Historical Scientific Instruments

Engravings depicting various historical scientific tools and instruments used in surgery, chemistry, and textile production. Classic craftsmanship visible.

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

Tools and equipment for the game of real tennis. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.

Elevations of a furnace used in silver manufacture with various implements of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Textiles: spinning wheel with various components used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Surgery: surgical instruments, including a catheter, a curved chisel, a curette, needles and a bistoury. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after Louis-Jacques Goussier .

Elevations and sections through an industrial still. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1802.

Components of a rolling mill for lead. Etching by R. Bénard after L.-J. Goussier.

French 18th Century after Robert Benard and Louis Jacques Goussier, Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Devéloppement de la Presse pl II, 1771 1779 Imprimerie en Taille Douce, Devéloppement de la Presse: pl. II

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

Wood engravers at work (top), and the tools used (below). Engraving by Defehrt after Lucotte.

Architecture: details of a windmill mechanism and a sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte?.

A apparatus used in the bottling of wine and machines used in shoe manufacture. Engraving by E. Kennien after C. Varley.

Elementos de Matematica' (Elements of Mathematics), by the Spanish architect and mathematician Benito Bails (1730-1797). Engravig with depiction of different tools and utensils used for the work. Volume IX, 2nd part, which treats the civil architecture. Published in Madrid, 1790.

Coinage: with various components of a coin press. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Marbreur de Papier, pl. I from 'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers', Engraving on paper, France, 1771, Print, Print

Surgical instruments, including an artery bandage, an accoustic tube and a bedstead. Engraving by Campbell.

Ship-building: various types of ship, and timbers of a hull. Engraving by J. Taylor.

French 18th Century after Robert Benard, Gravure à l'Eau Forte, Machine à Balotter pl VI, 1771 1779 Gravure à l'Eau Forte, Machine à Balotter: pl. VI

Electrical experiments, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1812.

Transit instruments for moving telescopes and other astronomical instruments. 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, 1820.

Bone saw 1, pincers 2,3, scissors 4, lead mallet 5 and hook for childbirth 6. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.

Iron bell casting, 1751-1777. Artist: Unknown

Pneumatics: an air-rifle and a kind of spirit lamp ?. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1802.

Antonio Baratta after A J de Fehrt and J R Lucotte, Gravure en Bois, Outils pl I, 1771 1779 Gravure en Bois, Outils: pl. I

Mechanical drills and drilling machines. 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.

Hydraulics: various designs for pumps. Engraving by A. Bell.

Ancient altars, ark of the covenant, Chinese musical instrument Ching and King, John Napier's calculating bones, and ancient arithmetical characters. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

Horizontal and vertical sections through a porter brewery mash tun, and its constituent parts. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

Engineering: two wells, with a pump for irrigating fields. Engraving, post 1861.

Surgical instruments and cross-sections of diseased bones. Engraving with etching.

Apparatus used in the making of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Engraving depicting apparatus used to take and develop daguerreotype photographs invented by Louis Daguerre. Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) a French artist, inventor and photographer. Dated 19th Century

Physics instruments. Display of physics research instruments, with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. II.7me Leçon. Pl. 7.

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Mechanical Powers, 19th century illustration

Nautical engineering: Captain William Bolton's machine for drawing bolts, Mr Phillips' tubes for driving bolts, bits, ring rope, application of the messenger and nippers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1816.

Mechanics: forces and dynamics, pulleys. Engraving by A. Bell.

Plan and elevation of a sugar mill, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1816.

Clocks: composite pendulum, side and front view with details. Engraving by Mutlow.

Surgical instruments. Engraving by Andrew Bell.

Henry Maudslay's revolutionary screw-cutting lathe, 1800. 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, 1815.

The racquets used to play the game are depicted below a match in progress. Date: 1771

Pneumatics of air pumps and experiments on air. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

Apparatus used in the processing of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Navigation: several quadrants and a sextant. Engraving.

Pumps and siphons, 19th century illustration

Engraving depicting instruments for measuring sound waves within water and pressurised air. Dated 18th Century

Eight views of redeeming a baby, Anonymous, 1700 - 1799 print Eight different views of the way babies can be released. The views are equipped with letters. At the bottom another ninth view with medical instruments intended for redemption. Numbered at the top right: pl. 4. paper etching woman giving birth (lying-in)

Surgical instruments, including lithotomy forceps and Mr. Brockedon's apparatus for weak knee joints. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.

Folio f 46v. Codex Madrid I (Ms. 8937) "Treaty of statics and mechanics", 192 folios with 384 pages. Internal format: 215 x 145 mm. APPLIED MECHANICS (COMPONENTS). APPLIED MECHANICS (MACHINES AND WITS). Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Agriculture: a plough and other implements. Engraving by A. Bell.

Textiles: section and plan of a bobbin used in the making of gold thread. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

PRENT Left and at the top right labeled: fol. 12 - fig 1.

Surgery: above, a skull being trepanned; below, various instruments used in trepanation. Engraving with etching by B.L. Prevost after Louis-Jacques Goussier.

Seal Engraving, from Encyclopédie 1762-1777 France. Engraving on cream laid paper . Benoît-Louis Prévost

Illustration to medical (the tools and seats); Mizutowicz, Tadeusz (1778-1826); 1808 (1808-00-00-1808-00-00);

Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by Mutlow.

Clocks: a watch mechanism and main spring. Engraving by Mutlow after Blunt.

Coinage: (a) furnace (b) with various tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

$Surgical equipment including a machine for complex bone fractures 3-9, and machine for a dislocated arm 10,11. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.$

Elementos de Matematica (Elements of Mathematics), by the Spanish architect and mathematician of The Enlightenment Benito Bails (1730-1797). Dynamics calculations. Volume IV, which is about elements of dynamics. Published in Madrid, 1780.

Instruments used in the processing of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Sections and elevations of balling furnace and finery used in iron manufacture, along with tools and pump. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1810.

A collection of telescopes and other optical instruments. Engraving.

Physics instruments. Display of physics research instruments, with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. II.7me Leçon. Pl. 3.

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

Fig. XXC. Stilbomylos. Stibomylos.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Waterwheels, Pulleys

Pyrotechnics: elevations of machinery with details of various components used in the making of fireworks. Engraving by A. Bell.

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Surgery: surgical instruments for the amputation of limbs, including an amputation saw, bone nippers and cartilege forceps. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.

Hydraulics: pumps and water-wheels. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie after himself, 1850.

Apiculture: an advertising flyer for a patent beehive. Engraving after Knight & Thompson.

Surgical instruments, including bellows for inflating the lungs. Engraving by Andrew Bell.

Artillery - gun carriage of the early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

apparatus used in his experiments on the analysis of air. Fig. 33: Measuring air produced by distillation or fusion. From his 'Vegetable Satiks', 1727.

Rome, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, Le Antichità Romane, Archaeological finds in and around Rome, Tomb on the Via Tiburtina, verso - stamped, Plan and schematic representation of a tomb at the Ponte Lucano on the Via Tiburtina (the road between Rome and Tivoli). Numbered top left: Tom. II. Numbered top right: XXXVIII. Explanatory list with letters in the bottom margin., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 350 mm, width 238 mm, Italian, 1720-10-04 - 1778-11-09, print maker, printmaker, 1756 - 1757, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design by

Three inventions: a torsion-bar for measuring forces, a drill-bit, and a lens. Engraving by Mutlow, c. 1812, after J. Farey.

Electro-magnetic electricity: fifteen figures of apparatus. Engraving by R. Scott, 1825/1840

Fig. LII. Tribomylos.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Millstones, Flour & meal industry

Physics instruments and models. Display of instruments and models for physical examination, with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. II.7me Leçon. Pl. 2.

The components of a camera obscura. Engraving by Defehrt after Goussier.

Physics instruments. Display of physics research instruments, with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. I.3me Leçon. Pl. 2.

File cutting equipment and various filters. 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, 1813.

Chemistry: blowpipes and associated tools. Engraving by A. Bell.

Rariora musei, Besleriani, quae olim, Basilius, et Michael, Rupertus Besleri, collegerunt, Nuremberg, s.n, Anno O.R. 1716, natural history, prelinnean works, The image features a detailed illustration of various chemical laboratory instruments, each labeled with their respective names in a scientific context. At the top left, a round-bottom flask and a separating funnel are depicted, showcasing basic apparatus for mixing and separating liquids. The top right includes a distillation setup, illustrating the process of obtaining pure substances from mixtures. The lower section displays additional instruments including a retort for distillation and a manometer for measuring pressure, all outlined with intricate designs. This collection highlights the essential tools used in early chemistry experiments, emphasizing their shapes and functions in scientific exploration.

Textiles: details of a loom used for ribbon weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after J.-M. Lucotte.

18th century Obstetric instruments illustrated in 'A sett of anatomical tables, with explanations, and an abridgment, of the practice of midwifery'. (London: 1754). By William Smellie (1697 ñ 1763) a Scottish obstetrician

Die Versteinerungen des rheinischen Schichtensystems in Nassau, Wiesbaden, Kreidel & Niedner, 1850-1856. geology, Germany, Hesse, Nassau Province, paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, This illustration features a variety of geometric shapes and forms, primarily focused on tapered and cylindrical objects. The arrangement showcases various dimensions and textures, including solid cones, elongated cylinders, and uniquely shaped conical figures. Each item is labeled with a description in both a scientific and possibly an educational context. The overall composition emphasizes precision and analysis, hinting at applications in fields such as geometry, engineering, or material science. The careful delineation of lines and shading suggests a study of perspective and volume, making it a valuable resource for understanding three-dimensional objects.

Pigments: a water-powered multiple pestle mill for crushing madder plants. Engraving.

Planetarium, Nicolaas van Frankendaal, 1759 print Display of a planetarium and various models for research of the solar system, equipped with numbers, letters and characters. Print in the middle of it marked: Tom. Vi. XVIII. Leçon. Pl. 1. Amsterdam paper etching planets; planetary system, solar system

Navigation: a sextant, and detail of the cursor. Engraving, 1768.

Textiles: ribbon making, ribbon being wound on to a frame (top), and details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.

Glass: weighing equipment (above), inside a plate glass factory (below). Engraving by A. Bell.

Fig. CIIX. Hydrotechnema, cum utribus. Hydrotechnema, per situlas.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Oxen, Water pumps, Troughs

An engraving depicting pavement traders in the Hounsditch district of London offering a few pathetic oddments for sale. Dated 19th century

Textiles: tapestry dyeing, three workmen in a drying room (top), equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Plate showing a sculpture workshop and tools. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Sculpture.

Hydraulics: various designs for pumps. Engraving by A. Bell.

An 1886 ink drawing on sign paper by Adolf Loos from his school days showing a transmission study dated July 12, illustrating technical and geometric exercises.

Optics: glass tubes (right) and Leeuwenhoek's first microscope (left) Photograph.

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