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The Man in the Moon, 1648 (1887). Artist: Gaston TissandierThe Man in the Moon, 1648, (1887). Frontispiece of a novel of Gonzales, 1648, showing a man flying by means of a contraption pulled by birds
The Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1887). Artist: Gaston TissandierThe Parachute of Fauste Veranzio, 1617, (1887). The inventor Fauste Veranzio (Faust Vrancic) deveolped a parachute after studying Leonardo da Vincis sketches of one
Hubert le Blon, in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Gardner-Serpollet was a French manufacturer of steam-powered cars in the early 1900s
Leon Serpollet in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Serpollet set a world land speed record in 1902, driving along the promenade at Nice at 75.06 kmh in a steam-powered car
Balloon of the Aero Club, 18th March 1899. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 18th March 1899
The Aero Club, costume of a female ballooner, 15th November 1898. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 15th November 1898
One of great attractions of Vincennes, Paris, 1900. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 6th May 1900
Maurice Berteaux, minister for the war in the Lebaudy airship, 3rd November 1905. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 3rd November 1905
The conquest of the air at the Ambigu-Comique, 1900. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 2nd December 1900
Balloon, 1888. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, July 1888
The new airship of Alberto Santos-Dumont, 30th September 1900. A print from La Vie au Grand Air, 30th September 1900. Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an early pioneer of aviation
The First Benzine Automobile, 1875, (c1900). French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection
Call me on the telephone, I will return in five minutes, c1900. French postcard
Car of the Year, 1831, (c1900). French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection
Dutch Automobile, 1600, (c1900). French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection
Inventions and Discoveries, 19th century
A Car with Blades, 1460, (c1900). French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection
Cugnots Steam Wagon, 19th century. Trial of Nicolas Joseph Cugnots three-wheeled steam carriage at the Arsenal of Paris, 1770. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804) was a French inventor
Omnibus, c1900. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection
Currency, minting and cheking the gold coins, c1900. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection
A car with pedals, 1690, (c1900). French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection
Electricity demonstration, London, 1766, (c1900). Jesse Ramsden demonstrating his electrostatic machine. French advertising card for Liebig Meat Extract
Sectional view of a telegraph tower for Claude Chappes semaphore, 1792, (c1870). Chappes (1763-1805) system was in use in France and French colonies until about 1850
Advertisement for Kodak Brownie box cameras, 1900. From 1888 the Kodak box camera took Eastmans coated paper roll film. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 4 August 1900)
Rumfords calorimeter, 1887. During his work in determining the efficiency of different fuels the Anglo-American scientist Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814)
Advertisement for Kodak cameras, 1890. From 1888 Kodak cameras took Eastmans coated paper roll film. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 20 September 1890)
Cyrus McCormicks reaping machine of 1831 (patented 1834), c1851. This, the first widely adopted reaping machine, was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London where it was awarded a gold medal
Thomas Alva Edison at Menlo Park, late 1880s. Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor in his laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey
Incandescent light bulb, 1929. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American physicist and inventor, produced the first successful electric light bulb
Thomas Alva Edison, 1888Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, 1888. Edison (1847-1931) listening to a recording on his phonograph. This is an electric model powered by a bichromate cell (left)
Thomas Alva Edison, American physicist and inventor, 1929. Obverse of a medal celebrating the 50th anniversary of Edisons (1847-1931) invention of the incandescent lamp in 1879
Dawlish, Devon, c1860. This viewshows the track of Isambard Kingdom Brunels (1806-1859) South Devon Railway. The South Devon was an example of an atmospheric railway, which did not use locomotives
Kingstown and Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, near Dublin, 1845. This was built on the Samuel Clegg Jnr (1814-1856) and Joseph Samuda (1813-1885) system, also used on the Croydon, the South Devon
Clegg and Samudas atmospheric railway, 1845. Designed by Samuel Clegg Jnr (1814-1856) and Joseph Samuda (1813-1885), this was the system adopted on the Croydon Atmospheric Railway
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873)Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician, inventing the mercury barometer, 1643 (1873). Torricelli (1608-1647)
Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor, 1880. Jacquard (1752-1834), inventor of the punched card loom being attacked by the silk weavers of Lyon who were afraid his invention would put them out of
Cross section of a Newcomen-type steam engine attributed to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1767. After training as an architect and working as a civil engineer
Newcomen-type steam engine attributed to Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, 1767. After training as an architect and working as a civil engineer
Using a laryngoscope to aid the removal of a polyp from the throat, c1890. A small mirror on a long metal handle was invented in 1854 by a Spanish singing teacher Manuel Garcia (1805-1906)
Electric overhead monorail at Barmen-Elberfeld (now Wuppertal), Germany, 1901. This, the worlds first and oldest still operating
Potato peeler, 1899. A machine for washing, peeling and removing eyes and sprouts from potatoes. Les Inventions Illustrees. (Paris, May 1899)
Villa Tournesol, 1899. A revolving clinic designed to take full advantage of the heat and light of the sun for therapeutic purposes
Solar motor by Aubrey Eneas of Boston, c1905 (c1910). Demonstrated at Edwin Cawstons ostrich farm Pasadena, California. A reflector 33 feet (10.05 metres)
Bell telephone, 1882. Artist: Alexander Graham BellBell telephone, 1882. Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876
Making Edison light bulbs, 1880. Vacuum apparatus used to exhaust Edison incandescent light bulbs at G (centre top). From Scientific American. (New York, 1880)
Thomas Alva Edisons first Phonograph, 1878 (1915). In this model the cylinder on which the sound was recorded had to be rotated by hand. The instrument is shown in recording mode
Diesel engine: internal combustion engine invented by Rudolph Diesel in 1897 (c1910). In 1892, Diesel (1858-1913) patented a design for a new type of internal combustion engine
Idea for a video-phone using neon tubes to give the picture display, c1927. Illustration of a system proposed by Herbert Eugene Ives (1883-1952), American physicist and inventor
