FLO4591669: Types of hygrometers, 18th century, to measure moisture content. Jean-Andre De Luc's whalebone hygrometer, and others by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Benjamin Meggot Forster, Henry Kater and the Hungarian Machine. Copperplate engraving by Sidney Hall from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4591548: Water-powered mills: common breast mill 1, Dr. Barker's mill 3 and the portable or hand mill 4. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1819. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4591615: Plan and elevation of an iron forge, with chafery, finery, blowing engine, and balling or pudding furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1811. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4591908: Furnace for enamelling watch dial plates and Henry Bone (1755-1834)'s enamelling furnace. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1811. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4591951: Plans and sections of a deviling machine, used for tearing rags in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by James Burton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1811. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592156: Electrical experiments, including an flammable air pistol, Alessandro Volta (1845-1927)'s flammable air lamp, and electrophorus or capacitive generator. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1814. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592182: Electrical machines by Dr. Martinus Van Marum (1750-1837), Father John Baptist Beccaria (1710-1781), Edward Nairne (1726-1806), and a common machine. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1811. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592303: Engines for sharpening cutters by the ingenious mechanic and clockmaker Samuel Rehe (1735-1799) of London, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1818. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592375: Bleaching equipment, 18th century, with bucking tub of lye and tank of oxy-muriatic acid (chlorine). Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1803. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592222: Electrical equipment, 18th century. Medical machine for electrifying the teeth, thunder house, torpedo, brush, and connecting frame of the Teylerian battery. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592253: Cutting engines, 18th century, including a rose engine lathe or figure lathe made by Holtzapffell & Deyerlien. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1816. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592322: Plan and section of the great wheel of Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)'s circular dividing engine, 1773. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1810. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4592425: Face-turning lathe and riveting hammer, Block Machinery at Portsmouth naval harbour, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1812. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599057: Cross-leaved marcetia, Marcetia decussata. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599096: Variete de begonia - Begonia gracilis, native to Mexico (Von Martius' elephant's ear, Begonia martiana). Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599099: Flame Buttercup - Lesser spearwort or banewort, Ranunculus flammula, and meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599105: Purgative Buckthorn, Cathartic Buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica (Buckthorn tree, Rhamnus catharticus), with leaf, berry, seed and branch. After an illustration by G. Reid in Churchill and Stephenson's “Medical Botany.”” Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599236: Bearded darnel or poison darnel, Lolium temulentum, with stalk, leaf, roots and seed. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4598939: Macleania has long flowers - Long-flowered macleania, Macleania insignis (Macleania longiflora). Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599167: Amanite kills fly or fake oronge - Fly agaric mushroom, Amanita muscaria, with section through mushroom. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599200: Opium poppy, Garden poppy - Opium poppy, Papaver somniforum, with flower, leaf, seedpod. Handcoloured zincograph by Chabots drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
TEC4601118: Fontaine Stravinski (Stravinsky) and Centre Pompidou, Paris. Inaugurated in 1977, the Georges Pompidou Centre houses the National Museum of Modern Art, the Industrial Creation Centre, the Department of Cultural Development and the Public Information Library (BPI). In the foreground, inaugurated in March 1983, the fountain in tribute to Igor Stravinsky, consists of aluminum and steel sculptures painted in black and electric motors by Jean Tinguely (1925-1991). The figures of Niki de Saint-Phalle (Saint Phalle) (1930-2002) are made of polyester. Photography 10/06/98., Tinguely, Jean (1925-1991) & Saint-Phalle, Niki de (1930-2002) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4601136: View of the fountain Stravinski Fountain (Stravinsky) (or fountain of automatons), at night, from the Georges Pompidou center, Paris 4th arrondissement. Inaugulated in 1983, works by Jeantinguely and Niki de Saint-Phalle (Saint Phalle)., Tinguely, Jean (1925-1991) & Saint-Phalle, Niki de (1930-2002) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4601326: Mandan medicine man Wak-a-dah-ha-hee, White Buffalo's Hair, performing a rain dance, and Mandan warriors playing Thung-kee, a game of skill played with a ring and sticks. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4601366: Mandan second chief Mah-to-toh-pa, Four Bears, in sheepskin shirt edged with scalps and porcupine quills, deerskin leggings, buckskin moccasins, war-eagle feather headdress and bear-claw necklace. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4601421: Mandan religious ceremony - the last race or eh-ke-na-ka-nah-pick, part of the four-day O-Kee-Pa buffalo dance. Exhausted young men run or are dragged in an attempt to shake off the splints and buffalo skulls skewered in their skin. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4601462: Minataree, Hidatsa or Minnetaree men performing the green corn dance around a fire and kettle with medicine men offering ripe maize to the Great Spirit. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4599590: Ipeca, ipecacuana - Ipecacuanha, Carapichea ipecacuanha (Ipecacuan, Cephaelis ipecacuanha). Taken from “” Medical Botany”” by John Stephenson and James Morss Churchill. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images