Innovations H Collection

Stephensons Rocket
October 1829: Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, winner of the prize for best locomotive in a contest of steam engines at Rainhill

Santos-Dumont
28th June 1909: A front close-up view of a Demoiselle monoplane, designed and built by Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 - 1932) the aeronaut

Faradays Electromagnetic apparatus
circa 1900: Electromagnetic apparatus used by English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday. From left to right: an early astatic galvanometer; an indicator coil; a solenoid for induction of current

Turbinia
1894: The SS Turbinia, the first vessel fitted with steam turbines designed by Charles Parsons, under way with flags flying. C A Parsons and R J Walkers Marine Steam Turbine Development - pub

Phantom Bike
circa 1869: Phantom bicycle, invented by W F Reynolds and J A Mays. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Roshon Multiplane
The Roshon Multiplane. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Early Anaesthetics
1st January 1847: A device designed to deliver anaesthetic drugs to surgical patients. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cromptons Mule
circa 1900: The spinning mule, invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rocket By Stephenson
circa 1900: Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson. In October 1829 the machine won the prize for best locomotive in a contest of steam engines at Rainhill

Goupy II
8th April 1910: A Goupy II biplane built by Ambroise Goupy in collaboration with Mario Calderara in Bleriots shop. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 68 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Wool Machine
1790: Mr Hughes machine for twitching wool. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Reel
circa 1800: A factory worker operates a machine for guiding wool onto large reels. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Farman Plane
1911: Reynolds Farman bi-plane on the ground at Brooklands, with Lathams Antoinette in the background just taking off. (Photo by Henry Bury/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Throne
circa 1900: An illustration of a patent lavatory. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Wash Basin
circa 1900: A drawing of an early plumbed wash basin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tricycle
circa 1900: An early tricycle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lifting Off
5th November 1908: The Koechlin monoplane being prepared for flight. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 33 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Passenger Flight
21st March 1908: A rear view of the monoplane No 1 designed by Jules Gastambide and co-director Mengin, during its first passenger-carrying flight

German Aircraft
circa 1908: The Ellehammer IV the first aircraft to be flown in Germany by Dane Jacob C H Ellehammer at Kiel on 28 June 1908 and by the first German pilot Hans Grade in October 1908

Vanimann
July 1908: A Vanimann triplane design. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 44 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gasnier
November 1908: A Gasnier biplane taking off. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 26 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Clement Biplane
16th July 1909: A Clement biplane being started. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 21 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

X-Ray Van
1916: A Roentgen X-ray van transporting medical equipment. The Roentgen Ray is named after the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845 - 1923). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mechanical Orchestra
circa 1910: Mr Makelynes electrical and mechanical orchestra, combining an organ and drum. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Reaping Machine
7th August 1880: Woods Self Binder Reaping Machine in action in the Red River Valley. Original Publication: The Graphic - pub. 1880 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Worlds First Hi Fi
circa 1877: Thomas Edisons first phonograph machine, with crank handle and horn. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gastambide Monoplane
22nd July 1908: A centrally braced monoplane design by Jules Gastambide with a pilot aboard. Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 21 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Faradays Magnet
circa 1825: The large horseshoe electromagnet used by English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday, around 1830. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Phonograph
1877: Edisons first phonograph, a tin foil phonograph. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Goupy I
14th November 1908: Ambroise Goupys tri-plane the Goupy No 1. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Torsion Balance
A torsion balance, invented by French physicist Charles Augustin de Coulomb for measuring the force of magnetic and electrical attraction. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Davys Lamps
The first colliery safety lamps invented by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy in 1815. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Vendome
A rear view of a Vendome monoplane in a converted stable garage. Original Publication: Aeroplane Album - Vol 2 Page 45 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Early Ferber Glider
A 1904 Ferber glider flying above tree tops. Original Publication: Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 38 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bleriot Aircraft
The Bleriot IV boxkite aeroplane designed by French aviation pioneer Louis Bleriot (1872 - 1936), which did not fly. Original Publication

Flying Demo
A man sits at the controls of an unfinished Vuitton-Huber helicopter. Original Publication: Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 13 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Curtiss Pusher
A Curtiss Pusher biplane Golden Flier, manufactured by air pioneer and inventor Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878 - 1930), taking off in front of crowds at an Air Meeting

Cording Machine
Richard Arkwrights original cording machine. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Copper Balloon
circa 1850: Early developments in aeronautic machinery including (A) Balloon Julien, (B) Balloon de M M Sanson and an early copper Balloon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Steam Engine
1878: A portable steam engine. James Watt and His Inventions - pub. 1878 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mangle
circa 1890: Advertisement for a domestic wringer and mangler which does the fortnights family wash in four hours. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Steam Engine
circa 1785: Diagrams of pistons and valves and James Watts steam engine. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bessemer Furnace
1856: A Bessemer converter in operation at a steelworks. Crude iron is passed from the smelting furnace to the refining chamber. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cayleys Helicopter
1843: An early design for a helicopter by English inventor Sir George Cayley. Recognized by many as the father of aviation

Water Pump
circa 1920: A mechanical water pump, with an engine of the original kind, perfected in 1774. The very first to be erected was at Kinneil, near Boroughstones. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tramroad Locomotive
1803: English engineer and inventor Richard Trevithicks tramroad locomotive (1803) in South Wales, seen from two angles. Original Publication: From Life of Richard Trevithick by Frances Trevithick

Model Of Rocket
circa 1900: A model reconstruction of Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, which won a contest of steam engines at Rainhill in October 1829

Paper Making
circa 1850: A machine for making paper. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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