Machine Collection (page 21)

Wilson sewing machine, showing belt drive (left) from treadle, oil can (centre foreground)
538086 Wilson sewing machine, showing belt drive (left) from treadle, oil can (centre foreground), and spools for thread (right)

Lockstitch sewing machine, eight inches long x 2 inches wide, weighing only 8 oz, patented Berlin 1881. Engraving
538080 Lockstitch sewing machine, eight inches long x 2 inches wide, weighing only 8 oz, patented Berlin 1881. Engraving; (add.info.: Lockstitch sewing machine, eight inches long x 2 inches wide)

Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho)
8663411 Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho)
8663409 Illustration for The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawn (litho) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944) ; Private Collection; (add.info)

This Mechanized Age: Escalators (colour photo)
8660488 This Mechanized Age: Escalators (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Escalators)

This Mechanized Age: Ice Cream (colour photo)
8660480 This Mechanized Age: Ice Cream (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ice Cream)

This Mechanized Age: Newspaper Press (colour photo)
8660472 This Mechanized Age: Newspaper Press (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Newspaper Press)

This Mechanized Age: Vaudeville Studio, Broadcasting (colour photo)
8660467 This Mechanized Age: Vaudeville Studio, Broadcasting (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vaudeville Studio, Broadcasting)

This Mechanized Age: Mammoth crane (colour photo)
8660465 This Mechanized Age: Mammoth crane (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mammoth crane)

This Mechanized Age: Traffic signals (colour photo)
8660459 This Mechanized Age: Traffic signals (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Traffic signals)

This Mechanized Age: HMS "Rodney" (colour photo)
8660448 This Mechanized Age: HMS "Rodney" (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: HMS "Rodney")

This Mechanized Age: Autogiro (colour photo)
8660445 This Mechanized Age: Autogiro (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Autogiro)

This Mechanized Age: Coal drilling (colour photo)
8660442 This Mechanized Age: Coal drilling (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coal drilling)

Past & Present: Fire-Extinction (colour litho)
8668685 Past & Present: Fire-Extinction (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fire-Extinction. Manual Fire Engine)

Machining a propeller (b/w photo)
8675807 Machining a propeller (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Machining a propeller)

How a newspaper is made (litho)
8675805 How a newspaper is made (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How a newspaper is made)

Modern Wonders, 1938: Giant Plate-Glass Polishing Machine (colour photo)
8659928 Modern Wonders, 1938: Giant Plate-Glass Polishing Machine (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giant Plate-Glass Polishing Machine)

Modern Wonders, 1938: The "Stroboglow" (colour photo)
8659920 Modern Wonders, 1938: The "Stroboglow" (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

This Mechanized Age, 1937: "Canopus" (colour litho)
8657536 This Mechanized Age, 1937: "Canopus" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cider apples press, 1874 (engraving)
6426176 Cider apples press, 1874 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cider apples press. Cider industry, 1874 (engraving)); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Ferrabee and Co's wool lap machine, from "The National Encyclopaedia
6428142 Ferrabee and Co's wool lap machine, from "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge", published c. 1890 (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh

Greenwood and Batley's band saw, from "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge"
6428141 Greenwood and Batley's band saw, from "The National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge", published c. 1890 (engraving); Photo © Ken Welsh

Illustration depicting Delprad´s Luftvelociped Holzstich (Flying machine) 1895 (engraving)
5311465 Illustration depicting Delprad´s Luftvelociped Holzstich (Flying machine) 1895 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cartoon by Charles Samuel Heene, (1823-1891), showing a man struggling with the 'new technology' of a
5311169 Cartoon by Charles Samuel Heene, (1823-1891), showing a man struggling with the 'new technology' of a typewriter. 1888; (add.info.: Date: 1888); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Harvesting and food preparing machinery, 1862
7125128 Harvesting and food preparing machinery, 1862; (add.info.: Harvesting and food preparing machinery. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862)

Garrett and Son's double-cylinder steam ploughing engine and tackle, 1862
7125125 Garrett and Son's double-cylinder steam ploughing engine and tackle, 1862; (add.info.: Garrett and Son's double-cylinder steam ploughing engine and tackle)

Aveling's Agricultural Locomotive, 1862
7125122 Aveling's Agricultural Locomotive, 1862; (add.info.: Aveling's Agricultural Locomotive. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862)

W. Robert's Portable Hand Engine in Running Order, 1862
7125120 W. Robert's Portable Hand Engine in Running Order, 1862; (add.info.: W. Robert's Portable Hand Engine in Running Order)

Slasher sizing machine, 1862
7125204 Slasher sizing machine, 1862; (add.info.: Slasher sizing machine, used for strengthening the warp by adding starch to reduce breakage of the yarns, built by J. Harrison & Sons)

A hand-cranked washer, 1923 (illustration)
7485486 A hand-cranked washer, 1923 (illustration); (add.info.: Advances in laundry at the beginning of the 20th century: a new hand-cranked washer simplifies washing clothes by stirring them in)

John Harrison...Inventor of the Compound Pendulum & of several Time Keepers, 1768 (Mezzotint)
7341882 John Harrison...Inventor of the Compound Pendulum & of several Time Keepers, 1768 (Mezzotint) by Tassaert, Philippe Joseph (1736-1803); 63.5x48.3 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The American Civil War
5310175 The American Civil War; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the American Civil War. A young woman holds a map of a divided United States. On the table next to her is an early sewing machine)

The Applegarth & Cowper's rotary printing press
5310022 The Applegarth & Cowper's rotary printing press; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Applegarth & Cowper's rotary printing press)

A weaving shed fitted with power looms
5310007 A weaving shed fitted with power looms; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a weaving shed fitted with power looms driven, via shafts, by steam engines)

Gustave Trouve's flying machine
5616596 Gustave Trouve's flying machine; (add.info.: Gustave Trouve's flying machine, which he presented to the Academie des sciences)

A cyclist in busy London traffic
5616590 A cyclist in busy London traffic; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a cyclist in busy London traffic. The man is riding a machine of the Rover safety type)

Henri Farman winning the Grand Prix of two thousand pounds for the longest flight of 112 miles in a Farman III Biplane
693725 Henri Farman winning the Grand Prix of two thousand pounds for the longest flight of 112 miles in a Farman III Biplane at The Grande Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne, Reims

USA History: A great plowing machine. The plow has eight shares
5313617 USA History: A great plowing machine. The plow has eight shares.; SeM Studio/UIG.

Transmission sphymograph, new model, 1882 (engraving)
8766937 Transmission sphymograph, new model, 1882 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Transmission sphymograph, new model by Marey Dr. Jaccoud V 33 1882); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

An ice making machine
5312025 An ice making machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an ice making machine which uses evaporated ammonia. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A spinning mule used to manufacture cotton
5310103 A spinning mule used to manufacture cotton; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a spinning mule used to manufacture cotton. The spinning mule is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres)

Wolfgang von Kempelen
5310091 Wolfgang von Kempelen; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) a Hungarian author and inventor

A water wheel operating bellows by means of a crank rod
5310183 A water wheel operating bellows by means of a crank rod; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a water wheel operating bellows by means of a crank rod (C,G,)

An Excelsior lawn mower
5312166 An Excelsior lawn mower; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Excelsior lawn mower, fitted with a box for collecting the mowings)

A jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine
5311944 A jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a jigging machine at Fowey Consols Copper Mine, Cornwall)

An engraving depicting William Henson's design for a steam-powered aeroplane in 1844, 19th (engraving)
5311622 An engraving depicting William Henson's design for a steam-powered aeroplane in 1844, 19th (engraving); (add.info.: g William Henson's design for a steam-powered aeroplane: 1844)

Frederick Brearey's flying machine
5311809 Frederick Brearey's flying machine; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Frederick Brearey's flying machine. Brearey is said to have settled on this shape after watching a skate swimming)

France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company
LUX4801340 France, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne (51), Reims: Factory of manufacture of Champagne Saint Marceaux and company, construction site, 1890 - photo by Rothier; (add.info.: France)

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"Machines: A Tapestry of Innovation and Power" From the battlefields to the city streets, machines have shaped our world in countless ways. In this captivating collection of images, we witness the indomitable spirit of human ingenuity intertwined with these mechanical marvels. Winston Churchill, a symbol of unwavering determination, holds a sub-machine gun firmly in his grasp. His resolute gaze reflects the power that they can bestow upon those who wield them. In New York City's bustling Horn & Hardart Automat, people gather around automated food dispensers - a testament to how machines revolutionize even our most basic needs. The British Sten gun by G. H. Davis showcases precision engineering and innovation during times of conflict. It stands as a reminder that they can be both tools for destruction and instruments for survival. William Heath Robinson's whimsical Pea Apparatus transports us into a realm where imagination meets machinery. This intricate contraption reminds us that sometimes, even the simplest tasks can be transformed into elaborate feats through ingenious design. A transportable cider press captures the essence of rural craftsmanship brought to life by machine-assisted efficiency. It serves as an ode to tradition meeting modernity on farms across the globe. The Singer Sewing Machines factory in Clydebank hums with activity as workers diligently stitch together fabrics with precision and skill. Here lies evidence that machines empower individuals to create beauty from thread and fabric. Heath Robinson strikes again with "A Decided Catch, " depicting an absurd yet delightful contraption designed for fishing enthusiasts seeking unconventional methods to reel in their prized catch, and is a playful reminder that sometimes it is not just about achieving results but also embracing creativity along the way. Winston Churchill appears once more at the start line of St. Moritz's Cresta Run in 1912 – an embodiment of courage amidst exhilarating speed made possible by man-made mechanisms pushing boundaries beyond imagination.