Vintage Industrial Inventions

Detailed engravings of historical industrial mechanisms, including pumps, gramophones, and lighting devices, showcasing vintage engineering designs.

Illustration depicting George Everest's Theodolite, a precise level. George Everest (1790-1866) a Welsh surveyor and geographer, and Surveyor General of India. Dated 19th Century

Universal joint invented by Robert Hooke, 1676. Artist: Unknown

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

Magazine of EJ Marey's photographic gun which enabled him to obtain 12 exposures per second for his studies of animal motion.

Trevithick and Vivian's high-pressure engine, 1802. Illustrations. 1830. Rare Book Division. Steam-engines

Skiopticone image. Drawing of the stove for firing peat.

Engraving depicting Ferranti's 150 hp transformer used in London sub-stations. Dated 20th century

Beobachtungsastronomie im 19. Jahrhundert: Refraktor, Linsenteleskop, Refraktor, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. J...

Illustration depicting the Shutter Telegraph devised by Lord George Murray (1694-1760) a Scottish Jacobite general. Dated 18th Century

Drawer first position, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

A woodcut engraving depicting perpetual motion achieved by magnets moving weights. R and Q are magnets, and T and S are hollow rods (S is supposed to be fixed to the upper arm R, C). D and C are pivots. A weight, X, is placed in T with the arm Q, T, dipping slightly down at the end Q. R attracts Q, the arm Q, T, moves as shown, and weight X falls to S. The arm R, C, S, now swings round. Magnet Q attracts R, pointing with Q and R below the pivot points. X now falls into T, and the process repeats. Dated 17th century

Dryer Moeller and Pfeiffer, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Drawing showing cross-section of different stages of driving an expanded base cast-in-situ concrete Franki pile into the ground

A woodcut engraving depicting Balthazar de Monconys' microscope. Balthazar de Monconys (1611-1665) a French traveller, diplomat, physicist and magistrate. Dated 17th century

Louis Daguerre's Diorama, Regent's Park, London. Fig 1: Horizontal plan; Fig 2: Vertical section of building at dotted line on Fig 1. From The Magazine of Science, London, 4 July 1840.

Historical drawing, woodwind instruments, basset horn or corno bassetto, basset clarinet

Engraving depicting a common type of rhomboidal harrow which would be used to implement the breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting a Westinghouse-Parsons steam turbine. Dated 20th century

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 13x18 Drawing vomit machine. undated

An engraving depicting Martin's electromechanical clock, showing the pendulum and electromagnetic drive which replaced a weight or mainspring. Dated 20th century

Archimedean Screws for raising water from one level to another. The 'thread' could be either external (as in Fig. 3), or the more conventional internal spiral in Fig. 2. From 'Ferguson's Lectures' edited David Brewster, Ediburgh, 1805

Herstellung von Ethanol, Alkohol, Ethylalkohol und Trinkalkohol, Maischeentschäler, System Müller-Eberhardt, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer O...

Drawing on Polhem's call for attire at the Humbobergsgruvan. UR Cronstedts drawing collection. Drawing from Carl Johan Cronstedts Drawing Collection.

Historical graphic representation, technical drawing, oscillating twin boat engine for driving propellers, steam engine, piston heat engine, the contained thermal energy or pressure in steam is transformed into mechanical work, 19th Century, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1890

An engraving depicting a fly shuttle used in power looms. Top: Shuttle. Bottom: Shuttle in its 'shed' showing the device for throwing it from right to left. A similar device was fitted to the other side to throw it from left to right. Fly shuttle invented by John May circa 1730. Dated 18th century

Engraving depicting a sectional view of the mechanism at the top of a Le Blanc escalator. Dated 19th century

Diagram of Nicolaus Otto's Four-Stroke Internal Combustion Engine

No. 11C Complete Transit-Theodolite, Engineering - Surveryor's Instruments

Davenport's capsule filler. Funnel placed in capsule, filling rammed home with a plunger, and capsule capped.

Illustration depicting William Würdemann's Theodolite, a precise level with a graduated horizontal circle. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting Lavoisier and Laplace's Calorimeter which he used to determine the amount of heat produced by combustion. Dated 19th Century

CONGRAKEKET, possibly used by the English at the Bombardment of Vlissingen, 1809.ConnaKet, As Possibly Used by the English at the Bombing of Vlissingen on 13 August 1809. Length View and cross-section of the Rocket (Fire arrow), The Parts Numbered , At the bottom or a crankcase.

Engraving depicting the application of photographic emulsion to a glass plate by centrifugal action generated by a twisted thread. Dated 19th Century

Engraving of Bostel's valve less flush out water closet. Dated 19th Century

A woodcut engraving depicting a method of measuring the height of lunar mountains. Dated 17th century

A woodcut engraving depicting an expanding screw-driven device for forcing apart the iron bars of a grille. Recommended for entering a besieged city via watercourses or sewers. Dated 17th century

Drawing by L. da Vinci: vision

Brunel's rail and Barlow's rail

Hiram Maxim's water tube boiler of his flying machine. Hiram Maxim (1840-1916) British inventor. England. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Pocket anemometer, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

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

Engraving depicting a calibration of a mercury thermometer at boiling point of water at normal atmospheric pressure. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting a bellows camera. a bellows is the accordion-like, pleated expandable part of a camera, usually a large or medium format camera, to allow the lens to be moved with respect to the focal plane for focusing. Dated 19th Century

Telegraphs, two Zeigertelegraf produced by Louis-François-Clement Breguet, 1880, historical woodcut, France, Europe

Gasbeleuchtung im 19. Jahrhundert, Gasbehälter, System Intze, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Infernal machine seized in Marseille, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 502, Volume XX, October 9, 1852.

Illustration showing sectional view showing mechanism at bottom of Reno-Cail escalator, Paris 1900

Gatling gun - cartridges Date: 1872

science optics microscope wood engraving circa 1900,

Automatic recorder thermometer, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Diagram of the method of raising a weight (w), up an inclined plane using a weight whose power is less than the weight to be raised. Dated 18th Century

'The Art of making chicks hatch'. Eggs are kept in barrels buried in dung. Thermometers are used to control the temperature and make eggs hatch faster. Date: Circa 1760

Air Heater Sturtevant, vintage engraved illustration.

Automatic overload pressure regulator, Company for the manufacture of gas metres, Paris, France, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1896.

Combustion of Phosphorus in the air. Glass, water and egg shell test, vintage engraved illustration. Trousset encyclopedia (1886 - 1891).

Engraving depicting a bellows camera. a bellows is the accordion-like, pleated expandable part of a camera, usually a large or medium format camera, to allow the lens to be moved with respect to the focal plane for focusing. Dated 19th Century

Illustration showing Watt's sun-and-planet gears, which provided an even motion 1842

A woodcut engraving depicting an experiment to prove the existence of a vacuum, conducted by Galileo Galilei. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) an Italian polymath, physicist, philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. Dated 17th Century

diagram of Bell's second telephone: Acoustic waves through N (diaphragm) and A (lever) make the armature of the electromagnet connected to lever vibrate. New York, dated 1879

Elevator (lift) by Siemens and Halske, 1890. Artist: R Wormell

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.Vakuum chamber with the introduction membrane M and paraffin evaporator W.

Pocket battery with three elements. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1883

Column battery

Casters, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.

Illustration depicting the plough designed by Jethro Tull. Jethro Tull (1674-1741) an English agricultural pioneer. Dated 18th Century

Heating boiler with float pump, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1888.

Nobili's thermopile

Plan des Bains Romains Découvert à Badenweyler Dans Le Marggraviat de Ben, EN 1784, Tels Qu'on Les Voit Actuellement Hors de Terre. Floor plan and average of the Roman baths have been discovered in 1784 to Badenweiler in the marginavation of Baden, as they are currently seen except for the earth.

A woodcut engraving depicting a Surgeon's instrument used for dilating wounds in midwifery, when it was known as Speculum matricis and was used to force open the mouth of the womb under challenging labours. Dated 16th century

A phototheodolite by the Hartl company, theodolite is a precision instrument for measuring angles in the horizontal and vertical planes, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known

Lancaster's Oval Cannon, 1854. Cannon with oval bore intended to project spherical case shot. '1. Horizontal Longitudinal Section of Gun. 2. Vertical Longitudinal Section of Gun. 3. Transverse Section of Breach of Gun. 4. Conical Ball. 5. Transverse Section of Mouth of Gun. Mr. Lancaster's principle of oval boring...enables conoidal masses of iron to be shot from rifled ordnance, as conoidal masses of lead are shot from rifled small-arms. Lancaster's cannon occupies the same relation to ordinary cannons that Minie rifles do to ordinary muskets...the secret of Lancaster's oval projectiles will

Reflector and stop button of a Beck lamp, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1909.

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.Cookelinsen (H. Dennis Taylor), three free parts (triplet). For more info see: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1942. p. 135-136.

Broomans machine for making spoons and forks, metalworking, industrial product from the year 1880 / Broomans Maschine zur Herstellung von Löffeln und Gabeln, Metallbearbeitung, Industrieprodukt aus dem Jahr 1880, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Sibson's chest-measurer.

Modern hammer to detach fragments of flint, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Illustration depicting a steam turbine, a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurised steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft. Invented by Charles Algernon Parsons (1854-1931) an Anglo-Irish engineer and inventor of the compound steam turbine. Dated 19th century

Historic drawing from the 19th century, four sizes of long flutes, 16th century

Ammonite Jason, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Scientific Space Exploring Satellite Ink Vector. Satellite For Navigation System And Explore Cosmos And Earth Planet. Cosmic Station Hand Drawn In Vintage Style Black And White Illustration. Scientific Space Exploring Satellite Ink Vector

Pigtail mandrel, vintage engraving. Pigtail mandrel, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1853. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673771

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Illustration showing Electric light switch in the 'off' position. To turn the lights on, the handle was pushed to the left 1884

A woodcut engraving depicting a ring dial, showing how, in this model, sunlight passes through a hole at the centre and falls on the engraved ring. Dated 18th century

Old engraved illustration of Veuglaire isolated on a white background. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami 1875.

Engraving depicting the Hero of Alexandria's method of emptying a vessel by means of a siphon. Hero of Alexandria (10-70) a Greek mathematician and engineer. Dated 17th Century

Fig. 3. Illustration of How does a ray of light intermittent, vintage engraved illustration.Trousset encyclopedia (1886 - 1891).

marine dredge used in oceanographic research. 1878

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. Complete lighting apparatus according to Abbe.For more info See: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1942. p. 903.

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.American Arcturus photolytic cell.For more info SE: Lange in

Engraving depicting Jablochkoff's carbon rod electric candle: two carbon rods separated by insulating substance (1876). A nine inch candle would give light for about 2 hours before burning out.

This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows a cup and cone.The most active ingredient in the reduction of the metal is the carbonic oxide gas produced in the furnace by the incomplete combustion of the carbon of the coal. If the gases are withdrawn from the furnace without checking the upward curent, the processes could not suffer in any way. One effective way doing this is shown here: a section through the upper part of the smelting furnce, with the "cup and cone" arrangement. The mouth of the furnace is covered by a shallow iron cone (a) open at the bottom, into which fits another cone (b

An engraving depicting glass bell cloches arranged on an incline to obtain maximum sunlight. Dated 20th century

Voltaic pile. Conceived by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Engraving 19th century.

Plan for the Ictineo I, a pioneering submarine by engineer Narcis Monturiol (1819-1885) a Spanish intellectual, artist and engineer. Dated 19th Century

Marey's original's sphygmograph

Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushet.

Illustration by Rene Descartes, showing the reflection of light. From Opera Philosophica; Frankfurt; 1692

Available with steam pipes and return independent, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Engraving depicting Camille Vert's 'Flying Fish' balloon, powered by a small steam engine. Dated 19th Century

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