Historical Scientific Engravings

A collection of 18th and 19th-century engravings showcasing tools and illustrations related to anatomy, spinning, gemstone work, and surveying equipment.

Muscles of the arm; the muscle figures; illustrations of muscle action. Engraving, 18th century.

The components of a lay figure. Engraving by Defehrt after Goussier.

Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Muscles of the arm; the muscle figures; illustrations of muscle action. Engraving, 18th century.

Tools for working and polishing gemstones. Engraving by Defehrt after Boucher.

Surveying equipment from the 19th century: dendrometers and Mr. Broad's machine for measuring timber. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an Illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1811.

Surgical instruments and protheses. Engraving by Andrew Bell.

Surgical instruments. Engraving with etching.

Engineering: an assortment of inventions. Engraving by W. Lowry.

Veins and arteries. Engraving, 1686.

Surgery: an assortment of surgical instruments including tweezers known as "Helvetian tweezers" for cancer operations, and instruments and contraptions for the correction of rickets. Engraving with etching by Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.

Diagram to show the various methods used for opening veins and performing blood transfusions Date: 1739

Surgery: instruments for cauterizations. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.J.-Goussier.

Mezzotint, from Encyclopédie 1762-1777 France. Engraving and mezzotint on cream laid paper . A. J. Defehrt

Instruments of mining equipment. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Mechanics concepts, 19th century illustration

A pedometer. Engraving by Porter after Farey junior.

Study of worms.

Musical instruments: string, wind and percussion instruments.. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Musical instruments

Instruments of mining equipment. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : rockets Date: 1747

. Print at the top right labeled: fol. 42.

Apparatus for restoring those drowning to life with respiration bellows, and foundry moulds for bells, letters, types, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1814.

Inventions: various things beginning with "A". Engraving by A. Bell.

Copperplate Engraving, from Encyclopédie 1762-1777 France. Engraving, with etching, on cream laid paper . A. J. Defehrt

Engraving depicting diagrams of a selection of starfish, anemone and razor shells. The illustration is set within an ornate frame.

A selection of mallets, bores and files. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Instruments and scissors, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1730 print Two performances on a leaf. Above: two instruments. Below: three instruments including scissors. The instruments are numbered and literate. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving tools, implements of craftsman. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: scissors

Histoire naturelle des annelés marins et d'eau douce, Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1865-1890, 59514, Annelida, Worms, The illustration showcases a series of detailed anatomical sketches featuring various species of annelids, commonly known as segmented worms. Each numbered figure represents distinct anatomical structures and features, highlighting the diversity within this group. The drawings include representations of body segments, setal formations, and internal anatomy, emphasizing the complexity of these organisms. The layout is organized methodically, likely for educational or research purposes, illustrating the scientific study of the annelid phylum and their morphological traits.

Plate showing shoemaker workshop and tools. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Cordonnier et Bottier (Shoe and Boot Maker).

A plaster moulder's workshop with a diagram of the tools used for making plaster moulds. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.

Textiles: silk weaving, the equipment used. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Machinery used in the making of gold thread with various components. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Hernias and surgical instruments for their treatment. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.

Surgical instruments: 37 figures, including needles of various shapes and sizes. Engraving with etching by George Bickham, 1740/1760

Surgical instruments for use in midwifery: 17 figures. Etching, 1788/1795.

$Surgical implements for the treatment of fractures. Engraving by Campbell.$

Left, catheters for the treatment of stones and disesases of the urethra; right, a boy held in the right position for the performance of the cutting of a stone and various instruments for this operation. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.

Musical instruments mentioned in the psalms. 23-24-25 kinnor, 26-27-28-28-31 Nebel, 30 Nebel-Asor. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Ship-building: an anchor workshop (top), and tools (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

The larynx, trachea, thyroid gland and related parts of the throat: six figures and six lesser figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper and G. Bidloo, 1798.

Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), apparatus for investigating gases: from his Abhandlung von der Luft und dem Feur, 1777 (Chemical Observations and Experiments on Air and Fire). Scheele probably obtained what he called 'fire-air' (oxygen) in 1772, two years before Priestley. 1: Experiment in which hydrogen combines with oxygen in the air. 2: Burning candle in limited quantity of air. 3: Apparatus for collecting oxygen 4: Ox bladder for collecting gases, 5: Bee placed in inverted jar over basil of lime-water. As long as oxygen last: bee will live, and carbon dioxide will be absorbed by lime-water.

Plate 68. Surgical instruments used for lithotomy

Plate VI, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum, Julio Paschale, Woodcut on paper, Metal instruments for drawing spirals. Above, three screws with wide threads. An arm attached, which rides on them, inside, a pipe, center. Below, the sections joined. The arm moves on the screw inside the pipe. Two points, one on pipe, other on arm, touch paper. Description in latin on verso of 1949-152-203., Europe, 1582, Print, Print

Horology: Compensation Balance, pl. XXIX from 'A Cyclopaedia of Horology - Rees's Clocks Watches and Chronometers', Abraham Rees, 1743 - 1825, Engraving on paper, England, 1810-1842, Print, Print

Brodeur (Embroiderer), Section 18, Plate 1, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades), vol.19, Benoît-Louis Prévost, French, 1735-1804, Engraving on off-white laid paper, Drawing divided into two registers. In top register, a scene of two women weaving fabric in a room. On the left, a woman weaves at a loom and looks out at the viewer. The woman on the right sits at a table looking at fabric patterns. In the bottom register, depictions of tools and embroidery patterns labeled with figure numbers., France, 1763, embroidery & stitching, Print, Print

Optics: a micrometer, for range-finding ?, with diagrams of its operation. Engraving by Barlow.

Some of the finds from Heinrich Schliemann's excavations at the site of Ancient Troy at Hissarlik. These include hair-pins and an ivory arrowhead. Date: 1879

Instrument for operation of trepanning of the skull.

Pulleys for use in lifting marble. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.

Intra-uterine stem pessaries.

A mechanism to enable an armless person to write with a pen by operating a treadle with the foot. Engraving by G. Gladwin after R. Cocking, ca. 1820.

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Weaponry, print, prints, height 145 mm, width 78 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, wood engraving

Table with thirty-one microscopic objects. Engraving by J. Scott.

Process of refining of saltpetre and the instruments used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Plate showing cannon foundry: operation of drying the molds and plan of the gutter. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Fonte des Canons (Cannon Foundry).

Writing materials and implements, ancient and modern. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Writing materials

Diagrams for setting-out sundials. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Image of an arrow on the Retina, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1679 print Numbered at the top right: 15. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing .

Print at the top right numbered: p. 34.

Pneumatics: flasks for the artificial production of Pyrmont water, thermometers by James Kewley and John Leslie, wind gauges by James Lind, Martin and Pierre Bouguer, and an echo device, the Whispering Place. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1816.

Petrus (Pieter) van Musschenbroek (Leiden, 1692-Leiden, 1761). Médico y físico neerlandés. Ensayo de Física. Con una descripción de nuevos tipos de máquinas neumáticas. Tomo II. Lámina con dibujos referentes al sonido y su propagación. Obra traducida del holandés al francés por Pierre Massuet. Obra editada en Leiden, Paises Bajos, 1739. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

The lungs, trachea (windpipe) and thyroid. Engraving, 1686.

Diagrams showing Jablochkoff's candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk. During travels in France in 1876 he developed his electric 'candle', the first lamp to be used in large quantities. The carbons stood upright, parallel to each other which meant the candle did not require complex regulating mechanisms, but its main importance was that it brought electric light to the public att

Rope-making, showing weights and different ways of winding. Engraving by Prevost.

Various Retorts A-CC, Jan Luyken, 1683 print Print at the top right numbered: p. 34. Amsterdam paper etching laboratory (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research)

Left, Raw's grooved catheter and other specimen; right, a diseased male bladder. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.

Clocks: the mechanism of a pocket watch. Engraving by Porter after J. Farey.

Equipment for the game of real tennis. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.

Surgical instruments: amputating instruments designed by Paolo Assalini. Engraving by J.B. Taylor after C. Varley.

Chemistry: various implements. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Overshot and undershot waterwheels, 19th century, including examples designed by John Smeaton and Peter Nouaille. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1817.

Surgical equipment including spatula, eye probe, caustic case, probe, director, pocket tenaculum, male and female catheters, needles, forceps, lancets and scissors from the 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1810.

Watching eyeball from window and looking at Pijl, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1679 print Numbered at the top right: 73. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / letterpress printing .

Medicine, anatomy, surgery, surgical instruments around 1720, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Print at the top right labeled: p. 238.

An engraving depicting a rechargeable 'Sparklet' soda syphon. Dated 19th century

Hunting: traps and snares for catching ground-feeding birds. Coloured engraving.

Engineering: loading of iron beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.

Surgical equipment for a lithotomy: Mr. Earle's stone breaker, Mr. Charles Bell's staff, scoop, Mr. A. Burns' knife and staff, Mr. Hunter's knife, Mr. A. Cooper's knife, screw, Mr. Thomas Blizard's knife, and Frere Cosme's bistoire cache from the 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1812.

The skin, in microscopic view (figures 1-2), and muscles (figures 3-6). Engraving, 1686.

Lighting : lanterns, lamps and torches. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Lighting

Ancient Roman () bronze surgical instruments: twelve figures, including a speculum. Etching by A. Ottieri after V. Mollame, 18--

Optics: a telescopic microscope, and hand-lenses. Aquatint, 1787 by R. Laurie after Milne ?.

Dubroni camera invented in 1886 by engineer Fetter. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Surgical instruments. Engraving by G. Georgi, 1656.

A history of British fossil reptiles, London, Cassell & company limited, 1849-1884, Great Britain, paleontology, fossils, reptiles, fossil, fossil stories, The illustration features a series of anatomical drawings focused on various skeletal elements. Central to the image is a detailed depiction of the vertebrae, showcasing their distinct structures and features. Surrounding this central figure are several labeled figures, each highlighting specific parts of the anatomy, including facets, processes, and other defining characteristics of the bone structures. The arrangement suggests an educational purpose, likely aimed at enhancing understanding of skeletal morphology. Each part is meticulously illustrated to convey the complexity and intricacy of the anatomy.

Pneumatics: page to a partwork on science, with pictures of scientific equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.

Surgery: surgical instruments. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.

Engineering: a drill for boring wooden pipes (above), and a casting bench for iron pipes (below). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1825.

Weapons of the African tribe of the Vouanyamouezi, travel and exploration by Henry Morton Stanley, expedition how I found Livingstone in Central Afric

Chemistry: burning glasses, and various vessels for distillation. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Print at the top right labeled: fol. 472.

Plate VI. Illustrations. 1823 - 1824. General Research Division

Engraving: Instruments for use in anatomical dissection.

Surgical instruments. Drawing with watercolour.

J.F. Reybard: catheters

Cruel and imperfect breast amputation 1, surgical tongs 2, mastectomy razor 3, mastectomy scalpel 4, breast clamp 5, clamp in use 6 and hernia bandage 7.. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.

The nerve of the traveler in Bade

Plate VI. Various instruments and techniques used in surgery. Illustration of seton, moxa, acupuntcture needles, sutures, and cauteries.

Clocks: mechanism of a pocket watch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1810.

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