Historical Engineering Methods

Engravings depicting historical machinery and engineering processes, showcasing paper marbling, waterwheels, and steam engines from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Fig. CXLVII. Pneusticum oragnum, cum pondere., 1662, Coloniæ Agrippinæ, Publisher, Sumptibus Pauli Principis, Technempolæi Noribergici, Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Bellows, Water pumps, Gearing, Engravings

Plate showing paper marbling process and tools. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Marbreur de Papier (Paper Marbler).

Fig. CXLVII. Pneusticum oragnum, cum pondere., 1662, Coloniæ Agrippinæ, Publisher, Sumptibus Pauli Principis, Technempolæi Noribergici, Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Bellows, Water pumps, Gearing, Engravings

Fig. LXIX. Nitromylos.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Waterwheels, Stamping mills

Engineering: a Newcomen steam-engine. Engraving, 174-.

Tables with various components used in the making of parchments. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Fig 1: Illustration showing Parabolic trajectory and trajectory board with adjusting screws (C,D) and a plumb bob (A,b). Marble balls were released from top and their path tracked on the board. Fig 2: Parabolic trajectories of liquids.Fig 3: Descartes's globe apparatus for investigating gravity.Fig 4: Bulfinger's apparatus for the same purpose. From Sigaud de la Fond Cabinet de Physique Experimental. 1775

Glass: three views inside a plate glass factory. Engraving by A. Bell.

Chemistry: a balance (top), distillation (centre), and casting (below). Engraving by le Canu after L.J. Goussier ?.

Sections of a furnace used in the processing of brass. Engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey.

English 19th century, illustration of a cheese press. 1832

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

Fig. XXXV. Aconimylos. Acuens & lavigans.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Pulleys, Wheels

A woodblock engraving depicting a first-rate ship of the line carrying sail. Dated 18th century

Plate showing bookbinder workshop and tools. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Relieur (Bookbinder).

Nine diagrams of machinery for abstracting water. Engraving.

Clocks: the mechanism of an alarm clock. Engraving after J. Farey.

The interior of a painter's studio with a diagram of a mahlstick, paintbrushes and palettes beneath. Engraving by R. Bénard after B.L. Prevost.

Coinage: (a) elevation of a furnace (b) cross-section. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Display of different connections A-Z, Jan Luyken, 1691 print Print at the top right marked: p. 237. Amsterdam paper etching dressing, bandage

Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms. Engraving by G. Daws.

LA ENCICLOPEDIA DE DIDEROT Y D ALEMBERT 1751 GRABADO-FABRICA DE PAPEL. LA SALA. Author: ROBERT BENARD (1731-1777). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

astronomy measuring instruments set of experiments for sun studies by Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687) colour engraving late 17th century private collection,

Plate showing the casting of printing type. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Fonderie en Caracteres (Casting of printing types).

Silk spinning; Wool: fibers, cashmere goat, combing machine.. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Silk industry, Wool industry, Wool, Goats

Fig. CXXXII. Haustrum per capsulas, & antlitrochon. Additional, Haustrum, per capsulas, annexo trochantlico., 1662., Coloniæ Agrippinæ. Publisher, Sumptibus Pauli Principis, Technempolæi Noribergici. Depicts mechanical engineering and machinery related to mills and mill-work, including waterwheels and gearing, illustrated through engravings

Engineering: hydrostatics, illustrations of pressure gradients. Engraving.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Ground plan for a fortress, fort or reinforcement (pentagon), twice subscribed: in a nutshell perspective and from above. Below a mathematical figure. In the top right of the number 58 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Pottery: a large kiln, shown in elevations and sections. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.

Ship-building: a centrifugal bilge-pump. Engraving by R. Erskine after himself, 1765.

Chemistry: various furnaces. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.

Old recording hygrometer by Albert Nodon. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Double suction pump for the hose fire pump, Jan van der Heyden, 1685 - 1690, Instruction on the correct use of the double suction pumps at the hose fire pumps. Design for the supplementary prints to the fire hose book by Jan van der Heyden, 1690., draughtsman: Jan van der Heyden, Northern Netherlands, 1685 - 1690, paper, brush, pen, h 118 mm × w 158 mm

Textiles: weaving of cotton (top), the side elevation of a loom (below). Engraving.

Fig. XIIX. Pateomylos.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Mules, Wheels, Flour & meal industry, Gearing

Pharmaceutical laboratory. Picture of the 'EnciclopŽdie' (1751). Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Surgical instruments. Engraving with etching.

Machinery used in the cooling and processing of copper. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Parts of the construction of a farm wagon, Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770 - 1825 drawing paper. watercolor (paint) brush (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart. (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart

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

An engraving depicting a secondary battery. Two lead plates insulated by rubber were rolled up and secured with an ebonite cross, which was put in a glass containing diluted sulphuric acid. Dated 19th century

Arab agricultural tools; Leroux, Louis (fl. Ca 1829-1847), Rifaud, Jean-Jacques (1786-1852); 1830 (1830-00-00-1830-00-00);

Visual field of a man at a table, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1679 print Numbered at the top right: 23. print maker: Francepublisher: Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing .

Plate showing a dressmaking workshop and clothes patterns. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Marchand de Mode (Fashion seller).

Plate showing falconry. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Chasses (Hunting).

Surgical instruments. Etching, 17--

Different uses given to the cane to make instruments. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

Antwerp, Plantin, Christoffel, Maes, Joseph, Leuven, Boucherie, XVIIe Siècle, Communion bench in the St. James' Church in Leuven, recto - stamped, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, Banc de communion, recto - printed, LITT. B. - PL. 15, JJvY, height 336 mm, width 227 mm, photographer, 1875 - 1880, paper, papier, collotype, photolithography, fotolithografie, Belgian, 1838 - 1908, clichémaker, Work conception, 1514 - 1589-07-01

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

Ancient History. The catapult. Siege machine used to throw objects from a distance as projectiles. Engraving by Capuz. Historia General de Espana by Father Mariana. Madrid, 1852.

18th century surgeon Jean Louis Petit's screw tourniquet for compressing blood vessels: tourniquet device 1, double band to adjust the tourniquet 2, compress in chamois leather 3 and ball bearing 4. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.

Various images of stoves and retorts, A-O, Jan Luyken, 1696 print Print at the top right marked: fol. 42. Amsterdam paper etching laboratory (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research). pharmacy, pharmaceutics

Fig. XXVII. Baromylos., 1662., Coloniæ Agrippinæ. Publisher, Sumptibus Pauli Principis, Technempolæi Noribergici., Engravings related to mechanical engineering, machinery, mills and mill-work, millstones, pulleys, the flour and meal industry, and gearing

Technical representation of a well. Technical representation of a well, equipped with numbers and letters. PRENT In the mid top marked: Tom. II.7me Leçon. Pl. 4.

First illustration of a magic lantern. From ' Ars Magna ...' by Athanasius Kircher (Amsterdam, 1671).

Edificij et machine, Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1501, brown ink and wash, ca. 1475-ca. 1480, The volume comprises 103 drawings by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and his assistants, featuring machines and devices for lifting columns and other heavy weights, schemes for transporting water, and mechanisms for milling and moving boats. There are also a few drawings showing how people could walk or float on water standing on inflatable containers and using an oar to propel themselves.

Hydraulics: diagrams showing water pressure. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.

Furnace used in the processing of arsenic. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Edificij et machine, Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1501, brown ink and wash, ca. 1475-ca. 1480, The volume comprises 103 drawings by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and his assistants, featuring machines and devices for lifting columns and other heavy weights, schemes for transporting water, and mechanisms for milling and moving boats. There are also a few drawings showing how people could walk or float on water standing on inflatable containers and using an oar to propel themselves.

Plans, elevation and section of a kiln used in the making of clay pipes. Etching.

Tab. I, Troisième cinquantaine des amusemens microscopiques, contenant en meme tems une fidele methode de faire un usage adroit, aisé et fidele de toutes sortes de microscopes, en forme de lettres, avec un supplement et une addition, Ledermüller, Martn Frobenius, 1719-1769, Winterschmidt, Adam Wolffgang, Engraving, 1768

Reproduction of a design of the interior of the Paris Observatory, Dujardin, After Anonymous, c. 1891 - In or Before 1896 photomechanical print paper observatory (~ astronomy). telescope

A wind-operated mill (top), and the same mill water-operated (below). Coloured aquatint by Ranieri.

Richard Brookes, 1721-1763, Crystals and Fossils, ca. 1760. Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, laid paper.

Coulomb torsion balance (1785). Engraving, 19th century.

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. 1.

Sellier-Carossier, pl. III from 'Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers', Engraving on paper, France, 1771, Print, Print

Processing of alum. Etching by Bénard after L. J. Goussier.

Method for incubation of poultry eggs

An engraving depicting a collection of electric fans. Dated 19th century

A mine: cross-sections and a horse powered wheel. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Illustration showing Laying underground electricity cables in Paris 1895

Processing of copper. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Mougin armored turret, for two 155 long guns, Bange system. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Textiles: ribbon making, heating the ribbons on drums (top), details of equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.

Illustration for 'The Labor of Mars' by Allain Manesson Mallet. Ground plan for part of a fortress, fort or reinforcement. Bye and there a firefight between riders. In the top left the number 41 (= the number of the page in the book to which the illustration is placed).

Fear Therapy used by Joseph Guislain, the first official psychiatrist of the Southern Netherlands. 1826. From J. Guislain, Traité sur l'Aliénation Mentale et sur les Hospices des Aliénés, Amsterdam, 1826, vol. II.

Annales des Sciences Naturelles Paris Crochard Science Anatomy Periodicals Flowering Plants Irises, This illustration depicts various microscopic structures from botanical studies, showcasing the arrangement and characteristics of plant tissues. The top section features detailed structures with rounded cells, possibly representing a type of epidermis or parenchyma. The middle section presents a detailed configuration of cells, emphasizing their interconnections and forms. The lower part highlights a cross-section illustrating the organization of these cells, showcasing the intricate complexity of plant anatomy. The use of delicate shading and labels enhances the educational aspect of the illustration, suggesting a study in plant biology or histology.

Plate 3, Tratado instructivo, y práctico, sobre el arte de la tintura: reglas experimentadas y metódicas para tintar sedas, lanas, hilos de todas clases, y esparto en rama, Fernández, Luis, Engraving, 1778

Astronomy: a portable observatory tent. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier?.

Fig. III. Chiromylos, Explicatio. Chiromylos.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Millstones

Machines de Théatres (Theatrical Machinery), pl. XV, vol. 10 from Encyclopédie, ou, arts et des métiers (Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts), Denis Diderot, French, 1713-1784, Robert Bénard, French, 1734-1772, Radel, French, Engraving on paper, Design for theatrical machinery to create moving clouds as part of a theatrical stage design. At upper left, a set design detail featuring an architectural square with clouded sky. At upper right, another stage detail showing the figure of Medea advancing her chariot through the sky. Primary apparatus has a rectangular base with a triangular top, similar in shape to a basic house. Six clouds hanging across the width of the space at different heights are attached by wires to a large cog wheel at upper center whose movements control the heights of the clouds. A conical shaped device at lower center made up of multiple cylinders points toward the leftmost cloud, possibly suggesting controlled air that could m

Water gushing from the artesian aquifer of Passy, France, engraving by L Dumont from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, vol 38, no 978, November 23, 1861.

Edificij et machine, Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1501, brown ink and wash, ca. 1475-ca. 1480, The volume comprises 103 drawings by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and his assistants, featuring machines and devices for lifting columns and other heavy weights, schemes for transporting water, and mechanisms for milling and moving boats. There are also a few drawings showing how people could walk or float on water standing on inflatable containers and using an oar to propel themselves.

Plate showing Anjou slate mine, work of the open slate quarry and tools. Engraving from Denis Diderot, Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, L'Encyclopedie, 1751-1757. Entitled Histoire Naturelle, Mineralogie (Natural History, Mineralogy).

Melting device with iron ring, historical account from Georgius Agricola, De re metallica libri XII, Berg- und Huettenwesen, Metallurgy, published 1556

Furnace used in processing arsenic. Etching.

An experiment to measure the calorific changes in a germinating seed ?. Engraving.

. Print at the top right numbered: p. 35.

Several distiller devices A-S, Jan Luyken, 1683 print Print at the top right numbered: p. 35. Amsterdam paper etching laboratory (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research)

Use of double suction pumps, Jan van der Heyden, 1685 - in or before 1690, Design for a print., draughtsman: Jan van der Heyden, 1685 - in or before 1690, paper, pen, brush, h 119 mm × w 247 mm

Print marked top right: Fol. 50., Observatory of Peking Observatory of Peking , print maker: Caspar Luyken, publisher: Engelbrecht Boucquet, print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: The Hague, 1698, paper, etching, h 180 mm × w 166 mm

Physical instrument and models, Nicolaas van Frankendaal, 1759 print Display of an instrument and models for physical research, equipped with numbers and letters. Print in the middle of it marked: Tom. I.4me Leçon. Pl. 7. Amsterdam paper etching physics (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research)

Trophy of Smids Tools, 1866 print Trophy hanging on a chain under an arc. At the top left: 1re partie, at the top right: A. N ° 17, bottom right: 75. Liège paper

Pneumatics: a heavy weight suspended from an evacuated sphere. Engraving.

Front section of the Italian steamer Duilio, drawing from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 13, March 26, 1916.

Men fencing. Engraving by Andreas Stock.

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

Fig. XV. Pateomylos, frumentarius.. Bockler, Georg Andreas. Prints, Drawings, Design drawings. 1662. Rare Book Division. Mechanical engineering, Machinery, Mills and mill-work, Flour & meal industry, Gearing

Engraving depicting a secondary battery. Battery of Plante cells (accumulators) of 200 elements. On the widow sill are the two Bunsen cells charging the Plante cells.

Encyclopedie. Edited by Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert. Published, 1770. Engraving. Plate 328. The Drawloom. Later colouration.

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