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Detailed engravings of historical inventions such as Morse code machines and old cameras, highlighting vintage craftsmanship.

Engraving depicting a camera used for visiting cards. Dated 19th Century
Engraving depicting a camera used for visiting cards. Dated 19th Century
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A Siren, alarm, made by Helmholtz, Siren, double siren by Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownLoaded field ballist, was a Roman throwing machine in Caesar's time, digital improved reproduction of an original print from the 19th centuryTelegrafie im 19. Jahrhundert: Morsegerät von Day & Comp. digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. JahrhundertBookbinding machines 1890: gold knife, gilding press, blind printing press and embossing press, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.An engraving depicting a wringer or mangle used to express water. Dated 19th centuryErfindungen, Spulmaschine für Nähmaschinen, diese Maschine spult den Faden auf die Spulen der Schützennähmaschinen, Historisch, digital restaurierte R...Sewing machine 1890: Chain stitch machine by Bacle, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern.Engraving depicting a camera used for visiting cards. Dated 19th CenturyBookbinding machines 1890: wire stitching machine for foot operation, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date not knownA clockwork gramophone - c, cylinder, m, mouth, vintage engraved illustration. Old gramophone. Trousset encyclopedia (1886 - 1891).Scarborough Ducking Stool.Old English Ducking Stool. September 29, 1942.Double bombardment with roof, cannon, end of 14th century / Doppelbombarde mit Dach, Kanone, Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,. Buchbindereimaschinen 1890: Goldabkehrmaschine, Um vergoldete Buchdeckel von dem lose auf ihnen haftenden überschüssigen Golde zu reinigen und um Verl...Pressure and suction pump at the same time, fire engine, California pump patent after von Hansbrow, historical, digitally improved reproduction from an original around 1860.Wringer, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.Edward L Loper, Sausage Grinder, c 1937 Sausage GrinderPrinters, Patented thread book sewing machine by Maschinenfabrik Gebrueder Brehmer, Leipzig, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, EuropeBookbinding machines 1890: Trimming machine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, original date not knownWood Spinning Wheel. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 43.4 x 35.8 cm (17 1/16 x 14 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Arthur Mathews.Alfred H Smith, Shaker Hand Loom, c 1937 Shaker Hand LoomPersian Plow, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.Sattlerei, Sattler-Nähmaschine von Nähmaschinen-Fabrik Robert Kiehle, um 1880, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekanntChristopher Polhem's cutting machine for gears to wall clock.An engraving depicting a wooden wheelbarrow. Dated 19th centurySchuhmacherei, Schuster, Abschärf-Maschine von Robert Kiehle, um 1870, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekanntSpool Holder. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward L. Loper.Elementary School Bell. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 33.1 x 24.1 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 31 1/2" high; 41 1/2" in diameter. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gerald Transpota.Tool for making shoes, by Koch & Company Leipzig, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown,...Portable oven, vintage engraved illustration.Bathtub with stove, c. 1890, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, EuropeFishplateEngraving depicting a Remington No.5 typewriter with paper carriage raised showing ribbon, A, and circle type bars. Dated 20th centuryIllustration of an 19th Century mechanical pulleyWhale Oil Lamp. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 25.1 x 30.7 cm (9 7/8 x 12 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Law Durand.Majskvarn.Bourdon steel gaugeOld sewing machine isolated on a white backgroundSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Rapier ca. 1600-10 German, Saxony The rapier was the principal civilian sidearm throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Designed for cut-and-thrust fencing of progressively complex techniques, the rapier is characterized by a double-edged blade with an acute point and an elaborate guard for the hand. The guards, usually of iron or steel, were subject to a variety of embellishment. They were engraved, chiseled, gilded, damascened, and encrusted in gold and silver in keeping with fashionable styles. Unless otherwise noted, the materials, attributions, and dating given here refer to the hilts. Rapier blades, invariably of steel, bear a variety of makers marks denoting their origin in the two principal centers of blademaking, Toledo in Spain and Solingen in Germany.. Rapier. German, Saxony. ca. 1600-10. Steel, brass, copper, wood. Saxony. SwordsLatch, Support, Bar, and Catch 1700-1800 American. Latch, Support, Bar, and Catch. American. 1700-1800. Wrought iron. Made in Pennsylvania, United StatesJohn H Tercuzzi, Sewing Machine, c 1940 Sewing MachineBench ca. 1865 Alexander Roux French. Bench. American. ca. 1865. Beech. Made in New York, New York, United StatesIllustration depicting an inking table for inking rollers used in printing. Dated 19th centuryOne of Francis I calipers at the Museum of Cluny, vintage engraving. One of Francis I calipers at the Museum of Cluny, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678920Clock Jack. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.7 x 22 cm (11 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: clock: 3 3/8" in diameter; overall: 17 1/2" long. Medium: graphite and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Benjamin Resnick.Sewing machine 1890: Tailor's machine with rotating shuttle by Baer & Rempels in Bielefeld, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern.Andiron or Fire Dog. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 40.6 cm (12 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 14 1/2" high; 13 1/4" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Paul Poffinbarger.A telephone exchange made by Wilhelm Emil Fein, A telephone exchange, crank switch by Fein, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century or...Plow for deep plowing into two rays, Ransomes, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.Gas, Cooking Machine, Cooking Stove System of the Imperial Continental Gas Association, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th centuryAnefo photo collection. Dutch bank, Director Bank Professor J. Zijlstra. Interior Dutch bank. May 6, 1968Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Model of an Artillery Crane, anonymous, c. 1800 - c. 1830 demonstration model Very nice construction model of a crane, all of them turning around a vertical axis. The hoist, attached to the Windas of the treadmill, runs via an intermediate drive to a disc in the top, down through a hoist with a lead weight, and back to the top. model maker: Netherlands (possibly)after design by: France wood (plant material). brass (alloy). iron (metal). lead (metal). ropeHand-and-a-Half Saber ca. 1520 Swiss. Hand-and-a-Half Saber. Swiss. ca. 1520. Steel, wood, leather. SwordsW.G Wilson's sewing machine attachments: the plaiter or tucker. The guide was set to the width requirement, and the folded cloth fed through. London, dated 1880.Hunting Horn in D after 1866 Raoux Family. Hunting Horn in D 501718Blacksmith with hammer and anvil Royalty Free Vector ImageSimple still in 1885, Historic, digital reproduction of an original 19th century patternRosa Rivero, Day Bed, c 1941 Day BedPiercing machine and pattern sheet around 1900, Industrial Museum Lauf an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, EuropeCash register Date: 1909Models of carts; Railway Museum. Stone carriage wheelbarrow roller bearCarl Buergerniss, Coffee Mill, c 1940 Coffee MillTextiles: a cotton spinning wheel, a stove, and two insects. Engraving by A. Bell.Huruk (drum) late 19th century Indian. Huruk (drum) 500738Wheel on ashes of the tower clock, anonymous, c. 1585 - c. 1615 Wheel on axle from the tower clock from the broken water gate in Gorinchem Northern Netherlands iron (metal) forging Water gate Wheel on axle from the tower clock from the broken water gate in Gorinchem Northern Netherlands iron (metal) forging Water gateWheel on ashes of the tower clock, anonymous, c. 1585 - c. 1615 Rad on axle from the tower clock from the broken water gate in Gorinchem. Northern Netherlands iron (metal) forging Water gate Rad on axle from the tower clock from the broken water gate in Gorinchem. Northern Netherlands iron (metal) forging Water gateAmerican Stove, Economical Coal Stove, 1888, Historic, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century OriginalWilliam Kieckhofel, Bell, 1935 1942 BellModel or a 12-pounder carronade on a slide. Model of a carronade on affuit. The 19.7 long carronade has a 17 mm caliber. Inscriptions are engraved on the course, along with crossed anchors and palm branches. The loop has a lock hardener, a visor on the middle jewel strap and one on the front band, a pierce ring and an elevation screw through the grape. The top piece has a slightly trapez-shaped body with brass attachment and rings, the front and back are rounded. Against the back the baking koker in brass fittings, on top of the rail for the elevation screw and the ears on the front, so that the tapas runs; The vertebral bolt is missing. The underled is a wooden window, rounded on the front, with a slot for the vertebral bolt and partly with brass and has a spindle bolt that rests in a block; Slightly backwards a locking plate is applied to the underside. On the back, the lower slide is supported by an excellent crossbar, with wheels with their axes radially relative to the spindle bolCharles Cullen, Trivet, 1935 1942 TrivetWaffe und Symbol des Mutes. Kriegsaxt des Stammes der Gaveve Weapon and symbol of courage. War axe of the Gaveve tribe, Brazil. Artifacts of America. Publication of the Meyers encyclopedia, Vol. 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23196715William Kieckhofel, Dinner Bell, 1940 Dinner BellHistoric wine press of the Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley, California, USA, North AmericaModel or a Lifting Screw. Model of a screw sleeve between stern and stirring stage, with a part of the keel and the backstuffs. The screw light device consists of a loose frame with a screw, which can be lifted up and down in the sleeve on a rope, which runs over a disc upstairs in the screw cooker and a disc in the screw window. The screw is a mangan screw, a four-leaf propeller, composed of two double-leaf screws that can be placed in parallel position for lighting. For this, the axis of the rear screw, which surrounds by the axis of the front, is provided on the back of a slot, which is to be placed in vertical position to light the screw; The rails that the slot runs immediately blocks the screw in vertical position. The front screw then is in horizontal position. Of these, the propeller shaft on the front has two crossing slots, which fit over the same rail: halfway between the lines A and B, this rail is interrupted, so that the screw can be turned here. The vertical rails againsWillcox and gibbs sewing machine vintage vector imageOld engraved illustration of Analytical balance scale isolated on a white background. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.Fritz Boehmer, Zoar Stove, c 1938 Zoar StoveAn engraving depicting a burin - a tempered steel instrument for engraving copperplates. Dated 19th centurySchadelskeleton mit einem Narvalhn Horn from De unicornuEngraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886. The items are (from left to right, top to bottom) a whip-block and tally-board; a hawser-cutter; a heaving-cane and line; a rocket machine; a fuse-box; a rocket; whip, hawser and breeches-buoy; a light; Board of Trade wagon; a cliff ladder in use; a triangle; a rocket-line box; a portfire; the rocket-line box from above; an anchor; a cliff-helmet. Date: 1886Engraving depicting an experiment that demonstrates the centre of gravity. A piece of card balances on the edge of a table. Dated 19th CenturyPedestal. Culture: French. Dimensions: 8 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (22.2 × 25.1 cm). Date: third quarter 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.An engraving depicting an under-sprung step-piece barouche. Dated 19th centurySaumur, castle, fountain winch12/31/1919. One of the bells in the tower of the parish church of Eibar.Nailsmith, 1751-1777. Artist: UnknownAn engraving depicting rose cuttings protected by a glass bell cloche. Dated 20th centuryW.G Wilson's sewing machine attachments: the plaiter or tucker. The guide was set to the width requirement, and the folded cloth fed through. London, dated 1880.Model of a Timber wagon. Model of a wagon with two wheels without floor, equipped with a winch. The winch consists of a screw-without end that drives the gear from a wind axle. The shaft of the screw runs through the frame from front, where the stalk is back. Front and back on the frame is a wooden roller.kitchen implement, Potato ricer, historical kitchen appliances, Betty Gleim's cookbook, 1847 / Kartoffelquetscher, historische Küchengeräte, Betty Gleims Kochbuch, 1847, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. The vintage american machine gunAbove, an iron calotte, shield boss, with gilt bronze mountings and a coffin from the Longobard League of Princes, Italy, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, EuropeTankard 1700-1800 American. Tankard. American. 1700-1800. Wood; probably cedar. Probably made in United StatesOrnate Black Bird Cage D, Bird CagesInterior from the Old Museum before the change of change .. Interior of the Old Museum before the change.Bronze scales, From Ercolano'Omnia' sewing machines advertisement, 20th century. Artist: UnknownOrnate Blue Bird Cage L, Bird CagesMint Sink #1, Interior Design - Bathrooms