Cylinder Collection (#5)

Cleopatras Needle, Proposed Scheme for Transporting the Monument to England (engraving)
1059500 Cleopatras Needle, Proposed Scheme for Transporting the Monument to England (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cleopatras Needle)

Vase, c. 1877-85 (iron & silver)
1069879 Vase, c.1877-85 (iron & silver) by Tiffany & Company; 22.4x7.6 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.; American, out of copyright

Brandy-still (engraving)
3655179 Brandy-still (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brandy-still. Illustration for The Universal Instructor (Ward Lock, c 1880).); © Look and Learn

Hunter case keywound cylinder watch, Vacheron et Constantin, Geneve, c. 1860 (gold)
1074066 Hunter case keywound cylinder watch, Vacheron et Constantin, Geneve, c.1860 (gold) by Swiss School, (19th Century); diam: 3.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Jewelled cylinder movement)

Thomas A Edison, inventor - recording a phonograph (chromolitho)
961472 Thomas A Edison, inventor - recording a phonograph (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas A Edison, inventor - recording a phonograph)

Cleopatras Needle: Exterior of the cylinder containing the Needle (engraving)
607833 Cleopatras Needle: Exterior of the cylinder containing the Needle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cleopatras Needle)

The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84)
491774 The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84) by Greek School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Original codex Byzantine, probably Constantinople)

The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84)
491773 The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84) by Greek School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Original codex Byzantine, probably Constantinople)

Atmospheric Steam Engine (colour engraving)
XCF285126 Atmospheric Steam Engine (colour engraving) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: invented by Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729); ); English, out of copyright

An early galvanometer, a type of ammeter, a measuring instrument used to measure
2619091 An early galvanometer, a type of ammeter, a measuring instrument used to measure the electric current in a circuit, from Les Merveilles de la Science

The Great Western Railway Companys works at Swindon (engraving)
6010349 The Great Western Railway Companys works at Swindon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Western Railway Companys works at Swindon)

Page from metalwork catalogue: Cylinder latch blanks and keys (litho)
6005870 Page from metalwork catalogue: Cylinder latch blanks and keys (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cylinder latch blanks and keys)

Page 34. A Banksia (w / c)
5671068 Page 34. A Banksia (w/c) by Unknown artist, (18th century); Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; (add.info.: Volume 05: Drawings of plants of New South Wales)

The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84)
993001 The Archimedes Palimpsest (pen & ink on vellum) (see also 491773-84) by Greek School; 19.5x15 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Original codex Byzantine, probably Constantinople)

Casting a Cylinder for the New Albert Bridge at Chelsea (engraving)
1613466 Casting a Cylinder for the New Albert Bridge at Chelsea (engraving) by Robinson, Charles (1840-81); Private Collection; (add.info.: Casting a Cylinder for the New Albert Bridge at Chelsea)

Denis Papin conducting trials of his piston steam engine in front of his friends, Marburg, Germany, 1690 (chromolitho)
968385 Denis Papin conducting trials of his piston steam engine in front of his friends, Marburg, Germany, 1690 (chromolitho) by European School

Moulinie openface keywound cylinder pocketwatch, Geneve, engraved June 30 1846 (gold)
1074067 Moulinie openface keywound cylinder pocketwatch, Geneve, engraved June 30 1846 (gold) by Swiss School, (19th Century); length: 5.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Cylinder of the Great Hydraulic Press used for raising the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge (engraving)
1102175 Cylinder of the Great Hydraulic Press used for raising the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge (engraving) by Read, Samuel (1816-83); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cylinder
ahmad kaddourah

The Engine of a Model T Ford Car. The simple 4 cylinder 2.8 litre Model T engine with gravity-fed fuel lines. The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie, Leaping Lena)

de Havilland Gipsy Six. Six cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston Engine, developing 200-220 hp. RHS view Date: 1970s

Fowler Ploughing Engine NR 1213
Fowler Ploughing Engine, regn. NR 1213, number 1642. Built in 1871 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 12 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Fowler Ploughing Engine NR 1212
Fowler Ploughing Engine, regn. NR 1212, number 1641. Built in 1871 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 12 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Fowler Ploughing Engine Yorkshire Lad DO 1927
Fowler BB1 class Ploughing Engine, regn. DO 1927, number: 15336, Yorkshire Lad. Bult in 1919 by John Fowler & Co. in Leeds, powered by an 16 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s

Marshall General Purpose Engine BT 6447
Marshall General Purpose Engine, regn. BT 6447, number: 76751. Built in 1923 by Marshall, Sons & Co. with a 7 Nhp single cylinder engine. Date: 1960s-1980s

Garrett General Purpose Engine Pioneer (later Bruce) FX 8223
Garrett General Purpose Engine, regn. FX 8223, number: 28249, Pioneer (later Bruce ). Built in 1910 by Richard Garrett & Sons at Leiston in Suffolk, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Burrell General Purpose Engine Old Glory EB 3056
Burrell General Purpose Engine, regn. EB 3056, number: 2421 Old Glory. Built in 1901 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1960s-1980s

Foden M Type Agricultural Tractor OFU 567
Foden M Type Agricultural Tractor, regn. OFU 567, number: 13730. Built in 1930 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 4 Nhp double cylinder steam engine. Date: 1956

Fowler General Purpose Engine MO 780
Fowler A9 class General Purpose Engine, regn. MO 780, number: 15710, Tommy at the 1956 Andover Steam Rally. Bult in 1922 by John Fowler & Co

Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine Victoria NK 967
Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine 13073, Victoria (aka Davey Crockett ). Built in 1907 by Davey, Paxman & Co. at Colchester, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: circa 1956

Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine KE 2700
Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine, regn. KE 2700, number: 19412, Drumtochty. Built in 1916 by Davey, Paxman & Co. at Colchester, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: circa 1956

Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine Fair Rosamund
Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine, regn. BL 4707, number: 7370, Fair Rosamund - Old Bill ). Built by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke in 1914, powered by a 6 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

The works for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge at Blackfriars, London. Sinking a cylinder for one of the stone piers. Date: 1863

Colonel George E. Gouraud, Vanity Fair, Ape
Colonel GEORGE EDWARD GOURAUD (1841-1912) American Civil War soldier who later acted as agent for Thomas Edison, introducing the new Edison Phonograph cylinder audio recording technology to England

Daily Chronicle newspaper 1900
Making curved plates for offset printing, on cylinders. Date: 1900

CREIGHTON GLASS WORKS
Cracking off the end of the glass cylinder at the Creighton glass works, Pittsburgh USA Date: circa 1880

ANCIENT PALESTINE SCROLL
An ancient Palestinian scroll - a cylinder enclosing the Samaritan Torah, or Pentateuch, comprising the first five books of the Bible

LIORETS PHONOGRAPH 1897
Fig.1 Phonograph recording at the Trocadero in Paris Fig. 2 Phonograph ensemble Fig.3 Needle and cylinder Date: 1897

Cylinder Printing at Thomas Hoyles Print Works, Manchester, a repeating pattern onto a roll of calico cloth. Date: 1843

Hoes ten feeder printing machine 1871
Richard Hoes printing machine with ten feeds. Date: 1871

Burrell General Purpose Engine NO106
Burrell General Purpose Engine, regn. NO106, number 2948, Dreadnought. Built in 1927 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, in Norfolk, powered by an 8 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Foster General Purpose Engine DO2003
Foster General Purpose Engine, regn. DO2003 number 2127, Jumbo the 4th. Built in 1898 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 8 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Foster General Purpose Engine DO1945
Foster General Purpose Engine, regn. DO1945 number 2163, Master Fred. Built in 1896 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 8 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine SFE 519L
Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine, SH Class, regn. SFE 519L, number 46596, Sylvie. Built in 1913, by Ruston, Proctor and Company, with a 5 Nhp single cylinder engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Marshall General Purpose Engine DO2056
Marshall General Purpose Engine, regn. DO2056, number 51025, Margaret. Built in 1908 by Marshall, Sons & Co. with a 7 Nhp single cylinder engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

EyeUbiquitous_20102164
Background, Patterns, Wine corks

For sale as Licensed Images

Choose your image, Select your licence and Download the media

"Cylinders: A Journey Through Time and Technology" Step into the world of cylinders, where innovation meets tradition. From Tazio Nuvolari's daring drives in the powerful D Type Auto-Union to the mesmerizing sound of traditional hand-painted colourful didgeridoos in Australia, cylinders have left their mark across various realms. In the realm of racing, the Calthorpe Racing Car showcased its prowess on the tracks, while nanotube technology revolutionized industries with its incredible strength and versatility. Meanwhile, phonograph recording captured our favorite melodies on a rotating cylinder, enchanting generations with its timeless tunes. Delve deeper into history as we uncover ancient artifacts like the Cylinder of Cyrus the Great adorned with Akkadian cuneiform script and ancient Jewish scrolls found in Jerusalem. These precious cylindrical treasures offer glimpses into civilizations long gone but not forgotten. Travel to England's picturesque Cumbria region and stumble upon Keswick's charming barbershop sign featuring a classic barber pole spiraling around a cylinder. The LCC-LFB Shand Mason motor steam fire engine stands tall as a symbol of firefighting heroism, ready to tackle any blaze that comes its way. Witness sheer power as you encounter an American Sherman Crab army tank equipped with chains spinning on a cylinder attached by steel arms—a true testament to military might during times of conflict. Marvel at engineering marvels such as Rolls-Royce Exe 24-cylinder air-cooled X-block engines that propelled luxury vehicles forward effortlessly. And let us not forget about delivery trucks from yesteryears—circa 1910—that transported goods across cities efficiently, and are more than just shapes; they encapsulate stories from different eras and cultures. They embody progress, artistry, resilience, and ingenuity—all contained within their curved walls. So next time you come across a cylinder or think about one remember how it has shaped our world in countless ways.