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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

Phonautograph (c 1857) apparatus for studying sound vibrations graphically, invented by (Edouard) Leon Scott de Martinville

Phonautograph (c 1857) apparatus for studying sound vibrations graphically, invented by (Edouard) Leon Scott de Martinville

Power loom for weaving cotton. Model illustrated is that invented by Roberts (c1815-20). Belting connecting to drive shaft is shown at centre back of picture. Female operative. Wood engraving c1840

Casting a mortar at Grissells Regents Canal Ironworks, City Road, London. Nasmyth safety ladle is being used (invented 1838). Wood engraving 1855

John Byrom (1692-1763) English writer and poet born in Manchester, 1821. Byrom invented a system of shorthand. Frontispiece of Introduction to Byroms Short-Hand by Molyneux. (London, 1821)

Henry Cole (1808-1882) British designer, civil servant and writer. Invented adhesive postage stamp. Published first Christmas card. Planned 1851 Great Exhibition. Director Victoria and Albert Museum

Universal joint invented by Robert Hooke (1635-1703). Devised to allow directional movement of astronomical instruments. From A Description of Helioscopes, Robert Hooke, London, 1676. Engraving

Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826), French physician who invented the Stethoscope. (1889). Laennec is shown listening to a patients chest at the Necker Hospital, Paris

Lawn mower (shearing machine) invented by Mr Budding and manufactured by Ransomes of Ipswich. Used in gardens of Zoological Society, London c1832. Coloured engraving

Ploughing, rolling and harrowing using horses, sowing seed broadcast and with Abbe Soumilles seed drill (Fig 4). Fig1 is type of plough invented by Jethro Tull

Jacquard power loom. In 1801 Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834) invented a method of weaving intricate patterns which were encoded on punched cards

George Atwoods (1746-1807) machine for demonstrating and investigating effect of gravity on falling bodies. Invented c1780. English mathematician

John Leslie (1766-1832) Scottish natural philosopher and physicist. Leslie invented a number of scientific instruments and in 1810 created artificial ice

Sectional view of Gay-Lussacs lead chambers and absorption towers, 1870. These were for the large-scale production of sulphuric acid also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2SO4

Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1914) Russian telegraph engineer c1883. Jablochkoff invented the Jablochkoff candle, a carbon arc lamp. From Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science by Louis Figuier

Using a laryngoscope to aid a surgeon in the removal of a polyp from the throat, c1890. A small mirror on a long metal handle was invented in 1854 by a Spanish singing teacher Manuel Garcia to study

Thomas Mudge (1717-94) English horologist born at Exeter, Devon. Apprenticed to the eminent clockmaker George Graham (1742ja-1751), Mudge invented the lever escapement (c1757)

David Brewster (1781-1868) Scottish physicist Brewster was editor of the Edinburgh Magazine, 1802 and the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, 1808. His scientific work was mainly in the field of optics

Webbs chemical factory, Diglis, Worcestershire. The tall building to right behind chimney contains Gay-Lussacs lead chambers for the production of sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol or H2SO4)

William Henry Barlow (1812-1902) British civil engineer: invented Barlow saddleback rail (1859): engineer of the New Tay Bridge, Scotland, 1882. Engraving

Woman using Spinning Jenny - Invented by James Hargreaves (c1720-78) in 1764. Wood engraving c1880

Model of Newcomen steam engine. It was while repairing this engine that Watt is said to have invented the separate condenser. From George Williamson Memorials of James Watt 1856. Lithograph

Spinning Jenny - Invented by James Hargreaves (c1720-78) in 1764. Copperplate engraving 1820

Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468) German printer in his printing works. In about 1439 he was the first in Europe to use movable type, and he invented the printing press. Mid-19th century illustration

Charles William Siemens (born Carl Wilhelm von Siemens - 1823-1883) German mechanical and electrical engineer born near Hanover. Brother of Werner von Siemens. He took British nationality in 1859

Zenobe Theophile Gramme (1826-1901) Belgian electrical engineer who settled in France in his 20s. Invented the direct current dynamo (c1871). Engraving c1901

Daniell cell (1836) a wet storage battery invented by the English chemist John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845). Engraving from Natural Philosophy by A Ganot (London, 1887)

David Brewster (1781-1868) Scottish physicist. Optics (kaleidoscope and polarised light). Editor of the Edinburgh Magazine 1802 and the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 1808

(Raymond) Gaston Plante (1834-1889) French physicist who in 1859 invented the first accumulator or electric storage battery

Drilling machine with diamond bit powered by compressed air, invented by the French civil engineer Rudolph Leschot (active 1863) being used to bore the Mont Cenis (Rejus Rail)

Robert Hare (1781-1858) American chemist. Invented an oxyhydrogen blow-pipe and a calorimeter. A convert to spiritualism, he published Spiritualism Scientifically Demonstrated (1855)

Archimedes crow. Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor is said to have invented the device for use during the defence of Syracuse against the Romans (212 BC)

Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), 1843. Brunel acknowledging the cheers of the crowd during the opening ceremony for the Thames Tunnel. The double arched masonry Thames Tunnel built 1825-1843

The Electric Target Invented By Lieut. Chevalier, 1860 Engraving

Merryweather steam fire engine, 1880s C017 / 6903
Merryweather steam fire engine, 19th-century artwork. This is one of the steam fire engines produced by the British company Merryweather and Sons

JACQUARD, Joseph Marie (1752-1834). French mechanic. Mechanical loom, machine invented in 1802. Engraving

Jacquard Loom
JACQUARD LOOM An improved version of the loom originally invented in 1804 Date: 1915

Man-powered flying machine
A man-powered flying machine in a countryside setting. The Aerostat - Worked by Manual Power - Invented by W. Miller, M.R.C.S. 1843

An Aerial honeymoon invented and patented by John F. Byrne : funniest show in the world - the huge pantomimic musical comedy. Date 19 - ?

Benjamin Franklins Experiment, flying a kite in a storm, demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod. Date: June 1752

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