Innovations Collection (#2)

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

Film At The Fair
1906: An actor invites us in to watch the cinematograph at a travelling fair. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Radiometer
An invention by Sir William Crookes (1832 - 1919), the radiometer, which converts light energy to rotary motion, by using vanes coloured black on one side and set on a spindle

Woman At A Typewriter
Portrait of a young woman typing on an early typewriter, circa 1872. The keyboard layout had been invented a few years earlier by Christopher Scholes. The caption reads (undeciphered) Scholes 1872

The Benz Tricycle
Photograph of the Benz Tricycle, the worlds first automobile, which was invented by Carl Benz, 1885. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Hobby Horse & Boneshaker
Two men (L-R) ride on early bicycles known as the Hobby Horse and Boneshaker. The Hobby Horse was invented by Karl Von Drais in 1818 and was operated by kicking against the street

Relay
circa 1901: Almon B Strowgers automatic telephone switching device of 1889. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Photophone
circa 1891: A forerunner to the modern talkie-apparatus. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Diesel Power
circa 1897: The first diesel motor built by Krupp Industries in 1897 and successfully used for over 40 years. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Gaseous Engine
circa 1860: Gas (steam) engine by Lenoir. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stop That Train
1869: Westinghouse air brake for nineteenth century trains. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Flapping Design
circa 1810: An 1810 design for an ornithopter possibly Jacob Degens design which was tried out by Albrecht Berblinger in 1811. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 11 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Roentgen Tube
circa 1901: A close-up of the Roentgen tube used for X-Ray production and named after Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845 - 1923), the German physicist. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Rotary Design
circa 1783: Two French illustrations of a flapping wing aircraft. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 9 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Santos-Dumont 19
November 1907: The Santos-Dumont 19 Demoiselle monoplane in side view. Aeroplane Album - Vol 1 Page 57 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

De Nissole
1st March 1910: The Bleriot inspired monoplane of Prince de Nissole dubbed L Albatross. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 30 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Portable Turntable
21st May 1958: The Philips portable record player for 45 rpm single records. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Jet Car
A rear view of General Motors experimental gas turbine powered vehicle, the XP-21 Firebird of 1954 showing the brake flaps on the trailing edges of the wings (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ford Atmos
Fords show car of the future, the Atmos, 1954. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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