Items matching machinery (results page 1)

6.—Martyrs bound to the circumference of a great wheel, and rolled down a precipiceTortures 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 spikesTortures 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 WoodcutDie 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 fireTortures 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 Ships (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 Ships (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 Ships (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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Steampunk flying cogAllegorien und Embleme, Vol II (1882)

A cog with feathered wings, a steam-whistle, perhaps a regulator knob, and another unidentifiable part, flies through the clouds.

Keywords: steampunk, victoriana, wings, machinery, humour, greyscale

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Added: 2018-10-29

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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 PressHand-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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J. Z. A. Wagner’s Brick-Moulding MachineHand-book of The Useful Arts (1852)

The moulding of bricks in the country is altogether performed by machinery; one of the latest improvements in which is the invention of J. Z. A. Wagner, of Philadelphia, of which the annexed is an il [...]

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Added: 2006-04-04

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Plate XIX, fig. 3.—Crane Mechanism.Enclyclopædia Britannica (1771)

Another very good crane is made in the following manner. AA (fig. 3.) is a great wheel turned by men walking within it at H. On the part C, of its axle BC, the great rope D is wound as the wheel tu [...]

Keywords: diagrams, machinery, cogs, wheels, steampunk, cranes, lifting equipment, greyscale

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Added: 2016-11-16

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Vertical Steam Engine—For Manufacturing Purposes.Hand-book of The Useful Arts (1852)

The accompanying engraving represents a vertical high-pressure engine, not occupying much space and adapted for printing or manufacturing purposes. The engraving is I think signed, Butler & S. Rype. D [...]

Keywords: machinery, steam engines, greyscale

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Added: 2015-02-09

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Endpiece: well-pump with horse-troughOld English Country Cottages (1906)

A woodcut showing a stone trough for drinking-water for animals such as horses, sheep, cattle. The iron pump is fastened to an upright wooden post. This picture was used as a decorative tailpiece to m [...]

Keywords: pumps, water-troughs, troughs, handles, machinery, tailpieces, greyscale

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Added: 2019-06-16

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Oiling the Wheels.Home Words for Heart and Hearth (1888)

A bearded man stands next to a machine made from giant cogs and wheels; he is oiling an axle. In the background behind him is a counter where a person stands facing away from us and towards a man on t [...]

Keywords: machinery, people, interiors, wheels, cogs, mysterious mechanisms, steampunk, victorian costumes, men, greyscale

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Added: 2019-02-02

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Fig. 69.—Showing Internal View of Tumbler Switch.Electric Lighting for Ships (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 MachineThe 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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Side Lever EngineSteam and the Steam Engine (1880)

This is a steam engine for driving a ship (a paddle-boat in fact) taken from the Marine Engines chapter: 87. The Side Lever Engines.—The first engine employed to drive the paddle wheel was a side lev [...]

Keywords: machinery, engines, transport, steam engines, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-20

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Fig. 95.—Showing Edison-Swan Ampère Meter.Electric Lighting for Ships (1892)

“Fig. 95 shows an outside view of an ampère meter made by the Edison-Swan Co.” (p. 220) The units for measuring electric current today are called amperes, or amps, and a device for measuring current i [...]

Keywords: electrics, gauges, meters, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2008-07-26

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21.—Armillary SphereAstrology (1806)

“I have subjoined a plate of the Armillary Sphere, which is an artificial contrivance, representing the several circles proper to the theory of the mundane world, put togeher in their natural order, t [...]

Keywords: astrology, astronomy, diagrams, machinery, greyscale

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Added: 2006-07-11

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