Innovation Collection

Trevithicks Railway
Richard Trevithicks London Railway and Locomotive at Euston Square, run as an entertainment before the potential of his new high pressure steam engine became fully realised

R101
4th October 1930: R101 at its moorings in Cardington, Bedfordshire prior to its departure for India. It crashed en-route. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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). A spectroscope is an optical device

R-101 Airship in a hangar at Cardington, Bedfordshire
1929: The R101 airship in a hangar at Cardington in Bedfordshire. The R101 was 221 m (724 ft) long and had a gas capacity of 140 million litres (5 million cu ft)

BOAC Comet
The BOAC Comet taxiing onto the runaway at London Airport. The Comet, which will fly to Johannesburg, will be the worlds first jet passenger service. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931), American inventor of the carbon telephone transmitter (1877), phonograph (1878), and incandescent lamp with carbon filament (1879)

Paternoster lift, usage and drive wheels, wood engravings, published 1888
Schematic representation of use, and the drive wheels of a paternoster lift. Created by Peter Hart (British engineer). Wood engravings, published in 1888

Early hot air balloon flight

American barrel organ with inside mechanism, wood engravings, published 1888
American barrel organ with punched tape technique - Automatic musical instrument from the 19th century. Right side: The inside mechanism. Wood engravings, published in 1888

Rectification Device
Antique illustration of a DesireSavalles device for rectifying alcohol

Illustration of 1934 M-10000 internal combustion engine (USA), 1938 4468 Mallard, 1941 Big Boy Steam locomotive (USA)

Cross section illustration of oval house made from animal skins with fire below ground and smoke rising above, Nabta Playa, Egypt

Black and white digital illustration surform rasp

Illustration of triode valve

Human brain, artwork
Human brain, computer artwork.

Westinghouse generators, Hydroelectric power station, Niagara Falls, USA, published 1898
5.000 HP Westinghouse generators at Edward Dean Adams Power Plant in Niagara Falls, the first large-scale, alternating current electric generating plant in the world, built in 1895

Principle of the camera obscura, wood engraving, published in 1877
Principle of the camera obscura. Woodcut engraving, published in 1877

The Pecos Viaduct 1897
Illustration of the Pecos Viaduct 1897

Farman Flys
31st October 1908: French aviation pioneer Henri Farman (1874 - 1958) flying over a small village near Reims during his European cross country record flight of 26 kilometres from Chalons to Reims

Blanchards balloon and apparatus
The French balloonist Jean Pierre Blanchard in his balloon, which had flapping wings. From aAThe Leisure HouraA, a British aJournal of Instruction and RecreationaA

Antique illustration of scientific discoveries: Steam power, Marquis de Jouffroy

Holborn Valley Viaduct, London (1871 engraving)
The Holborn Valley Viaduct in the City of London - an engraving from " Collins Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood", price one shilling; published by William Collins

Antique illustration of scientific discoveries, electricity and magnetism: Benjamin Franklin

Antique illustration of astronomy constellations

Antique illustration of scientist: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Antique illustration of scientific discoveries, electricity and magnetism: Cruikshank

Illustration of Montgolfier brothers hot air balloon
day, hot air balloon, innovation, mid air, montgolfier, motion, no people, outdoors, the past, transportation, vertical, watercolour painting, white background, 18th century style

circa 19th century, development, horizontal, image sequence, innovation, large group of people, on the move, pulling, steam train, strength, studio shot, the past, train, transportation, variation

1940s Style, 20th Century, Articulated, Big Boy, Day, High Angle View, Illustration and Painting, Innovation, Journey, Motion, No People, Non Urban Scene, Nostalgia, On The Move, Outdoors

American Steam Velocipede, three-wheeler by Sauerbronn-Davis, wood engraving, published 1888
American Steam Velocipede. Historical three-wheeler with steam drive by Sauerbronn-Davis from 1883. Wood engraving, published in 1888

Antique illustration of microscope
Antique engraving illustration of microscope

Illustration of Leonardo da Vincis ornithopter flying machine

First manned hydrogen balloon flight

The Sashalite system, an early type of flashbulb invented by British photographer Alex Sasha Stewart. Twin reflectors spread the light produced by the two bulbs

LMS 6399 Fury
The newly-built locomotive 6399 Fury, of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, leaving the Hyde Park works in Glasgow for trials, 7th February 1930

Buildings of the world Exhibitions, 19th century
Exhibition buildings of world exhibitions in the 19th century: 1-3) Buildings for the World Exhibition 1893 in Chicago, USA: 1) Machine exhibition building, 2) Building for horticulture

woodwinds musical instruments
Antique illustration of woodwinds musical instruments

Paper cutting machine
Antique illustration of Paper cutting machine

Line cutter machine
Antique illustration of line cutter machine

Hot air balloon basket, arrangement of instruments for scientific trips

Hydes Mill in Fall Colors
Wisconsins roads along miles and miles of magnificent scenery through deep woods, broad vistas from high ridges and rock bluffs over deep clear brooks

Pioneering aircraft

Illustration of 1851 Crampton 2-2-2-0 (France), 1860 4-4-0 steam locomotive (USA), 1893 999 4-4-0 steam locomotive (USA), and 1930 Chapelon 4-6-2 (France)

Cross section illustration of Zeppelin and scale of model of airship compared to commercial aircraft

Illustration of Thrust SSC (Super Sonic Car), broke land speed record 1997

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