Machinery Collection (page 4)

Original marine steam engine invented by Symington
The original marine steam engine invented by William Symington, 1787, placed on the deck of a pleasure boat, producing a speed of five miles per hour. Date: 1787

Tractor thrashing machine made by Ransomes of Ipswich

Thrashing machine made by Ransomes of Ipswich Date: 1841

Budding's patent lawn mower made by Ransomes of Ipswich
Budding's Patent Lawn Mower manufactured by Ransomes of Ipswich Date: 1832

Three-furrow Motrac tractor plough by Ransomes of Ipswich
Three-Furrow Motrac Tractor Plough made by Ransomes of Ipswich

Four-stroke motor lawn mower by Ransomes of Ipswich
16 inch Four-Stroke Motor Lawn Mower made by Ransomes of Ipswich

Middle Ages. Wood mantlet on wheels. Engraving by Serra
Middle Ages. Mantlet. Large shield or portable shelter used for stopping projectiles. Wood mantlet on wheels. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Ribauldequin. Late medieval volley gun
Ribauldequin or rabauld. Late medieval volley gun with many small-caliber iron barrels set up parallel on a platform, used during the 14th and 15th centuries. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883

Medieval war machine. Catapult. Parabolic motion machine, used to launch long-distance projectiles. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Roman weapon. Onager. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Onager. It was an imperial Roman torsion powered siege engine. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Rounding Pencils - Pencil Making at Keswick Date: 1854

Polishing Pencils - Pencil Making at Keswick Date: 1854

Paper making from rags Date: 1874

Gilding Pencils - Pencil Making at Keswick Date: 1854

Cutting and grooving pencils - Pencil Making at Keswick Date: 1854

Large Farm
Watercolour painting of a large farm place with red agricultural machinery parked inside. Date: circa 1930

A large industrial loom. Date: 1960

Advert, R Hornsby & Sons, mowing and reaping machines
Advert, R Hornsby & Sons, the best mowing and reaping machines, Grantham, England. Date: 1868

Maudslay lathe. Date: circa 1945

Engine test of machinery 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

Photograph of James Watt Planing Machine, originally installed in the Soho Foundry of Boulton and Watt, Birmingham which was purchased by Avery in 1895. Showing the planing machine. Date: circa 1920

Photograph of Old Face Plate Lathe, originally installed in the Soho Foundry of Boulton and Watt, Birmingham which was purchased by Avery in 1895. 3-speed gear and differential. Date: circa 1920

James Watt during his experiments in sculpture copying
Items produced/used by James Watt during his experiments in sculpture copying, 1809. Date: circa 1809

Bust used by James Watt during his experiments in sculpture copying. Date: circa 1809

James Watt's studio at his residence, Heathfield Hall
James Watt's lathe and vice-bench at Heathfield Hall, Handsworth, later owned by George Tangye. Date: circa 1809

James Watt's Sculpture copying machinery (eidograph), taken at Watt's residence, Heathfield Hall, Handsworth, later owned by George Tangye. Date: circa 1809

Women working in cramped conditions spinning yarn. Date: 1883

Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers - Washing 1907
After the ostrich feathers complete there journey from Cape Town, South Africa, bales of cruelly plucked feathers arrive by boat to London, the Worlds feather market

Female engineer at work
Miss Anne James, Lubrication Engineer (Tribiologist) of Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd. working on some machinery

The Roof Raising Defence to Defeat Dive-Bombers
Latest device drawn by William Heath Robinson to defeat the dive bombers is a roof-raising by system of cogs, balloons and other lifting machinery. Date: 1941

Way to Increase your Greengage Jam Ration
Owing to the short supply of sugar, it was necessary to cut down the amount used in the jam production. Illustrated by William Heath Robinson showing inside a jam factory where every part of

Female Factory Worker Heinz Zinram 1950s Printed
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Patent Manning Wardle & Co, locomotive engineers, steam road roller designed in Paris and was contracted in England. Boyne Engine Works, Leeds and is the patent of E. Gellerate and Co

Salmon in Canada - Canning
Photograph showing a long stream of cans of salmon rolling through the machine, each turn hermetically sealed in closed tins in which the fish is preserved. Date: late 1890s

It took two men several hours three times a week to wind up the Clock Tower (Elizabeth Tower), so Londoners could get an accurate time. Date: 1877

Manufacture of Steel Pens, Birmingham 1874
Royal visit by Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) to Mr. Joseph Gillott, steel pens manufacture in West Midlands, Birmingham. Date: 1874

The Boiler shop (Water-tube boilers) at the Germania Shipyard, Kiel. Date: 1902

BBC Late Low Definition Television Control Room. On the right is the mirror-drum projection scanner, on the left are the two checking receivers

Sakkieh, or water wheel, Egypt
19th century vintage photograph: sakkieh, or water wheel used to irrigate farm crops, agriculture

AIX-les-Bains - Gorges du Sierroz, memorial stone
Vintage 19th century photograph: area of AIX-les-BAINS - Gorges du Sierroz - memorial stone to Baronne Baron de Broc, waterwheel, image c.1890 s, France

Japan - machinery, for spinning thread, yarn
Vintage 19th century photograph: Japan - machinery, for spinning thread, yarn

Knife grinder at work, Central London
Itinerant knife grinder at work on a Central London street. Date: circa 1950s

The Visit of King George V to the Royal Show, Norwich in 1911. Here, the King is examining the Stand of H. Bamford and Sons. Date: 1911

WW II - T-19 Locust tank emerging from a Hamilcar gilder
Vintage photograph World War II - T-19 Locust tank emerging from a Hamilcar gilder

X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband

Whitworth machine. Date: circa 1855

Whitworth workshop measuring machine. Date: 1871

Whitworth Millionth measuring machine. Date: 1855

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