Invention Collection (page 6)

Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho)
8663449 Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho)
8663419 Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

Track layer at work on the new transcontinental line west of Edmonton, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (b/w photo)
8636663 Track layer at work on the new transcontinental line west of Edmonton, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (b/w photo) by English Photographer

A verandah cafe on the "Mauretania" (b/w photo)
8636653 A verandah cafe on the "Mauretania" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A state-room on the "Olympic" (b/w photo)
8636651 A state-room on the "Olympic" (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Zeppelin airship over Berlin (b/w photo)
8636649 A Zeppelin airship over Berlin (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Zeppelin airship over Berlin)

The valves at the Carnarvon Station (b/w photo)
8636648 The valves at the Carnarvon Station (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The valves at the Carnarvon Station)

A neon lamp (b/w photo)
8636645 A neon lamp (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A neon lamp. Illustration for Discoveries)

Milking machine (engraving)
8673251 Milking machine (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Milking machine)

Man trap; automobile skates (b/w photo)
8626950 Man trap; automobile skates (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man trap; automobile skates)

No worry, no waiting, no effort needed (b/w photo)
8676302 No worry, no waiting, no effort needed (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: No worry, no waiting, no effort needed)

Trackless train on the streets of London (b/w photo)
8676138 Trackless train on the streets of London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trackless train on the streets of London)

Man measured his hours in many ways (litho)
8676237 Man measured his hours in many ways (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man measured his hours in many ways)

Past & Present: The Airship (colour litho)
8668678 Past & Present: The Airship (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Airship. Montgolfier's Balloon)

Le Clermont, first steamboat, 1880 (engraving)
ELD4837922 Le Clermont, first steamboat, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Clermont, first steamboat, realized by American inventor Robert Fulton (1765-1815)

Potter and ceramist Bernard Palissy firing furniture to feed his furnace, 1880 (engraving)
ELD4837873 Potter and ceramist Bernard Palissy firing furniture to feed his furnace, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca
ICA4841512 Illustration of Eugene-Hippolyte Forest (1808-1891) in " Song illustree", ca. 1840 - The misunderstood inventor - Modernite, Technique, Rue alley

Antiquity: origin of the sling - the sling in the ancient Greek. 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4946536 Antiquity: origin of the sling - the sling in the ancient Greek. 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive

Science and scientists: Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American scientist and inventor at work, years 1870
NWI4947808 Science and scientists: Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American scientist and inventor at work, years 1870. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Science and scientists)

Sciences: Dial of Tycho Brahe (Tyge Ottesen Brahe, known as Le noble danish or L'homme au nez d'or, 1546-1601)
NWI4947735 Sciences: Dial of Tycho Brahe (Tyge Ottesen Brahe, known as Le noble danish or L'homme au nez d'or, 1546-1601), Danish astronomer

Dimension view of Huygens Clock showing the mechanics of the pendulum, 17th century
NWI4948601 Dimension view of Huygens Clock showing the mechanics of the pendulum, 17th century. Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist

Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr
NWI4948745 Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr. Baldwin next to Dr Bell

Portrait of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), French mechanic, inventor of the Jacquard loom in 1801
ELD4846382 Portrait of Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834), French mechanic, inventor of the Jacquard loom in 1801. Late 19th century (chromolithograph)

History of printing: Press in Johannes Gutenberg's workshop examining a print. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4939048 History of printing: Press in Johannes Gutenberg's workshop examining a print. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: History of printing)

Futurism: passage of a modern prototype of a train propelled by a helice. Germany Annees 1920-1930 Historic photograph
IMB4929646 Futurism: passage of a modern prototype of a train propelled by a helice. Germany Annees 1920-1930 Historic photograph, express train from the thirties

Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s
NWI4954767 Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s
NWI4954762 Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Passenger in a cart drawn by Peter Cooper's experimental locomotive "Tom Thumb" on the B & O railway
NWI4954231 Passenger in a cart drawn by Peter Cooper's experimental locomotive "Tom Thumb" on the B & O railway track, 1830

Richard Trevithick
3586049 Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Portrait of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Alois Senefelder
3585789 Alois Senefelder; (add.info.: Illustration of Alois Senefelder (1771-1834) a German actor, playwright, and inventor of the printing technique of lithography

Thomas Savery
3585624 Thomas Savery; (add.info.: Thomas Savery (c. 1650-1715) was an English inventor and engineer, born at Shilstone, a manor house near Modbury, Devon, England

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo)
3585905 Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) (photo); (add.info.: Photograph of Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) an American inventor and aviation pioneer. Dated 20th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Home of James Watt
3586198 Home of James Watt; (add.info.: Home of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

National Testimonial (memorial) proposed for James Watt
3586193 National Testimonial (memorial) proposed for James Watt; (add.info.: National Testimonial (memorial) proposed for James Watt

Werner von Siemens
3586177 Werner von Siemens; (add.info.: Portrait of Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) a German inventor, industrialist and brother of Friedrich Siemens

Jacob Brett's electric printing telegraph, patented 1845, 1845
3479951 Jacob Brett's electric printing telegraph, patented 1845, 1845; (add.info.: Jacob Brett's electric printing telegraph, patented 1845.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Replica of the apparatus with which Morse sent his first public telegraph message on 24th May 1844, 1850
3479947 Replica of the apparatus with which Morse sent his first public telegraph message on 24th May 1844, 1850; (add.info)

Receiving a message on a Morse printing telegraph, 1891
3479945 Receiving a message on a Morse printing telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Receiving a message on a Morse printing telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Train dispatcher using a Morse key to send message down the line on the railway telegraph system, 1891
3479944 Train dispatcher using a Morse key to send message down the line on the railway telegraph system, 1891; (add.info)

Morse printing telegraph, 1891
3479940 Morse printing telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Morse printing telegraph, showing transmitting key and roll of paper attached to the receiving instrument.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Morse-Disney printing telegraph equipment, 1891
3479936 Morse-Disney printing telegraph equipment, 1891; (add.info.: Morse-Digney printing telegraph equipment, showing the receiving instruments, left and transmitting key)

Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859
3479595 Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859; (add.info.: Transmitting table and keyboard of the Hughes printing telegraph, 1859.); Universal History Archive/UIG

David Hughes's printing telegraph, 1891
3479961 David Hughes's printing telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: David Hughes's printing telegraph. This was powered by clockwork, with a driving weight of about 50kg)

Lifestyle. Folding umbrellas. First commercial poster, France, 1715 (poster)
3434586 Lifestyle. Folding umbrellas. First commercial poster, France, 1715 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Lifestyle. Folding umbrellas. First commercial poster, France, 1715.); Photo © CCI

The trial use of the steam plough The Enterprise
3740743 The trial use of the steam plough The Enterprise'; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the trial use of the steam plough The Enterprise designed by Lord Dunmore)

A milking machine invented by Edward M Knolling of Sandy Creek
3732505 A milking machine invented by Edward M Knolling of Sandy Creek; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a milking machine invented by Edward M. Knolling of Sandy Creek)

Andre-Jacques Garnerin making his first parachute descent
3732755 Andre-Jacques Garnerin making his first parachute descent; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Andre-Jacques Garnerin making his first parachute descent)

Andre-Jacques Garnerin's parachute design
3732620 Andre-Jacques Garnerin's parachute design; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Andre-Jacques Garnerin's parachute design)

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"Invention: A Journey Through Time and Imagination" Step into the whimsical world of William Heath Robinson, a mastermind artist who brought fantastical contraptions to life through his intricate illustrations. From his famous "Heath Robinson automated Dining Room without servants" to the peculiar "Pea Apparatus, " each creation is a testament to human ingenuity and creativity. Innovation knows no bounds, as showcased in Robinson's masterpiece, "Ultra-Marine. " This mind-boggling invention transports us underwater, revealing an enchanting realm where imagination reigns supreme. It reminds us that they are not limited by reality but can transcend it entirely. Travel back in time with the revolutionary Gutenberg printing press of the 1450s. This groundbreaking invention revolutionized communication forever, paving the way for knowledge dissemination on an unprecedented scale. The power of words became accessible to all—a true turning point in history. As we marvel at these extraordinary creations, let us not forget those that were met with skepticism or rejection. Like "Rejected by the inventions board, " which serves as a reminder that even geniuses face setbacks along their journey towards progress. Sometimes it takes persistence and unwavering belief for brilliance to be recognized. The first Ferris wheel at Chicago World's Fair in 1893 stands tall as a symbol of innovation and entertainment. Its towering structure offered breathtaking views while captivating hearts worldwide—an iconic invention that continues to inspire awe today. Transportation leaps forward with Crewe Station's grand opening on July 4th, 1837—the birthplace of railway travel excellence. This engineering feat connected people like never before, shrinking distances and fostering new opportunities across nations—a testament to mankind's ability to conquer vast landscapes through sheer determination. From ancient times comes the arquebusse—its use marking a pivotal moment in warfare technology during the 16th century.