mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
Robin RedbreastPoem by M. Nightingale about the robin, featuring a lovely decoration by Gladys M. Rees. Date: 1939
Members of Cuddington Golf Club, Surrey, 1933. Date: 1933
Ancient altars, characters, and John Napiers bonesAncient altars, ark of the covenant, Chinese musical instrument Ching and King, John Napiers calculating bones, and ancient arithmetical characters
Ancient water clocks or clepsydrae. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman
Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, 18th centuryFace-turning lathe and riveting hammer, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
Electrical dischargers and doublers, 18th centuryElectrical dischargers and doublers, including Tiberius Cavallos multiplier, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
Diagrams of magnets, magnetic fields, iron filings, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst
Coach suspension machinery for horse-drawn carriagesCoach suspension: view of the fore wheels of a crane-necked carriage and Mr. Jacobs contrivance for the forewheels of a coach. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr
Children's Hoop Race Date: 1925
Children Collecting Fir Cones Date: 1925
F. B. Rees, JockeyF. B. (Dick) Rees (1894-1951) was the first jockey to win 100 races in a National Hunt season, in 1924. Date: 1925
Lewes Stable and Owner G. PooleScenes from Lewes Stable, owned by G. Poole, who is pictured in one of the images. Also shown are champion jockey L. B. Rees and racehorse Ned Carver. Date: circa 1924
Betsy Rees in A Night In Venice, New York, 1929American dancer Betsy Rees in A Night In Venice, New York, 1929 Date: 1929
Swan and CygnetsTwo cygnets riding on the back of the swan along the river. Artist: Dorothy Rees Date: 1936
Bust of the goddess Isis Magna Mater, from the collection of Charles Towney. Copperplate engraving by C. Knight from a drawing by H
Xanthippus, father of Pericles, from a bas relief on his tombstone in the collection of Charles Townley. Copperplate engraving by J. Parker from a drawing by J
Marble statue of Cupid and Psyche kissing from the Capitol in Rome. Copperplate engraving by R.H. Cromck from a drawing by H. Howard in Abraham Rees Cyclopedia, London, 1818
Boring machine and cornering saw, 18th centuryBoring machine and cornering saw, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or
Crown saw and coaking engine, 18th centuryCrown saw and coaking engine, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal
Sawing machine at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
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
Cutting engines, 18th century, including a rose engine lathe or figure lathe made by Holtzapffell Deyerlien. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
Electrical equipment, 18th century. Medical machine for electrifying the teeth, thunder house, torpedo, brush, and connecting frame of the Teylerian battery
Electrometers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London
Electrical configurations, 18th centuryElectrical configurations caused by charges on metal powder, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature
Electrical experiments, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature
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
Enamelling furnaces, 18th centuryFurnace for enamelling watch dial plates and Henry Bones enamelling furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary
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
Furnaces including common air furnace and portable furnacesFurnaces including common air furnace, furnaces designed by Dr. Joseph Black, David Mushet and R. and G. Knight of Foster Lane, and portable furnaces by Dr. Joseph Black and R. and G. Knight
Water clocks or clepsydrae, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London
Kelvin Aqueduct built by Robert Whitworth, 1790Plan, elevation and section of the Kelvin Aqueduct, built by Robert Whitworth, over the Forth River, Scotland, 1790. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham
Canal bridge, 18th centuryPlans and sections through canal bridge, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst
Canal swing bridge and canal navigators tools including barow, grafting tool, shovel, scoop and horsing-block. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
Metal casting equipment: open sand casting 1, trowel 2, ramming tool 4, lifting screw 5, sand casting between flasks 6, cog wheel casting 7-10, and moulds for loam casting 11-13
Cannon-boring machinery, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature
Dredging machine used on the River Thames to deepen the channel. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr
Hydraulics systems including floating, hydromancyHydraulics systems including floating action 1, 2, hydromancy or water divination 3, 4, and Archimedes solution to the problem of Hieros crown 5
Clarks hydrometer and other typesTypes of hydrometers, 18th century, by Clark 2, 3, John Theophilus Desaguliers 4, Jean-Andre De Luc 5, and William Nicholson 6
Types of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content by Anderson 8, Dr. Robert Hooke 9, 10, Dr. Hale 11, James Ferguson 12, 13
Types of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Lucs whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster
Types of hydraulics systems and pumps: Persian wheel or sakia, Tantalus or Pythagorean cup, Ctesibiuss ancient pump, and sucking, forcing, lifting and chain pumps
Captain Jekylls improved ship pump and BenjaminHydraulic pumps including Captain Jekylls improved ship pump and Benjamin Martins pump. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts
The Sipho Wirtembergicus and Archimedes screwExamples of hydraulic siphons including natural springs, waves, syringe, rope pump, the Duke of Wirtembergs siphon or the Sipho Wirtembergicus and Archimedes screw
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