Technology Collection (page 14)

Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Oil-springs at Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, 1862. Engraving of Woodford and Phillips's Spouting Wells from a photograph by Alexander S. Macrae, petroleum oilbroker

Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, [London], 1862. The Ganges was...an iron ship of nearly a thousand tons burden...The accident happened just opposite the Shadwell

The International Exhibition - cotton manufacture: Harrison's sizing-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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: Unknown
The 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: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Gruner's patent folding, stitching and pressing machine, 1862. This compact little folding-machine

New railway-bridge over the Rhine, near Mayence, 1862. Creator: Unknown
New railway-bridge over the Rhine, near Mayence, 1862. The bridge was...constructed according to the comparatively new system called "Pauli's system"

The Moorabool Viaduct on the Melbourne and Ballarat Railway, Australia, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Moorabool Viaduct on the Melbourne and Ballarat Railway, Australia, 1862. In 1851, gold was discovered near Ballarat, sparking the Victorian gold rush

The International Exhibition: patent viceroy hansom cab by Evans, of Liverpool, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: patent viceroy hansom cab by Evans, of Liverpool, 1862. Mr. James Evans, of Tarlton-street, Liverpool, has just introduced an improved patent cab

Span of a large iron lattice-bridge to cross the River Jumna, near Delhi, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Span of a large iron lattice-bridge to cross the River Jumna, near Delhi, 1862. Messrs. Ormerod, Grierson, and Co. of the St

Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition... 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Ascent of Mont Blanc: M. Bisson's photographic expedition leaving the station of the Grands Mulets, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Auguste-Rosalie Bisson

The iron clipper-ship Cornwallis, a new vessel of the Black Ball line, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The iron clipper-ship Cornwallis, a new vessel of the Black Ball line, 1862. This magnificent new iron clipper ship, which was launched on the 11th ult. from the yard of Messrs

The International Exhibition: angels from the Hereford Screen, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: angels from the Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A. manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers Company, Coventry, 1862

The International Exhibition: capital and portion of shaft of column from the Hereford Screen, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: capital and portion of shaft of column from the Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A. manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers Company, Coventry, 1862

Observing a solar eclipse on January 1, 1907, near the Cherniaevo Station in the Tian-Shan... 1907
Observing a solar eclipse on January 1, 1907, near the Cherniaevo Station in the Tian-Shan mountains above the Saliuktin mines, Golodnaia (or Golodnaya) Steppe, 1907

The International Exhibition: detail of the grille from the Hereford Screen, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: detail of the grille from the Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A. manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers Company, Coventry, 1862

The International Exhibition: angel from the Hereford Screen, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: angel from the Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A. manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers Company, Coventry, 1862

Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm... c1910
Trans-Siberian Railway metal truss bridge on stone piers, over the Kama River near Perm, Ural Mountains Region, Russia, c1910

The International Exhibition: Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A. manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers Company, Coventry, 1862

The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. This locomotive is the first application of a doubled system of cylinders, pistons

The Inundation in the Fens: the syphon dam of the middle-level drain, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Inundation in the Fens: the syphon dam of the middle-level drain, 1862. The employment of the syphon is quite a novel feature in the history of drainage. Should the experiment now devised by Mr

The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: sugar-refining apparatus of Messrs. Caile and Co. of Paris, 1862. European machine processing sugar cane from the colonies

The International Exhibition: trophy of galvano-plastic works of art... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: trophy of galvano-plastic works of art exhibited by Messrs. Elkington, of Regent-street, 1862

The International Exhibition: Mitchel's type-composing machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engines of the Mediterranean Forging Company - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company

Extracting a spoke from the dam (Poare system) [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Extracting a spoke from the dam (Poare system) [Russian Empire], 1909. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

The International Exhibition: Great Sugar-Mill, by Mirrlees and Tait, of Glasgow, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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: Unknown
The 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: the orchestrion, by M. Welte, of Vöhrenbach... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the orchestrion, by M. Welte, of Vohrenbach, in the Zollverein Department, 1862. Instrument...named, "an orchestrion

The International Exhibition: fire-engine presented to Mr. Hodges by...inhabitants of Lambeth, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Merryweather and Son's patent steam fire-engine, 1862. This powerful and well-finished steam fire-engine

The International Exhibition: church organ built by Messrs. Forster and Andrews, of Hull, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: church organ built by Messrs. Forster and Andrews, of Hull, 1862. Organ...suitable for a large church or music-hall...the metal used for the pipes almost throughout

Haying, near rest time [Russian Empire], 1909. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Haying, near rest time [Russian Empire], 1909. Farm workers standing near their equipment, taking a short break from hay-making to pose for their photograph

The International Exhibition: blast-engines by the Lilleshall Company, Shiffnal, Shropshire... 1862 Creator: Unknown
The 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: Unknown
The 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

The International Exhibition: Sandford and Mallory's flax-gin, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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: patent folding furniture by Mannstein of Vienna, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: patent folding furniture by Mannstein of Vienna, 1862. Precursor of flat-pack furniture. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The International Exhibition: stable fittings by Messrs. Musgrave Brothers... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: stable fittings by Messrs. Musgrave Brothers, of Belfast, 1862. Open stall, with patent sliding barrier; open stall

Iron figure castings by M. Ducel, of Paris, in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Iron figure castings by M. Ducel, of Paris, in the International Exhibition, 1862. Though exceedingly large - Diana and the female portrait statue being lifesize without the stand

The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing, 1862. Steam engine to power agricultural machinery. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

The new iron-clad fleet: launch at Chatham Dockyard of H.M.S. frigate Royal Oak, 50 guns, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The new iron-clad fleet: launch at Chatham Dockyard of H.M.S. frigate Royal Oak, 50 guns, 1862....the first completed of a new class of wooden vessels in the course of construction under the special

The International Exhibition: sociable, with interchangeable heads, by Rock and Son... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: sociable, with interchangeable heads, by Rock and Son, of Hastings, 1862. Messrs. Rock and Son...who, like all the other provincial coachbuilders

The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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: Unknown
Trials 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

Perreaux's patent pump valves in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Perreaux's patent pump valves in the International Exhibition, 1862. This method of constructing pump-valves is extremely ingenious, simple

Paper-making and cutting machine by Bryan, Donkin and Co. in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Paper-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

International entertainment at the Guildhall: the ball in the temporary saloon... 1862. Creator: Unknown
International entertainment at the Guildhall, [London]: the ball in the temporary saloon erected in the Guildhall-yard, 1862

The International Exhibition - Whitworth's self-acting radial, drilling-machine, etc. 1862. Creator: Unknown
The 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

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