19th Century Scientific Illustrations

Engravings depicting historical scientific practices, including diamond cutting, experiments, and exploration, in detailed black and white.

A 19th century photographer in his workshop, engaged in retouching his handiwork Date: 1891

Engraving depicting the process of cutting a diamond by removing the projecting portion of stone by rubbing against a second diamond set in a dop. Dated 19th century

Project to cross the North Pole by balloon in 1890. Interior of the Sivel nacelle balloon basket of aeronauts Besançon and Hermite. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Engraving depicting a concave mirror being used. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing Artist's reconstruction of Halle and Humboldt, repeating Galvani's experiment, with frogs' legs 1870

Pneumatic tubes at the General Post Office; St Martin's-le-Grand. In 1888 there were upwards of 50km of tubes in London connecting the district telegraph offices and the foreign cable companies. The longest was between the GPO and the House of Commons.

Electric lighting equipment in the National Assembly building, Versailles, France, illustration by Montbard from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1603, Volume LXII, November 15, 1873.

World Expo 1867, M Monot workshop for crystal size, vintage engraving. World Expo 1867, M Monot workshop for crystal size, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678394

Engraving depicting René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur constructing a thermometer. René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757) a French scientist. Dated 19th Century

A witch puts a scorpion in a pot to make a potion, 1800, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original

A 19th century photographer in his workshop, engaged in retouching his handiwork Date: 1891

An engraving depicting a watchmaker. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting the distillation of Kirsch (kirshwasser) a clear, colourless fruit brandy traditionally made from double distillation of morello cherries, a dark-coloured cultivar of the sour cherry. 1890

Engraving depicting a concave mirror. The diagram showing the virtual focus when the light source is inside the principal focus. Dated 19th Century

An engraving depicting the cutting of solidified soap into bars. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a carpenter drawing a nail from a plank using a clawed hammer as a bent lever. Dated 19th Century

Experiment showing an electromagnet supporting the weight of a boy. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859

Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851) German physicist, discovering that electric current has an effect on magnetic needle. Wood engraving c1880.

Illustration showing a man locking away his 'Penny Farthing' Bicycle 1887

Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link. Instrument room at the Submarine Telegraph Company, Cornhill, London, showing the Wheatstone needle telegraph instruments. From The Illustrated London News, 13 November 1852

Hans Christian Oersted (1777-1851) German physicist, discovering that electric current has an effect on magnetic needle. Wood engraving c1880

Stitching, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1855.

Gas torch used in large workshops, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Treatment of ataxia using suspension, 1889. Salpetriere hospital, Paris, France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

Public lecture on spectrum analysis.

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

Prince Elector John Georges at alchemist Leonard Thurneysser, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Gas torch used in large workshops, vintage engraving. Gas torch used in large workshops, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678165

Engraving depicting René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur constructing a thermometer. René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757) a French scientist. Dated 19th Century

Metius, Dutch geometer and astronomer, c1870. Artist: H Sluyter

The lower-light room in the Eddystone lighthouse built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England, showing the twin Argand burners and reflectors (detail inset) which lighted the Hand Deeps rocks about three miles away. This is the fifth Eddystone lighthouse, designed by James Douglas, engineer to Trinity House, built between 1878 and 1892. Engraving from 'The Strand Magazine' (London, 1892).

The Intaglio Printer, after a work by A. Bosse. From Histoire de La Gravure, published 1880

Engraving depicting the polishing of a diamond. Dated 19th century

Laboratory for gravity experiments, Paris

Central Telephone Exchange, Paris, 1883. Artist: Unknown

Robert Koch (1843-1910) German bacteriologist and physician in his laboratory. In 1890 Koch introduced Tuberculin which he thought was a cure for Tuberculosis. Curative powers were disappointing and its value as diagnostic tool was overlooked. In 1905 Koch received the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine. Engraving, 1891.

'The Ornithologist', mid-late 19th century. Artist: Unknown.

$Observers using a refracting telescope of long focal length mounted on a tripod, and fitted with a simple plumb line and scale for measuring the altitude of the object being observed. Engraving from 'Oculus artificialis teledioptricus sive Telescopium' by Johann Zahn (Nuremberg, 1702).$

Night light-clock to project the time during the night. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1883

KARL WILHELM SCHEELE Swedish chemist depicted conducting his experiments to determine the composition of air Date: 1742 - 1786

Buyers examining samples of cotton, Georgia, USA, 19th century. From America Revisited: From The Bay of New York to The Gulf of Mexico, published 1886.

Illustration depicting a man being tortured with the boot, designed to cause injury to the foot and/or leg, by wedges being hammered between the boards, creating pressure. Dated 19th Century

Display of gold bullion in the lottery offices in Passage Jouffroy, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 417, Volume XVII, February 21-28, 1851.

An engraving depicting a 'corridor' engine. Portable electrically powered fire extinguisher by Merryweather's Greenwich. The cylinder held 120 litres. The extinguisher was rushed to the seat of the fire and plugged in to the domestic electricity supply. Dated 19th century

Pierre and Marie Curie in their laboratory, drawing by Fortunino Matania, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 2, January 10, 1904.

Dr Jekyll trying desperately to find the chemicals that will enable him to cast off his Mr Hyde persona., From The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published 1886, Illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan (1866-1933/English)

The first electric spark driven through the human body (1745)

Small lockstick sewing machine, 1886. Artist: Anon

MEDICINE. VACCINE OF THE DIFTERIA. ENGRAVING, 1894.

A scientist working on a diptheria antitoxin in the late 19th century. After an illustration in Scientific American, November 1894.

An alchemist at his alembic; surrounded by vignettes of scientific pursuits. Wood engraving by Dalziel, 18--.

Historical engraving, Black Forest clock face painters during watchmaking, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, 1888

Magnification and deciphering of microscopic messages, Siege of Paris, France, Franco-Prussian War, illustration by Smeeton from the magazine L'Illustration, Journal Universel, volume LVII, no 1456, January 21, 1871.

Cartoon commenting on the craze for mediums and table-turning. Dated 19th century

'Sterne and Death'. 1768. Creator: Thomas Patch.

Printing. Composing room of a print shop. The gallery proof, is usually printed. Encyclopedie. Edited by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783). Published C. 1770. Engraving.

Illustration showing Path of ball lightning observed at the Hotel Georges du Loup, near Nice, by an engineer, Louis Otto, and three friends. Suddenly a ball of fire about 20cm in diameter appeared through the window of the room in which they were sitting. 1902

19th century illustration showing a surgeon using an induction balance and earpiece with microphone to locate a bullet. This was devised by David Edward Hughes 1830-1900.

Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1903) French neurologist and pathologist, on right, demonstrating production of hypnosis using the sound from a large tuning fork. Picture drawn from life at the Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, Engraving from La Nature, Paris, 1879

An engraving depicting a dispensary in Buffalo, New York. Dated 19th century

Absorption spectroscope designed by Maurice de Thierry. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Engraving depicting the Post Office telegraph headquarters, Telegraph Street, London: showing the batteries for operating the 395 instruments.

THOMAS ALVA EDISON working on carbonized paper for his electric lamp, in his laboratory at Menlo Park Date: 1880

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer.

Frontispiece of section 'Of Statik Experiments' from Johannes Baptista della Porta Magia Naturalis'. Depicted is a natural philosopher using a balance for hydrostatic experiment. Dated 18th Century

'Button Maker', 1823. Artist: Unknown

ANTOINE-LAURENT LAVOISIER French chemist & founder of modern chemistry. He demonstrates the composition of the atmosphere. Date: 1743 - 1794

Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1923), German physicist, discoverer of X-rays.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, jules verne

An illustration showing medical students at a lecture. Date: 1886

Molten tin on a map, vintage engraving. Molten tin on a map, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679157

Candle makers' workshop: interior view, process of making candles. Etching.

Building up the immune system! Punch, 1878.

Laboratory Liebig at Giessen to Seltersbeg, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

An engraving depicting a ratcatcher in a London sewer. One of the serious hazards of anyone working anywhere infested with rats is Weil's Disease. Dated 19th century

The Tour de France a small Parisian, His foot sliding between two boards, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

'Laboratory used by Louis Pastuer (1822-1896) during research on hydrophobia (Rabies) at the Institut Pasteur, Paris,. Engraving, Paris, 1873.'

Photographer preparing a portrait of a mummy. Nineteenth-century engraving.

Engraving of Conrad Gessner (1516-1556) a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. Dated 16th Century

Surgeon searching for a bullet using an induction balance and earpiece containing a Hughes microphone. Apparatus contrived by David Edward Hughes (1830-1900). From The World of Wonders, Cassel & Co, London, 1896.

The Wiring of Champagne Bottles in France in 1885, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork

Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's (1737- 1798) investigation of the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity

Isaac Newton (1643-1727). English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. Newton's work on the nature of light.

Experiment of Otto von Guericke

'The Cabinetmaker glueing the stand for a small dressing table mirror. Hand-coloured woodcut from ''The Book of English Trades'', London, 1823.'

James WATT (Greenock, 1736-Birmingham, 1819), Scottish mathematician and engineer. It improved the Newcomen Machine, giving rise to the well-known steam engine. Engraving, 1883.

An engraving depicting the drilling of needle eyes: in this operation, the punched eye was drilled smooth so that it did not cut the thread. Dated 19th century

Chemical Lectures 1810-20 Thomas Rowlandson Friedrich Christian Accum stands on a platform at right, in a crowded lecture room, and pours liquid from a kettle into a beaker. The absorbed audience stares at him from a platform at left and a balcony above.. Chemical Lectures. 1810-20. Hand-colored etching (partially colored). Prints

Edison's improved form of JW Trowbridge's electric dynamometer. 'Scientific American' New York 1879

Drawing showing the English writer, John Milton, visiting Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642); Italian polymath. Known for his work as astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician, Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy". 19th century

An engraving depicting the digging of alum from crystallising pans. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's (1737- 1798) investigation of the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity

A man in the foreground conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic; in the background a female figure representing the world looks at a chemist, who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle; representing the historical transition from alchemy to chemistry. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.

To this science he gave all his hours, vintage engraved illustration.

Warping, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1855.

Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1903) French neurologist and pathologist, demonstrating production of hypnosis using beam of light from a magic lantern. Picture drawn from life at the Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, Engraving from La Nature, Paris, 1879

History of medicine. 19th century. Machinery. Cartoning pills. Engraving.

Glass globe electric machine

ASTRONOMICAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE CAVES OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL, PARIS, FRANCE, ENGRAVING 1876

Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician, (1666) 1874. Artist: Unknown

Decayed Fruit. Inspection of fruit in New York markets, by order of the Board of Health. Woodcut, Sept. 13, 1873

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