Device Collection (page 4)

Satire on the way love worships ancestry
A satire on the way Love Worships Ancestry -- the inflated respect for ancestry and aristocratic status -- showing Cupid kneeling to an heraldic device with a crown on top. Date: 1890

Doorway with Order of the Garter motto above - Windsor
Doorway with the French maxim used as the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter above - Windsor, Berkshire. Date: circa 1980s

Advertisement - The new pocket Ammoniaphone
Advertisement for the new pocket Ammoniaphone (A perfect chemical inhaler) as recommended by Adelina Patti (1843-1919) the Italian-French 19th-century opera singer Date: circa 1890s

Gossips Bridle - The Brank - Lancaster Castle - Iron mask used to punish scolds (last used in 1826) - seen here mounted on Adrians Tower. Date: 1911

Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Rontg
Rontgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923). German physicist. Discovered Roentgen rays or X-ray (1895). In 1901 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Artificial Breastfeeding
A mother breastfeeds her child artificially with the device of Dr Auvard : inset, the device of Dr Bailly Date: circa 1880

The Vacuum - A Masterpiece by H. M. Bateman
Page 1 of 4. Brilliant sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting a man asking his maid to have a go at a vacuum cleaner, only to find he sucks up everything in his path. Date: 1920

Divers repairing the bottom of a ship at anchor wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838

Advert for Evans vacuum cap for growth of hair 1906
Practical invention for Evans vacuum cap, develops a natural and permanent growth of the hair, supplying the apparatus on a sixty day trial, wholly at the expense of the company. 1906

Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Childrens Ward
Staff and inmates of Childrens Ward 2 at the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. One girl holds a doll, and another sits on a rocking horse; two others sit in a rocking device

The wheelbarrow remote control detonation device
Photograph showing the wheelbarrow remote control detonation device in the bucket of a JCB being used to deal with a suspect device on the top deck of a double decker bus, Omagh district, 1975

Norias at Orontes River in Hama, Syria
Two norias on opposite banks of the Orontes River in Hama, a city in west Syria. Norias are devices similar to water wheels which were used to lift water to a higher elevation

Noria at Orontes River in Hama, Syria
One of the Norias of Hama, a city in west Syria, as seen through a stone arch at the bank of the Orontes River. Norias are

Street next to one of the Norias of Hama, Syria
Man walking on a street in Hama, a city in west Syria. On the left one of the Norias of Hama along the Orontes River can be seen

Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy (1873-1952). (2/2) Date: circa 1904

Thermo-electric battery Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-189
Thermo-electric battery, invented in 1866 by French physicist Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (1820-1891). Colored engraving

Giovanni Caselli (1815-1891). Pantelegraph. Colored engravin
Giovanni Caselli (1815-1891). Pantelegraph patented in 1861 for sending and receiving images over long distances through the telegraph. Colored engraving

Electric telegraph receiver by Foy and Breguet
Electrical needle telegraph receiver developed in 1842 by Alphonse Foy and Louis Francois Clement Breguet (1804-1883). Back. Nineteenth century colored engraving

Ramsden electric machine designed by Jesse Ramsden (1735-18
Ramsden electric machine used for producing electricity. It was designed by Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), English optician and astronomical and scientific instrument maker

Catapult used by Roman army during its military campaigns. Colored engraving. 19th century

Printing press used by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), U.S. statesman and scientist. Colored engraving

Newcomen steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. It consisted of a pump designed to reduce water steam in the galleries of mines. Engraving

Dinner Ware with Crests, Monograms, Plate 15
Dinner Ware with Crests, Monograms, masonic devices, regimental, hotel, etc, Plate 15, showing plain and patterned plates, with a tureen and covered serving dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Rejected by the Inventions Board - Heath Robinson WW1
Rejected by the Inventions Board - III - A Device for Screw Stoppering the Enemys Rifles. Another elaborate and convoluted method of beating the dastardly Hun devised by William Heath Robinson in The

Mine washed up on Suffolk coast, WW1
Two boy scouts pose with a mine at Sizewell, the fuse of which had been removed. It was one of several washed up on the Suffolk coast between Aldeburgh and Southwold in 1914. Date: 1914

Model - Mark V WWI male tank with semaphore device
An extremely finely built model Mark V First World War male tank with semaphore device with hatches that open. Trench Art

Head Work! by W. Heath Robinson
A new machine (adopted by some of our first class restaurants) for putting the head on a glass of stout. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger

S. F. Cody and War Kite
Samuel Franklin Cody, British- American aviator and inventor of the famous war kite, an early type of aeroplane and communication device

Very Hot! by William Heath Robinson
The wonderful Heath Robinson New Patent Thawing Machine. This stupendous invention has been specially designed to enable the pedestrian to walk with confidence on the most slippery roads

A Marker of Mark on The Market
A new labour saving lawn marker which is the sensation of the lawn tennis world. Requiring only two people to operate it, there is no doubt that it will soon be found in every up to date

Lumiere Cinematograph
LUMIEREs CINEMATOGRAPH : a contemporary depiction of the French device which has the best claim to be the worlds first practical film projector

Football Blocks Ad
Football Blocks A device to protect a footballers shins. Supplied in five sizes

Divers building a pier or jetty wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. 1838

Divers boring and blasting rocks wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838

Bethells driving dress
Men working on a Wreck wearing John Bethells Patent Diving Dress Patent. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838

Kicking the bucket to keep alive and well! 1914
Interestingly this artical was published on April fools day in The Sketch, 1914, you can come to your own conclusions! Latest primitive life-saving device invented by a German engineer

A Cats-Eye, device for helping drivers at night. Date: 1970s

Shadoof (Chadouf) at the Nile river, Egypt. The shadoof is a traditional irrigation tool to easily lift water by hand from a water source to a higher level

University Exerciser and Reducer advertisement
Advertisement for the University Exerciser and Reducer to eliminate that tired feeling from your life and step out into a new world of joyful energy

Device for catching salmon, Sognefjord, Norway
Device for catching salmon at Balhomen, Sognefjord, Norway. Nets are spread in the water in a horseshoe shape; when a salmon enters, the man waiting at the top pulls a rope and closes the opening

Advert for D. H Wilsons deafness 1902
Wilsons common-sense ear-drums, deafness and head noises relieved. 1902

The Safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways
Automatic devices for preventing accidents: the safety of Londons Underground and Tube Railways. How the element of danger from human error or illness is eliminated by mechanical means

Egypt, Africa - A Sakia, used for irrigation. Date: 1910s

Fantastic Adventures - War of the Giant Apes by Alexander Blade. A giant ape uses a boulder to attack a truck with a scared man in it

Startling Stories - Speak of the Devil by Norman A. Daniels. A figure of Satan looms over a man and a woman. The satanic creature possesses the man by holding a device over his head

Ancient radio receiver. Brand Invicta

Ancient Lightning Rod. Colored engraving
Ancient Lightning Rod with a long iron rod. It was invented in 1752 by Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Colored engraving

Magnetoelectric Machine by E. M. Clarke. 19th century. Color
Magnetoelectric Machine by E. M. Clarke. 19th century. Induction machine that amplifies induction currents. These devices are called electrovoltaicos induction apparatus. Colored engraving

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