Machine Collection (page 15)

Hatters, milliners and tailors... 1871. Creator: Unknown
Hatters, milliners and tailors...1871. Hatters, milliners and tailors, some of whom are sitting cross-legged and sewing in the traditional way, but on centre left a sewing machine has been introduced

Chinese potters at work, design for stained glass window, c1870, (1881). Creator
Chinese potters at work, design for stained glass window, c1870, (1881). Two Panels of Windows in the Gallery of the Museum Containing Pottery in the South Kensington Museum, by William Bell Scott

Staffordshire Processes, design for stained glass window, c1870, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Staffordshire Processes, design for stained glass window, c1870, (1881). Design For Window on the North Side of the Gallery...Containing Pottery in the South Kensington Museum, by William Bell Scott

Reaper & Binder Competition, Mount Blowhard, near Ballarat, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Reaper & Binder Competition, Mount Blowhard, near Ballarat, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

Stripping Wheat, Queensland, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Stripping Wheat, Queensland, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

Baxendales, 1920. Creator: Unknown
Baxendales, 1920. Baxendales From " The Ideal Home - April 1920". [London, 1920]

Learning His Trade, c1948. Creator: Unknown
Learning His Trade, c1948. From " Newnes Pictorial Knowledge Volume 3". [George Newnes Limited, London]

Dantes House, Florence, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Dantes House, Florence, 1890. Casa di Dante was the birthplace of Dante Alighieri (c1265 -1321), Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages, best known for his Divine Comedy

In Alsace, a peasant woman is caught in a threshing machine, 1929. Creator: Unknown
In Alsace, a peasant woman is caught in a threshing machine, 1929. En Alsace, Une Paysanne Est Happee Par Une Machine A Battre

Spinning room, c1776, (1943). Creator: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
Spinning room, c1776, (1943). Spinners using two-handed spinning wheels in the establishment of a Monsieur de Berniere. Drawing in the Ecole de Beaux-Arts, Paris

Grading Walnuts in California, c1910s. Creator: Unknown
Grading Walnuts in California, c1910s. Workers sorting walnuts. Postcard. [Newman Post Card Co. Los Angeles, California, USA]

February - spinning, late 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet Testard
February - spinning, late 15th century, (1939). A man takes off his boots to warm his feet by the fire as a woman uses a wheel to spin thread

Mixing Mortar, . Creator: Unknown
Mixing Mortar. Oxen used to power machinery for mixing mortar for building, India. Postcard

Female Spinning, Jaipur. Creator: Unknown
Female Spinning, Jaipur. Woman using a spinning wheel in Rajasthan, India. Postcard

A Small Motor Tractor Getting a Huge R.A.F. Bombing Machine into Position... (1919)
A Small Motor Tractor Getting a Huge R.A.F. Bombing Machine into Position on an Aerodrome Near Liges-Court in France, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919

Dalziel Foundry Limited. - Earl Street Premises. Finishers and Sundry Finishing Plant, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh - Letterpress Machine Department, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh - Letterpress Machine Department, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

The Express Dairy Companys Hygenic Dairy at Hampstead, 1902. Creator: Unknown
The Express Dairy Companys Hygenic Dairy at Hampstead, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, 1902]

Primitive corn-mill, Nile Delta, Egypt, 1895. Creator: Unknown
Primitive corn-mill, Nile Delta, Egypt, 1895. Mechanism for grinding corn. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago"

Tacama, Ica, Peru, 2015. Creator: Luis Rosendo
Ancient wooden grape press, Tacama Winery, Tacama, Ica, Peru. Founded by Francisco de Caravantes in the XVI Century

The Potter at his Wheel, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
The Potter at his Wheel, 1910. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Namikawas Workroom, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Namikawas Workroom, 1910. The Kyoto artisan credited with popularizing Japanese cloisonne during the Meiji Era (1868-1912). From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S

Dynamo-Electric Machines, Worked by Steam, and Producing Magneto-Electricity, 1882. From " St. Nicholas: Volume IX. Part I. November 1881, to May 1882". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1882]

Engine room of a British submarine, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
Engine room of a British submarine, World War II, 1945. The Engine Room is crammed with machinery. These are the Diesels that drive the submarine when she is on the surface

On Thorpe Beach, 1887. Creator: Arthur Evershed
On Thorpe Beach, 1887. Winding gear and sailing boat pulled up on the sand

Pathfinders - Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, c1812, (1922). Creator: James Northcote
Pathfinders - Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, c1812, (1922). Portrait of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, British engineer and inventor (1769-1849)

Water-Meter, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Water-Meter, 19th century. Diagrams of water meters: elevation, vertical section and horizontal section of Frosts piston water-meter; Siemens large water-meter; Siemens turbine water-meter

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 Station Intelligence Room, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
A Station Intelligence Room, c1943. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during World War II

Interior of a Weavers Workshop, 1747, (1925). Creator: William Hogarth
Interior of a Weavers Workshop, 1747, (1925). Plate 8 of 12 plot-linked engravings created by William Hogarth in 1747 for series Industry and Idleness. Plate 1 The Fellow Prentices at their Looms

Code and Cypher Officer, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Code and Cypher Officer, c1943. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during World War II

Dispersed in the back streets of Cairo is a whole little industry... c1942-1943, (1945)
Dispersed in the back streets of Cairo is a whole little industry, the maintenance units which renew and reassemble the aircraft brought back from the desert

Litho-press, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
Litho-press, 1951. Printing press for producing lithographic prints. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

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]

An Escalator in Course of Construction, 1922. Creator: Unknown
An Escalator in Course of Construction, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

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

Duplicate of Franklins Press, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Duplicate of Franklins Press, (1881). Franklins Press was said to have been used by American scientist, diplomat and politician Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

An Outdoor Sketch, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
An Outdoor Sketch, (c1900). Coastal scene, print after an early-19th century painting by William James Muller. From English water-colour with reproductions of drawings by eminent painters

The Tower of London, c1827, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Tower of London, c1827, (c1900). A steam-powered ballast dredger on the River Thames in London, with the Tower of London in distance. Print after a painting by Clarkson Stanfield

An Outdoor Scene of Women at Work, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
An Outdoor Scene of Women at Work, (c1900). Women winding wool and using spinning wheels in Llangollen, north-east Wales. Print after a watercolour made late 18th-early 19th century by Julius Caesar

Press and Dies Formerly Used in the Mint, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Press and Dies Formerly Used in the Mint, (c1872). Machinery used for pressing metal coins in the Royal Mint at Tower Hill in London. From Old and New London, Vol

Old Newgate, c1760, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Old Newgate, c1760, (c1872). Newgate Prison in London, established in 1188, was one of the earliest prisons. It was rebuilt several times, and finally demolished in 1904

Interior of the Mint, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Mint, c1872. Workers at the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury

In a Rand Mine - An end Tipler, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
In a Rand Mine - An end Tipler, early 20th century. A miner and equipment in a South African gold mine. [Sallo Epstein & Co. Johannesburg]

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

Driving the Tunnel for the Waterloo and City Railway, (c1897). Artist: E&S Woodbury
Driving the Tunnel for the Waterloo and City Railway, (c1897). Scene underground during excavations for Londons transport system. The illustration represents the shield which protects the excavators

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