Inventions Collection (page 6)

Steam Whipping Engine by J. Scott Russell and Co
Technical drawing depicting a patent Steam Whipping Machine constructed by Messrs. J. Scott Russell and Co. of Millwall and used to load and discharge cargo on screw collier ships. Date: 1856

Trying to view the royal wedding, 1947
Enterprising spectators using makeshift periscopes of mirrors on sticks in an attempt to actually see something along the processional route at the royal wedding between Princess Elizabeth

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

Advert for Gossard underwear 1948

An automaton playing a keyboard instrument (a tympanon) constructed in the 18th century by Hintzen & Kintzen. Date: 18th century

Radar Foreseen
Radar foreseen - in the 1920s ! Date: 1928

Robots as the farm workers of the future
Robots depicted as the farm workers of the future. Date: 1896

Boat Invention / Lincoln
An improved system for buoying vessels, patented by Abraham Lincoln, future President of the United States. A model of the invention and facsimile drawings are shown here Date: 1849

Applegath vertical printing press
The Illustrated London News being printed at the Great Exhibition on the patented Applegath (often mis-spelled Applegarth) vertical printing-press

Testing Candidates for the Post of Milk Sourer at a Cream Cheese Factory. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

New design for train snow plough
A new design for a railway snow plough - the unit on a non snow-bound track showing the interior workings

What every golfer wants
Cartoon, What every golfer wants. Golfers using unusual golf clubs for playing golf in difficult places and their hazards

Patent Applied For. A new invention discloses their whereabouts. a golfer looks for a lost ball while golfing. Please note

Suited to a tee
Some of the new seasons golfing novelties, golfers using unusual inventions for playing golf; golf braces, putting trousers and the hillside Please note

In 1960 - or thereabouts
A humorous pictorial forecast by George Studdy from 1908 predicting how electrical inventions would change life in 1960. Credit should read

Avoid that Sinking Feeling
Enables the tourist to cross the most treacherous quick-sands with impunity. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Illuminated gardens at the Inventions Exhibiton
The gardens, fountains and buildings of South Kensington, illuminated with electric light at the Inventions Exhibition of 1885. The extravagant lighting scheme was the work of Sir Francis Bolton

Inventions great and small: shaving in public
Amusing photograph of a man shaving in a train carriage captioned How to beguile the morning journey, or shaving in public; a sight which may become common if a recent automatic dry-shaving apparatus

Rocket Train Predicted
A rocket-powered train predicted

March of Machinery
The March of Machinery. The usefulness of technological advances - artificial limbs dentures - street cleaners and mechanical horses

Power from the Skies
Atmospheric energy will be captured by kite-like devices, putting to good use the forces that are otherwise dissipated as lightning

Artificial Sunlight
The use of artificial sunlight will make it possible to have three crops every year

Underground Harvesting
Crops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production

Power from the Tides
The massive force of the tides will be captured and converted into energy, driving turbines which in turn will generate electrical power

Giant Windmills
Giant windmills will harness the power of the winds on a vastly greater scale than the traditional type, providing an efficient - and free ! - energy resource

Tunnel under Channel ?
One day it may be possible to realise the age-old dream of a tunnel beneath the English channel, providing a direct high-speed link between France and the off-shore island

Power from the Seas
Future power stations will harness the enormous thermal energy of the seas and convert it into usable power, along the lines proposed by Claude and Boucherot Date: circa 1935

Inventions Cartoon 2 / 2
Illustration 2/2 A comical cartoon showing what look like elves or pixies getting into mischief with various inventions

Aerial Cabs 1896
Aerial taxi-cabs predicted

Far-Sighted Man
THE FAR-SIGHTED MAN prepared for every accident, from flying machines falling on his head to gas leaks and biting dogs, from runaway cars to old-fashioned rain

Science / Tv Forseen 1884
In the 20th century a gentleman will be able to experience the theatre in his own living room via the Telephonoscope

Automaton mandolin player
An automaton mandolin player who taps her foot while playing, attributed to Jacques de Vaucanson, a French inventor

Automatic shaver and boot polisher
An automatic shaver and boot polisher for busy commuters on their way to the office. Just drop a penny in the hole and take your seat

Robot servant polishing shoes
The servant of the future -- a robotic servant polishes a mans shoes while he sits reading in his armchair

Man versus robot in Revolt of the Robots
REVOLT OF THE ROBOTS (Arthur R Tofte) Man finds himself challenged by the machines he himself created

Futuristic pearl fishing. Two divers have just got out of their submarine, and have found a large oyster shell containing pearls on the seabed

Heros Water Dispenser
Coin-in-the-slot scent dispenser, patented 1889, operates on the same principles as holy water dispenser by Hero of Alexandria in 1st century AD

Levelling Mountains
Massive mobile drills mounted on caterpillar tracks will blast at rock to level inconvenient mountains

Undersea Transport
Vehicles capable of travelling on the sea-bed will enable us to explore the floors of the oceans

Train of Tomorrow
The railway train of tomorrow will be totally streamlined for greater speed and economy

Car of Tomorrow
Tomorrows car will be aerodynamic in shape, to give it maximum speed

100-Passenger Air-Liners
Todays air-liners will seem tiny compared with the huge passenger carriers of tomorrow, which will carry as many as One Hundred people, at speeds of 350 km/h !

Mid-Ocean Landing Pads
Long-distance aircraft will stop off at mid-ocean landing platforms to re-fuel

Beacons for Aircraft
Aircraft will be guided to their destinations by beacons - vertical lights positioned beside motorways, indicating the route from town to town

Aircraft in Storm
The powerful passenger aircraft of the future will be able to fly in all weather conditions, even a desert sandstorm like this

Automatic Pilot
An automatic pilot will control an aircrafts flight, instructions coming from the ground : the pilot takes control only if something unexpected happens

Future Atlantic Liner
Transatlantic passenger liners will be aerodynamically shaped for faster travel. This vessel is based on a project by American designer Norman Bel Geddes

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