Inventor Collection (page 5)

Visitor to the Paris international Exhibition listening to a recording of Edison's Phonograph, 1889
3478804 Visitor to the Paris international Exhibition listening to a recording of Edison's Phonograph, 1889; (add.info)

Oliver Evans, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900
3432452 Oliver Evans, from Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, c.1900; Private Collection; (add.info.: Oliver Evans, 1755-1819. American inventor, engineer and businessman)

Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont' on her maiden commercial voyage, 1850
3359160 Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont' on her maiden commercial voyage, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont' which plied)

Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont', 1850
3359156 Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont', 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont' which plied between New York)

David Stewart of Garth (1772 - 1829)
2603702 David Stewart of Garth (1772 - 1829); (add.info.: David Stewart of Garth (1772 - 1829) Scottish soldier and author. Entered the 42nd Highlanders in 1787

Sir Henry Bessemer
3078317 Sir Henry Bessemer; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) an English inventor. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Signature of Blaise Pascal
3078431 Signature of Blaise Pascal; (add.info.: Signature of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher

American industrialist George Eastman (1854-1932) who invented the modern photographic film in 1889
1699219 American industrialist George Eastman (1854-1932) who invented the modern photographic film in 1889, founder of Kodak company; (add.info)

Portrait of Charles Wheatstone
673273 Portrait of Charles Wheatstone; (add.info.: Sir Charles Wheatstone (6 February 1802 - 19 October 1875), was an English scientist

Woman using typewriter by American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890)
535491 Woman using typewriter by American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890). 1872 (wood engraving from Scientific American, New York); (add.info.: Forerunner of 20th century machine)

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor, lecturing on his telephone at Salem (top)
532045 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor, lecturing on his telephone at Salem (top) while friends in his study at Boston listen to his lecture - 12 February 1877

Portrait of W. Talbot
673196 Portrait of W. Talbot; (add.info.: William Henry Fox Talbot (11 February 1800 - 17 September 1877) was a British inventor and a pioneer of photography, He was the inventor of calotype process

Schematic view of Newcomen steam engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729), English inventor and engineer
538533 Schematic view of Newcomen steam engine, invented by Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729), English inventor and engineer. Early 19th century (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875) American inventor and manufacturer. Cover of booklet on the Singer sewing machine
530595 Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875) American inventor and manufacturer. Cover of booklet on the Singer sewing machine published New York c.1880

Illustration of Charles-Emile Reynaud
1579106 Illustration of Charles-Emile Reynaud; (add.info.: Illustration of Charles-Emile Reynaud (1844-1918) a French inventor, responsible for the first projected animated cartoons

Inventor John Ericsson's Machine, 1884 (engraving)
1574800 Inventor John Ericsson's Machine, 1884 (engraving); (add.info.: Swedish/American inventor John Ericsson's machine, 1883)

Engraving of Andrew Miekle, 1861
1574514 Engraving of Andrew Miekle, 1861; (add.info.: Andrew Miekle (1791-1811) Scottish wheelwright and inventor of a threshing machine. Engraving, London, 1861.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A claim for Dunlop tires, with a portrait of the founder (in 1889) of this industrial automobile tire company
PCT4297838 A claim for Dunlop tires, with a portrait of the founder (in 1889) of this industrial automobile tire company: John Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921)

Sebastien Lenormand (Louis-Sebastien 1757 - 1837) inventor of the parachute - 26 December 1783 he jumps from the tower
PCT4292955 Sebastien Lenormand (Louis-Sebastien 1757 - 1837) inventor of the parachute - 26 December 1783 he jumps from the tower of the observatory of Montpellier (tower of the Babote)

Dunont de Chambot piercing Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon
3732709 Dunont de Chambot piercing Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Dunont de Chambot piercing Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon
3732675 Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Andre-Jacques Garnerin making his first parachute descent
3732623 Andre-Jacques Garnerin making his first parachute descent; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Andre-Jacques Garnerin making his first parachute descent)

Andre-Jacques Garnerin's parachute design
3732621 Andre-Jacques Garnerin's parachute design; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Andre-Jacques Garnerin's parachute design)

Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732567 Crowds gathered to watch the landing of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon
3732754 Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jean-Pierre Blanchard's balloon. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon
3732568 Crowds gathered to watch the release of the first successful hydrogen filled balloon; (add.info.: Crowds gathered, in the Champs de Mars)

Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna (the ornithoptere, a flying machine built by Jacob Degen)
FLO4576551 Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna (the ornithoptere, a flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a kind of helicopter driven by muscular force)

Otis Tufts
3586320 Otis Tufts; (add.info.: Portrait of Otis Tufts (1804-1869) an American machinist and inventor who built printing machines. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

James Watt
3586307 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Richard Trevithick
3586051 Richard Trevithick; (add.info.: Portrait of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Friedrich Siemens
3586180 Friedrich Siemens; (add.info.: Portrait of Friedrich Siemens (1826-1904) a German entrepreneur and brother of Werner von Siemens. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers
3585988 The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers; (add.info.: Copperplate engraving of the Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers)

The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers
3585987 The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers; (add.info.: Copperplate engraving of the Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers)

The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers
3585982 The Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers; (add.info.: Copperplate engraving of the Hydrogen Balloon designed by the Montgolfier Brothers)

The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
3585848 The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph; (add.info.: Illustration of the 'Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph' an early electrical telegraph system created by William Fothergill Cooke)

Wilhelm Eduard Weber
3585801 Wilhelm Eduard Weber; (add.info.: Portrait of Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891) a German physicist and inventor. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Christopher Latham Sholes
3585766 Christopher Latham Sholes; (add.info.: Photograph of Christopher Latham Sholes (1819-1890) an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, along with Frank Haven Hall, Samuel W

Sir Benjamin Thompson, 1800
3585528 Sir Benjamin Thompson, 1800; (add.info.: Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (1753 - 1814) American-born British physicist

France, Bust of Barthelemy Thimonnier (1793-1857), inventor of the first sewing machine, 1872
LUX4733493 France, Bust of Barthelemy Thimonnier (1793-1857), inventor of the first sewing machine, 1872, 'By Thimonnier inventor of the 1st sewing machine' Universal Exhibition of Lyon in

Messrs Jaenecke Brothers printing office in Hanover
5311721 Messrs Jaenecke Brothers printing office in Hanover; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Messrs Jaenecke Brothers printing office in Hanover fitted with Edison electric lamps)

An engraving depicting an English rotating furnace for the manufacture of sodium carbonate by the Leblanc process
5311606 An engraving depicting an English rotating furnace for the manufacture of sodium carbonate by the Leblanc process, named after its inventor, Nicolas Leblanc

Jakob Degen's Ornithopter
5307585 Jakob Degen's Ornithopter.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Jakob Degen's Ornithopter. Two flaps were fastened to his back by a yoke)

Emperor of China: Portrait of Fou Hi Che (Fou-Hi-Che or Fuxi, Fu Hsi or Fu-Hsi)
BEN5468473 Emperor of China: Portrait of Fou Hi Che (Fou-Hi-Che or Fuxi, Fu Hsi or Fu-Hsi), inventor of the eight trigrams of Yi Jing, at the origin of calligraphy. Painting, 1685

The Weser workmen destroying Papin's steamboat
5616358 The Weser workmen destroying Papin's steamboat; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Weser workmen destroying Denis Papin's steamboat)

Advertisement for an Edison phonograph. 1893 (print)
5615930 Advertisement for an Edison phonograph. 1893 (print); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Hiram Maxim's flying machine
5616593 Hiram Maxim's flying machine; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Hiram Maxim's flying machine. Hiram Maxim (1840-1916) a British inventor. Dated 19th Century

Karl von Drais riding his Velocipede (Hobby Horse) bicycle
5616685 Karl von Drais riding his Velocipede (Hobby Horse) bicycle; (add.info.: Illustration showing the early 19th century German inventor)

Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp
5310264 Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Pavel Yablochkov's candle arc lamp (1876). The globe is cut away to show the two parallel carbon rods

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"Inventors: Masters of Innovation and Vision" Step into the realm of inventors, where brilliance meets imagination. From the enigmatic Nikola Tesla, with bolts of electricity discharging in his lab, to the young Sir Isaac Newton captured in a timeless portrait from 1689, these visionaries have shaped our world. Isambard Kingdom Brunel stands proudly before the launching chains of the Great Eastern, a testament to his engineering prowess. R. J. Mitchell's genius shines through as he designs iconic aircraft like the Spitfire and flying boats that revolutionize aviation. John Moses Browning's innovative mind brings forth groundbreaking firearms technology while Dmitri Mendeleev's caricature showcases his pioneering work on the periodic table. In 1899, Nikola Tesla himself radiates an aura of ingenuity that would forever change how we harness electricity. The Count of St Germain, a French alchemist known for his mysterious abilities, adds an air of intrigue to this collection. Dr William Gilbert demonstrates his experiment on electricity to Queen Elizabeth I – a momentous occasion that paved the way for future discoveries. Lastly, Leonardo da Vinci graces us with a vibrant color portrait from 1490; an artist whose inventive spirit transcended disciplines. These inventors embody curiosity and determination; their contributions continue to shape our present and inspire generations yet unborn. They remind us that innovation knows no bounds – it is born out of passion and nurtured by relentless pursuit, and are dreamers who dare to challenge convention and redefine what is possible. Their legacy lives on in every invention we encounter today - they are beacons guiding humanity towards progress.