Historical Industrial Machinery

19th-century illustrations of machinery used for oil pressing, match production, and drilling, digitally restored for clarity and detail.

A Drilling Machine by William Fairbairn, 1888, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork

Various machines for the production of shoes, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

An engraving depicting a 'Utility' Embroiderer. This machine has two needles, and the threads passed through a pair of reciprocating guides. Dated 19th century

Planer, produced by J A Fay & Co, United States of America, woodworking machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1890.

Printing, wire book stitcher Imperial II of Maschinenfabrik Gebrüder Brehmer, Leipzig, Germany, 1890, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an ...

Printing Press.

Historical illustration, 19th Century, Industrial printing press

Wood industry, a planing machine for processing staves, by Anton & Soehne in Flenburg, Germany, industrial product from the year 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, exact original date unknown, Europe

Historical illustration, 19th Century, Industrial printing press, Koenig & Bauer

Pappritz-Maschine, ist eine Maschine, die den Karton schabt und aufbereitet, dann weiterverarbeitet zu Schachteln, Industrieprodukt aus dem Jahr 1880,...

Textiles: a belt-driven cutting machine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811.

Malzmühle in einer Brauerei. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie. Malzmühle in einer Brauerei. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23160475

Illustration showing Duplex water works pumping engine powered by an Edison electric motor. New York, 1892.

Textilindustrie, Spinnerei, 19. Jahrhundert, Streckmaschine, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Multiple drilling machine, produced by De Fries & C, Dusseldorf, Germany, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1901.

Engraving depicting an Otto gas engine being used to run electric lights at the Philadelphia Electrical Exhibition

Höganäs coal grapes chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Details of working parts of Newsham's fire engine.

Production of tar from coal by distillation. Engraving, Paris, 1885.

Abbildung einer Blechschere, mit der man Bleche von unbegrenzter Länge und Breite schneiden kann, von F. X. Honer in Ravensburg, Deutschland, Historis...

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

Machine to make rag-paper at Magnay's Albury Mill, Guildford. Scraps of boiled rag are agitated in a large vat before being bleached and washed and formed into pulp for the paper machine. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833.

Glasschleifmaschinen von Emil Offenbacher, Marktredwitz, oben, eine Poliermaschine, links eine Rundschleifmaschine und rechts eine Poliermaschine, Ind...

Cotton Manufacture. Throstle Spinning Frame

THE CLIFF WAGGON

Crown saw and coaking engine, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1816.

Engineering: four kinds of crane. Engraving.

Machinery designed by Smeaton for extracting coal from the pits. Etching by W. Lowry after J. Farey.

'Diagrams illustrating the preparation of Rags and Esparto Grass for Paper-making', c1917. Artist: Unknown.

Printing: a three-quarter view of a press made by Bacon & Donkins, with a detail of the eccentric gearing. Engraving by W. Lowry after J. Farey, 1819.

Heel attaching machine. Prints. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Machinery, Shoe machinery, Shoe industry, Shoemaking

Textilindustrie, Spinnerei, Automatische Knäuelwickelmaschine, eine Maschine, mittels deren man Garne, Bindfaden, Schnüre etc. auf mechanischem Weg in die Form eines Knäuels wickeln kann, von G. Stein, um 1880, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

View and details of Bramah numerator press for banknote production, money printer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Dampfschaufel von Bucyrus. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie Dampfschaufel von Bucyrus. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23160436

Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, front and rear elevations. Engraving by Pegard after L. Guiguet.

Ackerbau und Landwirtschaft, Pfluglokomotive von John Fowler, um 1860, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Illustration showing Maskelyne's typewriter. This had variable spacing for wide and narrow letters, and had an inking pad rather than the more usual ribbon. London 1891.

Zuckerraffinerie im 19. Jahrhundert, Diffusionsbatterie mit reihenweiser Anordnung der Diffuseure, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvor...

Textile industry, spinning mill, fur carding machine, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Historical graphic representation, cultivator or plough of an agricultural locomotive or tractor powered by a steam engine, dragged by a steam plough, 19th Century, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1890

Textilindustrie, Spinnerei, 19. Jahrhundert, Kämmmaschine, englische Konstruktion, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19....

Machine for the production of wood wool, produced by Anthon & Sohne, Flensburg, Germany, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1894.

Engraving depicting Richard March Hoe's ten-feeder rotary printing press. Richard March Hoe (1812-1886) an American inventor from New York City who designed a rotary printing press and related advancements. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing Centrifugal pump for a suction dredge, London, 1913.

Slubbing machine or billy, used to twist carded thread in woollen manufacture, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J. Herbert from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1817.

Coal-cutting machine by Frith and Donnisthorpe, historical, digitally improved reproduction from an original around 1860.

Einrahmen-Dampfhammer, condiescher Dampfhammer, 19. Jahrhundert, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows Whitworth's drilling machine. Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803-1887) was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist. In 1841, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system. Although he did not take on large developments such as railways and steamships, he produced the machine tools, which made these developments possible. Shown here is one of planing machines. The piece of work to be planed is firmly bolted down to the table, A, which moves upon the -shaped surfaces, running its whole length, and accurately fitting into correspon

Machine for the production of ethanol, ethylene hydration, 1890, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model

Page from The Growth of industrial art, compiled by Benjamin Butterworth, 1892 | Library of Congress

19th century print of Salmon's Drill Machine. A seed drill is a device used in agriculture for sowing seeds for crops, positioning them in the soil and burying them to a specific depth. From The Cycl

Leaving of Barlow on the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations from 1851 in the Crystal Palace in London, C.M. Ferrier & F. von Martens (attributed to), 1851 photograph London photographic support salted paper print weaving-loom London

Reel for warping machine with sections, produced by Cleveland Machine Co, United States of America, weaving industry, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1890.

An engraving depicting a wine press in Burgundy, France 1870

Steam engines of the 19th century, steam engine with fricart control, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

A Machine for the Manufacture of Steam and Soda by Barnott, 1889, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century pattern

Illustration showing Pair of Centrifugal pumps by J. & H. Gwynne of Hammersmith Iron Works, London. 1890.

Machinery: a double-action steam hammer. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

Maschine zum Aufbrechen alter Straßenbeläge, Patent Morsier von Aveling & Porter, Rochester, England, Industrieprodukt aus dem Jahr 1880, Historisch, ...

Engraving depicting a Crompton Dynamo (300 kw) used to supply electric furnaces for aluminium: Cowles of Lockport, New York.

A chain pump for the operation of steam engines of the company Jung and Must in Halle, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1812.

Cylindrical traversing rake, for stirring tobacco, malt, corn, hops, etc. by R.W. Barchard of Croydon. London, 1818.

Historical illustration, 19th Century, machine for coin production, Thonnelier level coin press, toggle-lever press, Presse Monétaire or Uhlhorn Press

Textiles: elevations and details of a power loom. Engraving.

Machinery: a steam-driven sugar mill. Engraving, 1861.

Lead chambers for large-scale production of sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or HS204.) 1874. Sectional view showing the process from begging to end from the furnace (left) to the denitrating (or Glover) tower (right). One of the most important of industrial chemicals, incorporating Gay-Lussac's (1778-1850) and John Glover's (1817-1902) refinements. From 'The Popular Encyclopedia'. (London, 1874). Engraving.

Engraving depicting a steam-driven threshing machine. Dated 19th Century

Engineering: three-quarter views of two milling machines. Engraving, c.1861.

The International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. 'It will be observed that the machine runs on two wheels, which give motion to the knife-bar by means of suitable gearing and a connecting-rod which lies between the frame that stretches to the right of the driver and the crank which projects from beneath the driver's feet in front. A circular is thus changed for a vibratory motion. The knife-bar consists of a series of triangular blades, with points three inches apart; these work through fingers placed at equal distances, which form a support for the grass to be cut a

Zeichnung einer Maschine oder eines Apparates zur Herstellung von Papierbrei aus Stroh, Industrieprodukt aus dem Jahr 1880, Historisch, digital restau...

Chain of buckets, powered by man in tread wheel at left, being used to raise water

The Perforating machine of the automatic telegraph. An invention by Thomas Alva Edison. Originally published in a magazine 1879

Zeichnung einer Papierschneidemaschine von T. R. Ulisch in Leipzig, Industrieprodukt aus dem Jahr 1880, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion ...

BARLOW loom on the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in London; Double Jacquard Loom. Barlow.

Machine cover rubber and ribbon, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Brick machines, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

Sugar refinery in the 19th century, Standing evaporator, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century pattern

graduation tower, thorn house, a structure used in the production of salt which removes water from a saline solution by evaporation in 1870 / Gradierhaus, Gradierwerk, Leckwerk, ist eine Anlage zur Salzgewinnung, im Jahre 1870, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Another device for the progressive drying of wood (Systeme Sturtevant), vintage engraved illustration.

Painted image of Skiat icons / Later Magica. Workshop machine.

Product image from Ludwigsbergs Werkstad. 350 L, 220 m, Grufv Tripplex. From Album: Ludwigsbergs Werkstad's limited liability company, Stockholm, Sweden.

Engineering: three-quarter views of two milling machines. Engraving, c.1861.

Textiles: a belt-driven version of Crompton's mule. Engraving, c.1858.

6" Pipe Welder

Cam motion, weaving machine, produced by Staubli, Horgen, Switzerland, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1910.

Machines for the production of linen, 19th century textile industry, wet fine spinning machine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern

Machines for the production of linen, textile industry 19th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Machine from unknown machine company, USA, 1920s.

Newspaper rotary printing machine, by Walter Scott & Co, Plainfield Date: 1908

Greifer- oder Kranbagger. Geschlossene Schaufel und offene Schaufel. Veröffentlichung des Meyers-Lexikons Greifer- oder Kranbagger. Geschlossene Schaufel und offene Schaufel. Veröffentlichung des Meyers-Lexikons LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23160438

Sewing machines in the 19th century. historical. digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original

Machine Steam Engine. Thomas Annan (Scottish,1829 - 1887)

Kitchen, roasting oven with turner, Imperial Continental Gas Association system, in 1880, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th...

How the hose fire sprayer and pumps must be stored in the fire spray house after use, ca. 1800-1825. A performance how the hose fire sprayer and pumps in the fire spray house must be stored after use, approx. 1800-1825. Belongs to the top prayer at the fire eating book by Jan van der Heyden.

Bradford, Woodbury Permanent Photographic Printing Company, Appleton & Co., 4. Teaser, View of a wool treating machine, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographic illustrated books, height 77 mm, width 112 mm, British, photographer, 1871 - 1876, paper, Woodbury type, cliché maker

Gilding press, blind printing press after PE Moller (Leipzig), historical, digitally improved reproduction from a model around 1860.

Agriculture, fertilizer spreader, after JH Stevens, historical, digitally improved reproduction from an original around 1860.

Woodcut illustration of a rope-making machine. Dated 1901.

Brauereiwesen, Brauprozeß, Sudwerk der Maschinenfabrik Germania, Chemnitz, um 1880, Deutschland, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Nähmaschinen im 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4903594