Invented Collection (page 3)

A Pneumatical Engine and its parts, from Boyles
XJF354297 A Pneumatical Engine and its parts, from Boyles Spring and Weight of the Air published in 1661 (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School

Temple Courtyard (pen & ink on paper)
XJF417325 Temple Courtyard (pen & ink on paper) by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-78); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

The Emperor of Germany inspecting the New English War Game, invented by Dr Griffith, at the Kriegsakadamie
1062222 The Emperor of Germany inspecting the New English War Game, invented by Dr Griffith, at the Kriegsakadamie, Berlin (engraving) by English School

Imaginary Prison (engraving) (b / w photo)
ALI156798 Imaginary Prison (engraving) (b/w photo) by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-78); Calcographia dello Stato, Rome, Italy; Alinari

Animalosities No 8: Camel, Deer, Llama, Collie (colour litho)
6002569 Animalosities No 8: Camel, Deer, Llama, Collie (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animalosities No 8: Camel, Deer, Llama, Collie)

Animalosities No 9: Elephant, Horse, Bison, Zebra (colour litho)
6002567 Animalosities No 9: Elephant, Horse, Bison, Zebra (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animalosities No 9: Elephant, Horse, Bison, Zebra)

Animalosities No 10: Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Horse (colour litho)
6002561 Animalosities No 10: Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Horse (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animalosities No 10: Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros)

The English Sewing Cotton Company (engraving)
1598117 The English Sewing Cotton Company (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The English Sewing Cotton Company)

Why a New Land Torpedo was rejected by the War Office (litho)
1048564 Why a New Land Torpedo was rejected by the War Office (litho) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Why a New Land Torpedo was rejected by the War Office)

Thespiss wagon, from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub. 1915
3614274 Thespiss wagon, from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, pub.1915 by English School, (20th century); (add.info.: Thespiss wagon. Thespis, actor in ancient Greece, 6th century BC)

The wonderful woolcombing machine invented by Lord Masham (b / w photo)
3642045 The wonderful woolcombing machine invented by Lord Masham (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

House where Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule (b / w photo)
3642018 House where Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Hall-in-the-Wood, where Crompton invented Mule Spinning (engraving)
2799929 Hall-in-the-Wood, where Crompton invented Mule Spinning (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hall-in-the-Wood, where Crompton invented Mule Spinning)

To look for gold in the bottom of the sea, the hydroscope invented by the Italian Pino, in action in
2798828 To look for gold in the bottom of the sea, the hydroscope invented by the Italian Pino, in action in the... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Mr Markham Spofforth, He invented the Conservative Working Man, 20 March 1880, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho)
611939 Mr Markham Spofforth, He invented the Conservative Working Man, 20 March 1880, Vanity Fair cartoon (colour litho) by Pellegrini

The Hydromotor Ship (engraving)
1054604 The Hydromotor Ship (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hydromotor Ship, invented by Dr Emil Fleischer of Dresden)

The Transit of Venus, Model used for Practice at Greenwich Observatory (engraving)
1053290 The Transit of Venus, Model used for Practice at Greenwich Observatory (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Transit of Venus)

A Trip to the Nore in a Cycle-Boat (colour litho)
1040900 A Trip to the Nore in a Cycle-Boat (colour litho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Trip to the Nore in a Cycle-Boat)

Girl drivers have magnetic scent containers for their dashboards. It is called The Auto Duft Box. When you leave the car, take the container with you

PRIESTLEYS BATTERY 64-cell electro-chemical battery, invented by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), English clergyman and chemist. Date: 1810

EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI Italian mathematician and physicist; he improved the telescope and invented the barometer Date: 1608 - 1647

SIR JOHN LESLIE Scottish scientist and author, widely travelled, invented several instruments including a differential thermometer Date: 1766 - 1832

BRUNELS BROAD GAUGE
The ghost of Brunel laments the burial of the railway broad gauge he invented

SAFETY LAMP IN MINE
Safety lamps, invented by Davy in England and modified by Mueseler, in use in a French coal-mine Date: 19th century

EPEE TEACHING DEAF MUTES
LABBE DE LEPEE instructing deaf-mutes in the sign language he invented to enable them to communicate Date: 1712 - 1789

WIMSHURST MACHINE
An electrostatic machine invented by James Wimshurst. Date: 1880s

RAMSDENS MACHINE
Jesse Ramsdens improved machine for generating static electricity using glass plates, the original version of which he had invented in 1768. Date: late 18th century

Concert Mecanique, invented by M Richard
A Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello

John Logie Baird (1888 - 946), Scottish inventor, Invented the television. Date: 1926

Voltaic pile by alessandro Volta. Colored engraving
Voltaic pile invented by the italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Colored engraving

Alto Saxophone
ALTO SAXOPHONE : one of a family of instruments invented about 1840 by a Frenchman, Adolphe Sax. Date: 1897

Visit to Madeira - A Basket Bullock Carro
Black and white lantern slide of three women seated in a ox drawn sledge (carro de bois) - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

John Hector Cutten, psychical researcher and writer with a special interest in telepathy and clairvoyance. He served as secretary of the Society for Psychical Research

Carl Auer Welsbach
CARL AUER baron von WELSBACH Austrian chemist who discovered two rare-earth elements and invented the incandescent gas mantle. Date: 1858 - 1929

John Kemp Starley
JOHN KEMP STARLEY inventor of the safety bicycle [do not confuse with James Starley who invented spoked bicycle wheels !) Date: 1855 - 1901

Autosilo
4th June 1955: An Autosilo - a multi-storey ramp garage, invented in Switzerland - at Karlsruhe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7789 - A Plan To End The Traffic Jam - pub

The first Lumiere cinematograph invented in 1894. FRANCE. Paris. Conservatoire National des Arts et M鴩 ers (National Conservatory of Arts and Trades)

Laufmaschine (running machine), named Draisine, bicycle invented by Baron Karl Christian Ludwig Drais von Sauerbronn in 1817. Etching. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Metropolitan Police officers teaching road safety to children. The man in the white outfit with traffic lights on his front is Safety Sam

Zacharias Janssen / W Invt
ZACHARIAS JANSSEN or JANSEN or ZANSZ Dutch spectacle maker who invented the compound microscope

Teacher Showing Pupils Spectroscope Optical Spectrometer
Teacher showing pupils a spectroscope. The four spectres are, top to bottom, sunlight, light from one of the stars, red neon light and blue mercury light

The Blackburn power loom invented by William Dickinson & Sons. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862

The Ladies Life Preserver from Fire. Invented by Frederick Versmann and containing Wolfram ores, colours, tungstate of soda

The Bennie Railplane. A form of rail transport invented by George Bennie (1891-1957), which moved along an overhead rail by way of propellers. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934

The autogiro or windmill plane, invented by Juan de la Cierva y Codorniu in 1924. With a large lifting windwheel mounted in a horizontal position above the fuselage, the machine could hover

The Bennie Railplane. A form of rail transport invented by George Bennie (1891-1957), which moved along an overhead rail by way of propellers. From The Pageant of the Century, published 1934

Engraving depicting a flying machine designed by Firmin Bousson, 20th century
Engraving depicting a flying machine designed by Firmin Bousson

The Difference Engine Of The Babbage Calculating Machine, Invented By Charles Babbage In 1822, Made To Compute Values Of Polynomial Functions. From The Strand Magazine, Published 1896

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