Ingenious Invention Collection

The Great Astronomer Schiaparelli at the Brera Observatory (colour litho)
2798364 The Great Astronomer Schiaparelli at the Brera Observatory (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Phonograph (gramophone) No date, c. 1900
AIS5364331 Phonograph (gramophone) No date, c. 1900.; © Iberfoto.

The new Allied weapons, an English terrestrial dreadnought on German positions (colour litho)
2777587 The new Allied weapons, an English terrestrial dreadnought on German positions (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new Allied weapons)

Duty Carpenter and his Masterpiece (b / w photo)
1730071 Duty Carpenter and his Masterpiece (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Companion of duty carpenter and his masterpiece late 19th century)

Auguste and Louis Lumiere (b / w photo)
1729062 Auguste and Louis Lumiere (b/w photo) by French Photographer; (add.info.: The brothers Auguste Lumiere (1862-1954) and Louis Lumiere (1864-1948) inventor of the cinematographer)

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1st movie by brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere (film still)
1731252 Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, 1st movie by brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere (film still) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Arrivee d un train a la Ciotat)

Leon Foucaults Telescope, 1862 (engraving)
1731172 Leon Foucaults Telescope, 1862 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Grand telescope de Leon Foucault, 1862, gravure The great telescope by Leon Foucault, 1862, engraving)

Ferdinand Lagleizes Airship, 1853 (engraving)
1731167 Ferdinand Lagleizes Airship, 1853 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Airship of Ferdinand Lagleize, 1853, engraving)

A woman tuning an early crystal radio set Long Island NY, c. 1910 (b / w photo)
1720327 A woman tuning an early crystal radio set Long Island NY, c. 1910 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Woman tunes an early crystal radio set Long Island NY c)

Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor. 1800 (engraving)
7235083 Portrait of Stephen Hales, chemist and inventor.1800 (engraving) by Hudson, Thomas (1701-79) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oval portrait of Reverend Dr)

Portrait of Magino Gabrielli, Jewish inventor, Venice, 16th cent, 1867 (engraving)
7234919 Portrait of Magino Gabrielli, Jewish inventor, Venice, 16th cent, 1867 (engraving) by Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902); Private Collection; (add.info)

Johannes Gutenberg, German inventor, printer and publisher (engraving)
7185485 Johannes Gutenberg, German inventor, printer and publisher (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johannes Gutenberg (c1400-1468)

James Watt watching his grandmothers tea kettle boil (colour litho)
7185299 James Watt watching his grandmothers tea kettle boil (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Watt watching his grandmothers tea kettle boil)

Monk using a clock to tell the time (coloured engraving)
7201044 Monk using a clock to tell the time (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monk using a clock to tell the time)

Rotary snow shifter or blower on a train (litho)
7200673 Rotary snow shifter or blower on a train (litho) by Poyet, Louis (1846-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rotary snow shifter or blower on a train)

Reading time using a sundial in ancient times (coloured engraving)
7201043 Reading time using a sundial in ancient times (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reading time using a sundial in ancient timesl)

La faule Grete (engraving)
7162696 La faule Grete (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La faule Grete. Illustration for Les Inventions Merveilleuses by Charles Brandon (Otto Spamer)

Fabrication de canons a la Armstrong (engraving)
7162686 Fabrication de canons a la Armstrong (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fabrication de canons a la Armstrong)

The Viking Ship (b / w photo)
7182655 The Viking Ship (b/w photo) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Viking Ship. Illustration for Inventors at Work by George Iles (Doubleday, Page & Co)

Advertisement for Harvey Dalziels process of taking a mould from a wood engraving (litho)
7200660 Advertisement for Harvey Dalziels process of taking a mould from a wood engraving (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Patented universal writing desk (engraving)
7157359 Patented universal writing desk (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patented universal writing desk)

Henry Bell and his steamboat Comet, 1812 (chromolitho)
7157142 Henry Bell and his steamboat Comet, 1812 (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: British inventor Henry Bell (1767-1830) and his steamboat Comet

Arbaletes de XIVme siecle (engraving)
7162689 Arbaletes de XIVme siecle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arbaletes de XIVme siecle)

Design for a flying ship, 1783 (engraving)
7157529 Design for a flying ship, 1783 (engraving) by Spanish School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Design for a flying ship, 1783)

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnots steam-powered car, 1771 (litho)
7150774 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnots steam-powered car, 1771 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Electronic telegraph system (coloured engraving)
7201045 Electronic telegraph system (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electronic telegraph system)

James Nasmyth, The Inventor of the Steam Hammer (engraving)
7188296 James Nasmyth, The Inventor of the Steam Hammer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Nasmyth, The Inventor of the Steam Hammer)

Atelier de composition dans l imprimerie de Giesecke et Devrient a Leipzig (engraving)
7162716 Atelier de composition dans l imprimerie de Giesecke et Devrient a Leipzig (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dowsing luminous electric radiator (litho)
7185625 Dowsing luminous electric radiator (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dowsing luminous electric radiator)

Claude Chappes telegraph system, France (coloured engraving)
7201047 Claude Chappes telegraph system, France (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Claude Chappes telegraph system, France)

Sketch depicting the advent of radio (litho)
7200341 Sketch depicting the advent of radio (litho) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketch depicting the advent of radio)

Gas Engines: Edwardian man holding a model car (colour litho)
7153699 Gas Engines: Edwardian man holding a model car (colour litho) by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gas Engines: Edwardian man holding a model car)

The birth of a new sport, fox hunting on a motorcycle (colour litho)
2809244 The birth of a new sport, fox hunting on a motorcycle (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The birth of a new sport, fox hunting on a motorcycle)

Edisons great new workshop in Lewellyn Park (Orange, New Jersey) (b / w photo)
2798536 Edisons great new workshop in Lewellyn Park (Orange, New Jersey) (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

T A Edison is working on a new invention (b / w photo)
2798534 T A Edison is working on a new invention (b/w photo) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: T A Edison is working on a new invention)

The Great Inventors, Edison in his new workshop in Lewelleyn Park, Orange (colour litho)
2798533 The Great Inventors, Edison in his new workshop in Lewelleyn Park, Orange (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Inventors)

Whats new in sport, an air-sled race in Michigan (United States) (Colour Litho)
2809279 Whats new in sport, an air-sled race in Michigan (United States) (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The news of the sport)

Experience of Chappes telegraph in 1793 (engraving)
5992730 Experience of Chappes telegraph in 1793 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Experience of Chappes telegraph on 1793)

An original parade at the parties of the Lord Mayor, in London, the procession in the history of transport
2777756 An original parade at the parties of the Lord Mayor, in London, the procession in the history of transport (colour litho) by Beltrame

Guglielmo Marconi attends rehearsals in Milan for the first mobile radiotelegraphic station (colour litho)
2814965 Guglielmo Marconi attends rehearsals in Milan for the first mobile radiotelegraphic station (colour litho) by Beltrame

The great American inventor Edison on a test trip with his new automobile engine (colour litho)
2814954 The great American inventor Edison on a test trip with his new automobile engine (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

In the port of Seville, Guglielmo Marconi receives the Sovereigns of Spain aboard his magnificent... (colour litho)
2808893 In the port of Seville, Guglielmo Marconi receives the Sovereigns of Spain aboard his magnificent... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Italian Inventions, the Worker Boat Built and Experimented by Engineer G Pino Per... (colour litho)
2798638 Italian Inventions, the Worker Boat Built and Experimented by Engineer G Pino Per... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian Inventions)

The Hero Of The Day, Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor Of Wireless Telegraphy Established Heads Across The Ocean
2798620 The Hero Of The Day, Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor Of Wireless Telegraphy Established Heads Across The Ocean (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

Ascension made on 1784 with the aerostat of the Academy of Dijon (engraving)
5993133 Ascension made on 1784 with the aerostat of the Academy of Dijon (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ascension made on June 12)

To look for gold in the bottom of the sea, the hydroscope invented by the Italian Pino, in action in
2798828 To look for gold in the bottom of the sea, the hydroscope invented by the Italian Pino, in action in the... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Leonardo da Vinci private airship arrives for the first time in Milan and turns among the applause over Il Duomo
2815294 The Leonardo da Vinci private airship arrives for the first time in Milan and turns among the applause over Il Duomo (colour litho) by Beltrame

The scientific cenacle of the castle of Clairae (engraving)
5992814 The scientific cenacle of the castle of Clairae (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The scientific cenacle of the castle of Clairae)

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"Unleashing the Power of Ingenuity: A Journey Through Time" Step into the realm of ingenious inventions that have shaped our world. Witness the might of new Allied weapons as an English terrestrial dreadnought strikes fear into German positions, depicted in a vivid colour lithograph. Meet Duty Carpenter and his Masterpiece, captured in a captivating black and white photograph. Marvel at the craftsmanship and dedication behind this creation that stands as a testament to human ingenuity. Travel back in time with Auguste and Louis Lumiere, pioneers of cinema, through their monochromatic portraits. Experience the thrill of their groundbreaking first movie, "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat, " frozen forever in a film still. Gaze upon Leon Foucault's revolutionary Telescope from 1862, immortalized in an exquisite engraving. This instrument opened up new horizons for astronomers and propelled scientific exploration to unprecedented heights. Embark on Ferdinand Lagleizes' Airship from 1853 through an enchanting engraving. Let your imagination soar alongside this early flying marvel that dared to defy gravity itself. Transport yourself to Long Island, New York circa 1910 where a woman delicately tunes an early crystal radio set. Witness her connection to distant voices through this mesmerizing black and white photograph - a glimpse into the birth of modern communication technology. Delve further into history with portraits capturing inventors like Stephen Hales, whose pioneering work revolutionized chemistry during the 18th century; Magino Gabrielli, an inventive genius hailing from Venice during the vibrant Renaissance era; Johannes Gutenberg, whose printing press transformed knowledge dissemination forever; and James Watt observing his grandmother's tea kettle boil - igniting his quest for steam power advancement - showcased beautifully through colourful lithographs or engravings. Finally, witness how even monks embraced innovation as they utilized clocks to tell time centuries ago – revealed by stunning coloured engravings depicting their harmonious coexistence with technology.