Historic Electrical Machines

19th-century engravings of early electrical and mechanical devices, including dynamos, teleprinters, and static electric machines, capturing pioneering technology.

D'Asrlincourt's teleprinter. 1878.

Superheated steam device for wall disinfection. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Machine currying rims, Front view, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Illustration showing Objects being electro gilded. 1887

Experiment ot show that sound needs a medium in which to travel. When air in jar is in normal state the bell is audible. When air is evacuated no sound is heard. From ''Sound'' by John Tyndall, London, 1867.

Engraving depicting Abbe Nollet's static electric machine.

Cauderay electricity meter or coulombs-meter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

An engraving depicting a sectional view of an Argand lamp, a kind of oil lamp, was invented and patented in 1780 by Aime Argand. Aime Argand (1750-1803) a Genevan physicist and chemist. Dated 19th century

Electric dynamo machine, produced by Guzzi, Ravizza and C, Milan, Italy, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1891.

Hydro-extractor with electric motor for drying linen: A perforated copper basket; B cast-iron external structure; C crankshaft; G support; L electric motor, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1900.

Engraving depicting a butter working and blending machine in which excess buttermilk was removed and salt blended in. Butter would be placed on the circular revolving table and passed repeatedly under fluted rollers. As the butter would be blended, the buttermilk drained out and was collected in a bucket placed under the table. Dated 19th Century

Zweiflammiger Herdkocher aus dem Jahre 1895, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Marey's sphygmomanometer

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; A chain or rope washer pump or paternoster

Actuator Suffren, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Perpetual motion machine described by the Jesuit Stanislaus Solski c1610. Water was pumped from reservoir alternately up the vertical pipes to the upper reservoirs A,B. The small reservoirs C,D were filled from them. E,F are pumps operated by the oscillation of the small reservoirs C,D. Engraving from Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicum by Jacob Leupold (Leipzig, 1774).

Telegraphy in the 19th century: Hughes electromotive printing telegraph from ca. 1880, the last and most advanced telegraphy mechanism, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century master

Discharging the Leyden jar

The great universal lathe of Mulhouse Mechanism of control of the doll and the bench. Old illustration by Louis Poyet (1846-1913) from La Nature 1887

Perpetual motion: A garden fountain worked by water from upper cistern which is filled with water from an Archimedian screw. The screw is driven by a perpetual motion device using a wheel and lead balls. The balls are supposed to force the wheel round as they fall from the inside of the wheel to its outer circumference. Engraving from 'Theatrum Machinarum Novum' by George Andreas Bockler (Nuremberg, 1673).

An engraving depicting Trouve's Auxanoscope for projecting medals, drawings and photographs onto a screen. The light was an incandescent electric lamp powered by four bichromate cells. Gustave Trouve (1839-1902) a French electrical engineer and inventor. Dated 19th century

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

Drawing of Lewis Paul's Carding Cylinder patented 1748. Engraved by J.W. Lowry in 1830s

Steam engines of the 19th century: Machine with balancer according to Watt, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Pneumatics of air pumps including English engineer John Smeaton's pump and Edward Nairne's pump. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

Singeing machine, produced by Asa Lees & Co, Oldham, United Kingdom, spinning machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1907.

Illustration depicting a 19th century, inclined treadmill. 1835

The apparatus for producing the chlorine gas, vintage engraving. The apparatus for producing the chlorine gas, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673825

Dampfmaschinen des 19. Jahrhunderts, Vertikale Einzylindermaschine im Durchschnitt, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19...

Perpetual motion machine described by the Jesuit Stanislaus Solski c1610. Water was pumped from reservoir alternately up the vertical pipes to the upper reservoirs A,B. The small reservoirs C,D were filled from them. E,F are pumps operated by the oscillation of the small reservoirs C,D. Engraving from 'Theatri Machinarum Hydraulicum' by Jacob Leupold (Leipzig, 1774).

Many types of printing machine, with details of their mechanisms. Engraving by W. H. Lizars after himself, 1830.

An engraving depicting the Baldwin acetylene bicycle lamp. Dated 20th century

Fig. CXXV. Haustrum triplex, cum quadratis capsulis. Haustrum triplex, per quadratas capsulas.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Waterwheels

Steam jet engine demonstrating Newtyon's third law of motion - action and reaction. Engraving, 1777.

Illustration showing Dome supported on columns, standing on a base. Wound round four columns are two parallel inclined rails down which a ball rolls. When it reaches the bottom it is guided into an Archimedean screw which raises the ball on the top of its run again. In the base is the clock driving mechanism that turns the Archimedean screw and operates the dials. Prom Gas-part Grollier de Serviere Rec-euil d'Ouvrages Curieux de Math-ematique et de Mecanique, ou Description de Cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Serviere, Lyon, 1719.

Pointer telegraph by Breguet, in this device hand driven by a clockwork could be stopped at will in front of each of the letters standing at the edge by an escapement device attached to the armature of an electromagnet, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Transmitter of Bell's Photo phone: vibrations of the diaphragm at the end of the mouthpiece tube caused pulses of light to be transmitted to receiver which had light-sensitive selenium. London, 1891

Buchbindereimaschinen 1890: Pappschere, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt

Cross section through the firebox, vintage engraving. Cross section through the firebox, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674073

An engraving depicting a geyser for a bath. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the mechanism of an air pump. Dated 19th Century

A transverse and longitudinal sections of a Benz 4.375 single cylinder petrol engine. Dated 20th century

Animal magnetism experiment with a frog, experiment by Emil Du Bois-Reimond, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 381, Volume XV, June 15, 1850.

Illustration depicting a cylinder and valve chest. Dated 19th century

Lathe blueprint, illustration

GRABADO-TELAR SENCILLO-1810.

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

Oil tank. Burner detail. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1888

Back side of FOY AND BREGUET TELEGRAPH RECEIVER. 18th-19th century. Engraving 19th century.

Engraving of engraving. Mechanism of machine gun Christophe and Montigny. Anonymous photography. Albumin paper draw. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123097-21

Elias Electric motor, 1842. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Boiler Niclausse, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Part of Grove's battery

The passage of time is registered by the flow of water. Date: BCE

Buchbindereimaschinen 1890: Einsägemaschine, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht beka...

Physiotherapy on a pendulum apparatus by Krukenberg, state of the art of therapeutic techniques, early 20th Century, illustration

'Turtle', submarine designed by David Bushnell, 1787. Artist: Unknown

Clocks: the chiming mechanism (top), and the main mechanism (below) of a clock proposed for the Royal Exchange. Wood engraving.

Apparatus for saturating liquids with carbonic acid. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

Lavoisier's investigation of the existence of oxygen in the air. Mercury in trough (right) and in glass balloon (left) on prolonged heating, some red oxide of mercury found in balloon, while volume of air in bell jar (right) reduced. Engraving, 1894.

An engraving depicting a revolving sprinkler: heat melts fusible metal at D, water enters indiarubber ball, A. Device then operates like a Barker's Mill. Dated 19th century

Gasoline engine that runs on carbonated air. Old illustration by Louis Poyet (1846-1913) from La Nature 1887

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; A hand operated irrigation pump.

Microscope suitable for general pathologic and bacteriologic work, vintage engraved illustration.

Engraving depicting a machine for making ices at home. This used a freezing mixture which was usually two parts of crushed ice and one part of salt, and was based on the principle that cold is produced by the liquification of substances. In this model the liquid was fed into a reservoir at the bottom in which four bottles of wine could be chilled. Dated 19th century

Type of water circulation motor, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Engraving depicting an Alliance (Nollet) generator being used to power a carbon arc light with Serrin regulator. This was the apparatus used in each of the lighthouses at La Heve.

Engraving depicting smeaton's adaptation of Newcomen's atmospheric steam engine. The boiler lies outside the picture to the left, but the open cylinder F is clearly shown, as is the receiver E which prevents cold water from condensing steam from entering the boiler. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a machine used for throwing darts and stones.

Transmitter of Bell's Photo phone: vibrations of the diaphragm at the end of the mouthpiece tube caused pulses of light to be transmitted to receiver which had light-sensitive selenium. London, 1891

Ader's Fanfare: detailed view of the receiver. Demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889.

The pyromagnetic electricity generator. Automatic battery of Edward O'Keenan. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Ferrabee and Co's wool lap machine. From The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, published c.1890

Typewriter patented by John Pratt in 1866 (1915). Artist: Unknown

Engraving depicting an adaptation of Newcomen's atmospheric steam engine. The boiler lies outside the picture to the left, but the open cylinder F) is clearly shown, as is the receiver E) which prevents cold water for condensing steam from entering the boiler. Dated 19th century

Drawing of electrical speed conversions. Image belonging to a collection of glass negative with motifs from AB de Laval's steam turbine.

Radio-telephone station, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1907.

Zeigertelegraf von Wheatstone, links der Zeichengeber, rechts der Empfangsapparat, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19....

Kempelenz speaking machine, Wolfgang von Kempelen, in the first development stadium / Kempelenz Sprechmaschine, Wolfgang von Kempelen, im ersten Entwicklungsstadion, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Elevation and plan an electric machine to kill, vintage engraved illustration.

Engraving depicting James Watt's steam engine. James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th century

Pontoon mechanism of Amecourt or Gabriel de la Landelle, 1862. Pontoon mechanism of Amecourt or Gabriel de la Landelle, 1862. Photograph of Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, says) (1820-1910). Draw on albuminum paper.

Illustration depicting a steam engine. Dated 19th century

Bell telephone. From Theodore Eckardt 'Physics in Pictures', London, 1882.

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

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler

Drawing, cuts of turbine H9N.Bild belonging to a collection of glass negative with motifs from AB de Laval's steam turbine.

Mechanismus des Zeigertelegraf von Louis Clément François Breguet / Mechanism of the pointer telegraph by Louis Clément François Breguet, 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.

Vegetable slicer. Engraving, 1884

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; A hand operated milling machine

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.sensitometer.

$Astronomy: a large refracting telescope. Engraving.$

The International Exhibition: Chubbs' safe-lock and key, 1862. '...a very massive fire-proof wrought-iron safe for bankers' use, upwards of seven feet in height; its sides six inches thick, and weighing nearly four tons. The drawers and strong closets of the interior have all distinct locks. The outer folding-doors are made of wrought-iron plates and hardened steel combined into a solid mass or plate of great thickness, forming an unexampled security against the attacks of drills or other instruments, and are fitted with two gunpowder-proof wheel-locks, throwing thirty-one bolts all round. The

Technical drawing showing an invention of Mr T. J Perry of the Lozells, Birmingham and comprises a method of constructing the moveable types used in cylinder printing, and consists in making an angular depression on one side of the types, and a corresponding angular elevation on the opposite side of each, so that when they set up they interlock with one another. Date: 1856

Salsomaggiore weather station: monthly diagram pluviograph.

industry paper manufacture digester colour engraving circa 1890 private collection historic historical Europe Germany 19th century production sphere machine,

An engraving depicting a geyser for a bath. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Maxim's carbon filament lamp. Dated 19th century

Atmospheric Engine after Newcomen, Principle Drawing of Newcomen's Steam Engine, England, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th ...

An engraving depicting an elevation and sectional view, of Solimani's distilling apparatus (1801) which consisted of two pairs of stills. 1860

An engraving depicting an acetylene lamp. 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

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