19th Century Machinery

Engravings of historical machines and engines, portraying the mechanics and structures of steam engines, thread winding machines, and telegraph systems.

The working parts of James Watt's double acting engine, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Konstruktion einer verbesserten Maschine, einer Fadenwickelmaschine, einer Spindel zum Drehen, Zwirnen oder Wickeln von Fäden, 1890, digital restaurie...

19th century steam engines, Cox's rotating engine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model

The working parts of James Watt's double acting engine, 1866. Artist: Unknown

Production of ethanol, alcohol, ethyl alcohol and drinking alcohol, Ilgess machine, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Engraving depicting Charles Wheatstone's relay, which enabled the electric telegraph to be used over long distances. Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) an English scientist and inventor. Dated 19th century

A woodcut engraving depicting the mechanism of a fountain powered by an overshot water wheel. Dated 17th century

Electric oven the preparation of calcium carbide, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

An engraving depicting William Harcourt's standard light which used pentane. Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting Edmond Carré's apparatus for the artificial production of ice. Dated 19th century

The cooling apparatus by Justus von Liebig, Liebigkühler, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Illustration depicting Whitworth's Self-acting Radial Drilling and Boring Machine.

Electric generators in the 19th century, model by Schnuckert & Co from the year (1877), digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model

Twin magic lantern for providing dissolving views by the horizontal movement of the cams AA. From Robert Brown Science for All, London, nd.

Automatic circuit breaker for charging accumulators. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Observational Astronomy in the 19th century: Meridian circle, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century template

Laterna magica, magic lantern or skiopticon is a projection device that was widely used throughout Europe from the 17th to the 20th century, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model

Illustration showing Horizontal steam engine showing governor and flywheel 1888

D'Arlincourt's autographic telegraph, able to transmit a copy of handwriting by electric currents. Several versions based on a similar principle were in circulation during the mid-19th century, but D'Arlincourt's was used at the General Post Office in London. Date: December 21st 1878

Historical illustration of gas engines, 19th century: Lenoir's engine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century illustration

Electromagnetic printing telegraph invented by Alexander Bain, exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London. Alexander Bain was a Scottish inventor and engineer who was first to invent and patent the electric clock. He installed the railway telegraph lines between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Engineering: a nutating disc engine: two figures. Lithograph by Martin and Hood, 1852, after C.J. Light.

An engraving depicting a cycle lamp: incandescent bulb powered by a wet battery. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing Miniature electric motor only 1.5 cm high from top of plinth to top of motor

Economic churn glass, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

Illustration depicting Isaac Potter's steam engine. Isaac Potter (1690-1735) a British engineer. Dated 18th century

D'Asrlincourt's teleprinter. 1878.

Engraving depicting the steam indicator of James Watts' steam engine. James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting James Watt's steam engine. James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th century

Siemens electric telegraph relay. 1906. Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888; German: 13 December 1816 6 December 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist. Siemenss name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance; the Siemens. He was also the founder of the electrical and telecommunications company Siemens.

Apparatus for gas liquefaction, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Engraving depicting Francis Hauksbee's second design for a static electric machine with a glass globe.

Engraving depicting a typical 19th century air pump. Dated 19th Century

Plodder, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Machine Stork with Schmidt superheater system, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Illustration of an improved butter churn with improved handling, from America circa 1870, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

Cooker with trolley rail tank filter, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Lavoisier's apparatus for weighing gases. From his 'Traite Elementaire de Chimie', Paris, 1789. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) French chemist, one of the discoverers of oxygen.

An engraving depicting Gillett and Bland's small weight-driven turned clock, with 'going' and 'chiming' trains. Dated 19th century

Thomas Savery's steam pump or 'The Miner's Friend' (1702). From John Harris 'Lexicon Technicum', 1726. Engraving

Section and elevation of laboratory chemical apparatus, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by W. Duesbury from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1812.

Illustration showing Watt's prototype steam engine 'Old Bess', in which reciprocating motion was turned into rotary motion by a sun-and-planet gear train. From Samuel Smiles Lives of Boulton and Watt, London, 1865.

Historical graphic representation, technical drawing, steam engine, piston heat engine, the contained thermal energy or pressure in steam is transformed into mechanical work, Watt's low pressure engine by James Watt, 19th Century, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1890

Lithographic press, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Clocks: a striking mechanism. Engraving by S. Porter after C. Varley.

Details of the astronomical clock made by the Scottish clockmaker Thomas Reid in 1791. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

A printing press: seen from the side. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Transmitting key for a Morse telegraph. Simple brass lever mounted on hinge A with spring are F to lift lever when operator releases button K to break contact/current at cd. P wire to battery, L line wire, R wire to indicator/relay.

A cranionmeter holds a skull in place Date: Mid nineteenth century

Dynamo-electric machine, produced by Tecnomasio, Milan, Italy, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1887.

Illustration eines Vorschlaghammers mit Fußbedienung, 1890, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhunder...

Illustration depicting Isaac Potter's steam engine. Isaac Potter (1690-1735) a British engineer. Dated 18th century

Electric generators in the 19th century, Edison from 1881, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Mechanism of small electric boats of the Nouveau Cirque, 1889. Was a circus located in Paris, 251 Rue Saint-Honoré. It was inaugurated on February 12, 1886. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

Engraving depicting a Biunial Lantern, a magic lantern with two separate projection systems which are placed one over the other. Dated 19th century

William Watson's (1715-1787) glass-globe electrical machine generating a charge which is passed through the man standing on an insulating block of resin. A spark was created as the man's fingers were touched by an uninsulated person. Copperplate engraving 1797.

Treadmill for Drawing Crossbows Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519 Florentine

Engraving depicting an operator receiving a message on a Morse telegraph at the General Post Office. Dated 19th century

American scientist Samuel Morse patented his invention of an electrical telegraph in 1837the original here.

Telegraphone: magnetic recording telephone invented by vlademar Poulsen (1869-1942) He applied for a patent on 1st December 1898, and the instrument aroused great interest at the Paris Exposition of 1900.

Engraving depicting a typical 19th century air pump. Dated 19th Century

Illustration showing Centrifugal pump by Lawrence Machine Works, Massachusetts 1892

Illustration depicting a horizontal steam engine showing the governor and flywheel. Dated 19th century

$Giuseppe Piazzi's Palermo Circle: refracting telescope with achromatic lens of 5 ft local length. Piazzi used this instrument to discover the asteroid Ceres. Dated 19th century$

Coinage: elevation of a coin press. Engraving by J. W. Lowry after E. S. Gibson.

Replica of the apparatus with which Morse sent his first public telegraph message on 24th May 1844.

Lister's steam spray. This supplanted his 'Donkey Engine' spray, and could fill a room with steam and carbolic vapour. From Richman Goodlee 'Lord Lister', 1917.

Gas engine, engine after Koerting-Lieckfeld, around 1887, historical, digitally improved reproduction of a model from the 19th century.

World Expo 1867. Mr. argometrique Balance of Plazanet, vintage engraving. World Expo 1867. Mr. argometrique Balance of Plazanet, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678427

Machine screws, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Steam engines of the 19th century, high-speed vertical compound engine coupled with dynamo engine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model

Engraving depicting Léon Foucault's machine for producing a current in a copper plate C). Léon Foucault (1819-1868) a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing Experiment by Arthur Smee to determine the existence of an electric current in muscular action. Smee introduced an ordinary sewing needle into the masseter muscle of a rabbit, and placed a second needle in subcutaneous tissue, and connected the needles to a galvanometer. After a few moments, the animal not liking the treatment, made an attempt to bite the mechanism!1 The galvanometer needle moved* The rabbit was given a piece of wood to bite on, and a strong current was registered. 1850

The Daniell cell is a type of electrochemical cell invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, a British chemist and meteorologist / Daniell-Element, auch Daniellsches Element, ist eine historische galvanische Zelle, die aus einer Zink- und einer Kupfer-Halbzelle besteht, 1836, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler

Gessner fulling machine, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1888.

High-pressure steam engine used with the dredging machine on the River Thames, elevations, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1818.

Display chart with drills, from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1897

Engraving depicting a vertical section of Schiele's turbine. Dated 19th century

Fig. CXXXIIX. Haustrum, per cantharos. Haustrum aliud, per innexos sunnibus cantharos hauriens.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Wells, Hydraulic facilities, Pulleys, Gearing

Illustration depicting Rumford's calorimeter used to determine the amount of heat produced by combustion. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814) Anglo-American scientist.

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler

Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone (1875), exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876.

Levers for manoeuvring the resistors and commutators in an electric lighting unit, produced by Helios, illustration from L'Industria, illustrated and illustrated technical magazine, Milan, 1892.

Engraving depicting B. Uhlborn's milk pasteuriser. Dated 19th Century

Typical 18th century magic lantern. From Denis Diderot Enclycopedie, Paris, 1751-80.

Pneumatic Devices.

Illustration from Theatrum Machinarum Novum 1661 by Georg Andreas Böckler; A chain or rope washer pump or paternoster

Electric transformer. Distribution of electrical energy by transformers. First transformers by Miksa Déri, Ottó Bláthy & Károly Zipernowsky. Hungarian manufacturing company Ganz Works. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Illustration of an astronomical quadrant, an instrument used to measure angles up to 90 degrees. Dated 18th Century

Compound engine blueprint, illustration

Illustration of a universal milling head from the former Aug. Hamann machine tool factory, H. Walz in Berlin, Germany / Abbildung eines Universalfräskopfes aus der ehemaligen Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Aug. Hamann, H. Walz in Berlin, Deutschland, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt, Kolorierung, koloriert, handkoloriert, Hand-colouring, hand coloured, colored.

Manipulator of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph used on the Paris Rouen line from 1845.

A woodcut engraving depicting a man-powered treadmill being used to operate a press. Dated 18th century

Engraving depicting the Bessemer process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. Named after Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) an English inventor. Dated 19th century

Daniell's element, a historical galvanic cell consisting of a zinc and a copper half-cell, 1836, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century model

Engraving depicting a pelton wheel, showing the curved divided buckets and the nozzle from which a regulated jet of water was directed at them. Invented by Lester Allen Pelton (1829-1908) an American inventor. Dated 19th century

Pump with electric motor, produced by Allgemeine Elektricitaets Gesellchaft, Germany, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1893.

Dairy, Balance Centrifuge or Seperator from the Karlshuette near Flensburg, c. 1880, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Quick-action radial drilling machine, produced by Dubosc, Turin, Italy, illustration taken from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1911.

Steam engine, compound engine by Chaligny and Gupot-Sionnest without condenser, around 1870, historical, digitally improved reproduction of a model from the 19th century.

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