Machinery Collection (page 27)

Hydraulic coal cutting machine, named The Iron Man, 1867
Hydraulic coal cutting machine, named The Iron Man, in position on rail track undergground in a coal seam. Made by Carrett, Marshall & Co. and shown at the Paris International Exposition of 1867

Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

Electric light plant, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Conceived by Andre Maginot (1877-1932) as an impegnable wall on Frances eastern frontier, the Maginot Line was a vast linked set of fortifications

Soviet poster commemorating May Day, 1950. Artist: A Bearob
Soviet poster commemorating May Day, 1950

L Agriculture Moderne, 1897. Scene showing harvest time with a steam powered threshing machine in the background. In the foreground an adviser, holding a copy of L Agriculture Moderne

Advertisement for The Vacuum Cleaner Company, 1906. This company adopted Hubert Cecil Booths patent of 1901 which used suction to collect dust

Trade Union Scroll, 1851. Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern-Makers scroll which would be presented to members

Coffee or tea making machine heated by a small spirit lamp, 1900. A glamorous woman operating a complex-looking apparatus designed to make hot drinks. From a periodical on inventions. (Paris 1900)

Household utensils, 1906. Bread slicer: coffee roaster: Bissell carpet sweeper: mangle: knife sharpener: spice box. From Mrs Beetons Household Management

Cyrus McCormicks reaping machine, 1862. Patented in America in 1831and shown at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London, 1851, it was the first widely adopted mechanical reaper

Machine Room in a Steam Sewing Factory, 1854. This view is of Holloway, Crowe & Holloways clothing factory, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Wilson sewing machine, 1880. Belt-driven lock-stick model for industrial use showing samples of work that could be produced

Domestic sewing machine powered by steam, 1883. Woman sewing with a machine powered by a steam motor placed on top of a domestic range. From La Nature. (Paris, 1883)

Small lockstick sewing machine, 1886. Patented in 1881, this small sewing machine weighing approx 226g (8oz) could be mounted on a table top. From Cassells Family Magazine. (London, 1886)

De Kaap goldfields, Transvaal, South Africa, 1887. Water-powered stamping mill for crushing ore: Caledonian Mining Company. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 1887)

Laying siege canon on target, from Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620
Laying siege canon on target, from Agostino Ramellis Le diverse et artificiose machine, 1620 (first edition 1588). Bottom right is a gunners level

Columbias Sewing-Machine, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Columbias Sewing-Machine, 1864. Britannia says: Ah, my dear Columbia, its all very well; But you ll find it difficult to join that neatly

Andrew McCormack, 2011. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Andrew McCormack, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2011

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