Technology Collection (#50)

Hydraulic coal cutting machine, named The Iron Man, 1867
Hydraulic coal cutting machine, named The Iron Man, in position on rail track undergground in a coal seam. Made by Carrett, Marshall & Co. and shown at the Paris International Exposition of 1867

Mademoiselle Claire, an automaton built by Robert Herdner, 1912. Artist: Robert Herdner
Mademoiselle Claire, an automaton built by Robert Herdner, used by him at l Hopital Bretonneau to hand out surgical instruments from tgrolley. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 18 August 1912

Cray-2 supercomputer. NASA colour photograph

The Tilt Forge, c1845-1866. Artist: Godfrey Sykes
The Tilt Forge, c1845-1866. Iron workers at a battery of mechanical tilt hammers

L Agriculture Moderne, 1897. Scene showing harvest time with a steam powered threshing machine in the background. In the foreground an adviser, holding a copy of L Agriculture Moderne

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

Incandescent filament lamp, glow-lamp, by Lane-Fox, 1883
Incandescent filament electric lamp, glow-lamp, by Lane-Fox, 1883. St George Lane-Fox-Pitt (1856-1932) took out a number of patents for filament lamps between 1878 and 1881

Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne lit by Swan incandescent electric lamps, 1883. In January 1879 Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914)

Advertisement for The Vacuum Cleaner Company, 1906. This company adopted Hubert Cecil Booths patent of 1901 which used suction to collect dust

John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish electrical engineer and pioneer of television, 1920s. Baird giving an early television ( Seeing by wireless ) demonstration

Trade Union Scroll, 1851. Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern-Makers scroll which would be presented to members

Colt revolver, c1880. The Colt revolver, invented by Samuel Colt (1814-1862). After the Mexican war of 1846-1848, Colts weapon was adopted by the US army

Sectional view of the Colt revolver, c1880. The Colt revolver, invented by Samuel Colt (1814-1862). After the Mexican war of 1846-1848, Colts weapon was adopted by the US army

Boneshaker bicycle, c1870. The boneshaker was a type of pedal-driven bicycle popular around 1870. The design was essentially a modification of the earlier hobby horse bicycle

Pickerings crank-pedal-driven bicycle, an American design, c1860s (c1880)

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

Primitive bicycle, a form of dandy horse, c1818. The dandy or hobby horse was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817

Cyrus McCormicks reaping machine, 1862. Patented in America in 1831and shown at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London, 1851, it was the first widely adopted mechanical reaper

Machine Room in a Steam Sewing Factory, 1854. This view is of Holloway, Crowe & Holloways clothing factory, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Wilson sewing machine, 1880. Belt-driven lock-stick model for industrial use showing samples of work that could be produced

Domestic sewing machine powered by steam, 1883. Woman sewing with a machine powered by a steam motor placed on top of a domestic range. From La Nature. (Paris, 1883)

Small lockstick sewing machine, 1886. Patented in 1881, this small sewing machine weighing approx 226g (8oz) could be mounted on a table top. From Cassells Family Magazine. (London, 1886)

South Durham Salt Works, 1884. Loading crystallised salt into railway wagons. Brine would be pumped up from the borehole, purified, then crystallised

Heliograph, c1900. The Heliograph, a visual telegraph for sending and receiving messages by means of mirrors and sunlight

Aerial Telegraph: Ancient Greek soldiers tending a signal fire, c1900. It is claimed that news could be transmitted 525 km in a night. Trade card for Liebig Meat Extract

Aerial telegraph: ancient Roman signal towers, c1900. A basket containing fire was hung from an arm near the top of the tower and used to signal a message to the next tower in a chain

John Logie Bairds first television demonstration, 1926. Photograph taken from the screen of his first Televisor

First model of Edisons Phonograph c1877 (c1880). In this model the recording cylinder was rotated by hand. The message to be recorded was spoken into the mouthpiece at A

De Kaap goldfields, Transvaal, South Africa, 1887. Water-powered stamping mill for crushing ore: Caledonian Mining Company. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 1887)

Our Medical Students, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
Our Medical Students, 1886. The developments in doctors training is illustrated in this cartoon. Major advances in medical technology and research had been made during the course of the century

Very High Farming, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Very High Farming, 1870. Science stands in a field holding a telegraph pole, complete with wires. The representative of the countrys farmers, scratches his head in wonder

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