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Advert, Hall, Dunbar & Co, Paint and Polishes, LeithAdvert for Hall, Dunbar & Co, Paint and Polishes, Leith, Scotland. 1905
Advert, The Glenboig Union Fire Clay Co, GlasgowAdvert for The Glenboig Union Fire Clay Co Limited, West Regent Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Etna Iron & Steel Co, Motherwell, ScotlandAdvert for the Etna Iron & Steel Co, Motherwell, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Edward Collins and Sons, Glasgow, ScotlandAdvert for Edward Collins and Sons, Paper Manufacturers, Kelvindale, Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Dunsmuir & Jackson, Shipbuilders, GovanAdvert for Dunsmuir & Jackson Limited, Shipbuilders and Boilermakers, Govan, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Andrew Lees, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, AyrAdvert for Andrew Lees, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers, St Crispin Works, Ayr, Scotland. 1905
Scene inside a blacking factory, Holborn, LondonScene inside the packing warehouse of the Day and Martin blacking factory, Holborn, London. Date: 1842
Machine at a rope and sail cloth factory, East LondonYarn dressing and beaming machine at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842
Rope making at a rope and sail cloth factory, East LondonFlat rope making at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842
Rope laying at a rope and sail cloth factory, East LondonRope making or laying at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London. Date: 1842
Rope spinning at a rope and sail cloth factory, East LondonRope spinning at the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London, with a close-up view of the many strands of a rope. Date: 1842
View inside a rope and sail cloth factory, East LondonView inside the Sir Joseph Huddart and Co rope and sail cloth factory, Limehouse, East London -- a workman operates a strand-registering machine. Date: 1842
Scene inside a vinegar and wine factory, South LondonScene inside the sending out warehouse of the Beaufoy vinegar and British wine factory, Lambeth, South London. Date: 1842
Machine in a bookbinding workshop, City of LondonCloth embossing machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842
Board cutting in a bookbinding workshop, City of LondonBoard cutting machine in a bookbinding workshop, Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842
Scene in a bookbinding workshop, City of LondonScene in a bookbinding workshop (roan binding shop), Westley and Clark, Shoemaker Row, City of London. Date: 1842
Method of cutting paper material in China (after a Chinese illustration). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Boiling pans and wringers for bleaching cloth, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Batting machine used in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by James Burton from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Machinery for making cutlery, 18th centuryMachinery for making cutlery: troughs of a grinding mill, tongs for pressing knife handles, pressing vice and spring drill
Furnaces used for experiments and tobacco pipe manufactureFurnaces used by David Mushet for his experiments on iron and steel, and used for tobacco pipe manufacture. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
John Smeatons hammer mill at Kilnhurst ForgeJohn Smeatons design for the hammer mill at Kilnhurst Forge, Rotherham, 1765. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
Rollers for making bar iron: flat, square and plate iron. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Plan and elevation of an iron forge, 18th centuryPlan and elevation of an iron forge, with chafery, finery, blowing engine, and balling or pudding furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
Balling furnace and finery used in iron manufactureSections and elevations of balling furnace and finery used in iron manufacture, along with tools and pump. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees
Steel-converting furnace and mould for crucible manufacture. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Indian ink manufacture, Qing Dynasty China. Ink is made of lamp-black (burnt pine-wood, hogs-fat and oil) mixed with musk and glue, then shaped in wooden moulds
Craftsmen at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW LondonCraftsmen at work in the printing room of the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. They are spreading paint on printing blocks
Printing blocks used at floor cloth factory, SW LondonSix printing blocks used to create one pattern at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842
Printing block used at floor cloth factory, SW LondonOriginal printing block used at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London. Date: 1842
Craftsman at floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW LondonCraftsman at work at the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London, spreading thick paint onto a canvas cloth with a long trowel. Date: 1842
View inside a floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW LondonView inside the Smith and Baber floor cloth factory, Knightsbridge, SW London, showing the drying room. Date: 1842
Man checking pipes at a distillery, south-west LondonMan checking pipes (the specific gravity of the contents to ascertain the strength or proof) at the worm end, at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Wash still at a distillery, south-west LondonWash still at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Mash tun at a distillery, south-west LondonMen stirring the contents of the mash tun (mashing machine) at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Cooling floor at a distillery, south-west LondonCooling floor for ground meal at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
Grain mill and meal sacks at a distillery, south-west LondonGrain mill and meal sacks being filled at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842
View outside a distillery, Thames Bank, south-west LondonView outside the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. 1842
View inside a copper and lead factory, LondonView inside the Pontifex and Wood copper and lead factory, Shoe Lane, London. Date: 1842
Oil leather fulling stocks at leather factory, south LondonOil leather fulling stocks (with heavy wooden hammers, used for producing wash leather or chamois leather) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842
Sumach tan tub at a leather factory, south LondonSumach tan tub (part of the goatskin tanning process) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842
Inside a cabinet piano, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842The action or internal mechanism of a cabinet pianoforte, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842
Fret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, LondonFret cutter at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. Date: 1842
Piano keys and action, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842Square pianoforte keys and treble action, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842
Man at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842Man at work cutting keys, at the Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842
People at work, Broadwood piano factory, London 1842People at work, Broadwood piano factory, Horseferry Road, Westminster, London. 1842
People working in a soap and candle factory, south LondonPeople working in the B T & W Hawes soap and candle factory on the south bank of the River Thames in London, showing soap-boiling coppers. 1842
Pan floor, Hershey Sugar Refinery, Central Hershey, Cuba. Date: circa 1920