Motion Collection (page 2)

Image of movable stage for capturing scenes with a Mutograph
Herman Casler (1867 - 1939) developed the Mutoscope/Mutograph circa 1890s, as a potential answer to the development of motion picture

Dividing and cutting engines with diagonal motion. Copperplate engraving by Duncan after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Lyalls patent postive motion loom
James Lyall from New York, showing his new and patent power loom. Date: 1869

TWO GIRLS WHIRLING ROUND
Two girls, perhaps sisters, whirl each other round with clasped hands Date: 1960s

The Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France - photographed at night. Date: circa 1930s

Kitsch French romantic postcard
Your eyes shun me, but I feel all your movements. Suddenly I can sense your slightest feelings. Kitsch French romantic postcard with some wonderfully-vivid and vibrant colouration

Cow. Pentelic marble. Copy after a bronze statue by Myron (4
Roman Art. Italy. Cow. Pentelic marble. Copy after a bronze statue by Greek sculptor Myron (460-440B.C.). Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. The Throne Room of Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed facade. Dated in 580 B.C. Its 56 meters facade was decorated with colored glazed bricks as shows the composition

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate. Aurochs. Perg
Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C

USA. Old bicycle. 19th century engraving. Colored

American Hot Rod postcard - for sticking on ones car bumper, luggage, walls, dens, offices and factories! " These humorous signs are easy to apply

Orffyreus Wheel
The perpetual motion wheel of Orffyreus, real name Johann Ernst Elias Bessler

Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Relief. Fighters on a boat. Egyp
Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Polychromed relief depicting fighters on a boat. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Relief. Fighters. Egypt
Mastaba of Nefer and Kahay. Polychromed relief depicting fighters. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Saqqara. Egypt

Ishtar Gate. 4th century BC. Babylon
Ishtar Gate. The eight gate of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in 575 BC by order to Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed in 1930. Detail. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Mathias Wieman with Ingrid Bergman
Mathias Wieman (1902 - 1969), German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor with Ingrid Bergman (1915 - 1982), Swedish actress. Date: 1967

Jje Lenoir / Figuier Eng
Photograph of Louis Lumiere (1865-1948), French pioneer of cinematography, scrutinising a strip of film. Together with his brother Auguste, Louis invented the cinematograph

Zoetrope
Photograph of a Zoetrope or the wheel of life, invention in 1838, patented in 1866. Date: 1922

Eadweard Muybridge with his animals in motion images
Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), US photographer and inventor, showing his instananeous photographs of animals in motion at the Royal Society

Perpetual Motion Wheels
Perpetual motion machines of the overbalanced wheel type invented by Bernard Launy and Jeremie Metz; neither will work in practice however

Edisons Kinetoscope 2
EDISONs KINETOSCOPE " Reproducing to the eye the effect of human motion by means of a swift and graded succession of pictures"

Mexico. Mexico City. Avenida de los Hombres Ilustres (Avenue of Illustrious Men), now called Hidalgo Avenue. On the right, Santa Veracruz church and San Juan de Dios church

Atoms of which things are made
Sir William Braggs experiments in his opening lecture, concerning the Nature of Things delivered at the Royal Institution. Date: 1924

Will and Betty Rogers - outdoor cookery
Will Rogers (1879-1935) - a Cherokee cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator and stage and motion picture actor

Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Offerer. Relief
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. Offerer. Relief

Italy. Rome. Piazza del Popolo. People at sunset

Italy. Rome. Tiber river

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1479-1553). Hunt in Honour of Cha
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1479-1553). German painter and engraver. Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau, 1544. Oil on panel. Detail. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Troops destined for the Dutch colonies in India. 19th centur
Colonialism. 19th century. Holland. Rotterdam. Troops destined for the Dutch colonies in India. Kellenbach Engraving for The Artistic Illustration, 1886. Colored

Greek art. Statue of Victory (Nike). 5th century B. C. Parian
Greek art. Statue of Victory (Nike). 5th century B.C. Parian marble. By Paeonius of Mende. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630) German mathematician and astronomer. Considered the founder of modern astronomy. Colored engraving

Stagecoach. 19th century engraving. Coloured

Mary Miles Minter (1902 - 1984), American actress

Cometarium.. Cometarium by W. Jones, a mechanical device designed to illustrate the motion of a comet about the Sun. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

The German acoustic mine by G. H. Davis
The German acoustic mine: a new terror under the sea during the Second World War. A trembler circuit, set in motion by an advancing ships propeller vibrations, brings about an explosion. Date: 1941

Jeanette Loff (1906 - 1942) American motion picture actress and singer. Date: 1930

Malibu Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Motion Picture Colony, Malibu Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Gene Gauntier - American film actress
Gene Gauntier (18851966) - American screenwriter and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. Dubbed the Kalem Girl by Kalem Studios in 1910

Steam train seen from ground level
A steam train in motion, seen from ground level

Photographic studio setup for Rolls Royce stroboscopic photoshoot. 1959

Advertisement for Bournvita -- teenage girl (G Hill) in an energetic pose. 1959

Texan Movie Star Bessie Love (1898-1986) - won an Academy Award nomination for Broadway Melody - recognised with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - appeared in films between 1916 and 1983!

Blitzen Benz record-breaker - painting by Andrew McGeachy
The Blitzen Benz car, built in Mannheim by Benz & Cie running a full speed. At Brooklands on November 9, 1909, at the Brooklands circuit at Weybridge, Surrey

Spiral wire simulating six-footed motion. Hargrave Slide 6

Spiral wire simulating leech and centripede motion. Hargrave Slide 5

Self-acting lathe with tapering motion, light pattern. Height of centres 21 inches

Self-acting lathe with treadle motion and complete set of tools. Height of centres 6 inches

Surfacing lathe with dividing motion and apparatus for cutting wheels. Height of centres 30 inches

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