Historical Illustrations of Crafts

Engravings depicting various crafts, including lead processing, printing, gem engraving, and dairy industry activities. Illustrative style with detailed machinery and workers.

The Organ. Illustration from Descrizione degl'Istromenti Armonici d'ogni genere by Filippo Bonanni, Anonymous

Steam machine and pneumatic apparatus for extracting salt from the water in Balaruc-les-Bains, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1153, Volume XLV, April 1, 1865.

Hydraulics: three devices, including a pump, a clock, and a drinking fountain. Woodcut, 1659.

Kuhn appliance for heating beer to avoid the formation of micro-organisms, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1889.

Processing of zinc. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

A labelled section through a porter brewery. Engraving by Mutlow, c. 1812, after J. Farey.

Seven figures illustrating different types of anatomical specimen jars and their lids and methods of preservation used by Réaumur, Le Cat, and others. Engraving, 1749.

Posuda dlia kumysa. Crock for Koumiss ( Kumys).. Bulychev, Ivan Dem'ianovich. Prints, Drawings. 1856. General Research Division. IAkutskaia oblast (R.S.F.S.R.), Okhotsk (Sea of, Region) , Description and travel, Natural history , Okhotsk, Sea of, Region, Siberia, Eastern (Russia) , Administrative and political divisions

Four schematic views to clarify scientific theories, Anonymous, After Cornelis Meijer, 1678 print Numbered at the top right: 4, 1, 2, 5. paper etching education, science and learning. scales

Mott's patent flushing-rim wash-out urinal. Plate 972-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

Charles Babbage's (1791-1871) difference engine

The month, historical, literary and critical newspaper, with figures, no. 17: Machine to give fair to the flutes, 1800 Workbench on which 13 recorders. Print from the magazine Le Mois: Journal Historique, Littéraire et Critique Avec Figures, 1800. Théâtre des Folies-Marigny paper etching Workbench on which 13 recorders. Print from the magazine Le Mois: Journal Historique, Littéraire et Critique Avec Figures, 1800. Théâtre des Folies-Marigny paper etching

A 1678-1680 etching by Johann Oswald Harms depicting a draft stage design for a Planet Ballet featuring Jupiter, showing allegorical figures and theatrical elements.

Mineralogy, cross section of a mine, 1751-1777. Artist: Unknown

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Mott's patent square urinal, The Lenox. Plate 1096-G and Plate 1097-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

A large chemical laboratory filled with distilling apparatus and many types of glass vessel. Engraving, 177-.

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph. The letters of the alphabet and a variety of conventional signals; were indicated by single and combined movements of the galvanometer needles. The operator worked the instrument by manipulating the two handles at the bottom and an alarm bell was housed in the upper casing and was used to signal the beginning of a message.

Engraving depicting the concentration of sulphuric acid in glass vessels. Dated 19th century

Production of zinc oxide, sublimation ovens, Asnieres, France, drawing by Forest, engraving by Best, Hotelin and Co, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 486, Volume XIX, June 19, 1852.

Fig. CXL. Cochlea. Antlia depressas attolens aquas.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Pulleys, Water pumps

Richard Frere's registering aneroid barometer. Date: 1881

A watercolor showing a worker performing pulling tasks, likely in a manual or agricultural context.

Demarest's Patent Syphon Cisterns for Water Closets, 1888, J.L. Mott Iron Works., 1888., New York. Publisher, J.L. Mott Iron Works. Plumbing, equipment and supplies, catalogs, toilets, wood engravings

Two diagrams comparing two sets of apparatus for the leg designed by Vesalius and Belloq. Etching by J. Bell.

Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Orfevrerie Grossier, Ouvrages, Plate I from 'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers', J.R. Lucotte, French, 1750-84, Robert Bénard, French, 1734-1772, Engraving on paper, France, 1771, Print, Print

The chemical laboratory on board the 'Challenger' Date: 1874

Two photos of air pumps, F.W. Funckler, c. 1857 - in or before 1867 photograph Above an air pump with a plate and a clock, under an air pump with two cylinders. Netherlands photographic support. paper albumen print physics (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research)

Mott's folding lavatories. Plate 1049-G, Plate 1050-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

Shower. Plate 1022-G ; Ring shower. Plate 1023-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

Producing 'Indian' Ink in China. Since antiquity in both India and China ink has been made form various soots, tar, or pitch and a binding agent, and sold in blocks or sticks to be moistened before use. Stipple engraving, London, 1812.

Cross-section of Villeroi's submarine project, constructed at Philadelphia Date: 1861

Skeleton of a megatherium, with details showing a vertebra, and sections of the teeth. Line engraving, 1830/1870

Mott's patent wash-down water closet, the 'Trent.' Plate 963-G ; Plate 964-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

Artificial hatching of hen eggs by the Baker method. Supply of bait for layer chicks. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878.

Rear view of Charles Wheatstone's electric (railway) telegraph, showing its connection OT lines running beside the railway track. From 'Illustrations of Natural Philosophy', John Reynolds, London, 1850

Chemical materials: sulfuric acid manufacture; alum spring; white lead manufacture.. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Alum industry, White lead

Two physicists, around them, animals and babies, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1787 print Berlin paper etching interior of the house. laboratory, research room. dissection. physiology and anatomy (+ scholar, scientist (at work))

Patent circular combination needle, shower, liver spray and bidet bath. Plate 65-G. Patent combination needle, shower, liver spray and bidet bath. Plate 66-G.. text. Illustrations, Advertisements, Catalogs. 1877 - 1893. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Plumbing , Equipment and supplies , Catalogs

An engraving depicting the concentration of sulphuric acid in glass vessels. Dated 19th century

Milking parlour equipped with Thistle suction and pulsation milking machine, 1895. Devised by Dr Alexander Shields of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1895, the Thistle was considered too expensive and was not developed, although subsequent machines used the same principle. At 3 is a vacuum pump powered by a 4-5 hp stationary engine. From 'Les Inventions Illustrees' (Paris, September 1899). Chromolithograph.

Netherlands, Rotterdam, Tycho Brahe's observatory

Herde und Küchenmaschinen 1895: Vierfachherd für Großküchen, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Pedro Alvares Cabral discovering Brazil 34, African slaves washing washing diamonds 35, and the Portuguese royal family arriving in Brazil in 1807 36. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in America, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1821.

Artesian wells or aquifers. Puits artesiens. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39.

An engraving depicting the process of extracting soda from wood ash for soap making. Dated 19th century

A tea plant (Camellia sinensis), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique, A Paris, au palais, Chez Theodore le Gras, 1742, Description and Travel, Natural History, Pre-Linnean Works, Voyages and Travels, West Indies, French, The illustration features a series of three detailed drawings showcasing tools used in the sugar refining process. At the top, there is a rectangular basket labeled 'Caisse à passer,' which is designed for holding or straining materials. Below that, an elegantly shaped scoop or spoon, referred to as 'Bec de Corbin,' is depicted, likely used for transferring substances. Finally, at the bottom, a round, pedestal-style table labeled 'Bloc de Raffineur' is displayed, which could have served as a work surface for the refining process. Each item highlights the craftsmanship and functionality required in sugar production during this historical period.

The Dissecting Room ca. 1838 T. C. Wilson After a design by Rowlandson, ca. 1790. Two bodies are being dissected in a room filled with human and animal skeletons. A body is being disemboweled at lower left.. The Dissecting Room. T. C. Wilson (British, active ca. 1838). ca. 1838. Hand-colored lithograph. Prints

Instruments used in the processing of saltpetre. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Astronomy: a large orrery, mounted on a dodecahedral base, decorated with signs of the zodiac. Engraving after B. Martin.

A woman representing truth sits in a chemical laboratory and points at the source of a ray of light, representing philosophy. Engraving by Crabb, 1817, after G.M. Brighty.

Electricity: a large electrical machine being prepared for use at the Pantheon, Oxford Street. Engraving by J. Basire, before 1791, after M.A. Rooker.

Carpenter's New Specimen book, 1836, Woodcuts

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

Watercolor by an anonymous artist depicting a person spinning cotton, shown with tools and seated posture.

A steam powered shaving machine, circa 1800, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original..

Mott's Steam Kettles with Movable Legs, 1888, J.L. Mott Iron Works, New York. The image features a catalog illustration of kettles designed with movable legs, showcasing the plumbing equipment and supplies offered by the company. The image is in the style of wood engravings typical of the period

Microscopic photograph by Frana Jesenko showing the surface section of the epidermis of a young wheat leaf sheath, on collodion paper and mounted on a box.

An engraving depicting a silk spinning machine of Lombe's Silk Mill, Derby: in this process, the threads from the colours joined into a continuous strand. Dated 19th century

Cartoon depicting an idea for saving a failed batsman from the humiliation of walking to the pavilion under the gaze of spectators. Dated 20th century

Potato peeler, 1900. Machine for washing, peeling and removing eyes and sprouts from potatoes. 'Les Inventions Illustrees', (Paris, May 1899). Print. Engraving.

Cartoon depicting an idea for saving a failed batsman from the humiliation of walking to the pavilion under the gaze of spectators. Dated 20th century

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 6.5x9 Test machine reciprocating steel wire (A. pump, stahldraht, bibl.no 886) /. undated

Apparatus for an apothecary. Wood engraving, 1861.

Die Uhr im Straßburger Münster, Astronomische Uhr, links daneben der Engelspfeiler, Straßburg, Frankreich, um 1870, digital restaurierte Reproduktion ...

Engraving, 'Cocina. Nº 34/2'.

The sunlit side of Venus. Date: 1928

Poster - B. A. Bamber's Great Dime Show, poster, about 1895

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