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Eadweard Muybridge with his animals in motion images
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), US photographer and inventor, showing his instananeous photographs of animals in motion at the Royal Society

Perpetual Motion Wheels
Perpetual motion machines of the overbalanced wheel type invented by Bernard Launy and Jeremie Metz; neither will work in practice however

Carbon microphone, invented in 1878 by David Edward Hughes (1831-1900), English inventor. From R. Wormell Electricity in the Service of ManLondon, 1890. Engraving

Wet Battery: Leclance cell, invented c1866. Glass vessel containing zinc rod, solution of chloride of ammonia, and porous block of carbon surrounded by pieces of carbon manganese dioxide

Luigi Palmieri (1807-1896), Italian geophysicist. Palimieri was director of the Vesuvius Observatory which monitored the activity of the volcano. In 1855 he invented a seismograph

Advert for J. B Jacquemin Bros eye protectors
Jacquemins patent eye protectors, lightweight material that clips on the bridge of your nose, and can be worn as well as ordinary glasses

Advert for Pulsometer Engineering, luxury iced drinks 1897
Luxury iced drinks, in the hottest climate can be obtained by the use of the Champion hand ice machines. 1897

Leonardo Gallery. The science and Technology Museum Leonardo
Leonardo Gallery. Models (1950s)drawings by Leonardo da Vinci (15th century). The science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

CROMPTONs HOME - 2
CROMPTONs home at Hall i the Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, where he invented mule spinning. Date: CIRCA 1820

CROMPTONs HOME - 1
CROMPTONs home at Hall i the Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, where he invented mule spinning. Date: CIRCA 1820

John Till Allingham
JOHN TILL ALLINGHAM A prolific writer of popular musical comedies and farces, in his leisure moments he invented a flying machine and fought a duel with a critic. Date: FLOURISHED CIRCA 1800

Display of Pralines
A Display of Dainty Types of Pralines - nuts browned in sugar, named after Marechal de Plessis-Pralin (1598-1675) whose cook invented them. 15 kinds are shown here. Date: circa 1930

Ferdinand Di Medici
FERDINAND (or FERRANTE) II di MEDICI, Grand duke of Tuscany, ruler of Florence and Etruria. Notable scientist who invented a thermometer and the condensation hygrometer. Date: 1610 - 1670

Disabled Dance Class
Disabled children are taught to dance by teacher Miss Betsy Adlard, using the special methods invented by Miss Margaret Morris. It is difficult for them, but fun. Date: 1930s

MANUEL GARCIA 1805-1906
MANUEL PATRICIO RODRIGUEZ GARCIA son of Manual del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, the famed Spanish tenor. He invented the laryngoscope. Date: 1805 - 1906

Electricity / Daniell Cell
DANIELL CELL Invented in 1836 by John- Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist, using zinc and copper

Sir David Brewster
Sir DAVID BREWSTER Scottish physicist; invented kaleidoscope in 1816 Date: 1781 - 1868

David Brewster Seated
Sir DAVID BREWSTER Scottish physicist; invented kaleidoscope in 1816 Date: 1781 - 1868

Siemens Electric Train
People enjoying a ride on the worlds first electric train invented by Siemens and Halske, exhibited in Berlin 1879

John Harington / Age 30
SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer at the age of 30; he invented the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612

Faust Invents Printing
The German occult philosopher Johann Faustus was sometimes credited with having invented printing : here he shows his wife the letters ABC printed from a wood block Date: circa 1530

The Village, Stanhill, Lancashire
The Village, Stanhill, Blackburn, near Accrington, Lancashire, England. Captioned Where Spinning Jenny Was Invented Date: 1910s

Portrait of Fulton. Engraving
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Portrait of Fulton. Oil
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Suffragette Flora Drummond Stanhope Toy
A Stanhope or optical toy, a device which allows the viewing of microphotographs without using a microscope. The stanhope was invented in 1857 by Rene Dagron, a French photographer

The Bomber - A Highlander throwing a Mills bomb. Alexander Proudfoot, Rsa Frbs (1878-1957). During World War One, He Served As A Sergeant In The Artists Rifles And Invented A Protractor For The

Britains acoustic shell by G. H. Davis
The acoustic shell: Britains ace killer of flying bombs during the Second World War. The British-invented radio proximity shell, which explodes itself when in lethal range of its target. 1945

Building Nissen huts for troops, Western Front, WW1
British men building Nissen huts for use by troops, on the Western Front during World War One. The semi-cylindrical Nissen hut was invented by Major Peter Norman Nissen in 1916. Date: circa 1916

Row of Nissen huts at a rest camp, Western Front, WW1
A row of Nissen huts at a rest camp on the Western Front during World War One. The semi-cylindrical Nissen hut was invented by Major Peter Norman Nissen in 1916. Date: circa 1916

Method of saving submarine seamen by G. H. Davis
Our own method of saving submarine seamen. Showing two divers wearing the recently invented copper helmet and waterproof jacket

Seance of the Philip group, Toronto, Canada. This science-based group invented an imaginary spirit, Philip, who seemed to communicate as effectively as any real spirit from the other world

Michel Chevreul Photo
MICHEL EUGENE CHEVREUL French chemist who invented the wax candle but never drank anything but water. Date: 1786-1889

Andrew Meikle
ANDREW MEIKLE Scottish engineer, who invented the thrashing- (or threshing) machine. Date: 1719 - 1811

Traite de Lithographie Artistique 1893 Lithography
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Portrait Man Profile 19th century Graphite sheet
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Pelkus Gate Utrecht 1646 Oil wood 14 1 / 2 x 22 1 / 2
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The Emperor of Germany Inspecting the New English War Game, Invented by Dr. Griffith, at the Kriegsakadamie, Berlin, Germany

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Winans Steam Battery, Invented by Dickinson, 1861; a Steam Gun, Which, it is Said, Will Cast from 100 to 500 Balls Per Minute, has Just been Made by Mr. Winans, of Baltimore

The Electric Target Invented by Lieut. Chevalier, 1860 Engraving

The great American steamer, General Washington, the largest boat in the world to be built and run on the new National Line, between New York and Albany / drawn on stone by C

Compound Microscope and Case; Micrometric stage invented by Michel-Ferdinand d Albert d Ailly, sixth duke of Chaulnes, French, 1714 - 1769, Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to Jacques Caffieri, French

The Flying House
5th December 1913: The Flying House - an aeroplane invented by Capt Arlington Batson which contains a sitting room and sleeping apartments. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Alexander Bell
Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell ( 1847 - 1922 ) who invented the telephone. Bell, born in Edinburgh, worked with his father, Scottish educator Alexander Melville Bell

Snow Vehicle
A vehicle invented by George McLaughlin which was designed to travel on ice and snow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dornier Flying Boat
circa 1930: The Do R4 Dornier Flying Boat invented by German pioneer Claude Dornier (1884 - 1969). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sashalite System
circa 1930: A hand operating the Sashalite system, an early type of flashbulb invented by British photographer Alex Sasha Stewart. A reflector spreads the light produced by the bulb

Plant Study
1844: A plant study by photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot using the calotype process which he invented. Original Artwork: Pencil of Nature - Plate VII - pub

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