19th Century Communication Technology

Engravings showcasing early telecommunication methods, including telegraphs and lathes, depicting historical developments in technology.

Christian Oersted, at the university of Copenhagen, discovers the deviation of a compass needle when subjected to an enclosed electric current Date: 1820

A punkah type of large fan operated by pedals. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

URBAIN-JEAN-JOSEPH LE VERRIER French astronomer working by lamplight in his study Date: 1811 - 1877

Man with a Camera lucida by the Physicist William Hyde Wollaston, a Drawing Instrument, in 1860, Historic, Digitally Restored Reproduction of an Original 19th century Artwork

Portrait of Cornelis Winkler, Jan Veth, 1894 print The portrayed look through a microscope. Netherlands paper historical persons

Robert Louis Stevenson 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' first published 1886. Mr Hyde on his visit to Dr Lanyon eagerly mixes the chemicals Dr Jekyll has sent there, drinks down the mixture. Illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan from an edition published 1928.

Illustration showing Gilding buttons: Birmingham, England 1866. Buttons brushed with a solution of nitrate of mercury and a gold amalgam paste are placed in a cylindrical wire gauze cage fitted with a long handle. The cage is rotated in the furnace and the mercury is vaporised and the gold amalgam adheres to the button.

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, American inventor, 1890, historical illustration, England

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist, left, and John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. Among his inventions were the Daniell cell, a wet storage battery, and a hygrometer. Engraving.

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

Late 19th century portable darkroom. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

An engraving depicting the process of splitting a diamond. Dated 19th century

Sir William Herschel and Caroline Herschel. Colour lithograph by A. Diethe, ca. 1896.

Illustration showing Making 'dips' for candles. from Louis Figuier Les Merveilles de la Science, Paris, circa 1870

Autopsy of a fisherman's brain, illustration by Grandville from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 521, Volume XXI, February 19, 1853.

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone. vibrations of the diaphragm of the transmitter caused light pulses to fall on a light sensitive selenium cell. Dated 1891

The Apothecary using pestle and mortar to prepare drugs, 1823. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1823). Hand-coloured woodcut.

Piskike; The Doctertje. A doctor is at work behind a table on which books, including a botanical work. He holds a urinal against the light. Behind him a room screen on which a printed stick (map).

Thomas, Henry Huxley (1825-1895) aged 64. British biologist, supporter of Darwin and evolution, at his desk. Engraving.

science lab electrochemical laboratory of the University of Technology Munich late 19th century,

A chemist in a gown and skull cap, pouring fluid from a bottle. Chalk drawing.

Physicists Pierre and Marie in their Paris laboratory, 1904, shortly after they were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for their study of radioactivity. From LE PETIT PARISIEN, January 1904.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL American inventor and educator inaugurates the New York- Chicago telephone on October 18th 1892 Date: 1847 - 1922

Illustration showing Joining straw plains into long lengths for use in the Luton hat, trade 1878

An engraving depicting a sprinkler for use on houseplants. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a young woman making pillow lace. The light of the candle is condensed by passing it through a glass globe filled with water. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing Luigi Galvani (1737-98), investigating the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity. Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity.

Richard Owen (1804-1892) British naturalist, at the age of 52. Coined term 'Dinosaur' (1841), From The Strand Magazine, London, 1891, Engraving

Vinolia Soap Company's London laboratory where raw materials and essential oils were tested. Illustration c1905.

An astronomer of the year 2000 Date: 1899

An astronomer at work, using a futuristic machine that will display the stars and planets on a table top. Date: 1899

"Cartoon depicting a biological engineer in his laboratory

A chemist creates a new form of gunpowder - incombustible; representing a futile new invention. Coloure lithograph by J.-B.-D. Bourdel, 1835.

Fanciful Illustration of a Bicycle Voyage to the Moon

Illustration showing Burnishing an electroplated silver teapot: Elkington's works, Birmingham 1844

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor, with early hand-driven model of his phonograph. Engraving published 1878

Louis Pasteur, standing, holding eyeglasses, with chemical apparatus and books. Chromolithograph.

Illustration depicting a boxer training with a speed ball, which is suspended by ropes from the floor and celling. Dated 19th century

JULES VERNE French science fiction writer Date: 1828 - 1905

Machine for making bobbin net - Nottingham, England. Engraving, London, 1855.

Calendar, The Antikamnia Calendar, January and February, 1897: The Diagnosis; L Crusius; Lithographer: G. H. Buek & Co. (United States); Made for The Antikamnia Chemical Co. (United States); chromolithograph on paper with string binding; 1968-106-4-1

Historical illustration from the 19th century, depiction of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in his study, 1770 - 1831, a German philosopher of German Idealism

An improvised hookah which, according to the medical journal ''The Lancet'', made smoking less harmful than cigarettes and pipes. Cartoon from ''Punch'', London, 1857.

UJJ Leverrier, French astronomer calculating the position of the planet Neptune in 1846 (1881). Artist: Unknown

A chemist gives a demonstration involving arsenic to an audience. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier, 1841.

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician. 'Newton Investigating Light'. Engraving after picture by J A Houston published c1879.

An engraving depicting the Long Office at the Railway Clearing House. This organisation was set up to make it possible for passengers and freight which was transported by many different railway companies for a single payment. The Railway Clearing House paid each company for the proportion of the journey made on its particular line. Dated 19th century

The spiker / 1 (title registered (letter)) | Natural History. (Title of all)

Painter, Artist, Young Greek Woman Painting a Vase, Historical, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Artwork

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Mask spraying paint. undated

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923). German physicist. Discovered Rontgen rays or X-ray (1895). In 1901 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Rontgen exploring a child with X-ray device by 1900. Colored engraving.

F. Gesellius, Die transfusion des blutes, blood transfusion

Vertical telescope level. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) British chemist and physicist c1845. Engraving

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851-1922, British, Vanity Fair - Doctors and Scientists. 'Chemistry'. Sir William Ramsay. 2 December 1908, 1908. Chromolithograph.

Artificial production of a halo. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

In the kitchen, early 20th century watercolour

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) - English scientist - contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His discoveries included the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Date: circa 1810

Collection of ancient utensils of chemistry and alchemy at the Germanic National Museum of Nuremberg, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Engraving depicting a portable reading lamp for railway and other travellers. An incandescent bulb was placed in front of a highly polished parabolic reflector and was powered by four accumulator cells contained in a wooden box.

Thomas Alva Edison, 1890, by Abraham Archibald Anderson, oil on canvas. Edison is in his laboratory with his early gramophone (BSLOC_2019_8_134)

The Morse telegraphic apparatus was officially adopted as the standard for European telegraphy in 1851

Sir William Ramsay. Coloured photogravure by Sir L. Ward Spy, 1908.

Ernst Haeckel, German zoologist and evolutionist, in the Canaries, 1867. Artist: Unknown

Squat, an illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, an encyclopedia from 1897

X-ray being taken of a boys shoulder. Title page of Les dernieres merveilles de la science (The Latest Marvels of Science), Paris, c1895. Electricity Battery Acid Ruhmkorff Coil Medicine Diagnosis

'An Investigation, Doctor Samarro in His Laboratory', 1901, Oil on canvas, 122 S 151 cm. Author: JOAQUIN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA. Location: MUSEO SOROLLA. MADRID. SPAIN. SIMARRO DOCTOR.

MARIE CURIE in her laboratory. Date: 1867-1934

La Pièce échappée, p. 89, 1890. Publisher, Librairie Larousse, Paris. 16th. Focuses on magic tricks

Louis Pasteur by Robert Thom

'Interior of the Geological Museum, Jermyn Street', 1904. Artist: Unknown.

X-raying the hand. Card published 1924. Chromolithograph.

Laboratory 1st floor, Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories. 19th C

Investigating the electrical activity of the brain. From 'Le Petit Inventeur', Paris, 1926.

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919) British physicist. Nobel Prize for Physics 1904. Discovered the element Argon, one of the noble (inert) gases. Cartoon from 'Vanity Fair', London, December 1899, showing him lecturing.

A brain picture- Ray of light from music to the eye, vintage engraved illustration.

A brain picture- Ray of light from music to the eye, vintage eng A brain picture- Ray of light from music to the eye, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656459

Wonders of Radio, Electronics - Radio & Wireless

Mason's extract or essence of herbs for the immediate production of botanic beer. , People, Beverages, 19th Century American Trade Cards

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