Inventor Collection (page 6)

Edgeworth, (1744-1817), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Edgeworth, (1744-1817), 1830. Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817) Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Corpus Christi, Oxford

Boyle, (1627-1691), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Boyle, (1627-1691), 1830. Robert Boyle (1627-1691) Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R

Archimedes, (c287-212 BC), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Archimedes, (c287-212 BC), 1830. Archimedes of Syracuse (c287- 212 BC) Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer

Bert Hinkler, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Bert Hinkler, 1933. Portrait of Australian pioneer aviator and inventor Hinkler (1892-1933), who in 1928 set up a record of 15 1/2 days for a solo flight to Australia, set out to beat his victor

Jas. Anderson, (1739-1808), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Jas. Anderson, (1739-1808), 1830. James Anderson (1739-1808) Scottish agriculturist, journalist and economist. A member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society

Bert Hinkler, 1928, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Bert Hinkler, 1928, (1933). Australian pioneer aviator and inventor Hinkler (1892-1933), dubbed Australian Lone Eagle, designed and built early aircraft

Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Patterson and His Apparatus, 1900. Mr George W Patterson of Chicago was the first person to put on displays of juggling with electrically lit clubs

Senator Marconi in the Wireless Room of his Yacht. Creator: Unknown
Senator Marconi in the Wireless Room of his Yacht. Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (1874-1937), Italian inventor

Thomas Alva Edison, c1910s. Creator: Unknown
Thomas Alva Edison, c1910s. Portrait of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931). Edison was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents

Michael Faraday, c1857. Creator: Maull & Polyblank
Michael Faraday, c1857. Portrait of British scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Marconi, c1893. Creator: James Lafayette
Marconi, c1893. Portrait of Italian physicist and inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). Marconi discovered a way in which waves could be used to send messages from one place to another without

Sir Oliver Lodge, F. R. S. D. Sc. 1927. Creator: Unknown
Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. D.Sc. 1927. Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940), British physicist and scientist, identified a patent for electromagnetic radiation

Signor Marconi, 1927. Creator: Unknown
Signor Marconi, 1927. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) Italian inventor and electrical engineer, Nobel prize winner, entrepreneur and businessman

The Shelves of Edisons Laboratory with Samples of Every Known Substance, 1902
" The Shelves of Edisons Laboratory are Said to contain Samples of Every Known Substance". 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co

Portrait of Surgeon Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, 1881, (1965). Creator: Il ya Repin
Portrait of Surgeon Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov, 1881, (1965). Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881) was a prominent Russian scientist and doctor, and is considered to be the founder of field surgery

Thomas Edison, the Wizard of the West, c1880s, (1914). Creator: E Bieber
Thomas Edison, the Wizard of the West, c1880s, (1914). Portrait of American physicist and inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) who set up the first industrial research laboratory

Pathfinders - Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, c1812, (1922). Creator: James Northcote
Pathfinders - Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, c1812, (1922). Portrait of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, British engineer and inventor (1769-1849)

A Navigating Expert at Work in His Study with Globe and Compass, c1591, (1928). After The Invention of the Compass, an engraving after Joannes Stradanus

The Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1932). Creator: Unknown
The Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1932). The inventor Fauste Veranzio (Faust Vrancic) developed a parachute after studying Leonardo da Vincis sketches of one

Blaise Pascal, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Blaise Pascal, (1933). Portrait of French philosopher, mathematician, physicist and theologian Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). Credited with founding the modern theory of probability

Caprettis flying machine, 1877, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Caprettis flying machine, 1877, (1932). Italian inventor Ignazio Teodoro Capretti with his winged contraption. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Leonardo Da Vinci, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Leonardo Da Vinci, (1933). Portrait of Italian Renaissance artist, sculptor, engineer and inventor Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Jaques Etienne Montgolfier und Joseph Michael Montgolfier, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Jaques Etienne Montgolfier und Joseph Michael Montgolfier, (1933). Portrait of French inventor brothers Jacques E tienne Montgolfier (1745-1799) and Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810)

Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738 - 1822), pub. 1867. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir Frederick William Herschel (1738 - 1822) pub. 1867 (photograph). Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792 ? 1871); English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor

John Guttemberg, pub. 1683 (engraving). Creator: Albrecht Mentz (15th Century) after
John Guttemberg, from Mechanick Exercises: or The Doctrine of Handy-Works applied to the Art of Printing, pub. 1683 (engraving)

Newton Invents a New Telescope, c1934. Illustration showing Isaac Newton (1643-1727) with his invention, the Newtonian telescope, and assistant grinding lenses

Samuel Fidney Morse (1791-1872), American inventor, he invented the telegraphy, engraving in the Ilustracion espanola y americana

Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1780-1810), French inventor

Louis Lumiere (1864-1948), French chemist, inventor of cinema together with his brother Auguste

Louis and Auguste Lumiere (1864-1948 and 1862-1954), French chemists and biologists in their laboratory, inventors of cinema

Louis Senefelder (1771-1834), inventor of lithography, born in Prague

James Watt (1736-1819), engineer and Scottish mechanical inventor, inventor of the steam engine, engraving, 1885

Narciso Monturiol (1819-1885), Catalan inventor

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor, engraving 1887

Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1934), c. 1915 (b/w photo)

Louis Bleriot sitting in his monopolane, c. 1920
Louis Ble riot (1872 – 1936) sitting in his monopolane, c. 1920 (b/w photo)

Henry Ford, American car manufacturer, with two of his cars, USA, 1924. Ford (1863-1947) with his first car and his 10 millionth, a Model T. Over 15 million Model Ts were built between 1908 and 1927

Thomas Alva Edison sitting beside his invention, the phonograph, 1878. Dubbed The Wizard of Menlo Park by a newspaper reporter

Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call between New York and Chicago, USA, 1892. Scottish-born American inventor Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857. Artist: Robert Howlett
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857. Brunel (1806-1859) standing in front of the launching chains of his steamship the Great Eastern

Watching the Boiling Kettle, c1907. From My Book of True Stories. [Blackie and Son Limited, London]

Willett memorial, Petts Wood, Kent, 2005. This memorial is dedicated to William Willett (1856-1915), the inventor of Daylight Saving Time, introduced in 1916 after a long campaign

Samuel Plimsoll, M. P. c1890, (1904). Artist: James Russell
Samuel Plimsoll, M.P. c1890, (1904). Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898) was an English politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line From Social England

Thomas Edison, 1914
Thomas Edison. c1920.Thomas Edison (1847-1931), was dubbed The Wizard of Menlo Park by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to

Guglielmo Marconi and David Sarnoff, 1933. Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) Italian radio pioneer, right, and David Sarnoff (1891-1971)

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, demonstrating his electric pile (battery), c1800 (c1870). Voltas (1745-1827) voltaic pile, an early form of battery, was the first source of current electricity

Samuel Morse 1791-1872, 1934. Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. - Selbstbildnis, 1934
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519. 1934. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath

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