Machinery Collection (page 7)

Food and Beverage. Brewery. Mill used for grinding the malt. Engraving in
3434918 Food and Beverage. Brewery. Mill used for grinding the malt. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Coll. Part)

Agriculture. Sugar making. A sugar factory from sugar beet. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de
3434745 Agriculture. Sugar making. A sugar factory from sugar beet. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France, c.1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Agriculture)

The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850
3359142 The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern)

The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850
3330840 The paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the paying-out machinery on the deck of the Great Eastern)

Women take over on the home front in 1918. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935
3058451 Women take over on the home front in 1918. From The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures published 1935; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Reaping wheat by machine in the 1850s near Syracuse NY
NWI4695033 Reaping wheat by machine in the 1850s near Syracuse NY.; (add.info.: Reaping wheat by machine in the 1850s near Syracuse NY.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

George Moore's steam man
2604085 George Moore's steam man; (add.info.: George Moore's steam man. Petrol - fired boiler operated a 1/2 hp engine. Exhaust escaped through helmet, steam exhaust through cigar)

Mechanical blacksmiths (engraving)
2604084 Mechanical blacksmiths (engraving); (add.info.: Hero of Alexandria's (lst century AD) mechanical blacksmiths. Woodcut from "Gli Artificiose e curiosi moti spiritale de Herone"

Reel for winding and counting hanks of cotton
2602771 Reel for winding and counting hanks of cotton; (add.info.: Reel for winding and counting hanks of cotton thread. Engraving, London, 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Machine for willowing
2602767 Machine for willowing'; (add.info.: Machine for willowing or disentangling cotton. Engraving, London, 1844.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Bobbin-and-fly-frame for drawing (roving) cotton
2602752 Bobbin-and-fly-frame for drawing (roving) cotton; (add.info.: Bobbin-and-fly-frame for drawing (roving) cotton. Engraving, London, 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Harrison & Son's power loom
2602652 Harrison & Son's power loom; (add.info.: Harrison & Son's power loom for weaving flax (linen). Engraving, London, 1862.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Dyeing cotton, Lancashire
2602613 Dyeing cotton, Lancashire; (add.info.: Dyeing cotton, Lancashire, England. Preparing an alum cistern. Cloth would be passed through an alum solution before dyeing)

Power loom, 1862
3479231 Power loom, 1862; (add.info.: Tuer & Hall's power loom for weaving Brussels carpets. Dated August, 1862.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Carpet weaver, 1821
3479230 Carpet weaver, 1821; (add.info.: Carpet weaver shown seated next to the loom, inspecting the threads of material. Dated 1821.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ironing and calendaring machine, 1871
3479208 Ironing and calendaring machine, 1871; (add.info.: Ironing and calendaring machine, heated by steam, gas, jets or a coal fire)

Carding machine, 1845
3479128 Carding machine, 1845; (add.info.: Finishing - card. The second machine through which cotton was passed for fine spinning. After passing through the breaker - card with coarser teeth)

Carding Cotton, 1866
3479125 Carding Cotton, 1866; (add.info.: Carding cotton: view of drum covered spirally with wire cards known as the doffer'. Dated 1866.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Women making up sewing thread onto bobbins in a textile silk mill, 1843
3478861 Women making up sewing thread onto bobbins in a textile silk mill, 1843; (add.info.: Women making up sewing thread onto bobbins in a textile silk mill, Derby, England)

Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1850
3480200 Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Arkwright's water frame spinning machine; on display at the Patents Museum; South Kensington;)

Cotton manufacture, 1850
3480197 Cotton manufacture, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting cotton manufacture with mules spinning. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Engraving depicting a piston blowing machine for supplying a draught to the blast furnace for smelting iron (top)
5309474 Engraving depicting a piston blowing machine for supplying a draught to the blast furnace for smelting iron (top); (add.info)

Engraving depicting Bell & Tainter's Graphophone
5309395 Engraving depicting Bell & Tainter's Graphophone; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Bell & Tainter's Graphophone)

Poster advertising travel by the shipping company Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, c.1930 (colour lithograph)
1197895 Poster advertising travel by the shipping company Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, c.1930 (colour lithograph) by Sebille

Construction of the Metro, crossing the Seine, c.1900 (b/w photo)
LSE746616 Construction of the Metro, crossing the Seine, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo © Leonard de Selva

19th century machine for making files. From El Museo Popular published Madrid, 1889
693692 19th century machine for making files. From El Museo Popular published Madrid, 1889

William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle
5310063 William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle)

An engraving depicting a cylinder printing machine for books. Unlike the cylinder machines used for newspapers
5310955 An engraving depicting a cylinder printing machine for books. Unlike the cylinder machines used for newspapers, this machine printed only one side of the paper at a time

View of the machinery of a wind powered flour mill
5310184 View of the machinery of a wind powered flour mill; (add.info.: View of the machinery of a wind powered flour mill, complete with a view at the top right (a post mill)

Engraving depicting a coin-in-the-slot perfume dispenser, 19th century
5309429 Engraving depicting a coin-in-the-slot perfume dispenser, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a coin-in-the-slot perfume dispenser)

Cartoon commenting on the teething problems in the development of the sewing machine, 19th century
5308961 Cartoon commenting on the teething problems in the development of the sewing machine, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the teething problems in the development of the sewing)

A cheese press
3732606 A cheese press; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a cheese press. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

James Braby's roller
3740734 James Braby's roller; (add.info.: Illustration depicting James Braby's roller used for scarifying land and breaking up roads before relaying)

Indian carpet weavers, 1886
3479232 Indian carpet weavers, 1886; (add.info.: Indian carpet weavers seated next to the loom. Dated 1886.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Principle of the carding engine, 1845
3479126 Principle of the carding engine, 1845; (add.info.: Principle of the carding engine: revolving drum covered with wire teeth, the top covered with concave frame with similar teeth)

Woman spinning with a Jersey Wheel, 1836
3479122 Woman spinning with a Jersey Wheel, 1836; (add.info.: Woman spinning with a Jersey Wheel - used for wool and cotton)

Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1878
3480202 Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1878; (add.info.: Diagram of Arkwright's water frame; 1878. The water frame is the name given to a water-powered spinning frame which was an)

A foot treadle floor loom, from the magazine The World and His Wife, pub.1907
3502688 A foot treadle floor loom, from the magazine The World and His Wife, pub.1907; (add.info.: A foot treadle floor loom, from the magazine The World and His Wife)

James Watt Steam engine, 1884
3508030 James Watt Steam engine, 1884; (add.info.: James Watt Steam engine produced in Birmingham, England for Sewage pumping 1884.); Universal History Archive

A Nottingham stocking weaver
2602719 A Nottingham stocking weaver; (add.info.: A Nottingham stocking weaver seated at a knitting frame. Engraving published London, 1846.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Barber's shop fitted with rotary hairbrushes
2602584 Barber's shop fitted with rotary hairbrushes; (add.info.: Barber's shop fitted with rotary hairbrushes powered by belt and shafting)

Barber brushing a client's hair
2602583 Barber brushing a client's hair; (add.info.: Barber brushing a client's hair with Willoughby's rotary hairbrush powered by a treadle fitted beneath the salon chair)

Small boy using a machine to cut flax stalks
2602658 Small boy using a machine to cut flax stalks; (add.info.: Small boy using a machine to cut flax stalks into uniform lengths for heckling, one of the processes in the production of linen)

An elastic mill, Leicester, England: Covering rubber with silk thread on the weaving beam
2602648 An elastic mill, Leicester, England: Covering rubber with silk thread on the weaving beam.; (add.info.: An elastic mill, Leicester, England, Winding rubber filament)

Calico printing: cylinder machine by Mather & Platt
2602641 Calico printing: cylinder machine by Mather & Platt, ; (add.info.: Calico printing, cylinder machine by Mather & Platt, normally used to print in 18 colours but capable of printing in 20)

George Moore's steam man
2604086 George Moore's steam man; (add.info.: George Moore's steam man. Petrol - fired boiler operated a 1/2 hp engine. Exhaustexhaust through helmet, steam exhaust through cigar)

Examples of book binding and book binding tools and machinery from the 18th and 19th centuries
3253036 Examples of book binding and book binding tools and machinery from the 18th and 19th centuries; (add.info.: Examples of book binding and book binding tools and machinery from the 18th)

Women making up sewing thread into balls, 1845
3478860 Women making up sewing thread into balls, 1845; (add.info.: Women making up sewing thread into balls, London, circa 1845.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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