Inventor Collection (page 8)

Marconi Legs Crossed
GUGLIELMO MARCONI the Italian inventor at Naples, on board the yacht Electra Date: 1874 - 1937

Marconi (Nobel)
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian inventor, Nobel Prize 1909 Date: 1874 - 1937

Marconi (Cig. Card 2)
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian inventor, Date: 1874 - 1937

The Great Aerial Navigator, or Atmospheric Machine! An article with a detailed diagram showing an aerial machine claimed to be capable of transportation to India and China in the space of five days

Claude Chappe ne en 1765, invente le telegraphe en 1791, meurt en 1805Claude Chappe working on telegraph with another man. Date 180-(?)

Alberto Santos Dumont in his aeroplane, La Demoiselle. He was an aviator, sportsman and Brazilian inventor

The late Dr and Mrs Alexander Graham Bell. Beinn Bhreagh. Nova Scotia, Canada

Sir Richard Arkwright, inventor of the spinning machine. Japanese print shows an angry Arkwright sending his wife to her parents because she deliberately broke his spinning wheel

John Heathcoat, inventor of the knitting machine. Japanese print showing Heathcoat displaying the first successful result from his knitting machine to his wife. Date between 1850 and 1900

Bernard Palissy, inventor of enamelled pottery. Japanese print shows Palissy, apparently in a frenzy, burning chairs to keep the furnace going as a woman breast feeding a baby and a boy run in fear

James Watt, inventor of the steam engine. Japanese print shows Watt collecting steam from a boiling kettle while his aunt rebukes him for his nonsense. Date between 1850 and 1900

Alois Senefelder inventor of lithography

A view of the birth place of Robert Fulton, Lancaster county, state of Pennsylvania. Date 1856

Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule. Print shows statue of Samuel Crompton in Nelson Square, Bolton England. The statue, by W. Calder Marshall, was raised by public subscription

Prof. S. F. B. Morse. The great inventor of the telegraph
Prof. S.F.B. Morse. The great inventor of the telegraph. Date c1870

Sir Alfred Frederick Bird, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR ALFRED FREDERICK BIRD, 1st Baronet (1849-1922) British chemist, Conservative Party politician, food manufacturer and proprietor of Alfred Bird & Sons, a company founded by his father Alfred Bird

Sauvage Photo
FREDERIC SAUVAGE French engineer, inventor of the screw propellor, in 1854. Date: 1785 - 1857

Samuel Lister Statue
SAMUEL CUNLIFFE LISTER His statue in Lister Park, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. A prolific inventor of over 150 inventions, including a wool-combing machine. Date: 1815 - 1906

Gramophone Alarm Clock
A young inventor with his gramophone alarm clock ! Date: early 1930s

TEXAS SKI JUMP
Called after the name of the inventor, the Texas is one of the most spectacular of ski jumps! Date: 1930s

HALL I TH WOOD
Hall i th Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England. Once the home of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule (1779), which revolutionised the cotton industry. Date: 15th century

Frank Hornby (1863 - 1936), British inventor and MP. Invented and developed the toy Meccano, Dinky Toys and the Hornby Dublo model railway system (though this was introduced after his death)

Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt(1892-1973), inventor of radar. Date: 1941

Richard March Hoe
General RICHARD MARCH HOE American inventor of printing machinery, including the rotary or lightning press 1847, the web press and the web-perfecting press. Date: 1812 - 1886

William Kitchiner
WILLIAM KITCHINER Medical practitioner, scientist and inventor, author of a definitive work on the culinary science. Date: 1775 - 1827

SIEMENS FACTORY / 1930 S
Siemens town factory unit in Berlin, founded in 1847 by Werner von Siemens, inventor of the pointer telegraph, who opened the factory to produce it Date: mid 1930 s

James Nasmyth
JAMES NASMYTH Scottish engineer, inventor of the steam hammer - hence this caricature. Date: 1808 - 1890

Edmnd Cartwright / Thomson
EDMUND CARTWRIGHT Inventor of the power loom Date: 1743 - 1823

Thomas Edison, American inventor
A decorative design featuring Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor, sitting at his desk

Dr Ing. Graf Zeppelin, creator of the Zeppelin airship

Sir William Palliser
MAJOR SIR WILLIAM PALLISER Irish-born politician and inventor, MP for Taunton from 1880 until his death in 1882. Buried in Brompton Cemetery, London

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (Lord Kelvin)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824-1907), British mathematical physicist and engineer

Marconi plaque, Bass Point, Cornwall
A plaque to Guglielmo Marconi, set in a granite wall near some buildings on the sea shore at Bass Point, Cornwall. It marks the location of Marconis telegraph station during the pioneering days of

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Willows Airship above St Pauls Cathedral, London

Charles Lauth / Gill
Charles Lauth (1836-1913) English chemist, and inventor of various colors including Lauths violet

Eugne Farcy / Gill
Eugne Farcy (1830-1910) naval officer, inventor of the Farcy gunboat

Alfred Nobel
ALFRED NOBEL Swedish scientist, inventor, businessman and founder of the Nobel prize

Sir David Brewster (1781-1868)
Engraved portrait of Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), the Scottish physicist and inventor of the stereoscope

Sir Isaac Pitman, c. 1897
Photographic portrait of Sir Isaac Pitman (1813-1897), the English teacher and inventor of shorthand, pictured c.1897

Procession through the Thames Tunnel, 1843
Engraving showing the procession through the Thames Tunnel, between Rotherhithe and Wapping, to mark its opening on 25 March 1843

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, 1843
Engraving showing Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), the French engineer and inventor, as he appeared at the opening of the Thames Tunnel, from Rotherhithe to Wapping, on 25th March 1843

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1858
Engraved portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), the English engineer and inventor, pictured in 1858

Louis Brennan / Cig Card
LOUIS BRENNAN Irish inventor

C-E MINIE / ILN 1855
CLAUDE-ETIENNE MINIE French army officer, inventor of the conical-pointed cylindrical bullet (1849) and of the Minie Rifle

Maxim / Hiram / Van Fair 04
SIR HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM British inventor, born in America, best known for the Maxim recoil-operated machine gun (1884)

George William Manby
GEORGE WILLIAM MANBY Inventor of equipment for saving life at sea

Abbe De L epee
Abbe CHARLES MICHEL de l EPEE French philanthropist, inventor of an alphabet for the deaf-and-dumb. Date: 1712 - 1789

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