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New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Book Printing, plate 4

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Book P...

Public domain image of a city, buildings, cityscape, streets, 17th-century architecture, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Clockwork, plate 5

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Clockw...

Public domain scan of Dutch print from Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch - Muziekinstrumenten

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch - Muziekinstrumenten

Weergave van verschillende muziekinstrumenten, geduid met de letters A tot en met T. Prent rechtsboven gemerkt: Tab: XXVI.

Land Marks, Liverpool Bay - Public domain portrait drawing

Land Marks, Liverpool Bay - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Oil Painting, plate 14

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Oil Pa...

Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, Netherlands, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpow...

Public domain scan of Dutch print from Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright ...

Public domain photo of a 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain photo of a 3d object, Europe, free to use, no copyright ...

Public domain photo of a 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Drawing of Improvement in Projectiles for Rifled Ordnance

Drawing of Improvement in Projectiles for Rifled Ordnance

Utility Patent Drawings Public domain photograph of the US industrial development, construction, work of U.S. government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing of Artificial Leg - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing of Artificial Leg - Public domain portrait drawing

Utility Patent Drawings Public domain photograph of a technical diagram, architecture, plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing of Velocipede - Public domain portrait drawing
Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific men in Boston / From sketches by E.R. Morse.

Professor Bell in Lyceum Hall, Salem, addressing a party of scientific...

Print shows the inventor Alexander Graham Bell demonstrating his experimental telephone, which had a connection between Salem and Boston, Massachusetts. Bell had given previous demonstrations in February 1877 a... More

Patent Drawing for F. Shaw's Head Telephone

Patent Drawing for F. Shaw's Head Telephone

Utility Patent Drawings Public domain photograph of a patent diagram drawings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing for a Staple Magazine and Feed Means for Stapling Machines

Drawing for a Staple Magazine and Feed Means for Stapling Machines

This is the printed patent drawing for a staple magazine and feed mechanism for staplers, invented by Henry Ruskin. Patent Case Files

Patent Application for Parasol Attachment (to a Bicycle)

Patent Application for Parasol Attachment (to a Bicycle)

Bicycle patent art from United States Patent Office

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawings from manuscripts by Leonardo Da Vinci Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, f... More

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawings from manuscripts by Leonardo Da Vinci Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, f... More

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawings from manuscripts by Leonardo Da Vinci Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, f... More

Recueil des planches du dictionnaire encyclopedique de l'art aratoire et du jardinage. 1802 (126148992)

Recueil des planches du dictionnaire encyclopedique de l'art aratoire ...

Polski: Adres wydawniczy: Paris : chez H. Agasse, 1802Opis fizyczny: [2] s., 54 k. tabl. ; 30 cm

Patent 1510937 Motor Cycle Figs 4 to 8

Patent 1510937 Motor Cycle Figs 4 to 8

Figures 4 to 8 from US Patent No. 1,510,937: Motor Cycle, granted to William S. Harley and Adam Ziska, Jr. on 1 November 1924

Tesla Broadcast Tower 1904

Tesla Broadcast Tower 1904

Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe wireless station, located in Shoreham, New York, seen in 1904. The 187 foot (57 m) transmitting tower appears to rise from the building but actually stands on the ground behind it.... More

Wardenclyffe Tower

Wardenclyffe Tower

Tesla's Wardenclyffe plant on Long Island in partial stage of completion. Work on the 55-foot diameter cupola had not yet begun. Note what appears to be a coal car parked next to the building. From this faci... More

Tesla drawing 1899 - Evolution of Tesla transformer

Tesla drawing 1899 - Evolution of Tesla transformer

Drawing by Serbian American inventor Nikola Tesla showing stages in his evolution of the high frequency resonant transformer used in his Tesla coil. He developed the Tesla transformer around 1891-1892 althoug... More

Wardwell sewing machine depicted in Industrial History of the United States (1878)

Wardwell sewing machine depicted in Industrial History of the United S...

Wardwell Sewing Machine, 1878 Identifier: industrialhistor00boll (find matches) Title: Industrial history of the United States, from the earliest settlements to the present time: being a complete survey of Ame... More

Betty Boop patent fig1 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Betty Boop patent fig1 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Here is a colored version of this drawing.Betty Boop character design, figure 1 from U.S. patent application D86224 "Design for a Doll or Similar Article". Svenska: Utseende för Betty Boop, figur 1 från ame... More

Colt Model 1902 Patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Colt Model 1902 Patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a firearm, gun, pistol, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Consolidated MS - Drawing. Public domain image.

Consolidated MS - Drawing. Public domain image.

Consolidated Engineering Corporation Mass Spectrometer Patent 2341551

Public Domain Images - Diagonal Slash Patent

Public Domain Images - Diagonal Slash Patent

These are the diagrams for Israel Pilot's 1941 US Patent #2245413 and are public domain. The now expired patent covers a design for improving the comfort and wear-ability for brassieres using a "diagonal slash... More

Getriebelokomotive nach C D Scott US470078

Getriebelokomotive nach C D Scott US470078

Fig. 2 of US Patent 470078 showing the propelling gear for a tramway locomotive by Charles D. Scott. Index: A - Boiler B - Cab b, b’ - Wheelsets C - Fuel and water tank D - locomotive frame E, E’ - cylinder... More

Isolastic System - Drawing. Public domain image.

Isolastic System - Drawing. Public domain image.

B62K25/283 Axle suspensions for mounting axles resiliently on cycle frame or fork with pivoted chain-stay for cycles without a pedal crank, e.g. motorcycles. Inventor Bernard Hooper, Robert Victor Trigg Current... More

Meissner Patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Meissner Patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Deutsch: Meissner Oszillator Patentschrift

NES patented design - Drawing. Public domain image.

NES patented design - Drawing. Public domain image.

Original design for the Nintendo Entertainment System as created by Masayuki Yukawa for a United States patent

Patent No 725069 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Patent No 725069 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Body-attachable Sunshade, Patent No. 725069

Tucker torpedo patent - Drawing. Public domain image.
US Patent 2752X color page2
US Patent 3060X color page5
US Patent 306X color page2
US3010031 Baker clamp - Drawing. Public domain image.

US3010031 Baker clamp - Drawing. Public domain image.

Baker clamp circuit, from Fig. 4 of Richard H. Baker's 1961 US Patent 3010031

US527205-numbering machine (1) - Drawing. Public domain image.

US527205-numbering machine (1) - Drawing. Public domain image.

Patent held by Margareth E. Knight Public domain photograph related to motor parts, engines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fash...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title

Windsurfpatent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Windsurfpatent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration from US Patent 3,487,800, issued to inventors Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer on January 6, 1970

Yoyo patent 1866 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Yoyo patent 1866 - Drawing. Public domain image.

detail from 'Whirligig'; U.S. patent #59745, 1866 (first U.S. yo-yo patent)

Public Domain Images - U.S. Patent D11023

Public Domain Images - U.S. Patent D11023

Image of a page from U. S. Patent D11023, copied from USPTO website, http://patimg1.uspto.gov/.DImg?Docid=US0D0011023&PageNum=1&IDKey=B53692FA9883&ImgFormat=tif and cropped and reduced in size. This is Barthold... More

Espresso-machine-first-patent-angelo-moriondo

Espresso-machine-first-patent-angelo-moriondo

First patent (vol. 33 n. 256) for the Espresso Machine, by Mr. Angelo Moriondo, dated May 16, 1884 and titled "Nuovi apparecchi a vapore per la confezione economica ed istantanea del caffè in bevanda. Sistema ... More

Nicola Tesla Patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Nicola Tesla Patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Illustration of Canadian Patent 135174. Public domain photograph of electrical equipment, power lines, engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Schloemer two sided plow - Drawing. Public domain image.

Schloemer two sided plow - Drawing. Public domain image.

Schloemer two sided plow Public domain photograph related to motor parts, engines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fash...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title

Corset c1888 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Corset c1888 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Doctors recommend reast's patent Invigorator corset.Prevents round shoulders and stooping.Ladies' 5/6, 8/6, 12/9, 18/6Boys' and girls' 4/6Maids' 5/6."The Lady" say:--"Few appliances for straightening the back ... More

Oiseau mécanique 1891 - Public domain botanical illustration

Oiseau mécanique 1891 - Public domain botanical illustration

Oiseau mécanique Public domain scan of print / book page depicting birds, ornithology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

PSM V09 D091 Morse key and register

PSM V09 D091 Morse key and register

Morse key and register Public domain photograph related to electrical equipment, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Savery's patent engine, 1699 - Public domain historical image

Savery's patent engine, 1699 - Public domain historical image

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Franklin's original electric machine.

Franklin's original electric machine.

Public domain scan of Amerian 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pendulum or oscillating clock mechanisms, showing escapement mechanism, curved metal strips to check swing of pendulum, and clock with pendulum and weights]

[Pendulum or oscillating clock mechanisms, showing escapement mechanis...

Illus. in: Horologium oscillatorium / Christiaan Huygens. Parisiis : Apud F. Muguet, 1673. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 272.

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons ...

Public domain reproduction of Italian art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Clockwork, plate 5

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Cl...

Public domain scan of Dutch print from Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.

Lighthouse Little Diamond Island -- Maine

Lighthouse Little Diamond Island -- Maine

Caption: Looking westerly at SE corner of dock, from deck of the Ilex. Date: 3/12/1930 District: 1 State: ME Maine -- Little Diamond Island

French Machinery, 19th century - Early photography, Public domain image

French Machinery, 19th century - Early photography, Public domain imag...

Public domain photograph - 19th-century salted paper print, early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing of Improved Breech Loading Cannon

Drawing of Improved Breech Loading Cannon

Utility Patent Drawings Public domain photograph of a patent diagram drawings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing of an Improvement in School Globes

Drawing of an Improvement in School Globes

This patent was designed by John R. Agnew. Utility Patent Drawings

Drawing of Improved Boot - Public domain portrait drawing
My bicycle!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 17, 1868

My bicycle!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, Septem...

Public domain reproduction of Honore Daumier artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Honoré Daumier - French artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who lived in the 19th century.... More

Drawing of Creeping Baby Doll - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing of Toy Monument - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing of Toy Monument - Public domain portrait drawing

Utility Patent Drawings Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Patent Drawing for M. E. Knight's Clasp

Patent Drawing for M. E. Knight's Clasp

Utility Patent Drawings Public domain photograph of a patent diagram drawings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing for a Game Board - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing for a Game Board - Public domain portrait drawing

This is the printed patent drawing for a game board invented by Lizzie J. Magie. 748626 - Game Boards - Lizzie Magie

Rivista aerostatica Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection

Rivista aerostatica Grossi - Print, Library of Congress collection

Italian political cartoon shows the aftermath of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of Berlin; from left, a bottle-shaped airship labeled "Cipro", "Congresso", and "Angleterre", with a figure identified as J... More

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawings from manuscripts by Leonardo Da Vinci Public domain photograph of 15th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of 16th-century drawing, f... More

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Leonardo Da Vinci Drawngs - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawings from manuscripts by Leonardo Da Vinci Public domain photograph of experimental aircraft, prototype, aviation design and development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Patent 1510937 Motor Cycle Fig 1

Patent 1510937 Motor Cycle Fig 1

Figure 1 from US Patent No. 1,510,937: Motor Cycle, granted to William S. Harley and Adam Ziska, Jr. on 1 November 1924

Tesla ac generator'

Tesla ac generator'

Caption: "Unique Alternating Current Generator for Exciting Tesla's Early "Beat" Receptor. Actuated by Comprest Air or Steam Which Vibrates a Special Diafram-Coil."

Atari 2600 schematic - Drawing. Public domain image.

Atari 2600 schematic - Drawing. Public domain image.

Schematic of the Atari 2600 and two manual controllers, included in "Manual controller for video system" patent.

Betty Boop patent fig2 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Betty Boop patent fig2 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Here is a colored version of this drawing.Betty Boop character design, figure 2 from U.S. patent application D86224 "Design for a Doll or Similar Article"

Climax Lokomotive nach Gilbert - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Climax Lokomotive nach Gilbert - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Fig. 1 of US Patent 393896 showing a Class A Climax locomotive. Index: H - Wheelset Axle H’- Wheel fixed to the axle H2 - Wheel loose on the axle I - Ring gear I2 - Side gear G - Main shaft g - Beveled ske... More

Kalah game board from US patent D165634 (1952-01-08)

Kalah game board from US patent D165634 (1952-01-08)

Русский: Чертёж доски для игры в калах. Патент US D165634. Public domain image related to board games, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lock Back Safety schematics - Drawing. Public domain image.

Lock Back Safety schematics - Drawing. Public domain image.

Schematics of the Lock Back Safety mechanism

Submarine cable cross-section-es svg

Submarine cable cross-section-es svg

Cross-section of a submarine communications cable Español: Sección de un cable submarino de comunicaciones

US Patent 306X color page1

US Patent 306X color page1

Steam Engine: US Patent X306 issued to Samuel Morey of Orford, Grafton County, NH

US109224-Improvement in paper-feeding machines (4)

US109224-Improvement in paper-feeding machines (4)

Patent held by Margareth E. Knight

US390721 - Public domain portrait drawing

US390721 - Public domain portrait drawing

Public domain scan of technical drawing, 19th-20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fashion, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a 19th-century corset, fash...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

USpatent2528639 1948 - Drawing. Public domain image.
USpatent323963 1885 - Drawing. Public domain image.

USpatent323963 1885 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Design for a cage-crinoline with built in bustle, American, 1885

William South Camera Patent 1904

William South Camera Patent 1904

Patent Drawings Solgram Camera 1904

Aquatic toy patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

Aquatic toy patent - Drawing. Public domain image.

U.S. Patent 109,992 Public domain scan of print / book page depicting birds, ornithology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

GatlingGunDrawing - Public domain portrait drawing

GatlingGunDrawing - Public domain portrait drawing

05182_2003_001.Battery Gun patent drawing by R.J. Gatling 4/11/1865.RG 241.Patent #47631

US3005282A Toy building brick (1958 filed, 1961 published) by Christiansen Godtfred Kirk - Lego brick, p.2, Fig. 7~12

US3005282A Toy building brick (1958 filed, 1961 published) by Christia...

US3005282A Toy building brick (1958 filed, 1961 published) by Christiansen Godtfred Kirk - Lego brick, p.2, Fig. 7~12

Albatross Soaring-Machine - Public domain portrait drawing

Albatross Soaring-Machine - Public domain portrait drawing

Русский: Чертёж летательного аппарата «Альбатрос» для патента США English: U.S. Patent Drawings of The Albatross Soaring-Machine

Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884 (1869) (14569843890)

Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-...

Identifier: CollectionUnitev1Edis (find matches) Title: Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884 Year: 1869 (1860s) Authors: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Peter... More

Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884 (1869) (14753377011)

Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-...

Identifier: CollectionUnitev1Edis (find matches) Title: Collection of United States patents granted to Thomas A. Edison, 1869-1884 Year: 1869 (1860s) Authors: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Peter... More

Newcomen's patent engine, 1705 - Public domain historical image

Newcomen's patent engine, 1705 - Public domain historical image

Public domain scan of artwork related to technological or industrial history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To face azimuth - Print, Library of Congress collection

To face azimuth - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows an "assay oven", "athanor", and "azimuth compass", with "attraction" diagrams. Printed at head of title: Engraved for the New Royal & Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences. Printed at top right: ... More

Steam engine - Mr. Watt's double steam engine from his specification of 1782

Steam engine - Mr. Watt's double steam engine from his specification o...

Print shows gears and pump mechanism for a steam engine. Illus. in: A system of mechanical philosophy. Edinburgh : J. Murray, 1822. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology .... More

The flying ship. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The flying ship. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Photographic reproduction of a 18th century etching showing an airship designed by Brazilian Jesuit Bartolomeu de Gusmão. Ship has a bird's head and feathers, a boat-like body in which a man stands looking thro... More

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of America, plate 1

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of Americ...

Public domain scan of Dutch print from Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Drawing of Improvements in Magneto-electric Telegraphs

Drawing of Improvements in Magneto-electric Telegraphs

Utility Patent Drawings Public domain photograph of French architecture design drawing, building plan, Paris, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing of a Travelers Trunk - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing of a Travelers Trunk - Public domain portrait drawing

This patent was designed by John N. Wunderlich. Utility Patent Drawings

Drawing of an Improvement in Compasses

Drawing of an Improvement in Compasses

This patent was designed by John and George H. Bliss. Utility Patent Drawings

Drawing for a "Base Ball Glove"

Drawing for a "Base Ball Glove"

This invention was created by G. H. Rawlings. Utility Patent Drawings

[Entrance to the United States exhibit area in the Palace of Diverse Industries, featuring inventions by Thomas Edison and Elihu Thomson, Paris Exposition, 1889]

[Entrance to the United States exhibit area in the Palace of Diverse I...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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