Historical Scientific Illustrations

Vintage engravings showcasing various mechanical inventions and bookbinding processes, highlighting intricate designs and engineering principles.

Shaft of Jupiter, vintage engraving. Shaft of Jupiter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679161

Illustration depicting the process of bookbinding: bookbinder's rolling machine. Dated 19th century

A woodcut engraving depicting force (left) and a suction pump for raising water into the reservoir to operate fountains and cascades in water gardens. Dated 18th century

But fragments, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842.

Tire of the book of Salomon de Caus entitled Reasons of the moving forces, etc 1615 and 1624, vintage engraving. Tire of the book of Salomon de Caus entitled Reasons of the moving forces, etc 1615 and 1624, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673207

Shaft of Jupiter, vintage engraving. Shaft of Jupiter, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679161

Engraving depicting a Leyden jar attached to a static electric machine discharging and sparking as the machine (out of the picture ) is turned.

Illustration of an 19th Century mechanical pulley

Engraving depicting a Morse telegraph transmitting key. Simple brass lever mounted on a hinge A, with a spring at F, to lift a lever when operator releases a button K, to break contact/current at C, D. P, wired to battery, L, line wire, R, wired to indicator/relay. Dated 19th century

Tire of the book of Salomon de Caus entitled Reasons of the moving forces, etc 1615 and 1624, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Die atwoodsche Fallmaschine wurde 1784 von George Atwood entwickelt. Sie wurde als Nachweis für die Gesetze der gleichmäßig beschleunigten Bewegung ko...

A woodcut engraving depicting a standing screw press containing newly bound books. Dated 19th century

Spectroscope, 1872. Instrument of the type developed by Robert Bunsen (1811-1899) and Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887) during the 1850s. Their work provided a precise tool to make use of Joseph von Fraunhofer's (1787-1826) observatians of dark lines in the solar spectrum (1814). The technique of chemical analysis through spectroscopy has become essential in both terrestrial and astronomical studies. From 'Spectrum Analysis' by H. Schellen. (London, 1872).

Five inch theodolite, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Illustration showing PERPETUAL MOTION achieved by magnets moving weights. From Athanasius Kircher Magnes Sive de Arte Magnetica, Cologne, 1643

Diagram of an experiment conducted by J. J. Thomson (1856-1940) an English physicist and Noble Prize laureate in Physics. Dated 20th Century

Engraving depicting a radiometer invented by William Crookes (1832-1919) an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London. Dated 20th Century

An engraving depicting an electro-magnetic clock. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Goutier-Grissy's method for propelling balloons. Dated 19th Century

Method of using quadrant fitted with a plumb line and marked with shadow scales to measure the depth of well. From Robert Fludd 'Utriusque cosmi ... historia', Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving.

Detail of the mechanics of the piano, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844.

A diagram showing an early Water-closet and rainwater cistern system. Date: 1858

Faraday's experiment proves that a single metal can provide an electric current

Illustration depicting a winding engine for winding cotton ready for use on the bobbin net machine. Dated 19th Century

1867 Illustration, showing Cross-section of one of the tubes of the Britannia tubular bridge, over the Menai Straits. Begun by Stephenson in 1846, it was opened on 18 March 1850. Britannia tubular bridge, over the Menai Straits, into position.

The Atwood machine, or Atwood's machine, was invented in 1784 by the English mathematician George Atwood as a laboratory experiment to verify the mechanical laws of motion with constant acceleration / Die atwoodsche Fallmaschine wurde 1784 von George Atwood entwickelt. Sie wurde als Nachweis für die Gesetze der gleichmäßig beschleunigten Bewegung konzipiert, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Compasses. From Robert Fludd Utriusque cosmi...historia, Oppenheim, 1617-19.

Illustration of an astronomical quadrant, an instrument used to measure angles up to 90 degrees. Dated 18th Century

Illustration of an astronomical quadrant, an instrument used to measure angles up to 90 degrees. Dated 18th Century

Engraving depicting an earth closet by Kings, which automatically discharged earth into the bucket when the lid is closed. Dated 19th Century

Channel battery

Cross-section of the rack-and-pinion mechanism used for operating an air pump. Dated 19th century

A woodcut engraving depicting an Archimedean Screw for raising water. Dated 18th century

The elements copper and zinc, welded together, vintage engraving. The elements copper and zinc, welded together, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1836. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660049

Norman Baptistery of the Church of Hayes, Middlesex, vintage engraving. Norman Baptistery of the Church of Hayes, Middlesex, vintage engraved illustration. Colorful History of England, 1837. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648723

Sanitary toilet room. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Illustration of an 19th Century mechanical pulley

Generation of DC in a wire loop

Illustration of an 19th century mechanical weighing scales

Engraving depicting various gravity demonstrations. Dated 19th Century

Thermometer in an outside alcove (DD is a scale of degrees). Figure 1 from 'Traittez de barometres, thermometres, et notiometres, ou hygrometres' by Joachim d'Alence, d. 1707. Published in 1688.

Sanitary kitchen sink. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Crown battery

Ausstellung zur Unfallverhütung in Berlin 1889, Sicherungskorb um ein Schwungrad, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, historisch

Engraving depicting Charles Spalding's diving bell. Charles Spalding (1738-1783) a Scottish confectioner and amateur engineer who made improvements to the diving bell. Dated 19th century

Split mandrel, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853.

Engraving depicting the production of heat by compression. A piece of tinder is placed in a cavity at the bottom of the pneumatic syringe. When the plunger is suddenly pushed down, enough heat is generated to ignite the tinder. Dated 19th Century

A diagram depicting a nutcracker in use. The Nutcracker uses the fulcrum of the lever at C. Dated 19th century

Bell to vaporize the mercury and melting silver minerva, vintage engraving. Bell to vaporize the mercury and melting silver minerva, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660438

Engraving depicting William Edwards Staite's battery-operated carbon arc lamp

An engraving depicting a plan for a water garden on a sloping site. The fountain at B fed by the pool of the fountain at A. The fountain A) was fed by water from a higher level. Dated 18th century

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

Engraving showing the difference between the six-wick burner lantern used in Douglass's Eddystone lighthouse of 1882 (on left) and the chandelier lantern used in Smeaton's Eddystone lighthouse of 1759 (on right). Date: 1882

Engraving depicting a microfilter: filar position-Micrometre, the type in general use in the late 19th century. Dated 19th Century

Sanitary kitchen sink. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Hering adjustable steam superheater, applied to a Neville boiler, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1899.

Engraving depicting a pseudoscope, a binocular optical instrument that reverses depth perception. Dated 19th Century

Diagram depicting a syringe pump used to help poisoning victims. In Fig. A fluid is being forced into the stomach. In Fig. B the contents of the stomach are being pumped into a receiver. Fig. C is a syringe for fumigating the intestines with tobacco smoke. Dated 19th century

Chemical balance, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Sphere rotating by the reaction of steam, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Engraving depicting a sectional view of the armature of Edison's 5 hp generator for electric light. A: wooden cylinder mounted on shaft, attached to B: soft iron plates, and wound the soft iron wire, D. C, C. are vulcanized fibre disks, E. coils of cylinder and connected to copper bars, F, of the commutator cylinder, G.

19th century illustration showing a spectroscope used by Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824 - 1887); German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.

An engraving depicting a device collecting dust in flour mills, sawmills and chemical works. Exhaust fans force a current of air into the cone at A. The current of air revolves in the cone. The dust is left on the sides and falls out at the bottom, B, while air escapes through the top at C. Dated 19th century

Drawing showing the lenses inside Kepler's telescope. 1878. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and mathematician

Engraving depicting an exhausting syringe. Dated 19th Century

Torture instrument: leg screws, Spanish boot, woodcut from 1864

Der konische Vanner mit einem vertikalen Schnitt zur Veranschaulichung seines inneren Mechanismus. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie Der konische Vanner mit einem vertikalen Schnitt zur Veranschaulichung seines inneren Mechanismus. Veröffentlichung der Meyers Enzyklopädie LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 23160468

Engraving depicting an Aeolipile, a simple bladeless radial steam turbine which spins when the central water container is heated. This particular aeolipile was used by Charles Partington in his public lectures to demonstrated the power of steam. Charles Frederick Partington, a British science lecturer and writer. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting the use of a pulley to centre blocks in an arch. Dated 19th century

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. '...mechanical model of the eye,...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated and beautifully-contrived muscular movements of the human eyeball...formed of a hollow sphere of brass acting on a ball-and-socket joint...A set of strings being secured at proper intervals around the eyeball, each one of which is inserted with anatomical correctness, represent the several muscles of the human eye, and pass at a given distance to a set of small rollers, seen in the Engraving...Each of the rollers has a small pointer, which moves when th

Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). Inventing the spinning frame. Engraving. Nuestro Siglo, 1883. Spanish edition.

household, cooking and baking, electric heatable cooking vessel, sophisticated configuration, wood engraving, from: Friedrich Eduard Bilz, New Naturopathic Treatment, Leipzig, Germany, 1902,

A woodblock engraving depicting an apparatus with see-saw action, used for pounding cattle feed. Dated 18th century

Prat active circulation system, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Historical graphic representation, technical drawing, Rootscher's water tube boiler, steam boiler to generate steam, 19th Century, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1890

Twin Archimedean screws powered by an undershot water wheel, used to raise water . From Gaspard Grollier de Serviere 'Receuil d'Ouvrages Cureieux ..', Lyons, 1719. Engraving.

Toiletries from the ancient roman civilizations, Ancient roman empire. Italy, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

How to extracts the oxygen gas or mercury oxide red oxide, vintage engraving. How to extracts the oxygen gas or mercury oxide red oxide, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1857. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674062

Experimental barometers used by the Accademia dell Cimento, Florence, Italy, 1691. Artist: Unknown

Electroscope fitted with microscope, used in the Curies' laboratory, Paris, to detect presence of radioactivity. Engraving published 1904

Sextant, mirror sextant, a nautical optical measuring instrument, England, in 1886, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original

Preparation of nitrogen dioxide, vintage engraving. Preparation of nitrogen dioxide, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678928

Traditional seat for women of the Mombuttu people, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Africa. Heart of Africa Three years travels and adventures in the unexplored regions of Central Africa by Georg August Schweinfurth, 1868-1871

Mechanical Automata devices for rotating movements, within a diorama. illustration from Fludd's 'Utriusque Cosmi, Maioris' 1617-1621. Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus (1574 1637), was a prominent English Paracelsian physician with both scientific and occult interests.

A woodcut engraving depicting Robert Hooke's microscope. Robert Hooke (1635-1703) an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath. Dated 17th century

Parabolic Cinoass Leonardo da Vinci

Illustration depicting the method of measuring angles with a cross-staff. Dated 17th Century

One of the 200 groups that make up Wollaston's battery built for Davy at the Royal Institute in London

Autoclave or Digester, early form of pressure cooker. Engraving.

Das Telefon von Alexander Graham Bell, 1861 / The telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1861, 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.

Traditional filter to make salt used by the ancient tribes of Central Africa. Journey across Africa, from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron

Electrically powered submarine, designed by Goubet, adopted by the Russian government. In trials at Cherbourg in 1889 it was submerged for 8 hours at a depth of 33 ft, and was in telegraphic communication with the surface. The electricity was produced by wet batteries. Engraving, 1890.

An engraving depicting Heinrich Hertz's resonator used in experiments on electromagnetic waves. The resonator, a nearly closed 210cm wire circle, one end pointed, and the other ending in a ball and mounted on a wooden stand. Hertz used this to detect radiation emitted by his oscillator. Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894) a German physicist. Dated 20th century

SPIRAL SPRING.

James Hall’s Experience of bypassing layers, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Lencauchez nozzle for blowing in a rotary hearth furnace, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Engraving of a life saving apparatus designed by George William Manby (1765-1854) an English author and inventor. Dated 19th Century

A water clock, device for measuring time in which water is used as an auxiliary medium, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Crossbows sixteenth century, Exhibition of Fine Arts applied to Industry 1865, vintage engraving. Crossbows sixteenth century, Exhibition of Fine Arts applied to Industry 1865, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1869. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678516

Anaerobic culture tube, vintage engraved illustration.

Engraving depicting Leitner of Vienna's 'Donkey Engine', which produced a carbolic spray. This was superseded by the 'Steam Spray'. Dated 20th century

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