Technology Collection

Atomic Bomb Scientists at Test Site
At a nuclear test site near Alamogordo, New Mexico

Political Map of Africa
Vector Illustration of the policital map of Africa Reference map as created by the US Central Intelligence Agency

Robbie the Robot from film Forbidden Planet
Robbie the Robot. from MGM film " Forbidden Planet", 1956

First Ferris wheel, Chicago Worlds Fair, 1893
Ferris wheel -250 feet in diameter, 36 cars - at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Police Public Call Box in the snow, London
A Police Public Call Box, on a London street on a snowy day. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

BBC snooker commentator Ted Lowe holding his microphone. 27th January 1986

Saturn in natural color, photographed by Cassini
Saturn. Sixth planet from the Sun. Photograph taken by the Cassini-Huygens

APOLLO 11: BUZZ ALDRIN. Astronaut Edwin Buzz Aldrin standing on moon. Armstrong and Eagle reflected in his visor, 20 July 1969

The Leas Lift at Folkestone, Kent
View of the Leas Lift at Folkestone, Kent. It was designed by R.G. Waygood in 1885, and in 1890 it was decided to build a further lift alongside

Political map of The Middle East
Vector illustration of the policital map of The Middle East Reference map was created by the US Central Intelligence Agency

Old fashioned steam train locomotive
Vintage engraving the plasn and diagram of an old fashioned steam train locomotive, the Bogie and radial tank engine by Neilson and Company of Gaslgow

Awful Changes
A cartoon, published in 1830, 28 years before Darwins Origin Of Species, lampooning theories of evolution

Schematic view of George Stephensons locomotive The Rocket of 1829
STEPHENSONs ROCKET, 1829. Schematic view of George Stephensons locomotive " The Rocket" of 1829

The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, London
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London

Oil rig Dixilyn Field 97, 110 miles off Lands End, Cornwall, with a supply boat in the foreground

Bangladeshi rickshaw, side view

Silhouette of a bucket wheel reclaimer at an iron ore mine

HOBOKEN: COLLEGE, 1878. Stevens Institute of Technology, established 1870 at Hoboken, New Jersey. Wood engraving, 19th century

Leonardo Helicopter
LEONARDO DA VINCI Sketch of a flying machine which seems in some respects to anticipate the helicopter, though the technology is not clear

Rolls-Royce Merlin R. M. 14S. M. Mk 100 V-12 Engine, 1944. Creator: Rolls-Royce
Formed in 1906 to produce automobiles, Rolls-Royce was asked to begin designing and building aircraft engines at the outbreak of World War I in 1914

Advertising poster for the Flying Boats of Imperial Airways
1198131 Advertising poster for the Flying Boats of Imperial Airways, 1937 (offset colour lithograph) by English School

Perch Rock Lighthouse - New Brighton Lighthouse
Liverpool - Rock Lighthouse New Brighton - Lighthouse and crowds. Part of Box 62 Boswell Collection - Liverpool

Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No

Mechanical digger

Diagram of Ariane 5 rocket, side view

American M1 Abrams army tank with soldier in the hatch by machine gun

Retro Style Desert Scene with Old Gas Station and Saguaro Cactus on a sunny day

Space shuttle Endeavor

Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and and its moon Titan

A SR-71B Blackbird flying across the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California during a 1994 flight

London and the Thames (15th c. ). Gothic art
London and the Thames (15th c.). Gothic art. Miniature Painting

Concordes Cockpit
The cockpit of the first prototype Concorde, 001, at the St. Martin Sud-Aviation factory at Toulouse, France. Date: late 1960s

Albany & Buffalo Railroad schedule, 1843
Albany & Buffalo Railroad timetable, showing fares and routes, 1843. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century printed piece

Use of an arquebusse, 16th century
Spanish arquebusier, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Bridgewater Canal Map
Map showing the route of the proposed canal from Worsley to Manchester and thence to the Mersey, to be built by engineer James Brindley for the duke of Bridgewater

Drawings and Cross section of the Iron Bridge constructed in 1779 at Coalbrookdale
CHT289161 Drawings and Cross section of the Iron Bridge constructed in 1779 at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England, 1784 (pen, ink & w/c on paper) by French School

Yost Light Running Typewriter No. 15
A Yost Light Running Typewriter No.15. Date: 1910

A glamorous female model with her trusty Goblin Teasmade
A stylish female model wakes up fresh-faced and ready now to face the day thanks to a few sips from a hearty brew prepared by her faithful bedside Goblin Teasmade. How Delicious! Date: 1960s

German inventions for war in the air by G. H. Davis
The ingenuity of German scientists applied to the war in the air. Illustrating the methods and machines exploited and used by the Germans during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Bolts of electricity discharging in the lab of Nikola Tesla
Inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla in his lab while his magnifying transmitter high voltage generator produces bolts of electricity. December 1899

Gears and cogs in the clockwork of a historical pendulum clock, detail, regulator

Spectroscope (c. 1860) by Bunsen and Kirchhoff, published in 1880
Spectroscope by Robert Bunsen (German chemist, 1811 - 1899) and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (German physicist, 1824 - 1884)

Greek trireme. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum

Concordes Cockpit
A mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: late 1960s

Ariel Atom Britain

Noble M400 Britain

Policeman at a police call box
A policeman on the phone at a police public call box on a London street

Metropolitan Police walkie talkie radio
A Metropolitan Police walkie talkie radio

Police Public Call Box, London
A police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

Poster advertising Palmer tyres of London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Coventry and Nottingham. A lady on a bicycle and a group of people in a car travel side by side

Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

First airmail letter delivered, Windsor Castle
The first airmail letter ever to be delivered is handed to the Postmaster of Windsor, to whom it is addressed, on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle

Heat resistant tiles on the Shuttle, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America, North America

Firth of Forth Bridges, 1964 Road Suspension Bridge (foreground), 1890 Rail Bridge (background), Scotland, UK, Europe

Cooling towers, Radcliffe on Soar Power Station, domestic housing in foreground, Trent Valley, Nottinghamshire, England, UK, Europe

Orford Ness Lighthouse, Suffolk
View of Orfordness (Orford Ness) Lighthouse, and the station of the submarine electric telegraph linking England and Holland

Bullet Train, Tokyo, Japan

The Atomium, Brussels, Belgium

Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 1, 1904

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo with loudspeaker
George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo listening to a loudspeaker -- his masters voice, no doubt. The pencil marks/lines show potential cropping of the image for onward design usage

Ariane, space rocket

Concordes Cockpit
A mock-up of Concordes cockpit, Filton, Bristol, England, from where the Concorde 002 made its first flight to its test centre at Fairford on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969

Poster advertising aviation week at Rouen, 1910
Poster advertising an aviation week at Rouen, 19 to 26 June 1910

Old rockets on display at Johnson Space Centre, Houston, Texas, United States of America, North America

BP employee opening the flow valves
A British Petroleum employee opens the flow valves of an oil plant in the Middle East (likely to have been in Iraq or Iran)

Airship of Uranus
Airships of planet Uranus are powered by taking in air at the nose, compressing it and blasting it out at the rear. Maybe we on Earth could develop some such technology ?

Trumpet-playing robot at the Toyota Kaikan Visitors Center in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan, Asia

Retired shuttle and rockets, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States of America, North America

Cable car approaching Aiguille du Midi summit, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, French Alps, France, Europe

M. I. T. Calculator 1930S
The Differential Analyser calculating machine designed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

George Stephensons locomotive, the Rocket, which won a prize given by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company

Ariel Atom 500

Transatlantic communications: telephoning London to New York
How the London telephone subscriber will " get" New York: the wonders of transatlantic telephony, as explained by The Illustrated London News in 1927. Date: 1927

Oil refinery on bank of Mississippi near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Phonograph Recording
Recording a man playing the piano using Edisons improved model phonograph

Portrait of telephone operator

London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange LIFFE LIFFE

Russian River, truss bridge, metal bridge, Guerneville, Sonoma County, California, United States, North America

Sloan and Kettering with Electric Starter
(Original Caption) Charles F. Kettering, with Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. then General Motors Chairman, takes time out in 1942 to examine the first successful electric self starter

"Jonometer" Geiger Counter
(Original Caption) Carry Your Geiger Counter in Your Pocket

The General Motors Exhibit at the 1964 World's Fair
(Original Caption) April 8, 1964 - New York: This isn't the latest scene from a horror movie

Old lead letters forming the word Podcast

Duquesne steel factories at night, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900 Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

First sewing machine, 1846
Elias Howes sewing machine, 1846. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Unveiling the Power of Technology: From Africa's Political Map to the Moon Landing" Embarking on a journey through time and space, it has revolutionized our world in unimaginable ways and has transcended boundaries and connected us all, shaping our lives in ways we could have never fathomed. From the Police Public Call Box standing tall amidst London's snowy streets to the awe-inspiring sight of the first Ferris wheel at Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893, these iconic landmarks symbolize humanity's relentless pursuit of progress. Stepping into The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works in London takes us back to an era when innovation was fueled by passion and dedication. Witnessing a side view diagram of Ariane 5 rocket reminds us that technology not only propels us forward but also carries our dreams beyond Earth's atmosphere. The indelible image of Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon during Apollo 11 mission captures mankind's greatest achievement – a testament to human ingenuity and technological prowess. Neil Armstrong and Eagle reflected in his visor remind us that even amidst vastness, technology brings people together. Saturn, captured in its natural colors by Cassini spacecraft, showcases how technology enables exploration beyond our own planet. It unveils secrets hidden within celestial realms while igniting curiosity about what lies beyond. Reflecting upon history, we witness the use of an arquebusse from the 16th century - a precursor to modern firearms - highlighting how technological advancements have shaped warfare throughout time. Stevens Institute established itself as a beacon for knowledge and innovation since its inception in Hoboken, New Jersey back in 1870. This institution stands as proof that education combined with technological advancements can create wonders for society. Venturing into uncharted waters off Cornwall’s Lands End reveals oil rig Dixilyn Field 97; it signifies how technology has unlocked new frontiers beneath the ocean's surface, fueling our energy needs.