Machine Collection (page 20)

VENDING MACHINE / CHOCOLAT
A woman putting money into a vending machine selling chocolate and confectionery. Date: 1960s

PHOTOCOPY / VENDING / 1960S
A vending machine offering a photocopying service Docustat which will cost 2 shillings and take 30 seconds. Date: 1960s

THRESHING WITH HORSES
Horses turn the wheel of a simple threshing machine Date: 1882

WOMEN IN FACTORY / 1917
A Frenchwoman working in a factory during World War One. Date: 1917

SINGER SEWING IN PACIFIC
Natives of the Caroline Islands quickly get to grips with their Singer sewing machine Date: circa 1900

Front cover, La Baionnette, WW1
Front cover design, La Baionnette, an issue focusing on the Americans, showing a symbolic image of the American war machine, with soldiers pouring out of it to support the Allied cause. Date: 1918

Rocking-chair with fan 1893
Woman relaxing in the summer sun with a mechanical rocking-chair connected to a fan. Date: 1893

PAPIN AT MARBURG
Papin demonstrates his pressure machine to the professors at Marburg. Date: circa 1680

PAPINS HYDRAULIC MACHINE
Papins Hydraulic machine. Date: 1686

BARTHELEMY THIMONNIER French tailor who patented the first sewing machine in France in 1830 Date: 1793 - 1859

BABY MAKING MACHINE
The Great French Baby-making machine - Papa is exhausted by having to work so hard, but Maman is delighted... Date: 1906

PARIS EXH / MACHINE HALL
View of the machinery hall at the Paris Exhibition Date: 1889

BATHING BEAUTIES / 1880
A Group of women pose before a bathing machine and are watched by a male bather. Date: 1880s

Ice making machine 1862
Siebes patent ice-making machine - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company. Date: 1862

HAIL-FIGHTING MACHINE
Dupuis-Delcourt proposes this device - the electro- subtracteur - which, he tells us, will prevent hailstorms by electrically subtracting ice from the stormclouds. Maybe. Date: 1850

Leather splitting machine at a leather factory, south London
Man operating a leather splitting machine (used for splitting one skin into two thinner skins) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

ELECTRIC SHOCK MACHINE
Put a sou in the slot, and you can give yourself an electric shock, thanks to this device thoughtfully installed on the boulevard de Sebastopol, Paris Date: 1889

NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE
The worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ Date: circa 1905

FIRE ENGINE 1851
SHAND & MASON fire engine, displayed at the Great Exhibition, 1851 Date: 1851

Great Exhibition, cotton machines 1851
A perspective view, looking West, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines and Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851

Cotton machines at the Great Exhibition 1851
A perspective view, looking East, of Messrs. Hibbert and Platts cotton machines amd Messrs. Hick and Sons high- pressure steam-engine and driving gear. Date: 1851

SHEPHERD, DOG, FLOCK
A shepherd and his dog sit beside their flock while he repairs a wattle fence : the machine behind them is the chaff cutter for the sheeps food. Date: 19 Century

International Electric Exhibition 1882
Interior of International Electric Exhibition at Crystal Palace, showing Edison Exhibit and Siemens chandeliers. Date: 1882

Boring machine used in the Hoosac tunnel 1869
Workers using a primitive boring machine to make the tunnel, lying between Switzerland and Italy, being thirty-six miles long and about twenty-five feet broad

RAIN TO ORDER
A farmer directs the rain- making airship to where he wants his crops watered Date: 1926

John Ainslies tile machine 1846
John Ainslies tile machine. Date: 1846

Nice Beach Postcard - 1920
On the beach at Nice, France Date: circa 1920

Bathing Machine - Boulogne
Bathing machines at Boulogne Date: circa 1903

Paper making machine 1890
A paper making machine. Date: 1890

Power Loom Weaving
Interior of cotton mill: power loom weaving. Man and woman tend machine. Date: 1835

Cotton Mule Spinning 1835
Interior of cotton factory: mule spinning, Lancashire, child sweeps inside moving machine. Date: 1835

WIMSHURST MACHINE
An electrostatic machine invented by James Wimshurst. Date: 1880s

RAMSDENS MACHINE
Jesse Ramsdens improved machine for generating static electricity using glass plates, the original version of which he had invented in 1768. Date: late 18th century

ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENT
A man and woman experimenting with an electrical machine Date: 1759

NOLLET MACHINE
The electrical machine of Jean-Antoine Nollet, abbe and professor of experimental physics at the University of Paris. Date: circa 1750

Sheffield Steel manufactures 1866
Sheffield : scythe-grinders. Date: 1866

Cover design, Amazing Stories. Machine Man of Ardathia (Francis Flagg) -- 35, 000 years hence, man lives in a container fitted with controls for everything, including powerful rays. Date: 1927

Concert Mecanique, invented by M Richard
A Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello

Kempelins Automaton Chess Player
Wolfgang von Kempelins Automaton Chess Player. It was created in Germany, was widely exhibited, and eventually reappeared in New York in 1845. Date: 1769

Futuristic dictation machine
A futuristic dictation machine, which allows a businessman to dictate his correspondence without the need for a secretary. Date: 1899

Futuristic telescope for astronomy
An astronomer at work, using a futuristic machine that will display the stars and planets on a table top. Date: 1899

Futuristic recorded message
A futuristic recorded message, brought on a tray by a servant. Date: 1899

Bushbys patent pill making machine 1869
Pill mass, is first placed between two plain rollers to form a sheet of thickness required for the size of pill to be made, the thickness of the sheet necessarily determining the size of the pills

Model dwelling of working class 1900
Interior of a working class home, at the beginning of the 20th century. Date: 1900

Hoes ten feeder printing machine 1871
Richard Hoes printing machine with ten feeds. Date: 1871

Foster showmans Tractor FE 1589
Foster showmans Tractor, regn. FE 1589, number 14066, Endeavour. Built in 1915 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Garrett Showmans Tractor BJ4201
Garrett Showmans Tractor, regn. BJ4201, number 33419, Challenge at a Bristol Steam rally. Built in 1919 by Richard Garrett & Sons at Leiston in Suffolk, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WT8606
Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive, regn. WT8606, number 4000, Ex-Mayor at Andover Steam Rally. Built in 1925 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, powered by a 10 Nhp compound steam engine

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