Abraham Collection (page 6)

Portrait of Roman Emperor Justin I
Roman Emperor Justin I, 450-527. Flavius Iustinus Augustus, Eastern Roman Emperor, Byzantine Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy

Portrait of Roman Emperor Justinian I
Roman Emperor Justinian I, 482-565. Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Augustus, known as Justinian the Great and also Saint Justinian the Great, Byzantine Emperor, Eastern Roman Emperor

Portrait of Roman Emperor Anastasius I
Roman Emperor Anastasius I, 431-518. Flavius Anastasius Augustus, Byzantine Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697

Portrait of Roman Emperor Zeno
Roman Emperor Zeno the Isaurian, 425-491. Flavius Zeno Augustus, Tarasis Kodisa Rousombladadiotes, Eastern Roman Emperor, Byzantine Emperor

Portrait of Roman Emperor Julius Nepos
Roman Emperor Julius Nepos, 430-480. Flavius Julius Nepos Augustus, Western Roman Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma

Portrait of Roman Emperor Glycerius
Roman Emperor Glycerius, died 474. Flavius Glycerius Augustus, Western Roman Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht

Portrait of Roman Emperor Augustus
Roman Emperor Augustus, Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus, 63BC to AD14. Roman statesman and military leader. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy

Portrait of Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657-1696), Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen. Hendrik Casimir II, Henricus Casimirus

Black rhinoceros and extinct Sumatran rhinoceros
Black or hook-lipped rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, critically endangered, and Sumatran rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, extinct

17th century copies of the white dodo by Salomon Savery, male: Gerrit van Goedesberg, 1662 (13), Joost Hartgers, 1650 (14), Abraham and Jan de Wees, 1651 (15) and Gijsbert Sijbes, 1651 (16)

Dodos and parrots from Willem van West-Zanen s
Dodos and parrots hunted in Mauritius 1602 from Willem van West-Zanens Journal, and copies of Salomon Saverys white dodo by Abraham and Jan de Wees, 1651 and Gillis Joosten Saeghman, 1665

Bust of the goddess Isis Magna Mater, from the collection of Charles Towney. Copperplate engraving by C. Knight from a drawing by H

Xanthippus, father of Pericles, from a bas relief on his tombstone in the collection of Charles Townley. Copperplate engraving by J. Parker from a drawing by J

Marble statue of Cupid and Psyche kissing from the Capitol in Rome. Copperplate engraving by R.H. Cromck from a drawing by H. Howard in Abraham Rees Cyclopedia, London, 1818

Boring machine and cornering saw, 18th century
Boring machine and cornering saw, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or

Crown saw and coaking engine, 18th century
Crown saw and coaking engine, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal

Sawing machine at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Boiling pans and wringers for bleaching cloth, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Cutting engines, 18th century, including a rose engine lathe or figure lathe made by Holtzapffell Deyerlien. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

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

Electrometers, 18th 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

Electrical configurations, 18th century
Electrical configurations caused by charges on metal powder, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

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

Batting machine used in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by James Burton from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Machinery for making cutlery, 18th century
Machinery for making cutlery: troughs of a grinding mill, tongs for pressing knife handles, pressing vice and spring drill

Enamelling furnaces, 18th century
Furnace for enamelling watch dial plates and Henry Bones enamelling furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary

Furnaces used for experiments and tobacco pipe manufacture
Furnaces used by David Mushet for his experiments on iron and steel, and used for tobacco pipe manufacture. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Furnaces including common air furnace and portable furnaces
Furnaces including common air furnace, furnaces designed by Dr. Joseph Black, David Mushet and R. and G. Knight of Foster Lane, and portable furnaces by Dr. Joseph Black and R. and G. Knight

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

Kelvin Aqueduct built by Robert Whitworth, 1790
Plan, elevation and section of the Kelvin Aqueduct, built by Robert Whitworth, over the Forth River, Scotland, 1790. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham

Canal bridge, 18th century
Plans and sections through canal bridge, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst

Canal swing bridge and canal navigators tools including barow, grafting tool, shovel, scoop and horsing-block. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Metal casting equipment: open sand casting 1, trowel 2, ramming tool 4, lifting screw 5, sand casting between flasks 6, cog wheel casting 7-10, and moulds for loam casting 11-13

Cannon-boring machinery, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Dredging machine used on the River Thames to deepen the channel. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Hydraulics systems including floating, hydromancy
Hydraulics systems including floating action 1, 2, hydromancy or water divination 3, 4, and Archimedes solution to the problem of Hieros crown 5

Clarks hydrometer and other types
Types of hydrometers, 18th century, by Clark 2, 3, John Theophilus Desaguliers 4, Jean-Andre De Luc 5, and William Nicholson 6

Types of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content by Anderson 8, Dr. Robert Hooke 9, 10, Dr. Hale 11, James Ferguson 12, 13

Types of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Lucs whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster

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

Captain Jekylls improved ship pump and Benjamin
Hydraulic pumps including Captain Jekylls improved ship pump and Benjamin Martins pump. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

The Sipho Wirtembergicus and Archimedes screw
Examples of hydraulic siphons including natural springs, waves, syringe, rope pump, the Duke of Wirtembergs siphon or the Sipho Wirtembergicus and Archimedes screw

John Smeatons hammer mill at Kilnhurst Forge
John Smeatons design for the hammer mill at Kilnhurst Forge, Rotherham, 1765. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Rollers for making bar iron: flat, square and plate iron. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Plan and elevation of an iron forge, 18th century
Plan and elevation of an iron forge, with chafery, finery, blowing engine, and balling or pudding furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Balling furnace and finery used in iron manufacture
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

Plans and elevations for a furnace, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Diagrams of magnets, magnetic fields, magnetism experiments, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman

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