Inventor Collection (page 7)

Johann Gutenberg 1400-1468, 1934. Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468), German metalworker and inventor who invented a method of printing from movable type. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte

Berthold Schwarz (im 14. Jahrh), 1934. Berthold Schwarz, 1380. Semi- legendary German Franciscan monk of Freiburg, whose real name was Konstantin Anklitzen

Marconi - Geb. 1874, 1934. Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (1874-1937), Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission

Thomas Alba Edison 1847-1931, 1934. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman, who has been described as Americas greatest inventor

Werner von Siemens 1816-1892. Gemalde von Lenbach, 1934
Werner von Siemens 1816-1892, 1934. Ernst Werner Siemens (1816-1892), German inventor and industrialist. Siemenss name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens

Wilhelm von Rontgen 1845-1923, 1934. Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923), German mechanical engineer and physicist, who produced

Alfred Krupp 1812-1887. - Gemalde von Grun, 1934
Alfred Krupp 1812-1887, 1934. Alfred Krupp (1812-1887), German inventor, industrialist and steel magnate, part of the prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen famous for their production of

James Watt (1736-1819), c1800, (1912). Artist: Sir William Beechey
James Watt (1736-1819), c1800, (1912). James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Watt invented the Watt steam engine

Edison and Steinmetz Join Forces to Achieve Success, 1922, (c1925). Thomas Alva Edison, (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman

WH Fox Talbot, British photography pioneer, 1901. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) is best known for his development of the calotype

Johann Gutenberg, German metalworker and inventor, 16th century, (1870). An engraving of Johannes Gutenberg (1400-1468) who invented a method of printing from movable type

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) English mathematician and pioneer of computing, 1871. In the 1820s, Babbage began to develop a Difference Engine which could perform simple mathematical calculations

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his first dynamo for producing electric light, 1880s. Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific inventor who registered over 1000 patents

Joseph Wilson Swan, British physicist and chemist, demonstrating electromagnetism, 1889. Swan (1828-1914) was the inventor of bromide paper for photography and of an incandescent light bulb

Watt Discovering Condensation of Steam, c1884, (1917). Artist: Marcus Stone
Watt Discovering Condensation of Steam, c1884, (1917). James Watt (1736-1819) an inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist whose Watt steam engine rapidly increased the rate of the industrial

Sir John Herschel, astronomer and scientist, 1810s. Artist: Gaspare Gabrielli
Sir John Herschel, astronomer and scientist, 1810s. Portrait of John Herschel as a young man. The son of astronomer Sir William Herschel, John Herschel discovered 525 nebulae and clusters

James Brindley, 18th century English civil engineer and canal builder, (1836). Artist: JT Wedgwood
James Brindley, 18th century English civil engineer and canal builder, (1836). Brindley (1716-1772) rests a hand on a theodolite

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790, 1934. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer

Lippmann, c1893. Artist: Eugene Pirou
Lippmann, c1893. Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (1845-1921), physicist and inventor. From the 2e collection [Felix Potin, c1893]

Professor Low propounds: The Quality of Perfection Defies Analysis, But It Is Significant That It Is Present In Those Cocktails Which Contain Booths Gin, c1935 (1935)

Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to King Edward IV at Westminster, c1477 (1905)
William Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to King Edward IV at the Almonry, Westminster, c1477 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol

The discovery of the Leyden Jar, 1745 (1894). An experiment conducted by Dutch scientist Pieter van Musschenbroek. Musschenbroeck (1692-1761) and his student, Andrea Cunaeus

The Bathysphere, 1938. A deep sea submersible invented by Otis Barton for the naturalist William Beebe. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman

Captain Cowper Phipps Coles, (1819-1870), English naval captain and inventor, 1893
Captain Cowper Phipps Coles (1819-1870), English naval captain and inventor, 1893. From The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men and Famous Deeds published by Frederick Warne and Co

Captain Paul Boyton, (1848-1924), inventor of the immersion suit, 1893. He was a showman and adventurer also known as the Fearless Frogman who was famous for his water stunts

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1893. From The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men and Famous Deeds published by Frederick Warne and Co. [London and New York, 1893]

Hiram Stevens Maxim, (1840-1916). American-born British inventor and engineer, 1894-1907
Hiram Stevens Maxim, (1840-1916). American-born British inventor and engineer, Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Gun, the first portable, fully automatic machine gun in 1884

King Cole, 1871. Artist: Coide
King Cole, 1871. A caricature of Henry Cole (1808-1882), British civil servant and inventor. Cole was one of the driving forces behind the Great Exhibition of 1851

Count Zeppelin saluted by members of the naval airship fleet, Germany, 1914-1917 (1933). The German Navy used Zeppelins airships for bombing and reconnaissance purposes during the First World War

Count Zeppelin and Captain Macher on board Zeppelin L30, 1916 (1933). L30 was one of the Zeppelins built for the German Navy during World War I

Portrait of Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, early 20th century (1933). Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German general

Count Zeppelin and Dr Eckener in a Zeppelin gondola, Schwaben, Germany, c1908-1917 (1933). Hugo Eckener (1868-1954) took over the running of the Zeppelin company after the airships designer

Count Zeppelin with his daughter in the gondola of Zeppelin LZ3, Germany, c1906-1908 (1933). LZ3 was the first truly successful Zeppelin

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian pioneer of wireless telegraphy, Signal Hall, Newfoundland, 1901 (1951). Marconi with the instruments with which he received the first transatlantic wireless signals on 12th

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857 (1956)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857, (1956). Brunel (1806-1859) standing in front of the launching chains of his steamship the Great Eastern

Thomas Edison, American inventor, c1878 (1956). Edison (1847-1931) aged thirty-one, with an early model of his phonograph

Benjamin Franklin, American scientist and politician, 1782 (1956). Franklin (1706-1790) was a member of the committee which drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857 (1956). Artist: Robert Howlett
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857 (1956). Brunel (1806-1859) standing in front of the launching chains of his steamship the Great Eastern

Louis Lumiere, French photographer and cinematographer, 1937. In collaboration with his brother Auguste, Louis Lumiere (1864-1948) was a pioneer of cinematography

Fernand Forest, French inventor, 1888. Forest (1851-1914) played an important role in the development of the internal combustion engine and the motor car

Etienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and pioneer of cinematography, 1901. Marey (1830-1904) was a French physiologist who pioneered the use of photography to record and analyse movement

Edouard Branly, French physicist, 1900. Branly (1844-1940) was a pioneer of early radio and inventor of the coherer (1892)

Clement Ader, French engineer and inventor, 1915. Ader (1841-1925) is best known for his work in aviation. In 1890 his aircraft Eole became the first self-propelled aircraft to take off and fly

Wilbur Wright, American aviator, and Leon Bollee, French inventor and car manufacturer, 1908. The pair are photographed outside Bollees factory

Sir Joseph Whitworth, British mechanical engineer, 1887. Whitworth (1803-1887) produced the standard screw thread which bears his name and invented numerous machine tools

Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Artist: E Scriven
Sir Humphrey Davy, Cornish chemist and physicist, (1845). Davy (1778-1829) discovered the anaesthetic effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor, (c1880). Artist: Whymper
John Ericsson, Swedish-born American engineer and inventor, (c1880). On moving to the USA in 1839, Ericsson designed many warships including the Monitor (1861)

Jan van der Heyden, Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor, c1870. Artist: H Sluyter
Jan van der Heyden, Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor, c1870. Van der Heyden (1637-1712) improved the design of the fire hose and wrote

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