Historical Engineering Designs

Detailed illustrations of historical engineering and medical instruments, showcasing innovative designs from past centuries.

Perspective instruments, 19th century illustration

Engineering: a steam engine. Lithograph, 1852.

Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.

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

Types of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content by Anderson 8, Dr. Robert Hooke 9,10, Dr. Hale 11, James Ferguson 12,13, and Bradford's hydrostatical instrument for weighing coin and checking weight and purity 1-3. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1819.

Chemistry: various blowpipes. Engraving by J. Moffat after J. Farey.

A dendrometer, , and. Engraving by G. Daws.

Ancient guns from Valturinns, Uffano 1-7, fanciful elbow-piece mortar 3, bombard 8, bombs 9,10, and perrier stone-thrower chambers 11,12. Copperplate engraving from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812.

Knoblauch Eduard (1801-1865), the new hospital d. Jewish community in Berlin, ed. C. H. Esse, Berlin 1861 (1861-1861): Views, cross-sections, large and small steam pump. Lithograph on paper, 43.4 x 30.4 cm (including scan edges)

Perspective instruments, 19th century illustration

Glass: a wire-drawing machine for making lead cames. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.

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

Clocks: various types of clock mechanism. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

A woodcut engraving depicting feed pipes for fountains. Dated 18th century

Drawing. "Mechanical alphabet". From Carl Johan Cronstedts collection.

Coinage: machinery used in the Royal Mint. Engraving.

Types of fire engine. Etching by Mutlow, 1809.

Clocks: a repeater clock mechanism, exploded view. Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.

Pneumatics: marine barometer, Mr Caswell's and John Rowning's barometers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1803.

Mill for grinding colour paints. 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.

Advertisement for 'Double Microscope' 1764.

Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.

Butler, passingr.; Encyclopedia of Diderot and Alembert 1751-1772. OVER HET MAKEN VAN KNOPEN IN PASSEMENT: Draaiien OM GARENS Draaian. ITU encyclopedia or dictionary of science, arts and trades Door Denis Diderot in John the Rond of Alembert, Parijs, 1751-1772.

N.N., technical systems, dental and water wheels (approx. 1800): various technical representations. Pressure on paper, 49.4 x 40.7 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Technische Systeme, Zahn- und Wasserräder

Types of hydraulics systems and pumps: Persian wheel or sakia, Tantalus' or Pythagorean cup, Ctesibius's ancient pump, and sucking, forcing, lifting and chain pumps. 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.

Antonio Baratta after A J de Fehrt, Gravure en Maniere Noire pl VII, 1771 1779 Gravure en Maniere Noire: pl. VII

Engineering: a lock, showing the key, and a loom, with shuttle. Engraving by Porter after J. Farey, junior.

Mechanical Elements.

$Surgical appliance for the treatment of a fractured and dislocated knee: 25 figures. Engraving by W. Kelsall after J. Clement.$

Pneumatics: barometer, section, elevation, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1816.

Etching, "Balotter" Machine, from Encyclopédie. Robert Bénard (French, 18th century); published by André le Breton (French, 1708-1779), Michel-Antoine David (French, c. 1707-1769), Laurent Durand (French, 1712-1763), and Antoine-Claude Briasson (French, 1700-1775). Date: 1762-1777. Dimensions: 320 × 208 mm (image); 355 × 225 mm (plate); 390 × 255 mm (sheet). Engraving on cream laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Micrographia, or Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, London, Printed by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, 1665, microscopy, natural history, pre-Linnean works, 64, The illustration depicts an array of scientific instruments and apparatuses, meticulously labeled for clarity. At the top left, a circular device featuring a measuring scale and a pointer, likely used for angle measurements, is highlighted as 'Fig. 1.' Adjacent to it, 'Fig. 2' showcases a sophisticated arm structure that appears to facilitate precision in positioning. Below these, a slender pointed tool, labeled as 'Fig. 3,' suggests its use for fine measurements or delicate tasks. Further down, the illustration features a detailed representation of a more complex instrument resembling a balance or scale, identified as 'Fig. 4.' This device, with its elegantly curved design and intricate detailing, is complemented

Grand miroir de réflexion, appelé MIROIR D'ARHIMÈDE. Fig. 1-11.. Cuvier, Frederic (1773-1838). Prints, Illustrations. 1829 - 1832. General Research Division. Natural history

Plate showing women spinning thread and spinning wheels and reels. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Fil (Thread).

Techniques of firework making in 18th century France : various types of whirling and spinning devices Date: 1747

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

Johannes Sucltetus, Armamentarium chirurgic

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.

Hebrew musical instruments, 19th century illustration

Gravure à l'Eau Forte, Machine à Balotter: pl. VI. Dated: 1771/1779. Dimensions: plate: 35.3 x 22.3 cm (13 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.) sheet: 40.2 x 26.3 cm (15 13/16 x 10 3/8 in.). Medium: engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: French 18th Century after Robert Benard.

Oil lamps, including the hydro-pneumatic lamp designed by R. W. King, Barton's oil lamp, and John Porter's automaton lamp. 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, 1817.

N.N., technical systems, dental and water wheels (approx. 1800): various technical representations. Pressure on paper, 40.2 x 48.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Technische Systeme, Zahn- und Wasserräder

Butler, mold maker; Encyclopedia of Diderot and Alembert 1751-1772. Over Het Maken van Knopen: 7 Pagina's in 6 boards. ITU encyclopedia or dictionary of science, arts and trades Door Denis Diderot in John the Rond of Alembert, Parijs, 1751-1772.

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Oil production machinery, produced by Bale & Edwards, Milan-Naples, Italy: 5 hydraulic press; 7-13 cage with draining levels; 14-16 pincer for olives; 17-19 grinder; 20-21 second grinder, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1894.

Carpentry: an automatic lathe in plan and elevations, with examples of finished turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau after Gallet.

Buttonnier, mold maker, prevost, 1751 - 1772 print Over Het Maken Van Knopen: 7 Pagina's in 6 plates. Uit encyclopedia or reasoned dictionary of sciences, arts and trades Door Denis Diderot in Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Parijs, 1751-1772. paper engraving / letterpress printing fashion plates. button

Physics instruments and models. Display of instruments and models for physical examination, with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. II.6me Leçon. Pl. 1.

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

Mechanics: Atwood's machine with pulleys and calibrated dials, for measuring force. Engraving, after 1861.

Manufacture of soap: (above) men are using long implements to work at the contents of a vat; (below) instruments. Engraving by Benard after Radel.

Plans and views of magnetic compasses, including the dipping needle built by Dr. John Lorimer (1732-1795), surgeon, mathematician, politician and cartographer. 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, 1808.

Conjurers' tricks and equipment. Engraving by Andrew Bell.

N.N., waterworks, Bremen. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V.F. Endell, Jg. 26, 1876.) (1876-1876): Details. Stitch on paper, 45.4 x 29.7 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Wasserwerk, Bremen. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. F. Endell, Jg. 26, 1876)

Textiles: a trammeling mechanism for threads. Engraving by W. Kelsall after C. Varley.

Water clocks or clepsydrae, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

Surgical instruments: syringes. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.

Plate showing the fabrication of music instruments, workshop and tools. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Lutherie (Music Instruments Making).

Pyrotechny: various fireworks. Engraving by A. Bell.

Mathematics: details of a dividing engine for making mathematical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.

Physical Instruments, Nicolaas van Frankendaal, 1759 print Display of instruments for physical research, with numbers and letters. Print in the middle of it marked: Tom. II.8me Leçon. Pl. 2. Amsterdam paper etching physics (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research)

Plate showing wood engraving and tools. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Gravure en Bois (Wood Engraving).

Mr. Dixon's machine for boring cylinders at the Falcon Iron Foundry. 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, 1818.

Surgical instruments. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.

John Smeaton's water pressure engine, elevations and sections of valve, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1812.

Various musical instruments by Michael Praetorius from Syntagma Musicum, woodcut, 161420

Ancient artillery. Scorpion, an ancient machine for firing darts. From William Newtons Designs for Vitruvius, engraved by N.C. Goodnight. After a 19th century print.

Gottgetreu Moritz Wilhelm (1813-1885), Fontainebau in Sanssouci, Potsdam. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 2, 1852): Views, cuts, details. Lithograph on paper, 42.8 x 27.6 cm (including scan edges)

Experiment designed to measure the force of a falling body according to Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation. Dated 18th Century

Electricity: seventeen figures showing apparatus related to galvanism, electro-magnetism, magneto-electricity and thermo-electricity. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, 1825/1840

Studies in the behaviour of sound: Enhancement using a speaking trumpet, top, vibration of a tuning fork, bell in a vacuum. Engraving from ''Mathematica Elements of Natural Philosophy'' by J.T. Desaguliers, London, 1747.

Scientific equipment. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Scientific equipment

Textiles: spinning machines and parts of a cotton plant. Engraving by D.Lizars.

Optics: three kinds of microscope. Aquatint by R. Laurie, 1787, after Milne.

Electrical equipment, 18th century. Medical machine for electrifying the teeth, thunder house, torpedo, brush, and connecting frame of the Teylerian battery. 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.

Electricity: electrical equipment, batteries, etc., and frogs' legs. Engraving, 18--, by Cooper.

Engraving depicting James Dewar's vacuum flasks - (top) old flasks for manipulating liquid gases - (bottom) his new vacuum flasks. Sir James Dewar (1842-1923) a Scottish chemist and physicist. Dated 20th Century

A drawing of a train rod compound by Adolf Loos from his school days, executed on sign paper with ink on 25 May 1886.

Printing: a three-quarter view of a press, with a composing stick beneath. Engraving, 1813.

Folding Bed. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 26.4 x 35.6 cm (10 3/8 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 1/8"=1". Medium: pen and ink and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward Jewett.

Surgical instruments and a patient having her breast measured. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.

Physics instruments. Display of instruments and models for physical examination, with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. I.4ME Leçon. Pl. 5.

Various unlabelled items of brewing apparatus in horizontal and vertical section. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

Forceps invented by Helvetius for the examination and amputation of cancerous breasts. Engraving with etching by R. Parr.

Microscopes and microscopical objects, 1750. I: Wilson's pocket microscope. II: Scroll microscope. III: Tripod microscope - improved form of Marshall's double microscope. IV: Ascough's compound microscope. Figs 23/30: Representations of animalcules discovered by microscope in samples of ditch water and described in Royal Society 'Philosophical Transactions' No 283. From 'The Universal Magazine', (London, 1750).

Autre miroir de réflexion. Fig. 1-11.. Cuvier, Frederic (1773-1838). Prints, Illustrations. 1829 - 1832. General Research Division. Natural history

Elementos de Matematica (Elements of Mathematics), by the Spanish architect and mathematician of The Enlightenment Benito Bails (1730-1797). Figures with different calculations. Volume VI, which is about elements of optics. Published in Madrid, 1781.

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

Surgical instruments used in Chinese medicine. Lithograph.

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

Surgical instruments. Engraving by E. Mitchell.

Clocks: a chronometer, face (top) and mechanism (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Textiles: equipment for spinning silk. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Coinage: elevations of a roller. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

John Bramah's banknote printing press for printing sequential serial numbers, 1806. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1812.

Chalkboard (attachment to the treatise) with 8 illustrations

Textiles: a silk-spinning frame. Engraving.

Folio f 8r. 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). PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS, CINEMATICS, DYNAMICS. Museum: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA, MADRID. Author: LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Surgical instruments for operations on polypes. Engraving by Mutlow.

Engraving depicting a mercury thermometer and linked apparatus. Dated 19th Century

Hydraulics: a lever-operated pump. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.

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