Engineer Collection (#9)

Archimedes in his bath, 16th century (illustration)
5311401 Archimedes in his bath, 16th century (illustration); (add.info.: Illustrating the story of how he solved the problem of whether or not Heron's new crown was of pure gold)

An engraving depicting Thomas Savery's steam engine of 1699 used for pumping water from mines
5311302 An engraving depicting Thomas Savery's steam engine of 1699 used for pumping water from mines. Double furnaces (right) with boilers, whose steam passes to cylinders (p, p)

An engraving depicting an Eddystone lighthouse in a storm, built by John Smeaton (1724-1792) a British civil engineer
5311263 An engraving depicting an Eddystone lighthouse in a storm, built by John Smeaton (1724-1792) a British civil engineer, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1832); Universal History Archive/UIG

View of the exhibition of 1900 with Eiffel Tower - in "Figaro illustre", 1900 (photograph)
LSE4087441 View of the exhibition of 1900 with Eiffel Tower - in "Figaro illustre", 1900 (photograph); Private Collection; Photo © Leonard de Selva

Portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), British engineer
XEE5028417 Portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), British engineer; (add.info.: Portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), British engineer); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Germain Sommeiller (1815-1871) French engineer: director of the piercing of Mont Cenis
XEE5031899 Portrait of Germain Sommeiller (1815-1871) French engineer: director of the piercing of Mont Cenis; (add.info.: Portrait of Germain Sommeiller (1815-1871) French engineer

Portrait of Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), English inventor of the Stanhope machine
XEE5031840 Portrait of Charles Stanhope (1753-1816), English inventor of the Stanhope machine; (add.info.: Portrait of Charles Stanhope (1753-1816)

Portrait of William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scottish engineer and physicist
XEE5031790 Portrait of William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872), Scottish engineer and physicist; (add.info.: Portrait of William John Macquorn Rankine (1820-1872)

Portrait Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel (1793-1857) Austrian engineer
XEE5031696 Portrait Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel (1793-1857) Austrian engineer; (add.info.: Portrait Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel (1793-1857) Austrian engineer); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Konrad (Conrad) Kyeser (1366-1405) German engineer
XEE5030515 Portrait of Konrad (Conrad) Kyeser (1366-1405) German engineer; (add.info.: Portrait of Konrad (Conrad) Kyeser (1366-1405) German engineer); Stefano Bianchetti

Portrait of Nikola Tesla (1857-1943). Croatian electrical engineer and physicist (Austrian Empire)
NWI4948523 Portrait of Nikola Tesla (1857-1943). Croatian electrical engineer and physicist (Austrian Empire-. Hungary) American naturalise.; (add.info.: Portrait of Nikola Tesla (1857-1943)

Orville Wright, with his autograph
NWI4949067 Orville Wright, with his autograph.; (add.info.: Orville Wright, with his autograph.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr. engineer of the Washington Monument, 1880s
NWI4948805 Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr. engineer of the Washington Monument, 1880s.; (add.info.: Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr)

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer, he is a representative below studying a steam kettle that will
ELD4845445 Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer, he is a representative below studying a steam kettle that will lead him to invent the condenser in 1765

Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick
LUX4788699 Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick and watch oil flow from a pipe into a tank, 1901; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick
LUX4788695 Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick and watch oil flow from a pipe into a tank, 1901; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901)

View of the National School of Arts and Metiers, Paris, 1914 (b/w photo)
ELD4938415 View of the National School of Arts and Metiers, Paris, 1914 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of the National School of Arts and Metiers)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): the family PANHARD LEVASSOR (Panhard-Levassor)
LUX4773493 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): the family PANHARD LEVASSOR (Panhard-Levassor), poses on the first models of their cars in Indian file, 1895; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

Algeria, Ain zeft: technicians and workers working under a derrick, shadow of the derrick on the rocky facade, 1905
LUX4780704 Algeria, Ain zeft: technicians and workers working under a derrick, shadow of the derrick on the rocky facade, 1905; (add.info.: Algeria)

Coal powering a steam train - Shoveling coal in the cab of a steam locomotive at night
NWI4760107 Coal powering a steam train - Shoveling coal in the cab of a steam locomotive at night.; (add.info.: Coal powering a steam train - Shoveling coal in the cab of a steam locomotive at night)

A biological engineer, 1850
3330988 A biological engineer, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a biological engineer by Albert Robida (1848-1926) a French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist

Marten Triewald's diving bell
3359190 Marten Triewald's diving bell; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Marten Triewald's diving bell. Marten Triewald (1691-1747) a Swedish merchant, engineer and armature physicist

Marten Triewald's diving bell
3359189 Marten Triewald's diving bell; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Marten Triewald's diving bell. Marten Triewald (1691-1747) a Swedish merchant, engineer and armature physicist

Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont, 1850
3359158 Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont which plied between New York and Albany on the Hudson River)

Map of Scotland showing Telford's and military roads, 1850
3359154 Map of Scotland showing Telford's and military roads, 1850; (add.info.: Map of Scotland showing Telford's roads (dotted lines) and military roads (solid lines)

Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont, 1850
3359145 Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont which plied between New York and Albany on the Hudson River)

Jean Baptiste Eble
3252993 Jean Baptiste Eble; (add.info.: Jean Baptiste Eble, 1758-1812. French General, engineer and artilleryman during the Napoleonic Wars. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900)

Allan Pinkerton and George B McClellan, 1850
3507355 Allan Pinkerton and George B McClellan, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) a Scottish American detective

Italian airship of the engineer Gajo flying over Buenos Aires, 1920 (b/w photo)
3066212 Italian airship of the engineer Gajo flying over Buenos Aires, 1920 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Alinari

The childhood home of Richard Trevithick
3586052 The childhood home of Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the childhood home of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer

Paulin Talabot
3586296 Paulin Talabot; (add.info.: Portrait of Paulin Talabot (1799-1885) a French railway and canal engineer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Carl Wilhelm Siemens
3585756 Carl Wilhelm Siemens; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823-1883) a German-born engineer and entrepreneur. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Bell Rock lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock, United Kingdom
3585573 The Bell Rock lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock, United Kingdom; (add.info.: The Bell Rock lighthouse on the Inchcape Rock)

The Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero Gardens in Paris, 75007
TED4681143 The Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero Gardens in Paris, 75007. by Eiffel, Gustave (1832-1923); (add.info.: The Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero Gardens in Paris)

Peru, South America, 18th century
3618319 Peru, South America, 18th century; (add.info.: Peru, South America, 18th century. Plane of the inlet of Pisco, located on the coast of Peru, at 13 degrees 40 austral latitude)

John Rennie the Elder
3733431 John Rennie the Elder.; (add.info.: Bust of John Rennie the Elder (1761-1821) a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, and docks

Moncure Robinson
3733230 Moncure Robinson.; (add.info.: Photograph of Moncure Robinson (1802-1891) an American civil engineer, railroad planner and builder and a railroad and steamboat owner

Henry Bell's design for an aerial machine
3732598 Henry Bell's design for an aerial machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Henry Bell's design for an aerial machine, which had a rudder and two screw propellers)

First rotary press printing machine patented by printer Richard Bacon and engineer Bryan Donkin, 1813
FLO4593470 First rotary press printing machine patented by printer Richard Bacon and engineer Bryan Donkin, 1813. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J

The floating batteries of the British army in Gibraltar in 1782. A 210-gun barge on two levels
FLO4575655 The floating batteries of the British army in Gibraltar in 1782. A 210-gun barge on two levels and another single-tier barge designed by the French engineer of Arcon to bomb the city

Formula One Testing
Toyota engineers work on the pitwall in the morning sunshine. Formula One Testing, Jerez, Spain, 7-11 January 2004. DIGITAL IMAGE

Formula One World Championship
Toyota engineers in the paddock. Formula One World Championship, Rd12, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, Germany. 28 July 2002. ADDITIONAL IMAGE

Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (b/w photo)
8663713 Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Werner von Siemens (1816-1892), German inventor

The Garabit viaduct (rail bridge) in the Cantal in Auvergne (France) crosses the waters of the dam's reservoir
TED4759003 The Garabit viaduct (rail bridge) in the Cantal in Auvergne (France) crosses the waters of the dam's reservoir lake. Architecture by Gustave Eiffel, 1881-1884

The Garabit viaduct (rail bridge) in the Cantal in Auvergne (France) crosses the waters of the dam's reservoir
TED4758971 The Garabit viaduct (rail bridge) in the Cantal in Auvergne (France) crosses the waters of the dam's reservoir lake. Architecture by Gustave Eiffel, 1881-1884

Formula One World Championship
The front suspension and steering parts on the Ferrari F2001. Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne, Australia. 4 March 2001

Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823)
863509 Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823); (add.info.: Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823), French military engineer, revolutionary and statesman

Water breaking through during excavation of Thames Tunnel, 12 January 1828
530615 Water breaking through during excavation of Thames Tunnel, 12 January 1828. On this occasion 6 men killed, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, site engineer

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"Unleashing Innovation and Precision: Celebrating the Legacy of an Engineer" From the Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map in 1982 to Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing before the launching chains of the Great Eastern, engineers have left an indelible mark on history. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, an English engineer known for his groundbreaking achievements, continues to inspire generations with his remarkable contributions. The Newport Bridge in 1906 and Hammersmith Bridge stand as testaments to engineering excellence, showcasing their structural prowess and aesthetic beauty. The iconic IKB Union Jack flag T-shirt/poster print design pays homage to this visionary engineer who revolutionized transportation systems. Brunel's tunnelling shield symbolizes ingenuity at its finest – a marvel that allowed for safe underground construction. Meanwhile, the CMS detector at CERN represents cutting-edge technology used in particle physics research today. Even back in 1925, engineers were dedicated to ensuring efficiency and cleanliness during long runs from Tarland, Aberdeenshire. Their commitment to detail is evident throughout history. Not only did engineers excel in practicality but also artistic expression. Leonardo da Vinci's color portrait from 1490 showcases his multifaceted talent as both an artist and engineer. The Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Loco stands tall as a testament to engineering brilliance within locomotive design—a true icon of British engineering heritage. Lastly, we cannot forget The Transporter at Newport Monmouthshire Wales—an impressive feat of engineering that facilitated efficient river crossings while captivating all who witnessed it. Engineers embody innovation, precision, and dedication—shaping our world through their unwavering pursuit of progress. Let us celebrate these visionaries whose legacy continues to inspire future generations towards new frontiers of discovery.