.

astronomy measuring instruments meridian circle Strasbourg observatory built by brothers Repsold Hamburg colour engraving Meyers Konversationslexikon second half 19th century private collection,

Machine a boucher, Champagne, France, 19th century

Sugar. Vacuum pan, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Maschinen zur Verarbeitung von Tabak 1890: Schneidmaschine, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Engraving depicting an early stereoscopic camera mounted on a tripod. This type of camera has two or more lenses with a separate image sensor or film frame for each lens. Dated 19th Century

Horizontal 4 stroke engine, powered by gas, produced by A G Bachtold & Cia, Steckborn, Switzerland, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1908.

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.Apparatar for gelatin manufacturing.

Engraving depicting a Bell telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator. Dated 19th century

Sulzer distribution, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

The telephony in Stockholm in the late 1800s. Model of an Ericsson telephone. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

Disintegrator for pulverizing coal and minerals, produced by Brinck and Huebner, Germany, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1890.

Torch oxy-hydrogen gas, vintage engraving. Torch oxy-hydrogen gas, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678632

Illustration depicting a rocking machine used for making ice at home. This apparatus, used for making ice at home, used a freezing mixture, usually two parts of crushed ice to one part salt, and was based on the principle that cold is produced by the liquefaction of substances. A canister containing the mixture to be frozen was placed inside the cylinder and the space around it packed with the freezing mixture. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Francis Hauksbee's first design for a static electric machine with a glass globe.

Engraving depicting Alessandro Volta's condensing electroscope.

Apparatus to show the action of the pendulum on the slowing down of the watch, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Scientific recreation, a small electric railway toy. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

Engraving depicting Heroult's cell for the electrolytic production of aluminium. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Nikola Tesla's high frequency alternator

RAMSDEN (OR DISK) ELECTRICAL MACHINE. Used to obtain electricity. It was designed by Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), English optician and manufacturer of scientific and astronomical instruments. 18th century. Engraving 19th century.

Einrahmen-Dampfhammer, 19. Jahrhundert, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Electric Tile

Illustration showing early turret lathe for making screws and studs, from bar more quickly than an ordinary lathe. Designed and built by J.C. Brown and Sharpe of Providence, USA. 1868

M. Pouillet's thermopile

Float pump in a low pressure heating system, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1888.

Turbine coupled with two dynamos, plant to produce electricity for the city of Geneva, Switzerland, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1889.

Barometer aneroide recorder, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Wheatstone's needle (pointer) telegraph; the sender; left and receiver. 1890.

Engraving depicting the Tyler & Sons WC with valve constructed as an overflow. Dated 19th Century

Illustration showing a portable double-action force pump for farm or garden. From The Country Gentleman's Magazine, London, 1877

An engraving depicting a Wimshurst static or 'influence' machine. The machine had two glass plates on with mounted pieces of brass, the plates revolved in opposite directions. As the plates moved, stationary brushes made contact with brass and received positive and negative charges. Used therapeutically in treatment by Franklinism. Dated 20th century

Model of John Ericsson's solar machine, borrowed from the United States to the Gothenburg exhibition 1923.

Engraving depicting a centrifugal cream extractor. Dated 19th Century

Theodolite magnetic, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Engraving depicting a jet cart: when water in vessel (a) heated to boiling point by heat at (b) the cork at e) was pushed out by expansion and the jet of steam makes the cart move from left to right. Dated 18th Century

Neuer Teigtrenner von Bruening Vorderansicht. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie. Neuer Teigtrenner von Bruening Vorderansicht. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23160496

Engraving depicting Zenobe Gramme's small hand dynamo for laboratory use.

X-ray spectrograph at M. Siegbahn's laboratory in Uppsala in 1930.

Engraving diagram showing Alexander Graham Bells telephone system. Date: December 15th 1877

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.färgmätning and Mix.Hilger - Brochure

Apparatus for the decomposition of hydrofluoric acid and the production of fluorine. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

The engine and shaft of the wheels of the 'Clermont' steamboat, built by Fulton in 1807

Dividing engine by Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800). From The Magazine of Science, London, 26 March 1842.

Dynamometer was bending Mr. Megy, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Illustration showing Horizontal steam engine shoving governor and flywheel 1888

Universal winder, produced by International Winding Company, spinning machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1906.

Engraving depicting Donkin's turbine. Dated 19th century

Worthington pump, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1890.

DRIVING CLOCK OF THE HOOKER TELESCOPE, SET UP IN THE SHOP FOR TESTING.

Illustration depicting a check-clock, used by workmen to record the time they would start and finish work. Dated 19th Century

Textiles: a cotton spinning wheel. Engraving by Eastgate.

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958. (On the left) Microcam. (To the right) Universal lighting table to the camera in Fig. 953 SKC7010. The table surface of the food glass, which can be illuminated from below by a number of small lamps. The lighting from above is done with adjustable small light lamps and can be adjusted according to each object's special requirements. For more info see: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1942. p. 917.

Oven to sterilize the sputum of tuberculosis patients in hospitals. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Crossley engine of great power, vintage engraving. Crossley engine of great power, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657405

Pneumatic, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Pointer telegraph by Wheatstone, on the left the sign giver, on the right the receiving apparatus, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

An engraving depicting Burleigh's rock drill mounted on a movable stand. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Edison's great dynamo on show at the Paris Electrical Exhibition of 1881

Synthesis of acetylene, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Dynamo, produced by Gadda & C, Milan, Italy, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1900.

Engraving depicting a hand-powered eccentric butter churn. The agitation of the cream was achieved by the rising and falling of the opposite ends of the churn. Dated 19th century

Cowper's writing telegraph 1879. 1: complete apparatus. 2: the pen on the transmitter. 3: the pen on the receiver. 4: plan of the receiver.

Eine Kettenpumpe für den Betrieb von Dampfmaschinen der Firma Jung und Must in Halle, Deutschland, digitale verbesserte Datei eines Originaldrucks aus...

Treichler laundry machine, seen with open doors and the pump in action, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1900.

Illustration depicting the Omni-telemeter, used to measure distances by the military. Dated 19th Century

OTIS electric elevator Date: 1890

Washing machine from Warnstorff, historical engraving, 1880

Phonograph invented in 1877 by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Engraving, 19th century. Colored.

The first self-propelled steam engine, invented by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot in 1780, Arts and Crafts Institute (Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers), Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 402, Volume XVI, November 8-15, 1850.

Moebius device for the electrolytic refining of silver, cross-section forward of the anodes, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Phonautograph (c 1857) apparatus for studying sound vibrations graphically, invented by (Edouard) Leon Scott de Martinville. Plaster of Paris barrel with brass tube at a with hog's bristle attached to trace vibrations produced in AB on lampblacked cylinder C. Engraving 1906.

Milchwirtschaft, Butterherstellung, französische Abrahmvorrichtung um 1860, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Illustration of a portable electric drill by Coolet & Engelhard, Offenbach am Main, Germany, 1886, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

Erster galvanischer Telegraf, erfunden von Sömmering, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Woman doing concert bells, orchestral bells, 1880, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Device for Adjusting Cannon Trajectory and Accuracy, Industrial America - Invention

Revolving sprinkler.

Engineering: a portable windlass used in moving goods. Engraving by J. Taylor after C. Varley.

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