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Photograph of an old anvil found in Kent and probably in use in 1660s at Bugsell Forge. Shown alongside a ruler. The relics were found on the site of an old iron works about 1 mile north of
Old tilt hammerhead found in KentPhotograph of an old tilt hammerhead found in Kent and probably in use in 1660s at Bugsell Forge. Shown alongside a ruler
Machinery produced by Lawrence Hathaway, Member of IMechE, at his Trinity Pumps Company, Gobowen. The company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire engines and then cars
Indian factory workers making munitions, WW1: shell making" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency. Shell-making: a general view of the complicated machinery which the Indians handle most deftly." 1915
Indian factory workers making munitions, 1915" How India is doing her bit at home: a munitions factory in the Great Dependency." Cartridge and shell making in India during World War One by native Indians, for use by the British. 1915
Messrs. Scheutzs New Calculating MachineMessrs. Pehr (Per) Georg Scheutz (1785-1873) and Edvard Scheutzs (of Stockholm, Sweden) New Calculating (Tabulating) Machine
Norias at Orontes River in Hama, SyriaTwo norias on opposite banks of the Orontes River in Hama, a city in west Syria. Norias are devices similar to water wheels which were used to lift water to a higher elevation
Noria at Orontes River in Hama, SyriaOne of the Norias of Hama, a city in west Syria, as seen through a stone arch at the bank of the Orontes River. Norias are
Street next to one of the Norias of Hama, SyriaMan walking on a street in Hama, a city in west Syria. On the left one of the Norias of Hama along the Orontes River can be seen
New rolling machine for making horse shoe nails, patented by Messrs. Huggett. The manufacture of horseshoe nails by machinery, instead of forging them by hand
Industrial Revolution. London. Interior of an English factory. Late 18th century. Nineteenth-century
Section of an underground mine. Model of a team in the second half of the nineteenth century. Scale 1:25. Manufactured in 1906. By R. Brown. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology)
The double catapult. Designed by Leonardo da Vinci. 15th cenRenaissance. Military Engineering. Drawn in the Atlantic Codex (folio 152 1485-1490) of Leonardo Da Vinci. The double catapult, with bucket and sling. Model
Study of Leonardo da Vinci. Mechanical loom. 15th centuryRenaissance. Study of Leonardo da Vinci. Weaving machines. Mechanical loom. 15th century. Model. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy
Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers destroying an smelter in the H. Bandoux glass factory. Engraving
W Barratt & Co Ltd factory, Northampton, UKW Barratt & Co Ltd factory, making department, Northampton, UK. mid-20th century
Propellers for Britains Warplanes: Machining the Blades - The Edge-milling process, in which upper and lower fixed rotary cutters mill the leading
Rejected by the Inventions Board - Heath Robinson WW1Rejected by the Inventions Board - III - A Device for Screw Stoppering the Enemys Rifles. Another elaborate and convoluted method of beating the dastardly Hun devised by William Heath Robinson in The
The Morse Cotton Baling Press. Cotton Hydraulic Press, New Morse system. Installed in New York. 1881. Xylography
Boeing 377 MGT mini Guppy N111AS Aero Spacelines Santa BarbaThe Mini Guppy Turbine was originally planned for the general commercial market such as hauling boats and heavy machinery
Postcard advertisement, Transelektro, Budapest, HungaryPostcard advertisement for Transelektro, electrical manufacturers, Budapest, Hungary. Date: circa 1960s
Firefighters in training with resuscitation stretcherFirefighters in training, rocking a resuscitation stretcher
Early type of mechanical shovel by Heath RobinsonThe inventor of the mechanical shovel trying out an early type. Two medieval engineers with a rickety but effective mechanical shovel or digger
The Screw Em Out golf hole cleaner by Heath RobinsonA typically convoluted contraption from William Heath Robinson, the first in a series entitled, Very Patent Aides to Sport, showing the Screw-Em-Out golf hole cleaner in action on a golf course
Helmut Schmidts random number generator, used in psychokinetic tests at the Rhine Research Center Institute for Parapsychology, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Date: 1960s-1970s
The Gentle Art of Excavating - Removing top soilA new type of shovel removing the top soil from a bluff in the Cotswold Hills. A typically elaborate contraption by the gadget king
WW1 Machinery in a lead factory - shrapnel productionAn array of machinery in a factory manufacturing white lead, used to make artillery shrapnel during WW1 Date: circa 1915
Cross-section of a U-boat engine room Date: circa 1940s
Textile machine. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Instituto Geol o y Minero de Espa
Jacquard Loom 1804JACQUARD LOOM First invented 1804 by J M Jacquard (1752-1834): this is probably a somewhat later modification. Date: 1804 and later
NFS (Salvage Corps) workers at a fire, WW2Salvage workers from Cannon Street fire station sub-station A2Z.2X (Watling Street) undertaking salvage work at a warehouse fire
Excavating machine for digging trenches, France, WW1An excavating machine used for digging trenches, at Mericourt in the Somme area of northern France, during the First World War. Date: 26 August 1916
Nasmyth hammer at steel works, Sheffield, YorkshireMale workers are dwarfed by the massive Nasmyth hammer at the Atlas Steel Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1902
Heath Robinson and his pea-splitting machinePhotograph of William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), pictured with his own model of a pea-splitting machine. A well-loved artist, illustrator and cartoonist
Tarkwa, Ghana - Akoon Gold MillAkoon Gold Mill, Tarkwa - a town in the southwest of Ghana. Date: circa 1910s
Two boys playing in old washing machineTwo young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!
Machinery for working gates, Gatun locks, Panama Canal
Bursa - Interior of the silk textile works - TurkeyThe interior of the silk textile works of Bay Freres, Bursa, Turkey. The textile manufacturers of Bursa were responsible for making the silk velvet covering for the Ka aba in Mecca
Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies agricultural machineryAn advert for Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Ltd(Orwell Works, Ipswich) portable traction engines and steam powered thrashing machines
Cetus Star MapCetus (sea monster) and chemical factory and electrical machinery constellation
The Illustrated London News steam printing machinesEngraving of the steam printing machines used by the weekly periodical, The Illustrated London News. There were two separate machines; one for printing one side of the paper
Elderly farmhand at harvest timeElderly farmhand (80 years old) at harvest time, with chaff and straw blowing into the air. Date: circa 1960s
Advertisement, Pantex Garment PressAdvertisement for the Pantex Garment Press - Light as a Feather to Operate - made by James Armstrong & Co Ltd, London SW1. 1956
Advertisement, Amazon 37 Drying Tumbler, manufactured by James Armstrong & Co Ltd, London. 1957
Arabs and others with oil barrels in an unidentified location. Date: circa 1920s
Waverley threshing machine, USAWaverley & Co threshing machine with gas 22hp engine (horse-drawn), USA. Date: circa 1910s
Women working in a laundry. Date: circa 1930s
Communist China - school-based factoryStudents in school in Communist China, making notes and learning about machinery in a school-based mini-factory. circa 1970