Steam Collection (page 9)

Newcomens steam engine for draining mines, 1956. Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed his atmospheric or steam engine in 1712

Thomas Ricketts steam carriage, 1860 (1956). Rickett, a Birmingham maker of agricultural implements, built a steam-powered plough in 1858

Cramptons railway locomotive engine, 1866. Artist: GB Smith
Cramptons railway locomotive engine, 1866. The locomotive represented by this model was designed and built by Thomas Russell Crampton for the Northern Railway of France

Bishopps rotary steam engine or disc engine, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II

Watts wagon-boiler, 1866. This type of boiler was invented by James Watt in 1785. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering

Cornish or single acting pumping engine, 1866. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II

The working parts of James Watts double acting engine, 1866. Watt patented the double-acting steam engine, in which the piston pulls as well as pushes, in 1782

Front cover of Le Pot au Feu, 15th July 1896

Gaving through sulphurous vapors into the craters depths, Aso-San, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Lookingng through sulphurous vapors into the craters depths, Aso-san, Japan, 1904. Mount Aso (Aso-san), on the island of Kyushu, is the largest active volcano in Japan

Watching an eruption of steam and boiling mud halfway up the volcano of Aso-san, Japan, 1904. Mount Aso (Aso-san), on the island of Kyushu, is the largest active volcano in Japan

Sudden volcanic explosion in the crater of Mount Asama (Asamayama), Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Sudden volcanic explosion in the crater of Mount Asama (Asamayama), Japan, 1904. Mount Asama is an active volcano in central Honshu. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Tapping a Blast Furnace, (c1920). Artist: Arthur Garratt
Tapping a Blast Furnace, (c1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914-1918, seventh edition, (The Swarthmore Press Ltd, London)

The Wassail Bowl, 1860. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
The Wassail Bowl, 1860. From The Illustrated London News (22 December 1860)

Bringing in the wassail bowl, 1874. Artist: Henry Stacy Marks
Bringing in the wassail bowl, 1874. A print from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 19th December 1874

Crater of the Giant Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, USA, 1893. Artist: John L Stoddard
Crater of the Giant Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, USA, 1893. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings, (The Werner Company, Chicago, c1893)

The Geysers, or Hot Fountains of Iceland, 1843. Artist: Sly and Wilson
The Geysers, or Hot Fountains of Iceland, 1843. An engraving from The Art-Union Scrap Book, Henry G Bohn, (London, 1843)

Woman preparing cakes for the Chinese New Year, 1861. From the Illustrated News, 1861

Steam fire-engine going to a riverside fire, London fire brigade, 1890. Artist: WB Murray
Steam fire-engine going to a riverside fire, London fire brigade, 1890. A print from the Illustrated London News, 6th September 1890

Carding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Artist: J Carter
Carding, Drawing, and Roving, 19th century. Scene in a Victorian textiles factory with looms powered by steam

Workmen laying tar and asphalt in Cornhill, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Workmen laying tar and asphalt in Cornhill, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

Old woman, back of Fleet Street, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Hoppe
Old woman, back of Fleet Street, London, 1926-1927. She may have been a descendant of one of the old queens of Alsatia. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I

The Comet, c1812, (c1880). Henry Bells steam boat Comet, 40ft long (12.19m), powered by a 3hp Boulton & Watt engine, was the first successful steam boat in Europe

Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam engine, 1827. Artist: J Pass
Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam engine, 1827

Eves Patent Steam Engine, 1827. Artist: J Pass
Eves Patent Steam Engine, 1827

Weaving looms, 19th century. Dickinsons 37-inch reed space loom, Platts power loom for plain weaving

Wood machinery, 19th century. Kinders universal wood-shaping machine, Whines dovetailing machine, Bernier and Arbey mortising tool, Bernier and Arbey machine for striking mouldings

Steam engine, 19th century. Ransomes and Sims 20 horse-power portable engine, and a May and Companys double-cylinder horizontal engine

Agricultural implements, 19th century. Garrett and Sons thrashing machine, Ransomes horse rake, and a Roman reaper

The Elevated Railway, Third Avenue, New York, 1879. Hand-coloured later

The crater of the volcano Hekla, Iceland, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, (1870). Artist: William Holl
James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, (1870). Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist, (c1924). In 1891, James Dewar (1842-1923) discovered a process to produce liquid oxygen in industrial quantities

James Hall Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and inventor, (c1924). Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Nasmith, 1808-1890) was famous for his development of the steam hammer

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, Irish engineer, (c1924). Parsons (1854-1931) is best known for his invention of the steam turbine

James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, 19th century. Artist: CE Wagstaff
James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer, 19th century. Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

Russian Venus, 1925-1926. Artist: Boris Mikhajlovich Kustodiev
Russian Venus, 1925-1926. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, c1830. Artist: Hokusai
From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, c1830. Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Mayors Banquet, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 30th September 1900

James Watt, Scottish engineer, (1833). Artist: CE Wagstaff
James Watt, Scottish engineer, (1833). Watts (1736-1819) improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution

Professor Lowes Balloon, c1859. Steamboat-powered airship for transatlantic flights. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers

Ces voiturettes!, French motoring cartoon, 1913. Artist: Jean Villemot
Ces voiturettes!, French motoring cartoon, 1913. Steam rising from the radiator cap of a car as its driver chats to a cyclist. An illustration from the car magazine Omnia, October 1913

Hubert le Blon, in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Gardner-Serpollet was a French manufacturer of steam-powered cars in the early 1900s

Leon Serpollet in his Gardner-Serpollet steam car, Nice, 1903. Serpollet set a world land speed record in 1902, driving along the promenade at Nice at 75.06 kmh in a steam-powered car

A German army field kitchen in a French village, World War I, 1915. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern

Carpenter, 1799. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Carpenter, 1799. From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London

Boiling and Cooling the Sugar, 1826. Artist: Amelia Alderson Opie
Boiling and Cooling the Sugar, 1826. From The Black Mans Lament; or How to Make Sugar, by Amelia Opie. (London, 1826)

Gare Saint Lazare, Paris, 1877. Artist: Claude Monet
Gare Saint Lazare, Paris, 1877. Located in the collection at Musee d Orsay, Paris, France

Fire in London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Fire in London, 1808. Albion Mills, on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge, London, burning, on 3 March 1791, after the mills were set alight by arsonists

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