Engineer Collection (#89)

Sir Edward Watkin (Ape)
SIR EDWARD WATKIN engineer, railway promoter, chairman of the Channel Tunnel Company

Da Vinci / Self / Morghen
LEONARDO DA VINCI Italian artist, engineer, inventor etc

Ferdinand De Lesseps
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French engineer, responsible for the Suez Canal

Self-Adjusting Clepsydra
The SELF-ADJUSTING CLEPSYDRA is attributed to Ctesibius, a mechanical engineer of Alexandria, Egypt: the technology involves a dual action of tube and reservoir Date: circa 200 BC

De Lesseps Amand
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French diplomat and engineer responsible for the Suez Canal

De Lesseps Lafosse
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French diplomat and engineer

Robert Whitehead
ROBERT WHITEHEAD English engineer, inventor of the self-propelling torpedo; had a factory in Fiume

Small Manual Engine / 1870
A small manual fire engine constructed by the well-known firm of fire engineers, Messrs. Merryweather & Sons of Greenwich. Date: 1870

Pavel Yablochkov
PAVEL YABLOCHKOV Russian electric engineer, worked on telegraph system, developedthe first arc lamp, settled in Paris 1876

Alexander Mikulin
ALEXANDER MIKULIN Russian engineer, noted for his design of aicraft engines

Nikolai Zhukovsky
NIKOLAI ZHUKOVSKY Russian engineer, known as the father of Russian aviation. His The soaring of birds proved that looping the loop would be possible

Vauban (Card)
SEBASTIEN DE VAUBAN French military engineer, depicted planning a siege operation in the field

Cheltenham Flyer 1935
The driver of the Cheltenham Flyer oils its wheels. It was one of the fastest trains of the day covering the 77 miles between Swindon and Paddington in 65 minutes

Benefit Soc. Certificate
Allegorical depictions of suffering, succour, prudence, sickness & acts of God. Also carpenters, masons, weavers, printers, blacksmiths, farm worker, bricklayers & engineer

John Macadam (Anon)
JOHN LOUDON MACADAM Scottish engineer, surveyor of roads, inventor of surfaced highways

John Macadam (Heath)
JOHN LOUDON MACADAM Scottish engineer, surveyor of roads, inventor of surfaced highways

Da Vinci / Larmessin
LEONARDO DA VINCI Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist

James Watt (Breda)
JAMES WATT Scottish engineer, in 1792

John Wolfe-Barry
Sir JOHN WOLFE-BARRY civil engineer whose achievements included the Tower Bridge over the river Thames in London

Lesseps Academician
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS French engineer, presented to the Academie Francaise by Pailleron and Victor Hugo

Euston Sq Station 1877
London and North Western Railway, enquiry and parcels office. Standing guard is the statue of Robert Stevenson, (1803-1859), engineer

Stone from a Siege
Abraham de Favert, engineer with the French army, brings back to his commander a chunk of the walls of Landrecie as proof that he has succeeded in breaching them

Christopher Polhem
CHRISTOPHER POLHEM Swedish engineer

George Westinghouse
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE American engineer, noted for work on brakes and electrical power

H C F Jenkin
HENRY CHARLES FLEEMING JENKIN Electrical engineer; at work in his laboratory

James Watt (Inventors)
JAMES WATT Scottish engineer

James Watt (Beechey)
JAMES WATT Scottish engineer

Salomon De Caus
SALOMON DE CAUS French architect and engineer

Thomas Tredgold
THOMAS TREDGOLD English engineer, associated with the steam engine

Sir Henry Bessemer / Photo
SIR HENRY BESSEMER English engineer and inventor

Sir William Armstrong
SIR WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Baron Armstrong Engineer, inventor and arms manufacturer

Robert Fulton (W Invent)
ROBERT FULTON - American engineer and artist

James Buchanan Eads
JAMES BUCHANAN EADS American Engineer

Sir Benjamin Baker
SIR BENJAMIN BAKER English civil engineer Planned London underground railways, designed Forth Bridge, consulted Aswan Dam

SYMINGTON (1763-1831)
WILLIAM SYMINGTON English engineer & shipbuilder

Puffing Billy, designed by William Hedley
The Puffing Billy locomotive, designed by William Hedley

Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish engineer and mystic
Emanuel Swedenborg (born Swedberg) (1688-1772), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian

SWEDENBORG (1688 - 1772)
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG Swedish engineer & mystic Date: 1688 - 1772

Valier rocket taking off from the moon
Max Valier, Munich engineer, proposes using a lunar base for rockets travelling to distant planets. (3 of 3)

Valier rocket lunar base
Max Valier, Munich engineer, proposes a lunar base using solar power, from which travel to more distant destinations will be easier than from Earth. (2 of 3)

Valier rocket launch from water
Max Valier, Munich engineer, proposes rocket launch from water for space travel. (1 of 3)

Paranormal / Alchemy
Dunikowski, a Polish engineer, demonstrates his process for changing base metals to gold in the laboratories of the Ecole Centrale, Paris

EIFFEL (1832-1923)
Gustave Eiffel French engineer

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