Machinery Collection (page 21)

The speaking clock, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Modern cinema operating box, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Cotton-Spinning, c19th century
Cotton-Spinning. Various aspects of cotton spinning, including Bobbin and fly-frames (1, 2) and Spinning Mules (3, 4), c19th century

Ransomes Lawn Mowers advertisement, 1908. From The Connoisseur Vol. XX. [Otto Limited, London, 1908]

Wool Machinery: Ferrabee & Co.s Wool Lap Machine, c1880

The Wood Sawyers; Les scieurs de long, c1850, (1911). Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Wood Sawyers; Les scieurs de long, c1850. Painting held in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From A History of Painting Volume VIII by Haldane MacFall [T. C. and E. C

Mrs. Lorraine Smith, 19th century, (1916). Artist: William Bond
Mrs. Lorraine Smith. After Henry Singleton (1766-1839). From The Connoisseur Vol XLIV by [Otto Limited, London, 1916.]

Girl munition workers at their lathes in a Scottish mill, c1914. By June 1917, roughly 80% of the weaponry and ammunition used by the British army during World War I was being made by munitionettes

Wireless Operator Inside Latest Type of Training Machine, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

The First Parsons Turbo-Electric Generating Station, c1916. A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam

A lady at a spinning wheel c1900. A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. The spinning wheel appeared in Asia, probably around the 11th century

Primitive ingenuity, (16th century), 1920s
Primitive ingenuity. The sugar industry was extremely outdated, even though there were one hundred and twenty mills on the Island; annual export only amounted to twenty thousand pounds

Weaving linen fabric, Montreal, Canada, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Weaving linen fabric, Montreal, Canada, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Testing engines in an automobile factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Testing engines in an automobile factory, Detroit, Michigan, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Sewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Artist: Keystone View Company
Sewing room in a large shoe factory, Syracuse, New York, USA, early 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Sugar beet pulp and juice flowing from tank to tank, Montreal, Canada, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

General view of a large printing room in a cotton mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, 20th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Doubling frame in a large woollen mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

Lasting machine shaping shoes in shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, early 20th century(?). Stereoscopic card. Detail

Spinning room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, late 19th or early 20th century(?). Artist: Keystone View Company
Spinning room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, late 19th or early 20th century(?). Winding bobbins with woollen yarn for weaving. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Printing presses, 19th or 20th century. Artist:s Miller
Printing presses, 19th or 20th century. Albion hand-press; Liberty platen jobbing-press; Single-cylinder jobbing machine; Single-cylinder jobbing

Printing; type composing and distributing machines, 19th or 20th century. Youngs type composer, Mitchells type composing machine and a Mitchells type distributor

A woman at a spinning wheel, Dinan, Brittany, France, c1922. A print from Peoples of all Nations, Volume III, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1922

The Prague Astronomical Clock, Czechoslovakia, c1930s. Dating from the early 15th century, it is also known as the Prague Orloj

The well of the Roux Combaluzier elevator, Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889. When it opened for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889, the Eiffel Tower had four elevators

The Gallery of Machinery, Universal Exposition, Paris, 1889. The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was staged in commemration of the centenary of the French Revolution

Metallurgy section, Universal Exposition, Paris, 1889. The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was staged in commemration of the centenary of the French Revolution

Primitive pole lathe, from a Japanese trades encyclopedia, 1828 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

Making and using elm tree pumps to drain mines before the days of the steam engine, 1556 (1956). From De re Metallica by Georgius Agricola

Newspaper printing on a ten feed semi rotary machine, 1860 (1956). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Proposed method of warming and ventilating a house, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson

Sugar. Vacuum pan, 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

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

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

Greenwoods Wood Sawing Machine, 1886

Harrisons Pneumatic Loom, 1886

Howes Sewing Machine, by Thomas, 1866

Sugar Mill and Steam Engine, 1866

Regenerative Hot-Blast Stove, 1866

Steam Derrick, 1866

Crabtrees Card Setting Machine, 1866

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