Invention of posters & prints

Opening of the International Inventions Exhibition at South Kensington by the Prince of Wales, London, 1885 Anonymous

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

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Olive Oil Press, p…, ca. 1600 Jan Collaert I

Inventions from Times Gone by Anonymous

Engraving Of Renaissance Inventions Anonymous

A New Walking Invention Anonymous

The invention of the printing press by Laurens Jansz. Coster Haarlem

Traction Engine or Steam Car Invented by M. Lotz from Nantes Anonymous

Faraday's Induction Machine Anonymous

Thomas Edison, American inventor Anonymous

Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931). American Inventor Anonymous

Invention charivarique, 1868 Honoré Daumier

The Invention of Drawing (recto), Sketch of Lower Leg Bones of Human Skeleton (verso) Joseph-Benoît Suvée

The Mother of Invention George du Maurier

Invention of the Incandescent Electric Lightbulb Edison

Duplex Rudder and Screw-Propeller Anonymous

Patent Steam Carriage, 1828 Anonymous

The International Inventions Exhibition, Kensington, London, August 1885 Unknown

Cotton Spinning I: Development of Spinning Machinery English School

Title Page for Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches, 1647 Stefano Della Bella

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, with his phonograph Anonymous

Thomas Edison, American inventor, in his laboratory, Menlo Park, New Jersey, USA, 1870s (1920s) Unknown

Davy's electric egg, 1883 Unknown

Pound lock, 1664 Unknown

Joseph-Marie Jacquard, inventor of the Jacquard loom, c1850 Unknown

Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor, sitting beside his improved machine Anonymous

Cover of Genius Rewarded, or the History of the Singer Sewing Machine, 1880 Unknown

The Military Accelerator - Particularly Recommended to Cavalry Officers, c1820 Unknown

Incandescent light bulb, 1929 Unknown

Samuel Colt (1814-1862), inventor of the Colt revolver, 1856 Unknown

Six early forms of bicycle, c1870 Unknown

Archimedes demonstrating his invention to King Hieron of Syracuse Domenico Antonio Vaccaro

Thomas Edison's improved form of JW Trowbridge's electric dynamometer, 1879 Unknown

Discovery of the principle of the telescope, 17th century (1863) Unknown

Newcomen steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712 Anonymous

Weaving shed fitted with Jacquard power looms, c1880 Unknown