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Printing presses, late 19th century?
Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and engineer, c1880. Works owner Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) and Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819)
Woman using a Spinning Jenny, c1880. The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves (c1720-1778) in 1764. On his original machine
Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to King Edward IV at Westminster, c1477 (1905)William Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to King Edward IV at the Almonry, Westminster, c1477 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol
Page from a Gutenberg Bible, c1455 (1956). Johann Gutenberg (c1398-1468) is regarded as the inventor of movable type. In 1455 he produced the first large printed book, the Gutenberg Bible
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
Greenwoods Wood Sawing Machine, 1886
Harrisons Pneumatic Loom, 1886
Ramsbottoms Express Passenger Engine, 1866
The Electric Light Apparatus, 1866
Steam Derrick, 1866
Crabtrees Card Setting Machine, 1866
Macindoes Self Acting Mule, 1866
Boultons Screw Coining Press, As Used in the Royal Mint, 1866. Artist: Joseph Wilson LowryBoultons Screw Coining Press, As Used in the Royal Mint, 1866
Marking Machine, 1866
Cottons Patent Automaton Balance. With Pilchers Improvements, 1866. Artist: William CottonCottons Patent Automaton Balance. With Pilchers Improvements, 1866
Cutting out Press, 1866
Improved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces. ), 1866. Artist: Joseph Wilson LowryImproved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces.), 1866
Aerated Bread Machine, 1866
Anemometer at the Kew Observatory, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures, Vol III, Virtue and Co, City Road and Ivy Lane, London, 1866
The spinning mule, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
The Slubbing-Billy, c1880. A machine for drawing out and twisting a strand of silk or other yarn in preparation for spinning
The spinning room in the Shadwell rope works, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Interior of the weaving shed, St Leonards factory, Dunfermline, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York)
Bobbin and fly frame, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Nasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). Artist: RobertsNasmyths steam hammer at work, (c1880). The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808-1890)
The stocking frame, c1880. Textiles worker using a mechanical knitting machine. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris)
Net loom in the Stuarts factory, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Great hall in Messrs Marshalls flax mill, Leeds, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)
Richard Arkwright, 18th century British industrialist and inventor, (1836). Artist: James PosselwhiteRichard Arkwright, 18th century British industrialist and inventor, (1836). Arkwright (1732-1792) was the inventor of textile manufacturing machinery which included the first practical means of
Weaving looms, 19th century. Dickinsons 37-inch reed space loom, Platts power loom for plain weaving
Brick machines, 19th century. Bradley and Cravens brick machine and Claytons brick machine
History of Paper: 6, c1900. Manufacture of roll-fed paper. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat
Press room, offices of the Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street, London, 1882. Printing presses and rolls of newsprint. A print from the Illustrated London News, (8 July 1882)
Omnia sewing machines advertisement, 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, a French mail order catalogue
Machinery Hall, Crystal Palace Exhibition, London, 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended to showcase the Works of the Industry of all Nations
Steam ploughing tackle, c1860. Portable steam engine by Garrett & Sons of Leiston, Suffolk, being used with ploughing tackle to draw a plough, in right background, back and forth across a field
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
William Lee, English inventor of the frame-knitting machine, 19th century. Born in Nottinghamshire, Lee (c1550-c1610) invented his knitting machine in 1589
Portable threshing machine, c1910. Machines of this type were used in rickyards or fields, and powered by a portable steam engine
French physicist Denis Papins, steamboat being wrecked, 1707 (1870)French physicist Denis Papin s, steamboat being wrecked, 1707 (1870). The boatmen on the river Weser saw the boat powered by Papins (1647-1712)
Milking parlour equipped with Thistle suction and pulsation milking machine, 1899. Devised by Dr Alexander Shields of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1895
Needle-making equipment, 1819. The large machine at bottom right is George Priors dry grinder with a box partly enclosing the grindstone to minimise dust (1813)
Steam hammer being used in an ironworks, France, 1867
Barthelemy Thimonnier, 19th century French inventor, [1907]. Thimmonier (1793-1857) patented the first sewing machine to be put into practical use, in Paris in 1830
Joseph Marie Jacquard, showing his loom to Lazare Carnot, Lyon, France, 1801 (1901). French silk-weaver and inventor Jacquard (1752-1834)
Bells improved reaping machine by Crosskill, c1840s. Artist: Joseph Wilson LowryBells improved reaping machine by Crosskill, c1840s. A farmer operates the machine by guiding two horses behind which push the harvester forward
Stamp for breaking copper cupellation cakes for further refining, 1556. Powered by a water wheel through a drive shaft. From De re metallica by Georgius Agricola. (Basel, 1556)
