Inventor Collection (page 4)

MEUCCI, Antonio (1808 - 1889). Italian inventor of the telephone. Meuccis telephone. ITALY. LOMBARDY. Milan. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci

Persian astrolabe from 17th century. FRANCE. ΌE-DE-FRANCE
Persian astrolabe from 17th century. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Museum of Arts and Crafts (CNAM)

Planispheric astrolabe. 1569. Manufactured in golden brass by Gualterus Arsenius, disciple of the dutch astronomer Regnier Gemma Frisius (1508-1555). Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Early type of mechanical shovel by Heath Robinson
The inventor of the mechanical shovel trying out an early type. Two medieval engineers with a rickety but effective mechanical shovel or digger

Bernard Palissy
BERNARD PALISSY French inventor of pottery technology, harassed for being a protestant but honoured by posterity. Date: 1510 - 1589

Millican Dalton looking toward Derwentwater from Borrowdale
Derwentwater from High Lodore, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England. This card features Millican Dalton (1867-1947), famous outdoors man

Flight carried out by one of the Wright brothers plane models. Engraving

Daguerreotype (1839). FRANCE. Paris. Conservatoire National des Arts et M鴩 ers (National Conservatory of Arts and Trades)

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

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

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), US inventor and telephone pioneer. Born in Edinburgh, Bell began his career in assisting his father teach elocution

Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, at the age of 12
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. Seen here at the age of 12, writing out some calculations on the floor

Thomas Edison / Mora NY
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor as a young man

Berliner Helicopter 1922
American inventor Henry Berliner, son of helicopter pioneer Emile Berliner, carries on his fathers work and is here seen testing his 1922 model, one of a series

Alfred Nobel / Photo 1885
ALFRED NOBEL Swedish chemist, inventor of dynamite and prizegiver

Clement Ader Photo
CLEMENT ADER French engineer and inventor in various fields, best known for his pioneer work in aviation, photographed in 1913. Date: 1841 - 1926

Nicolas Appert / Figuier
NICOLAS APPERT French chef and inventor of the canning process

Edmund Cartwright
EDMUND CARTWRIGHT Inventor of the powered loom

Bell Homestead, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Melville House, the family Home of Alexander Graham Bell (who invented the telephone there in July 1874) at Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1910s

Tatler cover - Thomas Edison
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of Thomas Edison on his 83rd birthday. 1930

Radio-controlled tortoise
A woman operates a remote control device for Toddle the tortoise. The aerial picks up a signal and makes the arm holding the lettuce (and Toddle!) swing left or right

Anti-snoring machine
The inventor of an anti-snoring machine attaches it to a woman for testing. Date: 1960s

Statue of James Watt, Westminster Abbey, London
Statue of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer in Westminster Abbey, London. Date: 1903

Friedrich Koenig (1774-1833). Engraving. Colored
Friedrich Koenig (1774-1833). German Inventor. The Engraving in Illustration, 1883. Colored

David Edward Hughes (1831 A?o??n? 1900). Was a Welsh-American scientist and musician. Co-inventor of the microphone and teleprinter

Sir Rowland Hill (1795 A?o??n? 1879). Was a teacher and creator of the first British postage stamp in history: the Penny Black. Engraving. Universal History, 1892. Colored

Rowland Hill (1795-1879). Engraving. Colored
Rowland Hill (1795-1879). British teacher and creator of the first postage stamp, the Penny Black. Engraving by Capuz in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1879. Colored

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912). Plane flying. France. Colored en
Wilbur Wright (1867-1912). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the worlds first successful airplane

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). English theologian, philosopher and chemist. Colored engraving. 19th century

Nikolai Mijailovich Sokovnin (1811-1894). Russian vice-admir
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Monument to russian vice-admiral Nikolai Mijailovich Sokovnin (1811-1894)

Isaac Peral (1852-1895). Spanish engineer, sailor and designer of the Peral Submarine. Partial tests verified the Peral submarine in the dock of Arsenal de la Carraca, 1889. Cadiz. Andalusia. Spain

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931). American Inventor. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Siemens, Werner von (1816-1892). Engraving
Siemens, Werner von (Lenthe, 1816-Charlottenburg, 1892). German engineer. Nineteenth-century engraving

Experiments on the phone from Dr. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), to transmit the human voice over long distances. Boston, 1877. United States. 19th-century colored engraving

Edward Montagu - 1st Earl of Sandwich
Edward Montagu 1st Earl of Sandwich Statesman. Admiral and ambassador attributed with the invention of the sandwich (1662) to be eaten at the gaming table. Date: circa 1662

Robert were Fox
ROBERT WERE FOX Scientist, inventor and writer on scientific subjects. Date: 1789 - 1877

John Fitch, Inventor
JOHN FITCH American inventor who built successful steamboats but failed to obtain financial backing so drowned himself at Philadelphia. Date: 1743 - 1798

John Ericsson (Profile
JOHN ERICSSON Swedish-American inventor whose achievements ranged from telephones to warships. Date: 1803 - 1889

John Ericsson (Adlard)
JOHN ERICSSON Swedish-American inventor whose achievements ranged from telephones to warships. with his autograph, 1865 Date: 1803 - 1889

Johann Von Dreyse - 2
JOHANN NIKOLAUS VON DREYSE German inventor of the needle gun, in which the cartridge is exploded by the impact of a needle. Date: 1787 - 1867

Charles Clagget
CHARLES CLAGGET Irish musician, inventor and harmonizer of musical instruments, not to mention performer. Date: 1740 - 1820

Paul Chamberlen
PAUL CHAMBERLEN Medical : accoucheur, inventor of the anodyne necklace for teething children and women in labour. Date: 1635 - 1717

Maxim / Hiram / Cig Card
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884) Date: 1840 - 1916

Thomas Edison / Ilz / Librar
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor in his library Date: 1847 - 1931

Thomas Edison / Scribner
THOMAS ALVA EDISON American inventor as a young man Date: 1847 - 1931

Conrad Gesner
CONRAD GESNER The inventor of the lead pencil, was also a naturalist and noted scholar on Greek, Latin and the sciences. Date: 1516 - 1565

HOFMANNs 1901 PROJECT
J HOFMANNs PROJECT as it will appear, if its inventor ever gets it into the air... Date: 1901

Richard Arkwright Sepia
RICHARD ARKWRIGHT English inventor and manufacturer, best known for his Spinning Jenny (water- powered spinning frame) Date: 1732 - 1792

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