Tool Collection (page 7)

Field equipment

Hand-Axes

Flint tool from the Pakefield excavation site. Manmade stone tools have been discovered in Suffolk, in the UK, and indicate humans were living there at least 680, 000 years ago

Pakefield flint tools
Flint tools from the Pakefield excavation site. Manmade stone tools have been discovered in Suffolk, in the UK, and indicate humans were living there at least 680, 000 years ago

Flint tools from the Pakefield excavation site. Manmade stone tools have been discovered in Suffolk, in the UK, and indicate humans were living there at least 680, 000 years ago

Homo erectus, Acheulian man
An illustration of a lakeside campsite 400, 000 years ago of Acheulian man (Homo erectus) in the Quaternary Hoxnian Interglacial period, Lower Palaeolithic

Hand-axe
Flint hand-axe of Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) with rounded spall pot-lid split by frost action. Specimen from University of London, Institute of Archaeology

The Clacton Spear
This spear is named after Clacton-on-sea which is where it was discovered in 1911. It dates back 450, 000 years old making it the oldest wooden spear to have been found in the British Isles

Homo neanderthalensis, Neanderthal mans flake tool
A flake tool discovered at Tabun, Israel belonging to Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) dating back 100, 000 years

Piltdown flake implement
Piltdown, Sussex item E.612 held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown flints
Collection of Piltdown flints held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown Eolithic flint
Piltdown, Sussex item E.614 held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown rolled flake
Piltdown, Sussex item E.613 held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown flint implement
Piltdown, Sussex item E.605 held at The Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown Palaeolith flint
Piltdown, Sussex item E.685 held at The Natural History Museum, London

Stages in Pruning - 5
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Stages in Pruning - 4
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Stages in Pruning - 3
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Stages in Pruning - 2
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Pruning tools: pruning knives (a, b, c) trimming knife (d), pr
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Fishing scene, with details of aboriginal implements
Drawing 77 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Implements of the Duke of York Islands and St Georges Channe

Stages in Pruning - 1
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Mate pots and bambillio illustration (p.118) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, John Murray illustrated edition, 1890

Neanderthal artifacts
Stone tools believed to once have belonged to Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) who lived in Gorhams Cave, Gibraltar

Neanderthal stone tools
Tools believed to have once belonged to Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) discovered at Gorhams cave, Gibraltar

Neanderthal Man artifact (Tabun)
A tool thought to have been used by Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) Discovered at Tabun, Israel

Goniometer
For measuring face angles to check symmetry and aid identification

A Swanscombe Hand Axe
One of many hand axes that have been discovered at the Homo neanderthalensis site of Swanscombe, Kent which was inhabited about 500, 000 to 300, 000 years ago

Flint hand-axe
Late Palaeolithic from Farnham, Surrey, England

Hones for sharpening metal edges
The longest hone here dates back to the 12th century and was discovered in Winchester however the rock type matches specimens of schist from quarries in Eidsborg in Norway

Armilar sphere and planetarium (1774). SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

Manuscript Facts of the Romans (13th c. ). Bricklayers
" Manuscript " Facts of the Romans" (13th c.). Bricklayers. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Marks Library)."

Cart driver (18th c. ). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris
Cart driver (18th c.). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

An example of a firefighters axe

A man, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or feather garment, leaning on or rolling a large barrel-like object, possibly a mochi tub; he is carrying a long-handled tool, possibly a mallet

A man walking to the left, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or feather garment, carrying a long handled tool over his right shoulder. Date between 1830 and 1850

A man, wearing a conical hat, a straw or feather outer garment, and boots, is carrying a long-handled tool, possibly a dipper or mallet, from which fish are hanging. Date between 1830 and 1850

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne

Women in industry. Tool production. Inspecting thousands of drills each day, women employed by a large Midwest drill and tool company must learn to detect the tiniest flaw in these vital machine

Threshing

Young woman in a large hat sitting on straw
A young woman in a large hat sitting on straw. Date: early 20th century

Machine Tool Press
A smart young worker, wearing spectacles and a waistcoat, operating a machine tool presss. Date: 1950s

Boy repairing a clock -- Something Wrong with the Works

Pyrenean Man sharpening his scythe
Pyrenean Mountain Man sharpening his scythe, France Date: circa 1910s

Tools of the Guns Makers
Tools used to make guns in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Silver Plating 18th C
Various tools used for silver plating including a hammer, screws and chucks. Date: Circa 1760

Stoneworkers Tools 18Th
Various tools including pickaxes, hammers and measuring instruments used by stoneworkers and masons in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

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