Illustration by Frederic Regamey titled �A Fantastic Match�, showing a man and woman observing bizarre bicycle-inspired contraptions. From Regamey�s...
Coloured etching by Henry Thomas Alken, published by S & J Fuller of London, satirising steam-powered transport. It shows a dandified gentleman...倫敦 - 英格蘭, 污染
Steel engraving showing Blanchard descending in his balloon to the alarm of local people, one of whom aims a gun at him. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre...熱氣球
Plate engraving by Gray and Son, possibly for an encyclopaedia, showing a number of early flying contraptions, including: Montgolfier�s balloon,...
Plate engraving by Gray and Son, possibly for an encyclopaedia, showing a number of early flying contraptions, including: Montgolfier�s balloon,...熱氣球
Hand-coloured lithograph entitled; 'Dampfmaschinen Pferd worauf man in einer stunde von Paris nach Petersburg reiten kann' . The print shows a man...卡通
Coloured caricature print showing Blanchard in his balloon. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard travelled from the Champ de Mars in Paris to...
Drawing of Blanchard�s balloon as it was intended to ascend, carrying both Blanchard and the Benedictine monk Dom Page, and as it actually did, with...熱氣球
Colour print entitled �Remarque sur le Balon Aerostatique de M Blanchard comme il etait projette�, showing the main design elements of Blanchard�s...
Drawing of Blanchard�s balloon as it actually ascended, with him alone on board. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard travelled from the Champ de...
Drawing of Blanchard�s balloon as it was intended to ascend, with the aeronaut and Dom Page on board. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard travelled...
Engraving by Tavenard after a drawing from nature, entitled �Vue de la Prairie de Billancourt�. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard travelled from...
Drawing from nature entitled 'Sic itur ad astra: Premiere experience mechanique et aerostatique de M Blanchard'. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre...
Engraving by Denis after a drawing by Desrais entitled 'Sic itur ad astra: Experience du Vaisseau Volant de M Blanchard'. French aeronaut Jean-Pierre...熱氣球
Coloured print. Jacques Charles and Noel Robert made the first manned free flight in a hydrogen balloon on 1 December 1783. The balloon set off from...
Etching titled in German �Neueste Reise Dampf Maschine�, showing a man seated on a steam-powered rocket-like contraption. It is an Austrian version...
Illustration by Frederic Regamey of a fanciful invention, from his �Velocipedie et automobilisme�, , a work on the social or humorous aspects of road...踩單車, 水生生物
Thumbscrews, or thumbkins, are an early instrument of torture used by inserting the thumbs into the contraption and compressing them with a screw.
Thumbscrews, or thumbkins, are an early instrument of torture used by inserting the thumbs into the contraption and compressing them with a screw.
Etching by Theodore Lane showing a wife shouting at her husband who has been spending all his time experimenting with perpetual motion. William...
�Novo modo da far sollevar l'aqua da se per un terzo�, , from a work by Gironimo Francesco Finugio, dedicated to the Marchese di Monticelli, and...
Da Vinci was the most outstanding Italian painter, sculptor, architect and engineer of the Renaissance period. He had a wide knowledge and...
Thumbscrews, or thumbkins, are an early instrument of torture used by inserting the thumbs into the contraption and compressing them with a screw.拷問
Sketch taken from a notebook by Leonardo da Vinci . Da Vinci was the most outstanding Italian painter, sculptor, architect and engineer of the...達文西, 筆記本, 發明家
Engraved title page with a portrait of Greek mathematician Archimedes , and a view of waterwheels and other mechanical devices. Plate from Georg...窗簾
Wagon on a narrow-gauge track, pushed by two men with help from a wind-catch sail. The mobile railway lines were laid on the frozen North Sea when a...
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway signal box at Victoria Station, Pimlico, London, named the �hole-in-the-wall�. This image appears to be a...
Pole-suspended bare-wire telegraph lines are extremely vulnerable to lightning, which can damage the very delicate electrical instruments and...
During the early 1930s many amateur enthusiasts could not afford to buy a televisor, so they built their own, either from televisor kits or...
During the early 1930s many amateur enthusiasts could not afford to buy a televisor, so they built their own, either from televisor kits or...
Engraving by J Shury showing a fictitious flight of Henson's aerial steam carriage over a European lakeside town surrounded by mountains. William...
Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe , seen here at the controls, was the first Briton to fly an all-British aeroplane, the Roe I, on 13 July 1909 at Lea...愛德華時代風格
Humorous futuristic colour illustration by Henry Thomas Alken, showing a variety of steam vehicles being driven around Regent's Park, London,...歸檔
Hand-coloured engraving by Shortshanks after a drawing by Robert Seymour, published by Thomas McLean of 26 Haymarket, London. A satirical sketch...金融, 卡通
Coloured satirical print by Paul Pry on the fad for steam transport. The world of invention goes mad: here are fantastic balloons, flying machines,...技術
Hand-coloured lithograph entitled; 'Dampfmaschinen Pferd worauf man in einer stunde von Paris nach Petersburg reiten kann' . The print shows a man...
Coloured etching by Henry Thomas Alken, published by S & J Fuller of London, satirising steam-powered transport. It shows a dandified gentleman...倫敦 - 英格蘭, 污染
Hand-coloured engraving by Shortshanks after a drawing by Robert Seymour, published by Thomas McLean of 26 Haymarket, London. A satirical sketch...
Engraved plate from Rees's �Cyclopaedia�, showing details of engines by Rev Edmund Cartwight , Jonathan Hornblower and Arthur Woolf .十八世紀, 18世紀風格
Etching by Theodore Lane showing a wife shouting at her husband who has been spending all his time experimenting with perpetual motion. William...
Engraving by John Gilbert of a man taking a photograph using a bellows camera that is fixed to a tricycle.男人
Oil painting by David Henry Friston showing a man demonstrating a 'cure' for a headache. The man is shown in a sitting-room interior, holding a small...
When riding horseback, it is a challenge to get on and off a horse every time you need to enter the barnyard, track, or farm. This new contraption...
One Hundred Thousand Leagues in the Air - Sci Fi French representation of a winged airship flying over the desert where a camel carrying an Arab runs...
Ferdinand Jakob services a moving, mechanical Nativity scene of 300 wooden Biblical figures tottering around thanks to a unique contraption of...
Ferdinand Jakob looks at a moving, mechanical Nativity scene of 300 wooden Biblical figures tottering around thanks to a unique contraption of...
Ferdinand Jakob looks at a moving, mechanical Nativity scene of 300 wooden Biblical figures tottering around thanks to a unique contraption of...
