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The tractor pulls a riding plow, near Centrae, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeMechanization proceeds by stages. Here the tractor pulls a riding plow. Next stages are two four-row cultivators cultivating more rows and eliminating the man on the cultivator, near Centrae, Texas
The Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Implements, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Annual Exhibition of the Smithfield Club - Bringing in Implements, 1850. Agricultural show in London. Farming machinery on display included: Seed and Manure Drill, a Wheel Plough
Cotton hoers, Memphis, Tennessee, 1937. Creator: Dorothea LangeThese cotton hoers work only seasonally on the plantations. The rest of the year they live on odd jobs and relief. Memphis, Tennessee
Reid's Patent Vertical Power-Loom (Interior Section), 1850. Creator: UnknownReid's Patent Vertical Power-Loom (Interior Section), 1850. The advantages aimed at by the...Loom are: enabling the weaver to attend with greater facility the weaving of four pieces at once
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Painting Machine, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Painting Machine, 1850. View of...the sash-bar painting apparatus...One of the sash-bars is occasionally passed between the brushes, to keep them clean
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. View of...the operations of punching bolt-holes in the bars of iron, and cutting off the ends by the shears
Les Travaux de la Manufacture (The Activities of the Factory) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/84. Dyeing and printing of mass-produced textiles
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. As in every other part of the works the utmost skill is displayed with regard to economising power
The Sash-Bar Machine, for the Great Exhibition Building, in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: UnknownThe Sash-Bar Machine, for the Great Exhibition Building, in Hyde Park, 1850....we find a communication from Mr. Paxton on this subject, dated 13th March, 1840, in which he says that
Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: UnknownPloughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Various interesting experiments have been made from time to time
Floating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, 1850. Creator: UnknownFloating Railway across the Forth, between Granton and Burntisland, [near Edinburgh, Scotland], 1850. View of the...Leviathan, as the vessel is called...lying alongside the east side of Granton Pier
The International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co... 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: centrifugal pump by Easton, Amos, and Co. - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862....one among the series of interesting machines exhibited by J. Harrison and Sons, of Blackburn
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Messrs. Henderson and Co.'s carpet power-loom, 1862. The power-loom exhibited by this firm is adapted for weaving either Jacquard, Brussels, or velvet-pile carpets
The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. This compact little folding-machine
The International Exhibition: Burgess and Key's grain-mower, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Burgess and Key's grain-mower, 1862. Although [Messrs. Burgess and Key's] magnificent display of medals, earned on many hard-fought fields
The International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Cranston's Wood's grass-mowing machine, 1862. It will be observed that the machine runs on two wheels
The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862....an ingenious system of marine telegraph, consisting of flags for day
The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. Creator: MallettThe International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. This locomotive is the first application of a doubled system of cylinders, pistons
The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. European machine processing sugar cane from the colonies
The International Exhibition: Mitchel's type-composing machine, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Mitchel's type-composing machine, 1862. The compositor is in shape a right-angled triangle, placed horizontally
The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company... 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company
The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. The use of this mill is to express the juice from the cane...an endless travelling-table...carries the canes up
The International Exhibition: locomotive tank-engine, by Manning, Wardle and Co... 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: locomotive tank-engine, by Manning, Wardle and Co. of Leeds, 1862. Engine designed...for the mineral traffic at ironworks, collieries, &c
The International Exhibition: fire-engine presented to Mr. Hodges by...inhabitants of Lambeth, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: fire-engine presented to Mr. Hodges by the inhabitants of Lambeth, 1862. Mr. Hodges is the head of a large and old-established distillery, situated in Pratt-street
The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862. This powerful and well-finished steam fire-engine
The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire... 1862 Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862
The International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department... 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: blowing-engine in the Belgian Department of the Western Annexe, 1862. Machine for...reducing iron ore to pig metal...As iron-furnaces have increased in size and number
The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Although of a very unpretending appearance, the flax-gin of America may claim a value for industrial usefulness greater than
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Steam engine to power agricultural machinery. From "Illustrated London News", 1862
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. The first aim was to show the superiority of steam to horse power in the inversion and cultivation of the soil
Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Creator: UnknownTrials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Although eleven machines or so were at work from time to time, the systems really on trial were those of Fowler, Howard, Smith, and Coleman
Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: UnknownPaper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Side elevation of a machine...intended to manufacture an endless sheet of paper of any width under
The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. The collection of tools first met with on entering the annexe is that of Mr. Whitworth
The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862
The International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets... 1862. Creator: E BourdelinThe International Exhibition: Tuer and Hall's power-loom for weaving carpets - from a photograph by the Stereoscopic Company, 1862
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: cotton in its different stages, 1862. Diagrams...to indicate the different stages of manufacture. Fig
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 3 the Lap-doubler; By this machine the slivers from the breaker carding-engine are formed into a
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 6 the Power-loom; Fig. 5. the Roving-machine. From "Illustrated London News", 1862
The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: machinery of Platt Brothers, Oldham, 1862. Fig. 1 the Macarthy Gin; Fig. 4
Cotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Creator: UnknownCotton manufacture: Platt's self-acting mule, or cottonspinning machine, 1862. Processing cotton grown in India. These machines are used for the purpose of converting the rovings...into what is
The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed, extracting the oil, and making oilcake, 1862
The Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements, 1862 Creator: UnknownThe Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements, [South Kensington, London]
Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: UnknownInterior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. We are persuaded that the annexed engraving will be interesting to our readers, in connection with the great question of " The Factory Bill
Love Conquered Fear, c1840. Creator: Auguste HervieuLove Conquered Fear, c1840. Ragged child workers in a Victorian textile factory. British writer Frances Trollope visited Manchester in 1832 to witness the condition of children employed in
Love Conquered Fear, 1840. Michael Armstrong, adopted by a mill owner, embracing his brother Edward who is one of the ragged factory boys working amongst the spinning mules
Woman operating a power loom for weaving cotton, c1840. The model illustrated is that invented by Roberts (c1815-1820). Belting connecting to the drive shaft is shown at centre back of the picture
