Machinery Collection (page 17)

British Michelin Prize
Some of the ingenious devices in the cockpit area of Mr Codys aeroplane, which won the British Michelin Prize for the longest flight over a marked course (189.3 miles) Date: 31 December 1910

Transubstantiation C1840
Mary, in Heaven, feeds Jesus into a mincer, so that pieces of his flesh come out as wafers for use in the Mass Date: circa 1840

Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1899
Ice breaker that can break large chunks of ice into pieces about the size of a chestnut or very small pieces. Date: 1899

Mrs A. B Marshalls ice breaker 1890s
Ice breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, useful for hotels, confectioners, refreshments and cabins, butlers and pantries. Date: 1890s

MERCURY PRINTED / 1950S
The Leicester Mercury hot off the press Date: 1950s

Pin Maker 1827
A woman uses a foot pedal to operate pin making machinery. Date: 1827

Mechanical Power 1827
A machinist demonstrates the scale of the new industrial machinery as he operates a huge vice. Date: 1827

Louvre -Making Guns / 1870
The manufacture of arms and ammunition in the large picture gallery of the newly constructed Louvre during the siege of Paris. Date: 1870

Electrical gold finder
Experiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892

Taylors Calico Loom
W G Taylors POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE which obtained a prize medal at the 1862 International Exhibition, London Date: 1862

Mrs A. B Marshalls patent ice breaker 1890s
Ice breaker with handheld lever, from Mrs A. B Marshall s, specially adapted to the wants of hotels, restaurants, confectioners and creameries. Date: 1890s

A large circular saw. Date: 1898

Futuristic machine for reading human thought waves
A futuristic machine which registers and translates human thought waves, even if the subject is unconscious or unable to speak. Date: 1928

French spinning wheels Date: 18th century

Splitting of the Atom - apparatus used by Dr J D Cockcroft
Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus

Machinery in the Great International Exhibition of 1862. 1862

The works of Big Ben, Palace of Westminster, London. Date: circa 1920s

Boat Building by machinery. 1861

Locomotive manufacture - Great Western Railway, Swindon
Steam locomotive manufacturing processes in the works of the Great Western Railway (GWR), Swindon Date: 1854

Steam shovel at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction
Bucyrus steam shovel in operation, at Santa Cruz, Panama Canal construction, loading railcars with soil. Date: circa 1914

Tractor at work, Wieringermeer, North Holland, Netherlands
Man at work on a tractor on reclaimed land in Wieringermeer, North Holland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1930s

Pinks Potted Bloater, Great Yarmouth
Pinks Potted Bloater, a most delicious relish of altogether superior quality. Showing the product being prepared by steam machinery from very highly cured Yarmouth Bloaters. 1888

Stonemason working with granite in a workshop. Date: circa 1970s

View at Wheal Jane tin mine, West Cornwall
View at Wheal Jane disused tin mine, near Baldhu and Chacewater, West Cornwall. Some of the equipment can be seen here in silhouette against a cloudy orange sky. Date: circa 1980s

Cigarette manufacturing machines at Arcadia Works
Cigarette manufacturing machinery at the Arcadia Works of the Carreras Cigarette Company, each of which could produce 50, 000 cigarettes per hour. Date: 1932

Machinery Hall - International Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland. Date: 1907

Cartoon, Field hair trimmer, WW1
Cartoon, A field hair trimmer for cutting the hair of German soldiers. A long queue of hairy men wait their turn. Date: 1916

Construction worker relaxes against bags of cement, Eccles
A construction worker relaxes against bags of Ribble Cement at a building site in Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

War-Time Economies Saving Breath, WW1 Heath Robinson
War-Time Economies from Heath Robinson - to Save Your Breath. The Penny-in-the-Slot machine for blowing out candles. Wartime savings taken to ridiculous lengths by William Heath Robinson who suggests

Haymaking in a field
People haymaking in a field. Date: circa 1920s

Lathe turning equipment, bits and machinery, 19th century.. Lathe turning equipment, bits and machinery, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W

Wire mill, 19th century.. Wire mill, machinery used to manufacture wire, 19th century. Copperplate engraving by W. Lowry after an Illustration by J

Telegraph equipment, alphabet, and machinery, 19th century.. Telegraph equipment, alphabet, and machinery. 19th century communication technology. Copperplate engraving by W

Textile Mill Workers and Machinery, England. Date: 1900s

Textile Mill Worker and Machinery, England. Date: 1900s

Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Steps of the Manufacturers Building & Machinery Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA. Date: 1909

WW2 Christmas card, Whats the use of worrying -- dog in khaki uniform. Date: 1941

Introducing Tanks to Londoners - Film of Battle of Ancre
" The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks" - an official film shown at the Scala Theatre, London. Seen by an estimated 250

Pipe screwing machine for hat factory - this would be a piece of machinery for delivery to the recently purchased factory at Conty which Battersby

Plank shop at Battersbys hatworks showing formed felt cones, te basis for a fur felt hat. Note the huge amount of pipework, and the exposed belt drives to the machinery. Date: 1902

Strimping Machine at Battersbys hatworks, another solid piece of machinery bearing the makers name Date: 1902

Hat factory machinery after fire at Battersbys of Stockport in June 1906. The machinery shown is a crown finishing machine, and in the top left of the picture the drive system is visible

Sugar mill machinery
Diagrams showing part of the elevation and plan of an improved sugar refinery by Edward Woollery Esq of Jamaica. Date: 18th century

Miners at work, Victor, Colorado, USA
Miners at work, drilling one thousand feet underground in a gold mine at Victor, Colorado, USA. Date: circa 1910

Farm scene near Mineral Wells, Texas, USA
Farm scene with horses and threshing machine near Mineral Wells, Texas, USA. circa 1910

Brim making machine at Battersbys hat factory in Stockport, 1906. This is believed to be new machinery bought to replace equipment destroyed in the fire a few weeks earlier Date: 1906

Four men in hat factory finishing room at Battersbys in Stockport, June 1906. Note the massive exposed machinery behind them and the driveshaft for it which comes through the wall. Date: 1906

MORSE, Samuel (1791-1872). North American painter and physicist, telegraphs inventor. Morse telegraph receiving station using punched tape Movilleron, early 20th c

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