Mechanism Collection (page 6)

A Canal with Locks and Weirs, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
A Canal with Locks and Weirs, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Device for Repelling Scaling Ladders, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Device for Repelling Scaling Ladders, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Studies of Suction Pumps, Archimedes Tubes, Etc. c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Studies of Suction Pumps, Archimedes Tubes, Etc. c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Economy in a Paper Mill, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Showing the driving mechanism to interested spectators, c1927, (1935). In January 1927, Malcolm Campbell (1885-1948) in his famous Bluebird broke the worlds land speed record at Pendine Sands

Gunnery - Section Through Turret Showing Hydraulic Gear Inflexible Type, 1898. Artist: W & AK Johnston
Gunnery - Section Through Turret Showing Hydraulic Gear Inflexible Type, 1898. From Encyclopaedia Britannica - A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature (Ninth Edition)

Drawing of projects for castles and villas, c1472-c1519 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Drawing of projects for castles and villas, c1472-c1519 (1883). Fom the Codex Atlanticus. From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. II by Jean Paul Richter, PH. DR

30-ton treasury door, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

The Vetterli Magazine Rifle, 1884
The Vetterli Magazine Rifle. From The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine Volume I [The Illustrated London News, London, 1884]

The Spencer Magazine Gun Used in the American Civil War, 1884
he Spencer Magazine Gun Used in the American Civil War. The Spencer repeating rifle was a manually operated lever-action, repeating rifle

Marlin Gun No. 28, 1884
Marlin Gun No. 28. From The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine Volume I [The Illustrated London News, London, 1884]

Panhard and Levassors petrol driven motor car, 1892 (1956). French engineers and inventors Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor became partners in 1886

Improved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces. ), 1866. Artist: Joseph Wilson Lowry
Improved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces.), 1866

Aerated Bread Machine, 1866

Mill for husking coffee, Central America, c1890. From Universal Geography, Maps & Illustrations, Vol XXXIV, Virtue & Co Limited, (London, c1890)

Dynamos, c19th century

Coining - Machines used in the Mint, 1818. After a print by J Farey. [A Constable & Co, Edinburgh, 1818]

Delicate Mechanism of the Ear, c1934. From The Treasury of Knowledge. [Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk, 1934]

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

Matchlock, late 17th century, from the Tower of London, (c1880). The last matchlock in British service, from the time of William III, (1689-1702)

Wheel lock mechanism, from the Tower of London, c17th century, (c1880). The wheel lock method of firing a gun was used before the invention of the flintlock

Early match caliver, 1590, from Penshurst, (c1880). Firing mechanism of a gun. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, Paris, New York, c1880

Firelock or snaphance from Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, c1620, (c1880). Firing mechanism for a gun. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin

The New-fashioned Phaeton, 1776. Sic itur ad astra - Thus do we reach the stars. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Brick machines, 19th century. Bradley and Cravens brick machine and Claytons brick machine

Mangonel, an engine of war in the 15th century, (1870). A mangonel was a type of catapult or siege engine used to throw projectiles at the walls of a city or castle

The Marly Machine, 18th century. Louis XIV of France had this machine constructed on the banks of the Seine to pump water from the river to his chateaux at Versailles and Marly

First Chappe telegraph message from St Petersburg, early 19th century, (c1870)
First Chappe telegraph message from St Petersburg, Russia, early 19th century, (c1870). Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855), sending the first message from St Petersburg telegraph station

Movement of solids, c1850. Illustrating mechanisms including gears, the escapement, governor, parallel motion, reciprocating to rotative motion, the eccentric, and the crank

Design for a pendulum clock, 1673. Note the cycloidal pendulum with cheeks (fig.II). In 1657 Christiaan Huygens began work on developing Galileos work on the pendulum

Reconstruction of a medieval conception of the universe, 19th century?
Reconstruction of medieval conception of the universe, 19th century? A flat earth surrounded by the crystalline spheres. A man has broken through the outermost of these

Sectional view of a mid-19th century steam railway locomotive, 1882. The illustration shows the workings of the locomotive, including the firebox and boiler tubes

Roman Hydraulic Organ, church of St. Pauls, Rome, 4th century
Roman Hydraulic Organ, church of St. Paul s, Rome, 4th century. Copy of Graffiti on tomb

Early match caliver, c1590 (c1880)

Examples of various gun firing mechanisms, c1880. Top to bottom: matchlock; wheel lock arquebus; snaphaunce fowling-piece; flint fowling-piece; percussion fowling-piece or scent bottle lock of c1807

Charles Babbages Difference Engine No 1, prototype calculating machine, 1824-1832. Artist: Joseph Clement
Charles Babbages Difference Engine No 1, prototype calculating machine, 1824-1832. English mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

Forge with bellows driven by an undershot water wheel through cranks, 1673. From Theatrum Machinarum Novum by Georg Andreas Bockler. (Nuremberg, 1673)

Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from a mine shaft, 1556
Reversible hoist for raising leather buckets from a mine shaft powered by an overshot water wheel, 1556. A man in a hut at O opens and shuts water races to stop and start a double row of buckets

Crushing gold bearing ores in mills similar in principle to flour mills, 1556. At bottom left goats in a treadmill produce horizontal power which is transferred to a mill (A)

Raising a slab of stone using a block-and-tackle mechanism, 1620. Copperplate engraving of a treadmill powered by men lifting a slab of stone using a block and tackle

Pump powered by men in a treadmill, 1556. Woodcut showing a rag-and-chain pump for draining a mine, powered by men walking a treadmill

Lewis Gompertzs improvement on Baron von Draiss bicycle, 1821. The dandy or hobby horse was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817

Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder (Cranequin), crossbow, German, probably Dresden
Crossbow (Halbe Rustung) with Winder (Cranequin), crossbow, German, probably Dresden; winder, possibly German, crossbow, ca. 1720-30; winder, ca. 1575-1600

Flintlock Sporting Gun of Empress Margarita Teresa of Spain... Austrian, c1670-73
Flintlock Sporting Gun of Empress Margarita Teresa of Spain (1651-1673), Austrian, Vienna, ca. 1670-73

Lunar Law, No. 2, 1866. Creator: Charles Meryon
Lunar Law, No. 2, 1866

Lunar Law, No 2, 1866. Creator: Charles Meryon
Lunar Law, No 2, 1866

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