Engineering Collection

The Mighty Forth Rail Bridge at dusk
The Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth taken from South Queensferry. The Bridge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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

Sunrise with a Buddha Statue with the Hand Position of Dharmachakra Mudra in Borobudur
Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

Mechanical digger

Forth Bridge
March 1890: Pictures showing various aspects of building the Forth Bridge

Star Loco; A scene from the Ealing Comedy, Titfield Thunderbolt
6th September 1952: A scene from the Ealing comedy

The nineteenth century arched Leaderfoot Viaduct over the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders
Leaderfoot Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. The viaduct was completed in 1863

Painted Murals And Frescoes Inside A Room At The Ancient Roman Ruins At Herculaneum (Ercolano)
Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum (Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD

A detailed image of a locomotive
old fashioned German steam locomotive

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

Frank Whittle
September 1948: British aeronautical engineer Sir Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996), who patented the basic design for the turbojet engine, wearing his RAF uniform. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Illustration, Harrier Jump Jet, elevated front view

Prambanan Temple (Candi Rara Jonggrang), Northeast of Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Candi Prambanan or Candi Rara Jonggrang is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple compound is located northeast of the city of Yogyakarta

Illustration of two engineers looking at blueprint for bridge that is under construction in the background

The railway viaduct at Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Royal Border Bridge: 19th Century railway viaduct reflected in the river Tweed, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK

Clock Inspection
1957: Mr King examining the clock face of Big Ben, in Clock Tower (the clock tower) of the Houses of Parliament, London. (Photo by Frank Martin/BIPs/Getty Images)

Illustration of front parts of Model T Ford

Young man with laptop sitting on steps

Eiffel Construction 11
The Eiffel Tower under construction in Paris, France, 31st March 1889. No. 11 in a series of 11

Mathematician Charles Babbage
(Original Caption) Charles Babbage (1792-1871). English mathematician and mechanical genius. Undated photograph

Telegraph Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse Posing with Camera
(Original Caption) McAlester: A. Hilbert, 84, of McAlester, for over sixty years active as a photographer, has among his prized possessions an original photograph of Samuel F. B

Inventor John Boyd Dunlop
Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop is credited with the invention of the pneumatic rubber tire in 1888

Samuel Morse
(Original Caption) Samuel Morse, (1791-1872), American artist and inventor. Photographed standing in a studio by Matthew Brady. Undated photograph. BPA2 #2609

Drawing Showing Uses and Intricates of Early Elevator
(Original Caption) Horizontal hydraulic passenger elevator

Sketch of Printing Press Manufacturer Robert Hoe
(Original Caption) Robert Hoe, (1814-1884), manufacturer of printing press

Sketch of Men with Early Printing Press Machinery
(Original Caption) 3/4 view of the Hoe perfected printing press. it printed double impressions per hour

Sketch of Press Inventor Frederich Konig
(Original Caption) Frederich Konig, inventor of the High Speed Press. The first of these presses was employed by the London Times in 1840

Sketch of Lithography Inventor Alois Senefelder
(Original Caption) Alois Senefelder (1771-1834), German who invented lithography

Pedicycle
(Original Caption) One of the few pedicycles actually constructed by Baron von Drais himself, 1817

Inventor Elias Howe
(Original Caption) Elias Howe (1819-1867) inventor of the sewing machine. After a rare daguerrotype

First Sewing Machine Developed by Elias Howe
(Original Caption) The first sewing machine completed by Elias Howe, Jr. in 1845

Early Portrait of Passenger Elevator Inventor E. G. Otis
Otis, Elisha Graves (1811-1861), an American inventor, born in Halifax, Vermont

Young Alva Edison in His Railway Uniform
(Original Caption) Waist-up photograph of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)

W.G Taylors Patent Power Loom Calico Machine Engraving
W.G. TAYLORS PATENT POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE. OBTAINED THE PRIZE MEDAL 1862.UNDATED ENGRAVING

Early Pedal Bicycle
A man posing with a velocipede or boneshaker, an early pedal bicycle, circa 1870

Ferdinand De Lesseps/Headshoulders Photo
Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, was the French engineer and diplomat responsible for overseeing the building of the Suez Canal

Donkey Carrying Portable Telegraph
(Original Caption) Part of Field outfit for wireless telegraph. U. S. Army - Chest containing instruments

A Young Woman with an Early Typewriter
The daughter of typewriter inventor Christopher Latham Sholes is seen with one of her father's early typewriters

The Contruction of the Hand Section of the Statue of Liberty
Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the creator of the Statue of Liberty, explains the inner construction of the Hand section of the statue to a visitor

Print After a Drawing of an Artillary Park by Leonardo da Vinci
1872-Greeley, Horace: Incident of Mr. Greeley's Western Tour. An enthusiastic citizen of Hamilton, Ohio, stops Mr. Greeley's carriage and presents his child to be kissed. Drawing

Men Operating Steam Hand Car
(Original Caption) A steam hand car especially designed to transgress the American prairie. Engraving, 1876

Thomas Edison Standing in Laboratory
(Original Caption) Portrait of Thomas Edison (1847-1931) standing in his chemical laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey. Undated photograph

Model of Early Bell Telephone
(Original Caption) Early Bell Telephonic Device. Successfully demonstrated in June 1876. The instrument could be used either as a transmitter or as a receiver

Man Standing with Original Selden Car
(Original Caption) Photograph of the original Selden car, 1877

Thomas Edison and His Phonograph
(Original Caption) Thomas Edison and his phonograph in an undated photograph

Engraving of John Tyndall and W.H. Preece Speaking into Phonograph
(Original Caption) 1878-The phonograph: Speaking to professor Tyndall and Mr. W. H. Preece speaking into the phonograph. Engraving, 1878

Portrait of Charles Cros
(Original Caption) Charles Cros: (1842-1888) Poet and inventor of the phonograph. Photo by Nadar in 1879

Carl Zeiss
(Original Caption) Carl Zeiss (1816-1888), German manufacturer of optical instruments. Undated photograph. BPA2# 5738

Nikolaus Otto was the German engineer who built the first four-stroke internal combustion engine powered by gasoline

Sir Hiram Maxim with his Maxim Machine Gun
(Original Caption) Portrait of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim with his Maxim Gun. Undated photograph

Men Atop Exhibition's Electric Elevator
(Original Caption) Mannhein: the first electric elevator built by Werner von Siemens for the Industrial Exposition at Mannhein, 1880

Linograph Inventor Ottmar Mergenthaler
(Original Caption) Portrait of Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899), inventor of the first linograph typesetting machine. Undated photo. BPA2# 3886

Young Inventor Thomas Alva Edison
(Original Caption) 1880-Thomas Alva Edison, inventor and electrical wizard

Engraving of Old Dentist's Chair
(Original Caption) 1880 -The dentist's chair, 1880. Engraving. BPA2# 1041

Hospital Ward with Babies in Incubation
Paris: Incubators For Infants: Dr

George Eastman as Model for New Film
(Original Caption) 1884- George Eastman was himself the model for tests of the experimental American film, and scrawled across it the identification and date 1884

First Motorcycle Constructed by Daimler
(Original Caption) First Motorcycle constructed by Daimler. Undated photograph. BPA2# 3147

Inventor Karl Benz Sitting on Benz Motorwagen
Inventor Karl Benz seated on the 1885 Benz Motorwagen. The motorwagen was the first motor vehicle ever to be sold to the public

Three-Wheeled Benz Motorwagen
The 1885 Benz Motorwagen was the first motor vehicle ever to be sold to the public

Babies in Incubators Being Visited with Nurse's Assistance
(Original Caption) Paris: Incubators: artificial human incubation in a ward in the Maternity Hospital, Paris, where the new incubator of Dr

Gottlieb Daimler Riding in First Automobile
Gottlieb Daimler enjoys a ride in his "horseless carriage" in 1885, while his his son, Wilhelm, drives proudly through the streets of Berlin

Inventor Karl Benz and Assistant in Early Motorwagen
Inventor Karl Benz with his assistant Josef Brecht seated on the 1885 Benz Motorwagen. The Motorwagen was the first motor vehicle ever to be sold to the public

Thomas Edison Standing in Chemistry Lab
(Original Caption) Thomas Edison is shown here in the chemistry lab at his West Orange, New Jersey plant

Construction of the Eiffel Tower
Construction workers assemble the preliminary steel girders of the Eiffel Tower, one leg of the tower is seen supported by wooden scaffolding

Construction Phase of Eiffel Tower
(Original Caption) Paris, France: Eiffel Tower under construction. Intricate mass of ironwork at the level of the first platform with temporary supporting structure

Lithograph of Family Listening to Radio
Receiving a message from America by Edison's Phonograph. Drawing, 7/14/1888

Portion of the Difference Engine No. 1
(Original Caption) 1889- Picture shows an impression from a woocut of a small portion of Mr. Babbage's Difference Engine, No

Thomas Edison's Electric Lamp
(Original Caption) Photograph of Thomas Edison's electric lamp, patented January 27, 1880. Undated

Illustrated Section of Blowing Engine
SECTION OF A BLOWING ENGINE.ENGRAVING CA. 1891

Chemist Alfred Nobel
(Original Caption) Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, is shown seated in this 3/4 length, 3/4 profile portrait

First Diesel Engine
Diesel's first engine in 1893

First Four-Wheeled Benz Automobile
Karl Benz and his daughter Clara take a spin in the Benz Victoria, the first four wheeled Benz automobile built in 1893

Herring with His Experimental Glider
(Original Caption) Herring's soaring aeroplane. Photograph, 1894

Charles E. Duryea in Horseless Carriage
Charles E. Duryea in his third and most famous car. It was the first ever to be equipped with pneumatic tires

The Curtis Pusher Experimental Flying Machine
(Original Caption) Curtis Pusher ready for experimental flight. Undated photograph. BPA2# 1293

Isambard K. Brunel
(Original Caption) I. K. Brunel (1806-1859). Railroad designer and builder. Built the Great Western, the first steamship. Photo, 1850's

Lord Kelvin With His Compass for Ships
Lord Kelvin stands with a compass he invented for use aboard ships

Toilet with Cistern
(Original Caption) Old time toilet with cistern, bracket, chain, and black walnut seat. ca.1880. BPA2 #450

Model of Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
(Original Caption) Whitney cotton gin model. Constructed by Eli Whitney before 1800. Now in US National Museum. Photograph. BPA2# 4964

Leeuwenhoek's Original Microscope
(Original Caption) Leeuwenhoek's primitive microscope, actually a lens mounted between two metal plates. BPA2# 4332

Women Working In Radio Station
(Original Caption) Students (early radio hams) at the Radcliffe College Radio Station plugging in on Chicago from newly established radio station in the 1920's. Photograph

Gustave Eiffel
(Original Caption) Gustav Eiffel (1823-1923) French engineer. Head and shoulders photo by Nadar. BPA2# 1324

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