Innovations Collection

Edisons Kinetophone
1912: Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) was a prolific inventor and physicist who was born in Milan, Ohio. He invented the kinetoscope in 1891 and in 1912 produced the first talking motion pictures

Dr. James Naismith
Two boys stand on the first basketball court in the gymnasium of the School for Christian Workers, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1900s. Canadian physician and teacher Dr

Atomic Submarine
21st January 1955: The Nautilus, the worlds first atomic submarine beginning her trials at Groton, Connecticut. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Early Turntable
circa 1930: The Rosco gramophone plays records at 78-rpm. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Amphibian Car
circa 1930: A motor car equipped with floats making its way along the River Spree in Berlin, Germany. The vehicle is the invention of engineer Herr Grosse

Airship Construction
1927: Airship R101 under construction. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

William Hut
14th May 1853: The William Hut paying out the transatlantic electric cable. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1853 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Euphonia
August 1846: The Euphonia or Speaking Machine. The machine is the top half of a figure on a table in front of a curtain, behind the table a seated man works the mechanism

Atlantic Telegraph
May 1865: Messages arrive from Brunels steamship the Great Eastern in the instrument room of the Telegraph House at Foilhommerum in Valencia

First Biker ?
1906: The first motor cycle invented by Edward Butler in 1887, called the Petrol-Cycle Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. 1906 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Shoeshine Machine
23rd September 1928: An automated bootblack machine, in use on the streets of Berlin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

High-Speed Camera
11th July 1928: A camera designed by Professor Fraser of Imperial College of Science, South Kensington, London, which, equipped with an exposure of one ten-thousandth of a second

Windmill Plane
January 1930: A Cierva autogiro windmill plane, which resembles a helicopter, being tested at Heston Park by Captain Rawson. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Eli Whitneys Cotton Gin
Illustration of the original model of Eli Whitneys cotton gin, circa 1800. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Passenger jet, low angle view

Sashalite System
circa 1930: A hand operating the Sashalite system, an early type of flashbulb invented by British photographer Alex Sasha Stewart. A reflector spreads the light produced by the bulb

The Corliss Engine
An image of the Corliss Engine, invented by American engineer George Henry Corliss, at the Philadelphia Centennial, Pennsylvania, 1876

The Tachyscope
circa 1890: The Tachyscope was a piece of equipment used to display moving images. It was part of the beginnings of cinema in England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Vivascope
circa 1890: The Vivascope, an apparatus for viewing moving pictures. An early type of cinema for the individual. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Maurice Farman
6th March 1910: A Maurice Farman biplane design. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 58 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Esnault Pelterie
December 1910: A side view of an Esnault-Pelterie REP monoplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 67 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Laurens
December 1910: An Esnault-Pelterie REP influenced design of monoplane belonging to Laurens. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 74 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hanriot VI
28th May 1910: A view of an Antoinette inspired design, the Hanriot VI monoplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 79 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Anzani
November 1909: An Anzani monoplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 71 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Clerget
17th October 1910: A monoplane and a group of onlookers. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 80 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

De Pischoff
7th July 1910: A group of helpers around a de Pischoff monoplane No 63 at Reims. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 66 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Caudran II
14th August 1910: The Caudron No 2 biplane and mechanics at an Air Meet. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 73 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Aviation History
1907: A Dunne Model DI powered glider. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sun Metal
circa 1850: Equipment for determining the coincidence of solar and metallic lines. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Naus Monoplane
13th May 1910: A monoplane belonging to Robert Nau. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 33 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ferbers Pylons
circa 1904: A Ferber 1904 glider suspended from a system of towers. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 39 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Auffin
23rd April 1908: A workman leaving a Auffin-Ordt monoplane aircraft. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 79 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Monoplane
18th May 1910: A tidy Robert Nau monoplane tractor design. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 32 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Telespectroscope
circa 1890: Telespectroscope for taking photographs of solar prominences. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tandem Plane
24th July 1908: A Hocklein tandem monoplane wing design, viewed from the rear. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 34 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bleriot VII
November 1908: A Bleriot VII modified from earlier configuration and undergoing adjustments. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 82 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bonnet Labranche
20th September 1908: A boxkite type biplane. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 85 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Stoeckel
28th April 1909: A unique monoplane design with pilot and helper. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 11 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Biplane On View
circa 1909: The Sanchis bi-plane Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 15 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Silvio De Peuteado
October 1910: The front view of a biplane belonging to the Comte Silvio De A Peuteado. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 34 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Plane Building
circa 1909: The unfinished fuselage of a Kluytmans aircraft. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 16 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A Bleriot XIII
February 1910: A rear view of a Bleriot XIII biplane with pilot aboard. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 81 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Deperdussin
27th October 1910: One of the early Societe Pour les Appareils Deperdussin monoplanes. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 63 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sommer
12th April 1910: A Sommer biplane with 50 hp Gnome rotary engine. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 72 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dufour
March 1910: A monoplane design. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 69 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Morane
December 1910: A Morane monoplane ( Type A ). Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 78 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ariel Henson
circa 1843: A French illustration of William Samuel Hensons patented Aerial Steam Carriage or Ariel of 1843. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 14 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rainy Day Fashion
A woman wearing a carriage dress designed by Mrs Pierpoint with rows of bows down the front of the skirt and an ornate hat with flowers on the brim

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