Invented Collection (page 3)

Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier
Balloon designs by Charles and Robert (1, 5) and the Montgolfier Brothers (2, 3, 4). No. 3 ascended from Versailles. No. 4 ascended from the Chateau de la Muette. No

The Trew Origin of Trousers by W. Heath Robinson
The First Blush - or the Dawn of the sense of propriety. Heath Robinson imagines that trousers were invented when decency dictated that the legs of Stonehenge be covered up to spare the blushes of

Eadweard Muybridge with his animals in motion images
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), US photographer and inventor, showing his instananeous photographs of animals in motion at the Royal Society

Perpetual Motion Wheels
Perpetual motion machines of the overbalanced wheel type invented by Bernard Launy and Jeremie Metz; neither will work in practice however

Advert for J. B Jacquemin Bros eye protectors
Jacquemins patent eye protectors, lightweight material that clips on the bridge of your nose, and can be worn as well as ordinary glasses

Advert for Pulsometer Engineering, luxury iced drinks 1897
Luxury iced drinks, in the hottest climate can be obtained by the use of the Champion hand ice machines. 1897

Leonardo Gallery. The science and Technology Museum Leonardo
Leonardo Gallery. Models (1950s)drawings by Leonardo da Vinci (15th century). The science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

CROMPTONs HOME - 2
CROMPTONs home at Hall i the Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, where he invented mule spinning. Date: CIRCA 1820

CROMPTONs HOME - 1
CROMPTONs home at Hall i the Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, where he invented mule spinning. Date: CIRCA 1820

John Till Allingham
JOHN TILL ALLINGHAM A prolific writer of popular musical comedies and farces, in his leisure moments he invented a flying machine and fought a duel with a critic. Date: FLOURISHED CIRCA 1800

Display of Pralines
A Display of Dainty Types of Pralines - nuts browned in sugar, named after Marechal de Plessis-Pralin (1598-1675) whose cook invented them. 15 kinds are shown here. Date: circa 1930

Ferdinand Di Medici
FERDINAND (or FERRANTE) II di MEDICI, Grand duke of Tuscany, ruler of Florence and Etruria. Notable scientist who invented a thermometer and the condensation hygrometer. Date: 1610 - 1670

Disabled Dance Class
Disabled children are taught to dance by teacher Miss Betsy Adlard, using the special methods invented by Miss Margaret Morris. It is difficult for them, but fun. Date: 1930s

MANUEL GARCIA 1805-1906
MANUEL PATRICIO RODRIGUEZ GARCIA son of Manual del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, the famed Spanish tenor. He invented the laryngoscope. Date: 1805 - 1906

Electricity / Daniell Cell
DANIELL CELL Invented in 1836 by John- Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist, using zinc and copper

Sir David Brewster
Sir DAVID BREWSTER Scottish physicist; invented kaleidoscope in 1816 Date: 1781 - 1868

David Brewster Seated
Sir DAVID BREWSTER Scottish physicist; invented kaleidoscope in 1816 Date: 1781 - 1868

Siemens Electric Train
People enjoying a ride on the worlds first electric train invented by Siemens and Halske, exhibited in Berlin 1879

John Harington / Age 30
SIR JOHN HARINGTON English courtier and writer at the age of 30; he invented the flush toilet Date: 1561 - 1612

Faust Invents Printing
The German occult philosopher Johann Faustus was sometimes credited with having invented printing : here he shows his wife the letters ABC printed from a wood block Date: circa 1530

The Village, Stanhill, Lancashire
The Village, Stanhill, Blackburn, near Accrington, Lancashire, England. Captioned Where Spinning Jenny Was Invented Date: 1910s

Portrait of Fulton. Engraving
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Portrait of Fulton. Oil
FULTON, Robert (1765-1815). North-American nautical engineer. Inventor who developed the first commercially successful steamboat

Suffragette Flora Drummond Stanhope Toy
A Stanhope or optical toy, a device which allows the viewing of microphotographs without using a microscope. The stanhope was invented in 1857 by Rene Dagron, a French photographer

The Bomber - A Highlander throwing a Mills bomb. Alexander Proudfoot, Rsa Frbs (1878-1957). During World War One, He Served As A Sergeant In The Artists Rifles And Invented A Protractor For The

Statuette of the Cambuslang War Memorial, Glasgow, Scotland. Alexander Proudfoot, Rsa Frbs (1878-1957). During World War One

Britains acoustic shell by G. H. Davis
The acoustic shell: Britains ace killer of flying bombs during the Second World War. The British-invented radio proximity shell, which explodes itself when in lethal range of its target. 1945

Building Nissen huts for troops, Western Front, WW1
British men building Nissen huts for use by troops, on the Western Front during World War One. The semi-cylindrical Nissen hut was invented by Major Peter Norman Nissen in 1916. Date: circa 1916

Row of Nissen huts at a rest camp, Western Front, WW1
A row of Nissen huts at a rest camp on the Western Front during World War One. The semi-cylindrical Nissen hut was invented by Major Peter Norman Nissen in 1916. Date: circa 1916

Method of saving submarine seamen by G. H. Davis
Our own method of saving submarine seamen. Showing two divers wearing the recently invented copper helmet and waterproof jacket

Seance of the Philip group, Toronto, Canada. This science-based group invented an imaginary spirit, Philip, who seemed to communicate as effectively as any real spirit from the other world

Michel Chevreul Photo
MICHEL EUGENE CHEVREUL French chemist who invented the wax candle but never drank anything but water. Date: 1786-1889

Andrew Meikle
ANDREW MEIKLE Scottish engineer, who invented the thrashing- (or threshing) machine. Date: 1719 - 1811

JACQUARD, Joseph Marie (1752-1834). French mechanic. Mechanical loom, machine invented in 1802. Engraving

Jacquard Loom
JACQUARD LOOM An improved version of the loom originally invented in 1804 Date: 1915

Man-powered flying machine
A man-powered flying machine in a countryside setting. The Aerostat - Worked by Manual Power - Invented by W. Miller, M.R.C.S. 1843

An Aerial honeymoon invented and patented by John F. Byrne : funniest show in the world - the huge pantomimic musical comedy. Date 19 - ?

Benjamin Franklins Experiment, flying a kite in a storm, demonstrating the identity of Lightning and Electricity, from which he invented the Lightning Rod. Date: June 1752

Testing a Maxim machine gun
Men in top hats (and one in a bowler hat) testing a Maxim machine gun. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884

London Chess Club
Members of the City of London Chess Club playing a new game of chess, invented by Polish composer Ludomir Michal Rogowski. 81 (not 64) pieces and even a Dictator piece! Date: 3 October 1932

Steam Motorcycle

Double page spread in a diary for 10-15 December
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 10-15 December. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck
Undated head and shoulders mezzoprint portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck by Isaac Whood. Pinchbeck (c.1670 - November 18, 1732) was a London clockmaker and maker of musical Automata

Mavers Picnic Furnace Ad
Advertisement for Mavers Picnic Furnace. The handiest, safest & most useful article yet invented for Picnic Parties. Date: June 1931

Hairdressers Collar, 1921
Illustration showing a then-newly invented hairdressers collar and cape, which was designed to collect hair as it was being cut, 1921

E. V. Hanegan and a Pushball ball, Crystal Palace, 1902
Photograph showing E.V. Hanegan, who introduced the game of pushball to England (the sport was invented in the USA) in 1902

British Soldiers playing Bounce the Beecham, Hong Kong, 19
Series of photographs showing members of the 25th and 40th Companies of the Royal Engineers playing the Bounce the Beecham game invented by William Heath Robinson, Hong Kong, 1910

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Section of the W
There was a crisis at the Bank of England in the early nineteenth century when it was discovered that a large proportion of the 8, 000, 000 gold sovereigns in circulation were light

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