Mechanism Collection

Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Professor Hasner's automatic eyeball, 1862. '...mechanical model of the eye,...made chiefly for the purpose of demonstrating the complicated

The Prince of Wales laying the Foundation-Stone of the Alexandra Battery, Gibraltar...1876. Creator: C.R
The Prince of Wales laying the Foundation-Stone of the Alexandra Battery, Gibraltar, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Crossbar, c.1st-2nd century. Creator: Unknown
Crossbar, c.1st-2nd century

Diopter. Creator: Anon
Diopter

The New Houses of Parliament - the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - the Great Clock at Westminster, 1857. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Freeman De la Motte, showing the mechanism which powers the chimes of Big Ben

Parts of the construction of a farm wagon, 1770-1825. Creator: Simon Andreas Krausz
Parts of the construction of a farm wagon, 1770-1825

The Drawbridge, 1875. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris
The Drawbridge, 1875

Still Life with Implements of the Hunt, 1670-1686. Creator: Johannes Leemans
Still Life with Implements of the Hunt, 1670-1686

Gate mechanism at Sault Ste. Marie locks, between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Gate mechanism at Sault Ste. Marie locks, between 1900 and 1906

Vourekas, Captain, on his ship, 1929 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Vourekas, Captain, on his ship, 1929

Seal of The United States at State Department, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Seal of The United States at State Department, 1914

Seal of The United States at State Department, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Seal of The United States at State Department, 1917

Seal of The United States at State Department, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Seal of The United States at State Department, 1917

Portrait of Mary Lou Williams, CBS studio, New York, N.Y. ca. Apr. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Mary Lou Williams, CBS studio, New York, N.Y. ca. Apr. 1947

Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y. ca. Sept. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y. ca. Sept. 1947

Portrait of Thelonious Monk and Howard McGhee, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y. ca. Sept. 1947

Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y. ca. Sept. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y. ca. Sept. 1947

Portrait of Kenny Kersey, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y. ca. June 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Kenny Kersey, CafU Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y. ca. June 1947

Portrait of Stan Kenton, Harry Forbes, and Pete Rugolo, Capitol studio, ca. Jan. 1947. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Stan Kenton, Harry Forbes, and Pete Rugolo, Capitol studio, ca. Jan. 1947

Ruins of an early sugar mill, Orange City, Volusia Co. Florida, between 1936 and 1939. (Such machines were used on slave plantations to process sugar)

Reel, 1938. Creator: Eugene C. Miller
Reel, 1938

Boxing Negroes, c. 1939. Creator: Owen Middleton
Boxing Negroes, c. 1939

Candlestick, c. 1937. Creator: John Jordan
Candlestick, c. 1937

Clothes Wringer, c. 1939. Creator: Herndon Hightower
Clothes Wringer, c. 1939

Candle Holder, c. 1936. Creator: Gerald Bernhardt
Candle Holder, c. 1936

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. A catcher pouch was grabbed by the catcher mechanism in the passing train

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. A catcher pouch was grabbed by the catcher mechanism in the passing train

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. Mail is dropped from a passing train. This system was used between the 1870s and the 1930s]

Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Post office Department, Hupp Auto Railway Service, 1912. [USA. A catcher pouch was grabbed by the catcher mechanism in the passing train

Carpet Stretcher, 1935/1942. Creator: Howard Lumbard
Carpet Stretcher, 1935/1942

Clock Jack, c. 1936. Creator: Benjamin Resnick
Clock Jack, c. 1936

Hand Compass, c. 1939. Creator: Robert Clark
Hand Compass, c. 1939

Trammel, c. 1938. Creator: Wellington Blewett
Trammel, c. 1938

Reid's Patent Vertical Power-Loom (Interior Section), 1850. Creator: Unknown
Reid'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

Zoar Lock w/ Key, c. 1938. Creator: Angelo Bulone
Zoar Lock w/ Key, c. 1938

Anthony's Double-Action Patent Churn, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Anthony's Double-Action Patent Churn, 1850. This new apparatus consists of a strong dovetailed box, with a close-fitting lid...motion is given by turning the handle...The Churn is described in

Carved Wood Doll, c. 1937. Creator: Edith Towner
Carved Wood Doll, c. 1937

Water Nozzle, c. 1940. Creator: Edith Towner
Water Nozzle, c. 1940

The International Exhibition: Hobbs and Ashley's gothic locks and keys, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Hobbs and Ashley's gothic locks and keys, 1862. The material is hammered iron and polished steel, laid, as flat designs of this character will allow

The International Exhibition: Siebes patent ice-making machine... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Siebes patent ice-making machine, from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Samuelson's machinery for crushing and grinding linseed, extracting the oil, and making oilcake, 1862

Wheellock Rifle, Nuremberg, 1600. Creator: Rudolf Danner
Wheellock Rifle, Nuremberg, 1600

Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun with Exchangeable Percussion Locks and Barrels, French, Versailles and Paris, ca. 1818-20; exchangeable percussion locks and barrels, dated 1860

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, British, London, ca. 1765. Creator: Henry Hadley
Pair of Flintlock Pistols, British, London, ca. 1765

Interior of a Power-Loom factory, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Interior 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

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, Scottish, Doune, ca. 1750-70. Creator: Alexander Campbell
Pair of Flintlock Pistols, Scottish, Doune, ca. 1750-70

Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Creator: Unknown
Barrel of Gatling gun, c1872. Diagram detail of the cyclic multi-barrel Gatling gun, an early form of rotary cannon. Invented by Richard Gatling and patented in 1862

Chocolate mill, 1886. Illustration from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, by Charles Tomlinson, Volume I, (Jamess Virtue, London, 1886)

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