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A flying machine invented by William Henson in the mid-19th century. Although numerous attempts were made to fly the machine, all were unsuccessful.

Henson's Flying Machine

A flying machine invented by William Henson in the mid-19th century. Although numerous attempts were…

An early invention of the airplane, created by John Stringfellow in the mid-19th century.

Stringfellow's Flying Machine

An early invention of the airplane, created by John Stringfellow in the mid-19th century.

A flying machine invented by George Cayley. It is an early model of the helicopter.

Cayley's Aerial Screw

A flying machine invented by George Cayley. It is an early model of the helicopter.

A design improvement when creating hydrocarbon gas.

Machine for Hydrocarbon Gas

A design improvement when creating hydrocarbon gas.

This steam valve design features revolving cup valves which are able to cut off steam at any given revolution inside an engine.

Steam Valve

This steam valve design features revolving cup valves which are able to cut off steam at any given revolution…

This corn sheller design allowed corn to dropped to a hopper which was then carried using the rotational energy of the sheller wheel until the cob stroked the guard.

Corn Sheller

This corn sheller design allowed corn to dropped to a hopper which was then carried using the rotational…

This lock mechanism was improved for security allowing a two section stop where the key locks both directions.

Lock Mechanism

This lock mechanism was improved for security allowing a two section stop where the key locks both directions.

This corn planter featured an adjustable dropping device. This allowed the operator to drop the corn in the intended place on the furrows.

Corn Planter

This corn planter featured an adjustable dropping device. This allowed the operator to drop the corn…

This vapor creating machine was used for medicinal purposes.

Vapor Machine

This vapor creating machine was used for medicinal purposes.

Telegraph cable laid at the bottom of the ocean or through festoons, allowing for gradual setting.

Telegraph Cable

Telegraph cable laid at the bottom of the ocean or through festoons, allowing for gradual setting.

This straw cutter features a reciprocating saw to facilitate the cutting process.

Straw Cutter

This straw cutter features a reciprocating saw to facilitate the cutting process.

This cotton press design allowed for cotton to filter through a windlass, later received by the hoop.

Cotton Press

This cotton press design allowed for cotton to filter through a windlass, later received by the hoop.

This machine was used to maintain road safety and clearance

Scrapper, Road

This machine was used to maintain road safety and clearance

This is an illustration of an early style washing machine.

Washing Machine

This is an illustration of an early style washing machine.

This tool was used to break a larger material into smaller pieces or sections.

Grinding Mill

This tool was used to break a larger material into smaller pieces or sections.

A machine using a hard blade to cut through other materials. The blade is commonly serrated if not abrasive.

Sawing Machine

A machine using a hard blade to cut through other materials. The blade is commonly serrated if not abrasive.

Machining process used to create cider, allowing for different types of apples to be mixed for juicing.

Cider Mill

Machining process used to create cider, allowing for different types of apples to be mixed for juicing.

This printing press used a rotating roller to apply ink on the chosen surface.

Printing Press

This printing press used a rotating roller to apply ink on the chosen surface.

This seeding machine was used to facilitate the process of planting seeds into the soil.

Machine, Seeding

This seeding machine was used to facilitate the process of planting seeds into the soil.

This early model washing machine was used to washing individual garments.

Machine, Washing

This early model washing machine was used to washing individual garments.

This machine was used to cut the shavings used to fill a mattress with cushioning.

Machine, Mattress Shaving

This machine was used to cut the shavings used to fill a mattress with cushioning.

This machine was used to cut mouldings.

Cutter, Mouldings

This machine was used to cut mouldings.

This machine was used to aerate the soil before planting seeds.

Mifflin Cultivator

This machine was used to aerate the soil before planting seeds.

This machine was used to create chains from sheet metal.

Machine, Chain Making

This machine was used to create chains from sheet metal.

This machine was used prepare small cuts of meat, a tool commonly used by butchers.

Cutter, Meat

This machine was used prepare small cuts of meat, a tool commonly used by butchers.

This machine was used to mold different hat bodies, where the molding body spins about the axis and can be changed to varying shapes.

Molding Tool, Hat

This machine was used to mold different hat bodies, where the molding body spins about the axis and…

This mechanical drawing of a cotton gin depicts internal moving parts, where the machine was intended to separate cotton fibers from seeds.

Cotton Gin Machine

This mechanical drawing of a cotton gin depicts internal moving parts, where the machine was intended…

This is a mechanical drawing depict the top view of a lawn mower.

Machine, Mowing

This is a mechanical drawing depict the top view of a lawn mower.

Illustrated are various types of labels. (1) machine-made ready painted wood labels, (2) and (3) notched or perforated labels, (4) stake, (5) square of sheet zinc on a stake, (6) and (7) common wooden labels, (8) wired zinc label, (9) strips of zinc, (10) strip of zinc curled on a branch, (11) inexpensive, (12) (13) and (14) thin sheet copper labels, (15) zinc or copper sheet secured with copper tacks, and (16) stamped zinc.

Labels

Illustrated are various types of labels. (1) machine-made ready painted wood labels, (2) and (3) notched…

Each of these are an example of the simple machine: lever. F c is the power arm and F w is the weight arm. W is the weight and P is power

Simple Machines

Each of these are an example of the simple machine: lever. F c is the power arm and F w is the weight…

A wheel and axle has two cylinders of different diameters that are connected so that they turn about a common axis. P is power, W is weight. The right figure is the front view of the left figure.

Simple Machine

A wheel and axle has two cylinders of different diameters that are connected so that they turn about…

Sometimes it is not necessary for an entire wheel to be used. A projection of any kind that can cause an object to move in a circle may be considered a wheel, like in the image given.

Bucket and Crank

Sometimes it is not necessary for an entire wheel to be used. A projection of any kind that can cause…

A fixed pulley. It is called such because the block is attached to the ceiling and cannot move.

Simple Machine

A fixed pulley. It is called such because the block is attached to the ceiling and cannot move.

A moveable pulley. What differs between a moveable pulley and a fixed pulley is the fact that a moveable pulley, as its name entails, has a moveable block.

Simple Machine

A moveable pulley. What differs between a moveable pulley and a fixed pulley is the fact that a moveable…

A complex moveable pulley. It consists of a fixed and moveable block.

Simple Machine

A complex moveable pulley. It consists of a fixed and moveable block.

A combination of pulleys. P is power exerted on the rope and W is the weight.

Simple Machine

A combination of pulleys. P is power exerted on the rope and W is the weight.

A simple inclined plane. The power multiplied by the length of the plane equals the weight multiplied by the height of the plane

Simple Machine

A simple inclined plane. The power multiplied by the length of the plane equals the weight multiplied…

An inclined plane with a different pulley system layout.

Simple Machine

An inclined plane with a different pulley system layout.

An inclined plane with an inverted pulley system. No rule can be given for the ratio of power to weight. It can be explained using the principle of resolution of forces.

Simple Machine

An inclined plane with an inverted pulley system. No rule can be given for the ratio of power to weight.…

A very complex inclined plane

Simple Machine

A very complex inclined plane

A wedge is a moveable inclined plane that is used to move heavy materials short distances as shown in the image.

Simple Machine

A wedge is a moveable inclined plane that is used to move heavy materials short distances as shown in…

A screw is a cylinder with a groove wrapped helically around its circumference. The groove is called a thread and the distance that the thread is drawn is the pitch.

Simple Machine

A screw is a cylinder with a groove wrapped helically around its circumference. The groove is called…

Boilers that have been improved for use in coaches and carriages. The boiler on the left was developed by Summers & Ogle, the other by Maceroni & Squire.

Improved Boilers

Boilers that have been improved for use in coaches and carriages. The boiler on the left was developed…

The Peteler locust crushing machine was a horse drawn device used to trap and kill locusts. Locusts were a serious hazard to agriculture in the 1800's; this device was one of many used in an attempt to cut back on overwhelming locust populations.

Peteler locust crushing machine

The Peteler locust crushing machine was a horse drawn device used to trap and kill locusts. Locusts…

The King Suction Machine was considered one of the most effective locust extermination machines of its time. It employed a revolving fan to vacuum locusts into a crushing chamber, then ejected their carcasses back down into the soil.

KIng Suction Machine

The King Suction Machine was considered one of the most effective locust extermination machines of its…

The Flory-locust machine was a horse-drawn implement used by farmers to exterminate locust populations. This device was employed with moderate effect. Locusts would be startled into jumping as it rolled over them, and crushed in the moving belts.

The Flory-Locust Machine

The Flory-locust machine was a horse-drawn implement used by farmers to exterminate locust populations.…

A winnowing machine was traditionally used to separate yield from chaff. The pictured type of winnowing machine was likely used to separate chaff from tea leaves.

Winnowing Machine

A winnowing machine was traditionally used to separate yield from chaff. The pictured type of winnowing…

A machine with protruding handles used to roll tea leaves into balls.

Tea Leaf Roller

A machine with protruding handles used to roll tea leaves into balls.

Showing leakage current through the frame of a machine which is insulated from ground.

leakage current

Showing leakage current through the frame of a machine which is insulated from ground.

The path of current through person receiving a shock from the frame of a machine insulated from the ground. (There is an accidental tree ground on the line and an accidental ground in the winding of the machine.)

Current of Shock

The path of current through person receiving a shock from the frame of a machine insulated from the…

This illustration shows the basic parts and construction of a typical monoplane.

Typical Monoplane

This illustration shows the basic parts and construction of a typical monoplane.

This illustration shows the basic parts and construction of a typical biplane.

Typical Biplane

This illustration shows the basic parts and construction of a typical biplane.

This illustration shows the basic parts and construction of a flying boat.

Flying Boat

This illustration shows the basic parts and construction of a flying boat.

This illustration shows a Gnome motor with revolving cylinders and its many parts: Spark Plug; Conducting Wire from Collector Ring; Distributor Brush from Magneto; Electric Collector Ring; Fixed, Hollow Crankshaft; Connecting Rod; Piston; Revolving Crankcase; Tappet Cams (male and female); Exhaust Valve Tappet; Exhaust Valve; Intake Valve; Air-Cooled Cylinder. Gnome was the leading type of air cooled motor in the 1920s.

Gnome Motor, with Revolving Cylinders

This illustration shows a Gnome motor with revolving cylinders and its many parts: Spark Plug; Conducting…

This illustration shows three different views of the Curtis Model 18-I Triplane. It has a 400 horsepower K-12 engine.

Curtis Model 18-I Triplane

This illustration shows three different views of the Curtis Model 18-I Triplane. It has a 400 horsepower…

This illustration shows three different views of the Curtis Model J N 4-B Military Tractor.

Curtis Model J N 4-B Military Tractor

This illustration shows three different views of the Curtis Model J N 4-B Military Tractor.

This illustration shows three different views of a Handley-Page Twin Liberty Motored Type O 400 Bomber.

Handley-Page Twin Liberty Motored Type O 400 Bomber

This illustration shows three different views of a Handley-Page Twin Liberty Motored Type O 400 Bomber.

This illustration shows three different views of the De Haviland 4 Reconnaissance Plane. This plane has a 400 horsepower Liberty Engine.

De Haviland 4 Reconnaissance Plane

This illustration shows three different views of the De Haviland 4 Reconnaissance Plane. This plane…

This illustration shows three different views of the 1915 Caproni Type C A-4 Triplane.

Caproni Type C A-4 Triplane, 1915

This illustration shows three different views of the 1915 Caproni Type C A-4 Triplane.

This illustration shows three different views of the NC. 4 Flying Boat. It has a 1600 horsepower engine.

NC. 4 Flying Boat

This illustration shows three different views of the NC. 4 Flying Boat. It has a 1600 horsepower engine.