Invention Collection (page 5)

Sky cycle below a balloon, early 1900s

Study for the fortifications of Porta al Prato di Ognissanti in Florence, ca 1529. Found in the Collection of Casa Buonarroti, Florence

Design for a mechanical wing, 1478-1518. Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Catapulta, 1478-1518. Found in the Collection of Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana

Photophone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1882. Artist: Anonymous
Photophone by Alexander Graham Bell, 1882. Private Collection

Advertisement for the Edison Mimeograph, 1900s-1910s. Artist: Anonymous
Advertisement for the Edison Mimeograph, 1900s-1910s. Private Collection

San Francisco Parlor with Kinetoscopes, 1894-1895. Artist: Anonymous
San Francisco Parlor with Kinetoscopes, 1894-1895. Private Collection

Archimedes Siege Catapult. From The Histories by Polybius, 1727. Artist: Anonymous
Archimedes Siege Catapult. From The Histories by Polybius, 1727. Private Collection

The Westinghouse Alternating Current Motor by Nikola Tesla, 1888-1889. Artist: Anonymous
The Westinghouse Alternating Current Motor by Nikola Tesla, 1888-1889. Private Collection

Jonathan Hullss Steam Tug Boat, 1736, (1904)
Jonathan Hulls Steam Tug Boat, 1736, (1904). Jonathan Hulls or Hull (baptised 1699 - 1758) was an English inventor, a pioneer of steam navigation. From Social England, Volume V, edited by H.D

Horizontal Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Italian Velocino Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Dursley Pedersen Cantilever Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Companion Safety Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Simpson Lever Chain, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

The First Pneumatic-Tyred Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Invincible Tandem Tricycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Olympia Tandem Tricycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Rover Safety Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Rucker Tandem Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Invincible Bicycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Post Office Centre-Cycles, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Sociable Tricycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Salvo Tricycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Lawsons Bicyclette, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Singer Tricycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Michaux Velocipede, 1865, (1939). From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

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

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

A Dandy-Horse or Draisienne of the type fashionable c1820. (Colorised black and white print)

Crookes, Rontgen and Finsen - Using the Marvellous X-Rays Apparatus, c1925. Niels T. Finsen, (1860-1904). From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Fulton Explains His Submarine to Napoleon, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
Fulton Explains His Submarine to Napoleon, c1925. Robert Fulton, (1765-1815), American engineer and inventor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

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

Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments

Study of Motive Apparatus of Flying Machine with Ground Plan of Mechanism of Base, 1928. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of Motive Apparatus of Flying Machine with Ground Plan of Mechanism of Base, 1928. From The Mind of Leonardo Da Vinci, by Edward McCurdy. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1928]

Plan of Canal Ascending Hill By Means of Locks, 1928. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Plan of Canal Ascending Hill By Means of Locks, 1928. From The Mind of Leonardo Da Vinci, by Edward McCurdy. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1928]

Ballista, 1928. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Ballista, 1928. From The Mind of Leonardo Da Vinci, by Edward McCurdy. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1928]

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

Profile to Right of a Bald Man, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Profile to Right of a Bald Man, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Machine for Shaping Iron Rods for Making Cannon, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Machine for Shaping Iron Rods for Making Cannon, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Drawings of a Square Castle, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Drawings of a Square Castle, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945] From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Drawing of a Flying Machine with a Man Operating It, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Drawing of a Flying Machine with a Man Operating It, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Three Emblems, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Three Emblems, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Coventry Rotary Tricycle, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Sawyers Velocipede, 1939. From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Macmillans Lever-Driven Bicycle, 1839, (1939). From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Ladys Pedestrian Hobby-Horse, 1819, (1939). From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

Pedestrian Hobby-Horse, 1819, (1939). From Cycling 1839-1939. [John Player & Sons, London, 1939]

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