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A shaper micrometer scale measuring cross—feed spindle to measure the diameter by reading the raised ruler.

Shaper Spindle Micrometer Scale

A shaper micrometer scale measuring cross—feed spindle to measure the diameter by reading the raised…

A shaper micrometer scale by clamping onto the material to measure the thickness reading the rotation dial at (C).

Shaper Clamp Micrometer Scale

A shaper micrometer scale by clamping onto the material to measure the thickness reading the rotation…

An illustration of a planer height gage for fine, or precise, work. The gage measures the object's height by moving the extended arm and fastening it with the conical pin. The height is read by the measuring stick attached to the arm.

Planer Height Gage

An illustration of a planer height gage for fine, or precise, work. The gage measures the object's height…

A micrometer depth gage used to measure irregular holes in narrow boring. The gage measures the holes by inserting the rod into the gage while the pointer measures the bore.

Depth Micrometer Gage

A micrometer depth gage used to measure irregular holes in narrow boring. The gage measures the holes…

Adjustable limit gage is used to measure the diameter of an object by adjusting screws on both sides of the U shaped gage.

Adjustable Limit Gage

Adjustable limit gage is used to measure the diameter of an object by adjusting screws on both sides…

A convenient bench vise used to hold a plate or an object in place while working, attached to a table or work bench. The object being work on is put in place by adjusting the hand screw.

Convenient Bench Vise

A convenient bench vise used to hold a plate or an object in place while working, attached to a table…

A light minenwerfer with 7.6 cm caliber designed by German during World War I. The series of gears adjusts the angle of the barrel by turning the hand crank.

Rifled Light Minenwerfer Mortar

A light minenwerfer with 7.6 cm caliber designed by German during World War I. The series of gears adjusts…

A saw set is a device used in the sharpening of hand saws. Once the teeth have been jointed and filed, the saw set is used to adjust the set of each tooth.

Saw Set

A saw set is a device used in the sharpening of hand saws. Once the teeth have been jointed and filed,…

A wire stripper is a small, hand held device used to strip the insulation from electric wires.

Wire Stripper

A wire stripper is a small, hand held device used to strip the insulation from electric wires.

This is a tool used to measure circular bodies, very similar to how current calipers work. This tool features a perpendicular ruler to the circular opening.

Circular Body Measure Tool

This is a tool used to measure circular bodies, very similar to how current calipers work. This tool…

This knife features a unique knife guard which prevents the accidental sliding of the hand from the handle base onto the blade.

Knife Guard

This knife features a unique knife guard which prevents the accidental sliding of the hand from the…

This spoon attachment features a welded outing which grabs onto the hand of a spoon to temporary fixing to a drinking vessel or liquid container.

Spoon Attachment

This spoon attachment features a welded outing which grabs onto the hand of a spoon to temporary fixing…

A Marvin weather kite reel powered by hand. The reel keeps record of the direction and intensity of the kite. The reeling machine may have gas engine attached for convenience.

Hand Powered Marvin Weather Kite Reel

A Marvin weather kite reel powered by hand. The reel keeps record of the direction and intensity of…

This grass hook, which is a shorter version of a scythe, both are agricultural tools for mowing grass or reaping crops.

Grass Hook

This grass hook, which is a shorter version of a scythe, both are agricultural tools for mowing grass…

This loading binder resembles a hand truck, in which there are handles at one end, wheels at the base, and a ledge table to set objects on.

Load Binder

This loading binder resembles a hand truck, in which there are handles at one end, wheels at the base,…

This trolley wheel is used to hold heavy loading objects like furniture onto trolleys or hand trucks.

Furniture Caster

This trolley wheel is used to hold heavy loading objects like furniture onto trolleys or hand trucks.

A furnace apparatus for minting. The metal is first melted in the crucible in flue A. The pulley W is used to pull out the crucible from the flue. The melted metal is transferred to the moulding apparatus, where it gets poured into mouldings by hand.

Furnace Apparatus for Minting

A furnace apparatus for minting. The metal is first melted in the crucible in flue A. The pulley W is…

A hand tool consisting of a handle fixed to a copper tip that is heated, electrically or in a flame, and used to melt and apply solder.

Soldering Iron

A hand tool consisting of a handle fixed to a copper tip that is heated, electrically or in a flame,…

A garment covering the hand. Gloves have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb; if there is an opening but no covering sheath for each finger they are called "fingerless gloves".

Working Glove

A garment covering the hand. Gloves have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb;…

A machine for cutting one or more V-belts from a band of several V-belts and including a base on which are journalled parallel, powered rolls driven as by a hand crank.

Belt Cutting Machine

A machine for cutting one or more V-belts from a band of several V-belts and including a base on which…

A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting

Quick Grip Pliers

A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting

a spanner, esp one with adjustable jaws See also torque wrench

Pipe Wrench

a spanner, esp one with adjustable jaws See also torque wrench

A straightedged strip, as of wood or metal, for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths.

Drawing Ruler

A straightedged strip, as of wood or metal, for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths.

A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.

Hand Bag

A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing…

A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.

Hand Bag

A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.

Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a sharp, usually toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal, or other hard materials.

Machine Saw

Any of various tools, either hand-operated or power-driven, having a thin metal blade or disk with a…

An illustration of a Corliss steam engine to generate 5000 kW of electricity. The turbines to create electricity is located on the right hand side and the large circular casing in the left. The steam enters the system at a high pressure to turn the turbines.

5000 kW Corliss and Curtis Steam Engine for Electric Generation

An illustration of a Corliss steam engine to generate 5000 kW of electricity. The turbines to create…

A small, short-handled ax for use in one hand.

Adz Hatchet

A small, short-handled ax for use in one hand.

"The greatest absolute length of the fore—limb occurs in the gorilla and the orangutan. The humerus never has a perforation on the inner side of its lower extremity. Except in the man—like apes, the ulna articulates with the wrist (carpus). The hand is capable of pronation and supination on the fore—arm; and except in man, the chimpanzee and the gorilla there is a centrale in the carpus." —Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910

Front View of Gorilla Skeleton

"The greatest absolute length of the fore—limb occurs in the gorilla and the orangutan. The humerus…

a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

Adjustable Wrench

a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

A part that is designed to be held or operated with the hand.

Multiple Purpose Handle

A part that is designed to be held or operated with the hand.

Any of various hand or power tools, often having fixed or adjustable jaws, used for gripping, turning, or twisting objects such as nuts, bolts, or pipes.

Pipe Wrench

Any of various hand or power tools, often having fixed or adjustable jaws, used for gripping, turning,…

Adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw.

Adjustable Wrench

Adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw.

One that scrapes, especially a tool for scraping off paint or other adherent matter such as ice on a windshield.

Foot Scraper

One that scrapes, especially a tool for scraping off paint or other adherent matter such as ice on a…

An instrument for describing ellipses, often called a trammel.

Elliipsograph Tool

An instrument for describing ellipses, often called a trammel.

A tool for gripping and turning or twisting the head of a bolt, a nut, a pipe, or the like, commonly consisting of a bar of metal with fixed or adjustable jaws.

Chain Wrench

A tool for gripping and turning or twisting the head of a bolt, a nut, a pipe, or the like, commonly…

Any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the teeth.

Hack Saw

Any similar tool or device, as a rotating disk, in which a sharp continuous edge replaces the teeth.

A T-shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along the edge of the drawing board as a guide to the perpendicular longer section in making parallel lines, right angles, etc., and as a support for triangles.

Adjustable Drafting T-Square

A T-shaped ruler, used primarily in mechanical drawing, having a short crosspiece that slides along…

Sharp implement used for removing materials like coal.

Coal Pick

Sharp implement used for removing materials like coal.

An illustration of a forge powered by a hand-bellows which forces air on glowing coals. A forge is a hearth, or a place for heating metals.

Forge

An illustration of a forge powered by a hand-bellows which forces air on glowing coals. A forge is a…

Hand truck: a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

Hand Truck

Hand truck: a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at…

An illustration of a man admiring or looking at himself in a hand mirror. He seems to be very satisfied with what he sees.

Man Admiring Himself

An illustration of a man admiring or looking at himself in a hand mirror. He seems to be very satisfied…

A flexible form of ruler. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fiber glass, or metal strip with linear

Measuring Tape

A flexible form of ruler. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fiber glass, or metal strip with…

A firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand, with the other hand optionally supporting the shooting hand.

Automatic Pistol

A firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand, with the other hand optionally supporting the…

The act of removing milk from the mammary glands of an animal, typically cows (cattle), water buffalo, goats, sheep and more rarely camels, horses and donkeys. Milking may be done by hand or by machine.

Apron Milking

The act of removing milk from the mammary glands of an animal, typically cows (cattle), water buffalo,…

Adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe

Pipe Wrench

Adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the…

A wrench that has an adjustable head to fit various sizes of nuts and bolts. Some adjustable wrenches feature a locking mechanism to prevent slippage.

Adjustable Wrench

A wrench that has an adjustable head to fit various sizes of nuts and bolts. Some adjustable wrenches…

An arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

Crank Mechanism

An arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or…

Adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the pipe

Pipe Wrench

Adjustable wrench for gripping and turning a pipe; has two serrated jaws that are adjusted to grip the…

A hand tool with a heatable tip; used to melt and apply solder

Soldering Iron

A hand tool with a heatable tip; used to melt and apply solder

An opener for removing caps or corks from bottles

Bottle Opener

An opener for removing caps or corks from bottles

A handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

Hand Truck

A handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used…

A mirror intended to be held in the hand

Hand Mirror

A mirror intended to be held in the hand

A device for cutting cans open

Can Opener

A device for cutting cans open

Two young boys sitting near a river bank hand washing dishes. There is also another figure in the background approaching with more dishes.

Two Boys Washing Dishes in a River

Two young boys sitting near a river bank hand washing dishes. There is also another figure in the background…

Instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify

Magnifying Glass

Instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify

Portable liquid containers, featuring handles and spout to easily water plants by hand.

Watering Cans

Portable liquid containers, featuring handles and spout to easily water plants by hand.

Ten notable ancient Egyptian rulers, including Ramses III, Seti I, Gemahlin Amenophis III, Ptolemaeus Euergetes II, Nefertari, Arsinoe II Philadelphus, Aethopian, Cleopatra II, and Mutemua XVII.

Celebrities of Ancient Egypt

Ten notable ancient Egyptian rulers, including Ramses III, Seti I, Gemahlin Amenophis III, Ptolemaeus…

A depiction of Julian the Apostate, a noted philosopher and Roman Emperor, and his death.

Death of Julian the Apostate

A depiction of Julian the Apostate, a noted philosopher and Roman Emperor, and his death.

Right-hand side of steam spraying machine constructed by W. R. Gunnis, San Diego, Cal.

Right Side of Steam Spraying Machine

Right-hand side of steam spraying machine constructed by W. R. Gunnis, San Diego, Cal.