Items matching machinery (results page 1)

6.—Martyrs bound to the circumference of a great wheel, and rolled down a precipice Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

“Sometimes Martyrs were bound to the circumference of great wheels, and so hurled from a height over stony places.” (p. 26) The plate actually seems to show a naked man with his hands and feet bound b [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-05-01

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7.—Fastened to a wheel, which is revolved over iron spikes Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr whose limbs are interwoven in the spokes of a wheel, on which he is left exposed for days, till he dies. B. Martyr bound to a narrow wheel, which is revolved, so that his body is horribly ma [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-02

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8.—Detail: Printing Page Woodcut Die Bücher-Ornamentik Der Renaissance (Vol II.) (1881)

Detail from a title page printed in 1536, depicting the printing office of Jodocus Baudius, the Ascension Press, and three of the people working there. It’s possible one of the figures is Baudius hims [...]

Keywords: printing, typography, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2010-07-25

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8.—Revolved over a blazing fire Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs (1903)

A. Martyr bound naked to a wheel, which is revolved over iron spikes. B. Bound to the circumference of a wheel, which is revolved over a fire kindles underneath. This time it’s naked men who are tortu [...]

Keywords: torture, nudity, bare feet, punishments, people, death, religion, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2007-05-22

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Figs. 15 and 16.—Showing Siemens’ Alternate Current Dynamo, with its Excitor. Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers (1892)

Fig. 15 shows the only form of alternator that has been used on board ship [as of 1892]. It is of the Siemens pattern; having, as already explained, a double crown of short field-magnets with the sta [...]

Keywords: machinery, electrics, greyscale

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Added: 2008-08-07

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Fig. 17.—Showing Old Type of Gramme Continuous Current Dynamo. Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers (1892)

Keywords: machinery, electrics, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2009-04-09

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Fig. 27.—Switchboard. Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers (1892)

“Figs. 27 and 28 show switchboards suitable for use on board ship. Fig. 27 shows the usual arrangement of circuits on board a “tramp.” It will be understood, of course, that there should be an ampère [...]

Keywords: machinery, electrics, diagrams, gauges, switches, greyscale

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Added: 2006-10-06

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Copper-plate, or Rolling-Press. Hand-book of The Useful Arts (1852)

“The rolling-press, which is employed in nearly every species of copper-plate printing, is divided into two parts, the body and the carriage. The body consists of two wooden checks, placed perpendicu [...]

Keywords: typography, printing, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2005-10-10

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Lord Stanhope’s Printing Press Hand-book of The Useful Arts (1852)

“Very little improvement in the construction of this instrument took place from the first introduction of the art into Europe till the late Earl Stanhope applied the powers of his mind to the subject, [...]

Keywords: typography, printing, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2005-10-10

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Strange Machine Hand-book of The Useful Arts (1852)

Whatever can it be? I am running a competition on Deviant Art for whoever can correctly identify the machine.

Hint: think of clay.

Keywords: machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-04-04

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Fig. 69.—Showing Internal View of Tumbler Switch. Electric Lighting for Marine Engineers (1892)

“Figs. 69 and 70 are inside and outside of the tumbler switch. The base of this switch is sometimes slate and sometimes porcelain. In larger switches, the “chopper” switch, which corresponds to the t [...]

Keywords: diagrams, electrics, switches, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-10-06

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A Calculating Machine The Leisure Hour (1904)

“Showing the numbers (in black marks) struck on the register, and the keys struck to multiply 2253 by 84. The answer is shown on the register.” (p. 775)

This is a hand-operated calculator.

Keywords: machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-05-13

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