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Hensons Aerial Steam CarriageThe Aerial Steam Carriage -- underside view with covering fabric in place. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843
Victorian inventions in The EngineerA page of patented engineering and industrial inventions from The Engineer magazine, 1856. Date: 1856
Hensons Aerial Steam CarriageThe Aerial Steam Carriage -- sectional views of the boiler. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843
Hensons Aerial Steam CarriageThe Aerial Steam Carriage -- enlarged view of the steam engine. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843
Hensons Aerial Steam CarriageThe Aerial Steam Carriage -- enlarged view of the car or carriage. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843
Hensons Aerial Steam CarriageThe Aerial Steam Carriage -- side view of the main frame, and plan of the controlling tail. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883)
Portable Steam Pump / 1883Valiant portable Steam Pump. designed and patented by Merryweathers in 1883. A powerful self-contained pumping engine
Engraving of Newshams fire engine, patented in 1725. Date: 1725
Horn Buffers for Cattle, 1921Illustration showing an invention, patented in 1921, designed to give any bull, using his horns in an aggressive fashion, a bash on the nose
The Heated Shoe, 1921Illustration showing an invention patented in 1921 for a shoe with a hot water undersole, designed to keep ones feet warm on cold days
Piper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ with the Everell single-blade propellerPiper J-3 Cub G-AFFJ (msn 1165), seen with the Everell patented single-blade automatic variable- pitch propeller. The single propeller blade was balanced by a counterweight and was free to pivot
Chicago Worlds Fair 1933 - Firestone Factory and ExhibitioChicago Worlds Fair 1933 - The Firestone Patented Gum Dipping Process in the Firestone Factory and Exhibition Building. 1933
Advertisement for Le Roy et Fils, of New Bond Street, London, originators of the bracelet watch with various examples illustrating their stock. Date: 1890
The Hansom CabThis painting shows the back of a horse drawn carriage, the type of which is known as a Hansom Cab, designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom
Riley's Billiard Tables, available in different sizes for private homes in mahogany wood. Date: 1904
Advert for Christy Saddles Co. 1897Advertisement for bicycle v-shape saddle with colled springs and leather top. 1897
Curtiss Oriole - long wingA long-wing Curtiss Oriole, of an aerial photography company, fitted with one of S.A. Reeds patented twisted flat-plate D-18 (Duralumin) propellers. Date: 1922
Mile-index for cabs 1847Patent mile-index, simple ingenious contrivance for measuring and indicating the distance travelled by wheel carriage, was invented and patented by H
BARTHELEMY THIMONNIER French tailor who patented the first sewing machine in France in 1830 Date: 1793 - 1859
HEROS WATER DISPENSERCoin-in-the-slot scent dispenser, patented 1889, operates on the same principles as holy water dispenser by Hero of Alexandria in 1st century AD Date: 1st century AD
The Aerial Steam Carriage, or Ariel. An artists imaginary representation of a propeller-driven flying machine with wings. By Permission of the Patentees, this Engraving of The First Carriage
Advert for Hindes Limited the new hair pin 1893A hair pin without points has good points! see the point? New patented at home and abroad, Hindes hair pin. Can t scratch the head and won t fall out
Adjustable back chair with hidden movementAdjustable back chair incorporating new patented hidden movement! Date: circa 1910s
First British motor car 1880Henry J Lawsons patented design for a petroleum-powered motor car : if it was ever built, it was the first British motor car Date: patented 1880
Cartoon, Elephants in armour, WW1Cartoon, Elephants in armour (Hohenzollern patented system). Showing an elephant in armour, using its trunk to distribute petrol from two barrels which it carries on either side
Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1937A new kind of sock. Self-supporting. No suspenders needed. This special patented design with a top band containing lastex yarn does the trick. They can t come down. They don t let you down
Winfield Bertram Kinner with his Kinner monoplane which used a patented wing-folding system
An Aerial honeymoon invented and patented by John F. Byrne : funniest show in the world - the huge pantomimic musical comedy. Date 19 - ?
Musical boxThe aurephone-a patented musical instument that makes an ideal Christmas or New Year gift. Available for John G. Murdoch and Co. Ltd. Date: 1883
Roberts and Coppocks Improvement in Looms for WeavingTechnical drawing of an invention, patented in 1855, by Roberts and Coppock, consisting of an improved arrangement of parts for letting the yarn off the warp beam in a weaving loom
Boat Invention / LincolnAn improved system for buoying vessels, patented by Abraham Lincoln, future President of the United States. A model of the invention and facsimile drawings are shown here Date: 1849
Protective collar against garrottingA protective collar or stock against garrotting
Horse-powered Four Wheel Vehicle, 1921Illustration showing an invention, patented in 1921, that used a horse to push a four wheel vehicle
Portable Gas LampA portable gas lamp for general railway use, patented by Mr Johnstone. It was first used on the Eastern Counties Railway, as a head light to the engine
Billiard table advertsAdvertisement from 1897 for Burroughes & Watts celebrated billiard tables with patented vacuum cushions
Watt Studies Newcomen sWhen James Watt was given Newcomens engine to repair, he quickly saw its inefficiencies and set out to provide remedies. The result, patented in 1769, revolutionised steam engines
Phillipss Toilet AquariusAn advertisement from 1891 for Phillipss Toilet Aquarius, a new water container for wash stands where...no muscular effort required
Jonathan Hulls Steam Tug-boat of 1736Engraving of Jonathan Hulls steam tug-boat, which he patented in 1736. It is doubtful whether Hulls ever had the chance to build his tug-boat, much less use it to haul a fully rigged ship
The Bude Lights in Trafalgar SquareBude lights in Trafalgar Square, London. Patented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney in 1839, the Bude light introduced oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame
Bude lightA large Bude light in Trafalgar Square. Invented by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney and patented in 1839, the light worked by introducing oxygen gas into the middle of a standard oil lamp flame
Edisons electric lampComponents of the electric lamp patented by Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1879. The lamp worked by passing an electric current through a carbon filament enclosed in a vacuum in a sealed glass bulb
Heros Water DispenserCoin-in-the-slot scent dispenser, patented 1889, operates on the same principles as holy water dispenser by Hero of Alexandria in 1st century AD
Thomas Savery / SmilesTHOMAS SAVERY English military engineer, patented first commercially successful steam engine Date: 1650 - 1715
Barthelemy / Sew MachineFrench tailor Barthelemy Thimonnier with his machine : he patented the first practical sewing machine in France in 1830
B. C (Before Crinoline)At a time prior to 1857 when the cage crinoline became available (patented December 1856) Adolphus and his beloved Kitty could walk intimately side by side
Combined Knocker / BellWaudes patented Knocker Bell, where one movement of the hand gives the two distinct sounds! Advertisement from a late 19th century trade catalogue
Hornblower Steam EngineDiagram of the steam engine patented by Jonathan Hornblower, from Cornwall, in 1781; his patent was overturned in 1799