19th Century Scientific Instruments

Engravings and illustrations of historical scientific devices and apparatuses from the 19th century, showcasing innovations in engineering and physics.

Illustration of an nineteenth century cog and gear mechanism
Illustration of an nineteenth century cog and gear mechanism
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Illustration showing the general lines of the right hand of a female. The lines are created by the movement of the hand and joints. Dated between 1617-1619
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An engraving depicting Stephen Hales' (1677-1761); experiments to determine the ' force with which sap rises in plants. From Robert John Thornton The Temple of Flora, London, 1727
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Anonymous, pl.cxxvi. Key of the ancient mass graves of Saint-Séverin (registered title (letter)). Photomécanic process. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.
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James Prescott Joule's (1818-89) apparatus for determining mechanical equivalent of heat. Vessel of water, oil or mercury contains vanes attached to spindle. Cord attached to drums wound round spindle. Weight descending against scale rotates vanes. Raising and lowering weights raises temperature of fluid. From rise in temperature and distance travelled energy used can be calculated. Engraving 1881.
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Ground plan of the safety beacon, 1844. 'The Safety, or Refuge Beacon, was first erected on the Goodwin Sands through the indomitable perseverance of Captain Bullock, to whom all the credit of the suggestion and invention is justly due, on the 10th of September, 1840...We should observe that the Goodwin Sands are, to a great extent, quite dry at low water; and as vessels which strike on them seldom go to pieces in a single tide, the probability is, that some of the unfortunate crew would be enabled to reach the sand during that interval, and the Safety Beacon would then become their only refug
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Engraving of gold formed into cubic crystals, found in Brazil. Date: 1849
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Lister's lugatured tube; the Lancet, August 1863
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DA-SC-85-04249. Country: Unknown
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PLANTAS DE IGLESIAS DE PEREGRINACION - SAN MARTIN DE TOURS SAN MARCIAL DE LIMOGES SANTA FE DE CONQUES Y SAN SERNIN DE TOULOUSE.
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Engraving depicting three thermometer scales - centigrade, Fahrenheit and Réaumur. Dated 19th Century
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Magic lantern slide projector, 1671. The magic lantern or Laterna Magica is an early type of image projector developed in the 17th century.
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Dam Burrator, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.
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Reproduction of one of many (technical) drawings (March 1990) present at the Royal Institute for the Marine (KIM).
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Shelves for growing plants in a greenhouse, engraving, Skizzen und Typen, plate 166, designs by Rudolph Philip Waagner, 1891.
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Illustration Origin of Life, Chemical Evolution on Mars Mars Evolution Layers
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Terminals layout plan of the KING ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JED, OEJN), JEDDAH
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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. Black radiation.
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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.Optik. Drawing of an achromatic duplicate.
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Engraving showing a relic of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845, which was found by Francis Leopold McClintock in 1859. This image shows a silver medal won by the assistant surgeon on the Franklin expedition, A. McDonald, for excellence in a medical examination in 1838. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror', to look for the Northwest passage round the northern coast of Canada. The expedition, commanded by Sir John
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White flat vector administrative map of WORMS, GERMANY with name tags and black border lines of its quarters