18th century invention posters & prints

English Electric Machine Built (1750) Anonymous

Cotton Spinning I: Development of Spinning Machinery English School

Van Marum's Electrical Machine (1780) Anonymous

Newcomen steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712 Anonymous

Nairne's Electrical Machine (1782) Anonymous

French Revolution: The invention of the red cap Anonymous

Spinning-frame. Designed in 1767 by Richard Arkwright (1732-1792). Colored engraving Anonymous

Benjamin Franklin, American scientist, inventor and statesman, late 18th century Unknown

The Lightning-Hat Ladies in Paris in 1778 Anonymous

The Abbé Nollet's Electric Machine (1747) Anonymous

The Title Page: Views, some taken from nature, some invented... (Titre. Vedute), 18th century Canaletto

Thomas Savery's steam pump or 'the miner's friend', 1702 (1726) Unknown

The First Steam Car Tested by the Inventor Cugnot at Arsenal in Paris in 1770 Anonymous

Ramsden's Electric Machine (1768) Anonymous

The Modern Electric Machine Anonymous

Schematic view of a Newcomen steam engine, early 19th century Unknown

Cascading Leyden Jars Anonymous

Man Looking through Sextant, ca. 1770 Anonymous

Electric Carillon Anonymous

James Watt Anonymous

A General Display of Arts and Sciences, 1790 Reynolds Grignion

John Dollond, optician, c1750 Posselwhite

Préparatif pour le départ du Prince et Princesse des Nabots. L'incomparable Baron …, 18th century Unknown

Cutlery-making, c1750s Unknown

New invented elastic breeches John Nixon

Inclined plane powered by water wheel in used on a canal, 1796 Unknown

Precipitating Rain by Electricity Anonymous

Dr Edmund Cartwright Robert Fulton

The Afternoon Meal, ca. 1772 Luis Meléndez

Benjamin Franklin, 18th century American scientist, inventor and statesman, 1835 Unknown

Santorio Sanctorius, c1728 Unknown

Edward Holden Cruttenden's Children with their Indian Ayah, 1759-1763 Joshua Reynolds

La Pharmacie Rustique, c1775 Barthelemi Hubner

Invention of the Lifeboat, Willie Wouldhave, South Shields, 1789, 1896 Ralph Hedley

View of the Stocks Market in Poutry, City of London, in the year 1738 (1752) Henry Fletcher

System of Astronomy Anonymous