Diagram Collection (page 9)

Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1866. The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)

Bishopps rotary steam engine or disc engine, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II

Watts wagon-boiler, 1866. This type of boiler was invented by James Watt in 1785. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering

Cornish or single acting pumping engine, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II

The working parts of James Watts double acting engine, 1866. Watt patented the double-acting steam engine, in which the piston pulls as well as pushes, in 1782

Machine for separating starch from potatoes, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II

Saw mill, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London, 1866

Double cylinder printing machine, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co

Applegaths Times vertical printing machine, 1866. Diagram of the machine invented by Applgarth for the printing of The Times newspaper

Paper making machine, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London, 1866

Bellows-bodied camera, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co, London

Lighthouse revolving dioptric apparatus, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II

Greenwoods Wood Sawing Machine, 1886

Harrisons Pneumatic Loom, 1886

Howes Sewing Machine, by Thomas, 1866

Sugar Mill and Steam Engine, 1866

Ramsbottoms Express Passenger Engine, 1866

Regenerative Hot-Blast Stove, 1866

The Electric Light Apparatus, 1866

Crabtrees Card Setting Machine, 1866

Macindoes Self Acting Mule, 1866

Boultons Screw Coining Press, As Used in the Royal Mint, 1866. Artist: Joseph Wilson Lowry
Boultons Screw Coining Press, As Used in the Royal Mint, 1866

Marking Machine, 1866

Cottons Patent Automaton Balance. With Pilchers Improvements, 1866. Artist: William Cotton
Cottons Patent Automaton Balance. With Pilchers Improvements, 1866

Cutting out Press, 1866

Improved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces. ), 1866. Artist: Joseph Wilson Lowry
Improved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces.), 1866

Aerated Bread Machine, 1866

Fire engine, 1820. Artist: J & T Bartlett
Fire engine, 1820

Study for the casting of the Sforza Monument, c1493 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study for the casting of the Sforza Monument, c1493 (1954). In the 1480s Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to produce a great bronze equestrian statue of his father

Elevation of Troughtons dividing engine, 18th century, (1886). Until the 1770s, scales on scientific instruments had been marked out by skilled craftsmen in a process called dividing

Acid manufacturing, 1832. Artist: William Orr
Acid manufacturing, 1832

Dynamos, c19th century

Coining - Machines used in the Mint, 1818. After a print by J Farey. [A Constable & Co, Edinburgh, 1818]

Drawing of the 1934 ten horse-power Standard model, 1934. From The Treasury of Knowledge. [Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk, 1934]

Diagram showing the Alimentary Canal, which passes right through the body, c1934. From The Treasury of Knowledge. [Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk, 1934]

Delicate Mechanism of the Ear, c1934. From The Treasury of Knowledge. [Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk, 1934]

Diagram of a Fuchsia flower, showing the mechanism employed to produce seeds, c1934. From The Treasury of Knowledge. [Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk, 1934]

Beautiful Butterflies of the British Isles, c1934. From The Treasury of Knowledge. [Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk, 1934]

The method and a scale for casting bombs into a town, 1748. A print from the Universal Magazine, 1748

Electricity, c1891
Electricity. Various aspects of electricity and electrical apparatus, including Edelmanns Quarter-Cylinder Electrometer (1), Leyden Jar (2), Wimshurst Influence Machine (3), Electrophorus (4, 5)

The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators and their Servant Bates, (1605), 1901
The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators and their Servant Bates, 1605. Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters, 1605. Roman Catholic conspiracy to blow up English Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605 when

Self Portrait, about 1512-1513 or 1519, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Self Portrait, about 1512-1513 or 1519, (1936). Inscription: This is where the yellow spot is, an I am pointing to it with my finger: That is where it hurts

Section of a Blast Furnace, Showing its Food, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Iron manufacture, 19th century. Iron rolling machine, external view of a blast furnace, and sectional elevation of Schneiders blast furnace

A Newtonian reflector, 1870. Reflecting telescope after a design by Isaac Newton. Hand-coloured later

A Brewhouse, 1747. Designed and engraved for the Universal Magazine, (January 1747). Hand-coloured later

Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, (1824). Artist: John Samuel Agar
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, (1824). Percys (1564-1632) estates of Petworth House and Syon House were acquired on his marriage to Dorothy Devereux, the sister of Robert Devereux

Sir Wilhelm Friedrich Herschel, German-born British astronomer and composer, 19th century. Artist: E Scriven
Sir Wilhelm Friedrich Herschel, German-born British astronomer and composer, 19th century. Herschel (1738-1822) became famous for discovering the planet Uranus

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