Science And Technology Collection (page 4)

Zodiac Signs from 1489, c. 1900. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Perinis Planetarium
circa 1860: An astronomer giving a lecture at Signor Perinis planetarium. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

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)

Water Wheel At Hama
circa 1920: One of the worlds largest water wheels at Hama in Syria which has been running continuously for 900 years. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Praxinoscope Theatre
circa 1890: The Praxinoscope Theatre, complete with its case, a set of bands in colour on which the images are printed. Mirrors, a candle and a hood are needed to operate the equipment

Illustration of Magellan spacecraft

Watkins Folly
1895: Wembley Park Tower known as Watkins Folly under construction. Built by the Metropolitan Tower Co under the directorship of Sir Edward Watkin to rival the Eiffel Tower

The Moon
1840: One of the first ever pictures of the moon taken by Dr J W Draper of New York. (Photo by J. W. Draper/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Boot Shiner
November 1907: A man has his boots cleaned by an automatic penny in the slot boot polishing machine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Stephensons First
1925: George Stephensons first successful steam engine, the property of Hetton Colliery, takes part in a centenary procession

Louis Pasteur
French scientist Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), father of modern bacteriology. Original Artwork: By Paul Rochas & Bannel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

58 Bagley Avenue
circa 1915: View of the rented garage in which Henry Ford invented and assembled his first automobile, 58 Bagley Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

A Dirigible
February 1923: A helium filled US Navy dirigible, Los Angeles, is at her mooring mast. Formerly the ZR3, built by the Germans as part of their war reparations

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

Saving Petrol
circa 1940: An Austin Therm balloon car. The bag on the roof is full of coal gas used to fuel the saloon car thus saving petrol during World War II

Alexandra Palace
The transmission mast above the BBC wing of Alexandra Palace, north London, 20th August 1946. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cobaea scandens (cup-and-saucer vine, cathedral bells, Mexican ivy, monastery bells)
Illustration of a Cobaea scandens (cup-and-saucer vine, cathedral bells, Mexican ivy, monastery bells)

Engraving of Naval Vessel Monitor
An engraving of American engineer and inventor John Ericssons (1803 - 1889) transverse section of the naval vessel Monitor through the center of the turret, 19th Century

Naval Vessel Monitor
An engraving of American engineer and inventor John Ericssons (1803 - 1889) side elevation and deck plan of the naval vessel, Monitor, 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Fire Engine
Illustration of Silsby, Mynderse and Cos steam fire engine as seen in Scientific American on February 25, 1860. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Electric Light Machine
Illustration of Holmes Magneto Electric Light Apparatus which was exhibited at the International Exhibition in 1862. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Illustration of a radio telescope

Illustration of a radar monitor

Illustration of cross-section through battery

Andes Christ
circa 1950: The statue of Christ of the Andes at a height of 12, 500 feet on the Bermejal or Uspallata Pass between Mendosa, Argentina, and Santiago, Chile

Girton Laboratory
circa 1900: Female undergraduates at work in the laboratory at Girton College, Cambridge University. The college, founded in 1869, was the first for female undergraduates

A Portal to the Moon
A portal to the moon

Forth Bridge
The North cantilever of the Forth Bridge, spanning the Firth of Forth at Queensferry. The steel cantilever construction was designed by John Fowler

Raising Dust
15th January 1908: The Voisin-Farman No 1 biplane, built by Henri Farman (1874 - 1958), French aviator and manufacturer and flown by him and his brother, Maurice (1878 - 1964)

Ford Racer
13th May 1925: Henry Fords Ford Racer 999 automobile. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Louis Pasteur
circa 1885: French chemist Dr Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895), the father of modern bacteriology and pioneer of the treatment of numerous diseases by vaccination

Radiotelescope
15th January 1963: A radiotelescope in Nancay, France. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Jodrell Telescope
18th April 1957: Almost completed, the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire. The responsibility of Manchester University and partly funded by the Nuffield Foundation

Lutnik 1
13th January 1959: Satellite Lutnik 1 on a wheeled dolly, aerials extended. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Jodrell Bank
26th June 1957: The giant 250 feet diameter Radio Telescope nearing completion for the University of Manchester at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Telescope
circa 1950: Mark II radio telescope, Jodrell Bank. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

First Live Transatlantic TV
23rd July 1962: The first transmission with six monitors to Europe of television programmes from America via the Telstar satellite. (Photo by Midge Aylward/Keystone/Getty Images)

Cat Operator
16th February 1934: Ginger, a young cat trying to join in the conversation, when the phone is answered. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Bridge Over The Usk
3rd May 1937: The hanging section of the transporter bridge, which carries toll-paying road traffic over the river Usk in Newport, south Wales. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Transporter Bridge
3rd March 1937: The transporter bridge, which carries toll-paying road traffic over the river Usk in Newport, south Wales. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Laika the satellite dog in her specially designed contraption in Sputnik II before take-off. Her last meal was poisoned to prevent her dying a slow death of starvation

Test Launch
1957: Sputnik II, the second Russian satellite to enter space, on a test launch. (Photo by APA/Getty Images)

Trailing Vortex
19th May 1970: The tornado effect left in the wake of aeroplanes which can last for several minutes and may cause serious accidents as pilots follow aircraft into apparantly calm air

Timeless Image
circa 1945: The Statue of Liberty or Liberty Enlightening the World on New Yorks Liberty Island. A long exposure shot has captured the movement of the stars across the night sky

Pocket Punt
A man demonstrates the water sportsmans new companion, a collapsible punt which can be carried under the arm and assembled in minutes. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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