19th Century Scientific Illustrations

A collection of engravings and cartoons depicting various 19th-century experiments, inventions, and industrial processes, featuring diverse subjects in historical settings.

CHRISTIAN HUYGENS working on his invention of the first pendulum clock

The distinguished men of science 1807-8: a key to the identities of the sitters. Photograph of engraving by W. Walker, 1862, after Sir J. Gilbert.

meteorologists, Glaisher and Coxvell making a scientific balloon ascent to make various observations, 1864

Engraving depicting two boys trying to pull apart two Magdeburg hemispheres. The Magdeburg hemispheres are a pair of large copper hemispheres, with mating rims. They were used to demonstrate the power of atmospheric pressure. When the rims were sealed with grease and the air was pumped out, the sphere contained a vacuum and could not be pulled apart by teams of horses. Dated 19th Century

Series Cricket and ant as a symbol for the industrious and the lazy. Ant well provided for and warm, had little harm in winter, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig collector's picture from ca 1900

Coffee or tea making machine heated by a small spirit lamp. From periodical on inventions published Paris 1900. Engraving.

Chemical laboratory and lecture theatre, University College School, London, England. Tinted lithograph c1870.

PIERRE-SIMON DE LAPLACE French astronomer

He would first go back through California, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

Oersted, Hans Christian (Copenhagen Rudkobing ,1777-1851). Danish physicist and chemist. Oersted discovers electromagnetism. Colored engraving.

Viens voir P'ospér! un monsieur qui prend la foudre avec du verre frotté - ...la science qui fait le tonnerre de Dieu! - O vicissitudes divines! Franklin a tiré Jupiter en bouteille ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works

How the player-piano works - air passes through the holes in the piano-roll and acts on the bellows mechanism, causing a hammer to strike a key Date: 1912

The Antikamnia Calendar, January and February, 1897: The Diagnosis, Louis Crusius, American, 1862 - 1898, Louis Crusius, American, 1862 - 1898, Chromolithograph on paper with string binding, January and February, 1897., New York, New York, USA, 1896, graphic design, Calendar, Calendar

The oyster lover: PHYSIONOMIC GALLERY NUMERO 4 Charles Joseph Travies of Villers (1804-1859). "The oyster lover: Physionic gallery number 4". Engraving.

A skeleton smoking a pipe and drinking beer. Colour lithograph by L. Crusius, 1899.

medicine, anatomy, physiognomy, ""Carl Wohlgemut"" (Charles Light-Hearted), phrenological portrait, wood engraving, from: Friedrich Eduard Bilz, New Naturopathic Treatment, Leipzig, Germany, 1902,

Engraving depicting a portable stirrup pump for use as a fire extinguisher or a garden spray. Dated 19th century

Portrait of Arnold Marcel. The mathematical, physicist and creator of magnifying glasses Arnold Marcel. He is in his workshop surrounded with different mathematical instruments.

Engraving depicting an experiment that demonstrates the centre of gravity. Porter is shown carrying a heavy load on his back and another man is carrying a bucket of water, both alter their centre of gravity in order to obtain stability. Dated 19th Century

Vanity Fair - Doctors and Scientists. Mr. Frank Crisp. 31 May 1890, Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, 1890, Chromolithograph

Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), French chemist and microbiologist, working with colleagues in the microbiology laboratory at L'Institut Pasteur, Paris. Date: 1886

Carlo Pellegrini, 1839-1889, Italian, Vanity Fair - Doctors and Scientists. 'Physiological Physic.' Sir William Withey Gull. 18 December 1875, 1875. Chromolithograph.

An engraving depicting a 'bending trunk' position forwards in the riding position. Dated 20th century

Design for a general chemical laboratory, with the apparatus numbered. Etching by A.W. Warren, 1822, after C. Varley.

Experiments using nitrous oxide for tooth extractions at the Surgical Clinic in Rome, Lazio, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVI, No 26, June 25, 1899.

ODONTOLOGY. Colored engraving. Year 1796. London, England.

Albumin photograph by Otto Schmidt depicting a Viennese man operating a Scheern grinder around 1873-1878, hand-colored on cabinet format.

Library of the Royal Institution, Albermarle Street, London. From 'The Microcosm of London', Ackermann, London, 1808-1811. Illustrated by Pugin and Rowlandson. Aquatint.

Watercolour of an imagined chemist's laboratory, Auguste Laurent, 1844.

Locating a bullet in a soldier's heart by means of an x-ray Date: 1915

Artist's impression of execution by electric chair, 1890. Artist: Unknown

Illustration showing Edison's kinetoscope parlour, 1894. The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device.

The body of president Carnot, assassinated at Lyon by the anarchist Caserio, who will be guillotined for it.

The diagnosis: a skeletal doctor measures a patient's pulse. Lithograph by L. Crusius, 1897.

DRAWING OF THE EARL OF ROSSE'S 6-FOOT REFLECTING TELESCOPE.

Front and back medal with portrait of professor Santorio Santorio, Crese. Rizzi, after Pietro Antonio III Novelli, in or after 1765 print Italy paper etching historical persons. science and technology (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)

Engraving depicting the reflection of an object in a plane mirror, showing how the angle of reflection. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Nikola Tesla addressing the Societe Francaise de physique and the International Society of Electricians, Paris. He is seen demonstrating electrode-less discharge with luminous discharge rods - the forerunner of fluorescent lighting.

The anatomical lesson of Nicolaes Tulp, Group portrait of the Amsterdam surgeons during an anatomical lesson. The men sit and stand around a table on which a corpse lies. Doctor Nicolaes Tulp teaches. He has opened the arm of the corpse and holds up a bundle of arm muscles with a pair of pliers, while he makes a demonstrating gesture with his other hand. Next to Nicolaes Tulp are the surgeons Jacob Blok, Hartman Hartmansz, Adraen Slabran, Jacob de Witt, Mathijs Kalkoen, Jacob Koolvelt and Frans van Loenen, historical person (TULP, NICOLAES), anatomy lesson, Nicolaes Tulp, Johannes Pieter de Frey, 1798, paper, etching, h 317 mm × w 371 mm

Le Petit Inventeur magazine cover depicting an idea for a video-phone system using neon tubes to create a picture display. The idea is based on Herbert E. Ives' colour TV system. Herbert E. Ives (1882-1953) an American scientist and engineer who headed the development of facsimile and television systems at AT&T. Dated 20th century

James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish mechanical engineerand inventor depicted at the fireside collecting steam from a kettle. Nineteenth century Japanese educational print. Technology Discovery Invention

Bottom of pit shaft, showing cage and tubs of coal. Also visible is the shaft pillar, the area of coal left unexcavated around the shaft. Engraving 1862.

PARACELSO(THEOPHRASTUS BOMBASTUS VON HOHENEIM)MEDICO Y QUIMICO SUIZO1493/1541. Paracelso. HOHENHEIM T B.

Franz Joseph Gall, 1758-1828, a German physician and brain anatomist, discussing phrenology with five colleagues, amid his extensive collection of skulls and model heads, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent 'Savan', 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle

Booklet illustrating photographic techniques of position and lighting by Dr. Franz Stolze, second issue, showing right-side illustration, published in 1885.

Nicolas Andry de Boisregard, Orthopedia, 1743

Chinese swan pan or abacus, and pottery shop, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824.

Engraving depicting a small incandescent lamp, powered by a bichromate cell, for use by surgeons, dentists or watchmakers.

View From Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-41B)

Engraving depicting an artist's impression of the meeting at Clairac of scientists interested in investigating the electrical nature of thunderstorms

Isaac Bérard experimenting his distillation machine alone at night, 1877, Isaac Bérard, 1770 - 1819, a French wine distiller who invented a new and economical distillation process

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Pedestrian curricle, 19th century illustration

Ticket distributor for mutual betting. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1888

Das Telefon von Alexander Graham Bell, 1861, in der Anwendung / Alexander Graham Bell's telephone, 1861, in use, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Where is the astronomer , digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collective picture from c. 1900, Liebig picture series Vexierbilder XIII (1893)

A machine for an electrified garden: fashionably-dressed men and women are shown in a glasshouse, observing a selection of plants which have been attached to a large machine. Etching, ca. 1755.

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, demonstrating his pile (battery) to Napoleon, From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1801

Coty Emperor of Perfumes SEM (Georges Goursat, said, 1863-1934). Coty The Emperor of Perfumes. Color photomechanical process.

Sanitary up to date beach resort , Public opinion, Recreation areas, Public use. William Norman Ritchie Cartoons

William Herschel (1738-1822) German-born English astronomer, investigating heating effect of infra-red (published 1800) In background is Herschel's 40ft reflecting telescope. Artist's reconstruction

SIR ISAAC NEWTON - scientist, demonstrating his telescope Date: 1642-1727

Cartoon depicting men waiting to see Comet Coggia, a non-periodic comet, discovered by Jérôme Eugène Coggia. Jérôme Eugène Coggia 1849-1919) a French astronomer. Dated 19th Century

Bilderserie Schattenspiele, die Schnecke, Liebigbild, digital verbesserte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfreiroduktion eines Samme...

Color print from 1898 depicting Opal stain water, showing product bottle, label, and advertising composition.

Use N. K. Fairbank & Co.'s lard, the standard of the world. , Swine, Corn, Oils & fats, Scales, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Germany, Bavaria, Munich, Deutsches Museum, Exhibit of 19th century Topographical Survey

A color illustration from 1896 by Albert Guillaume depicting wood coals by M. On Bernot F. Res, highlighting product details and arrangement.

The new tobacco rator, This is my mix,

Archimedes (Syracuse-Syracuse-287, -212). Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.

Kidney Wort, 1880, USA, America, 19th century engraving

"Testing" Clark's O.N.T. spool cotton | Library of Congress

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