Automation Collection (#3)

Card shuffler, illustration by William Heath Robinson
The new card shuffler and mechanical dealer for bridge parties, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

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Sumo wrestler running and toppling robots

Cow brush
Automatic brush scratcher in use on cows at a Dairy farm. Israel

Automatic Ticket and Change Machines at Westminster, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Maxim machine gun, c1895. The engineer Hiram Maxim developed the first fully automatic machine gun (1884) which he offered to the United States War and Navy departments

Super calculating machine, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Automatic telephone exchange, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Modern cinema operating box, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

A metal worker with automatic drill stripping an engine casing, 1940. From Our Air Force published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1940

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Gun, (c1924). Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) invented the first portable, fully automatic machine gun in 1884

Gatling rapid fire guns, 1862. Artist: William George Armstrong
Gatling rapid fire guns, 1862. Various models of the machine gun patented by American inventor Richard J Gatling in 1862. The weapon, a hand-cranked multiple-barrelled rotary gun

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1862. This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of 1200 rounds a minute. Camel-mounted model. From The Science Record. (New York, 1862)

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1870. This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of rounds of 1200 rounds of a minute. From The Graphic. (London, August 20, 1870)

Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Artist: Joseph Montigny
Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Various views of the gun, invented by Joseph Montigny, introduced by the French during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871

Early design of a quick firing cannon, 1482. From De re militari (On Military Matters) by Roberto Valturio. (1482). Written in about 1455, the first printed edition was published in Verona in 1472

Henry Morton Stanleys African expedition to relieve Emin Pasha, 1886-1889 (1887). Emin Pasha, who was in the Egyptian service and Governor of the Equatorial Province

Gatling rapid fire gun, 1861-1862 (1872). This was a revolving battery gun and, with ten barrels, had a firing capacity of 1200 rounds a minute. From The Great Industries of the United States

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

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Cyborg women walking and standing

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Cyborg woman delivering pizza on motor scooter

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By the year 2000, factory workers will be no more than machine minders, controlling automated machines Date: 1911

Assembly line in car production factory

The Difference Engine by Charles Babage, being the first computer, nineteenth century

Gsing am Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria - Closeup of metal wine bottling mechanism. (Editorial Usage Only)

Carding machines, circa 1900 C016 / 8824
Carding machines. Row of carding machines at a textiles processing factory circa 1900. Carding is a technique used to disentangle, clean, and mix fibres such as cotton or wool

Smelting hall of aluminium plant
Aluminium production. A row of electrolytic cells at an aluminium smelting plant. Aluminium is produced by the electrolysis of a molten mixture of aluminium oxide and sodium aluminium fluoride

Glass-blowing machine, 1908 C016 / 4503
Glass-blowing machines. Early 20th-century machines designed to take molten glass and blow four milk bottles into moulds (centre)

Ford car assembly line. Worker assembling a Ford car on a car production line. The production line combines human labour and machine automation to ensure fast and efficient production of cars

25-millionth Lada car. Assembled on 21 July 2006, this car, a Lada Kalina hatchback, marked the 40th anniversary of the Russian car manufacturing company AvtoVAZ

Computer mouse and robot hand

Computer mouse and model hand

Blood test results. Medical technician examining the printed results from a blood test. The blood sample has been analysed by this automated machine

Jacquard loom, 19th century
Jacquard loom. This device for weaving textiles was invented in 1804 by the French weaver and inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834)

Cows being milked
Automatic milking at the Rozhdestvo agrarian holdings European standard dairy farm, Vladimir Region, with the total population of 3, 217 capita

Timber coming from a saw line at sawmill
Sawmill. Lengths of wood cut from a tree trunk at a sawmill. These pieces come from the first cut, in which the trunk is sliced in one direction

Biochip for detection of tuberculosis
Biochip production. Close-up view of some TB-Biochips. The chips being made here are used to detect tuberculosis, particularly drug-resistant strains

Dairy farm
Cows at a Dairy farm. Automatic milking machine. Photographed in Israel

Self-driving mixing truck
Israel, Kibbutz Maagan Michael, The dairy cowshed, Self-driving mixing truck. The truck automatically mixes silage, hay and other ingredients and distributes the mixture to the troughs

Automatic milking machine
Cows at a Dairy farm. Automatic milking machine. Photographed in Israel in Kibbutz Maagan Michael

Wool Winding Machine - Patons & Baldwins
A woman worker in dark blue overalls operating and checking a huge wool-winding machine at Patons & Baldwins factory at Darlington

New Worker - Fisher & Ludlows, Tipton
A photograph taken for an advertisement for the Daily Mirror of the type of New Worker the paper was trying to attract into its readership

Futuristic device to help a gentleman get dressed
A futuristic device to help a gentleman get dressed in the automatic home of the future. At the press of a button, a mechanical arm holds out his suit, top hat and walking stick

Futuristic poultry farming
An example of futuristic poultry farming, using a machine with various controls, and smoke coming out of a little chimney

Futuristic building site
A futuristic building site, on which all the work is done by machinery. The architect simply sits in a box and operates the controls

Futuristic automated tailoring establishment
A futuristic automated tailoring establishment, where the equipment does all (or most of) the work

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"From Sewing Machines to Subway Systems: A Journey through Automation" The Improved Lady's Own Sewing Machine revolutionized the way women created garments, showcasing the early stages in the textile industry. Tokyo Subway: Witness how automation transformed transportation systems, making commuting faster and more efficient for millions of people. Step into the Interior of a Power-Loom factory in 1844, where unknown creators laid the foundation for industrial automation that would shape future manufacturing processes. Kayser Bondor, Pentrebach & Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales - May 6th, 1964: Explore how automated machinery propelled productivity and innovation in Welsh industries during this significant day. Automatic Train Stop - an invention from 1922 whose creator remains unknown - marked a milestone in railway safety by introducing automated mechanisms that prevented accidents. William Heath Robinson's whimsical illustration showcases a card shuffler designed to automate mundane tasks while adding a touch of creativity to everyday life. Experience convenience at its finest with New Superloos in Hall Street, St Helens on February 23rd, 1988 – an example of how automation improved public facilities and enhanced hygiene standards. McVitie & Price Biscuit Factory witnessed remarkable advancements on February 15th, 1966 when automation streamlined production processes and increased biscuit output like never before. Jack Delano's photograph captures an automatic dumper at the Co-op Orange Packing Plant in Redlands (1943), highlighting how machines simplified labor-intensive tasks and boosted efficiency during wartime efforts. Dorothea Lange's lens transports us to Kern County (1939) where mechanized farming techniques such as potato planters revolutionized agriculture by increasing crop yields through automated planting methods.