Invention Collection (page 4)

Wireless Photo-Telegraphy, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Wireless Photo-Telegraphy, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

Water pumps, c. 1480. Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Water pumps, c. 1480. Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

The Bridge ( Ponte salvatico ). Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
The Bridge (" Ponte salvatico" ). Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Perspectograph (optical instrument), Between 1480 and 1518. Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Perspectograph (optical instrument), Between 1480 and 1518. Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

John Stevenss Twin-Screw Steamer, Built in 1804, c1930. Creator: Unknown
John Stevenss Twin-Screw Steamer, Built in 1804, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Patent Landau, 1809. Creator: Unknown
Patent Landau, 1809. Horse-drawn vehicle designed by Anglo-German polymath Rudolph Ackermann, who as well as being a coach-builder, was also a bookseller, inventor, lithographer

Reaping Machine, early 19th century. Creator: J Moffat
Reaping Machine, early 19th century. Diagram of a farm implement used for harvesting crops mechanically. Plate CCCCLXXIX from the " Edinburgh Encyclopaedia" edited by David Brewster

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

Heinecke parachute, c1918, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Heinecke parachute made of silk by Schro der & Co, c1918, (1932). Otto Heinecke, a German airship ground crewman, designed a parachute which the German air service introduced in 1918

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

Thornblad parachute, 1928, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Tho rnblad parachute, 1928, (1932). Parachute patented in 1928 by Swedish inventor Axel Raoul Tho rnblad. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Ellehammer semi-biplane, 1906, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Ellehammer semi-biplane, 1906, (1932). Danish watchmaker and inventor Jacob Ellehammer (1871-1946) made a tethered flight in his semi-biplane on 12 September 1906

Jacob Degens flying machine, 1808, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Jacob Degens flying machine, 1808, (1932). Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna, who made his first attempt in his tethered ornithopter in the spring of 1808

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)

Otto Lilienthals glider, 1890s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Otto Lilienthals glider, 1890s, (1932). German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) made about 2, 000 flights before being killed in a crash

Wright brothers flyer, c1903, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Wright brothers flyer, c1903, (1932). Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the worlds first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Etrichs Zanonia glider, 1906. (1932). Creator: Unknown
Etrichs Zanonia glider, 1906. (1932). Flying wing aircraft built by Austrian flight pioneer Ignaz Etrich and inspired by the flying seed of Zanonia macrocarpa, a kind of plant

The flying ship of Bartolomeu de Gusmao, c1709 (1932). Creator: Unknown
The flying ship of Bartolomeu de Gusmao, c1709 (1932). On 17 April 1709, Friar Bartolomeu de Gusmao (1685-1724), a Portuguese Jesuit priest and naturalist, petitioned King John V of Portugal

Lenormands parachute, 1783, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Lenormands parachute, 1783, (1932). French chemist, physicist and inventor Louis-Se bastien Lenormand (1757-1837) is considered as the first man to make a witnessed descent with a parachute

Arnold Bocklins flying machine, 1885, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Arnold Bo cklins flying machine, 1885, (1932). The Swiss painter Arnold Bo cklin (1827-1901) drew up plans for a flying machine without an engine

Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the worlds first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Track-Laying Machine, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Track-Laying Machine, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Keeping the Tunnels Clean, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Keeping the Tunnels Clean, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

A Striking Contrast, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Striking Contrast, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

The Printing Press, pub. 1683 (engraving). Creator: English School (17th Century)
The Printing Press, from Mechanick Exercises: or The Doctrine of Handy-Works applied to the Art of Printing, pub. 1683 (engraving)

The Pressman Hanging Paper, pub. 1683 (engraving). Creator: English School (17th Century)
The Pressman Hanging Paper, Mechanick Exercises: or The Doctrine of Handy-Works applied to the Art of Printing, pub. 1683 (engraving)

The Sliding a Page off the Slice, pub. 1683 (engraving). Creator: English School (17th Century)
The Sliding a Page off the Slice, from Mechanick Exercises: or The Doctrine of Handy-Works applied to the Art of Printing, pub. 1683 (engraving). Shows how a galley and slice were used

Curiosities of the Patent Office, 1921. Artist: WB Robinson
Curiosities of the Patent Office, 1921. Weird and wonderful inventions: skiing on water, fly-clothing for horses, webbed glove, tent-like umbrellas, emergency exit and bird-scarer

William Lees Clever Stocking Frame, c1934. Illustration showing a machine for knitting stockings, invented by clergyman William Lee (1563-1614) in 1589

Cromptons Wonderful Spinning Mule, c1934. Illustration showing the spinning mule, invented between 1775 and 1779 by Samuel Crompton to spin cotton and other fibres

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

The Rocket Astonishes Everyone, c1934. Illustration showing the Rocket steam locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson. The accompanying text explains the mechanism

Prisoners Working on the Treadmill, c1934. Illustration showing the 19th century method of forcing idle prisoners to take exercise

Machine locomotive with a snail, invented by engineer Grassi, to climb steep slopes, engraving from 1857

Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642), Italian astronomer and physicist showing his invention of the telescope, lithograph

Johnsons Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School, the Strand, Westminster, London, 1819
Interior view of Johnsons Pedestrian Hobbyhorse Riding School in the Strand, Westminster, London, 1819. Fashionably dressed men riding hobby horses at a riding school at 337 Strand, London

Steam coach at Hyde Park Corner, London, c1830
View of a steam coach at Hyde Park Corner, London, 1830. The lower margin contains a key to the mechanical parts of the coach

View of a Pedestrian Hobbyhorse, 1819
View of a Pedestrian Hobbyhorse, with a description of the contraption underneath, 1819

The Saveall, or Economy, 1828. Artist: Thomas McLean
The Saveall, or Economy, 1828. The Duke of Wellington stands between Apsley House, (his future home - still under construction), and the Triumphal Arch on Constitution Hill

A meeting of umbrellas, 1782. Artist: James Gillray
A meeting of umbrellas, 1782; showing three men holding umbrellas meeting and having difficulty in passing. The umbrella, only recently introduced for men, was an object of derision

Locomotion, London, c1820. Artist: George Cruikshank
Locomotion, London, c1820. In the centre a man wearing steam driven boots has ground to a halt, as the fire has gone out, below a servant attempts to start a blaze with a pair of belows

Regents Park, Marylebone, London, 1829
Interior view of the Colosseum, Regents Park, Marylebone, London, 1829; showing workmen, including painters suspended in cradles

Wilbur Wright showing the King of Spain how is plane operates, from Petit Journal pub. March 1909 (colour lithograph). Wilbur Wright (1867-1912); King Alfonso XIII (1886-1941);

People watching an early television transmission, c1920s. Developed by Scottish inventor. John Logie Baird (1888-1946), television was first successfully broadcast in 1924

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)

Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1814. From Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker, 1814

Wilbur Wright and his sister, Katherine, 1909
Wilbur Wright, American aviator and his sister, Katherine, 1909. Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) and his brother Orville (1871-1948), were American inventors of aircraft

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