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Background imageInvention Collection: Surveyors compass, 18th century

Surveyors compass, 18th century
Surveyors compass from the 1700s, displayed during a reenactment at Yorktown Battlefield, Colonial National Park. Digital photograph

Background imageInvention Collection: AGRI2A-00063

AGRI2A-00063
Cyrus Hall McCormicks reaper, invented in 1847. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageInvention Collection: PPRT2A-00006

PPRT2A-00006
Gutenbergs printing press, Mainz, Germany, 1450s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: PPRT2A-00002

PPRT2A-00002
Johannes Gutenberg examining a proof. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: Stock ticker telegraph, NYSE, 1880s

Stock ticker telegraph, NYSE, 1880s
Broker reading the stock ticker at the New York Stock Exchange, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: GGBR2A-00007

GGBR2A-00007
London street scene at night with electric lighting, about 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: PSCI2A-00119

PSCI2A-00119
Coin-operated urn designed by Hero of ancient Alexandria, first century AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: Heros steam engine

Heros steam engine
Steam-engine of Hero of Alexandria, first century AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: PSCI2A-00063

PSCI2A-00063
Ancient Greek aeolipile, or steam-engine, as designed by Hero of Alexandria. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: BUSN2A-00238

BUSN2A-00238
Ad for Republic automobile tires, Republic Rubber Co. Youngstown, Ohio, 1908. Printed color lithograph

Background imageInvention Collection: PSCI2A-00065

PSCI2A-00065
Alexander Graham Bell in New York communicatiing for the first time with Chicago by telephone. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageInvention Collection: First steamboat, the Clermont, on the Hudson River

First steamboat, the Clermont, on the Hudson River
Fultons steamboat, the " Clermont, " on the Hudson River, 1807. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: PPRE2A-00136

PPRE2A-00136
Alexander Graham Bell and associate using induction to locate the bullet in President Garfield, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: BUSN2D-00011

BUSN2D-00011
Old wall-mounted Western Electric telephone in the Soo Line depot, Rhinelander, Logging Museum, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Digital photograph

Background imageInvention Collection: PSCI2A-00004

PSCI2A-00004
Samuel Morse with his invention, the telegraph. Hand-colored halftone from a 19th-century portrait

Background imageInvention Collection: PSCI2A-00032

PSCI2A-00032
Thomas Edison speaking through his perfected phonograph. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: BUSN2A-00258

BUSN2A-00258
Shoppers in the new elevator at Lord & Taylors store on Broadway, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: PART2A-00063

PART2A-00063
Leonardo da Vincis backward handwriting on his design for a lamp using a globe filled with water. 19th-century woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageInvention Collection: Portuguese swivel gun fired by reenactors

Portuguese swivel gun fired by reenactors
Portuguese swivel gun from the 1600s, artillery demonstrated by reenactors at Yorktown battlefield, Virginia. Digital photograph

Background imageInvention Collection: HOUS2A-00068

HOUS2A-00068
Santa Claus speaking to a child on the telephone, " Hello Little One!" 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Thomas Nast

Background imageInvention Collection: Electric brush for hair restoration, 1880s

Electric brush for hair restoration, 1880s
Advertisement for Dr. Scotts Electric Brush promoting hair regrowth, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageInvention Collection: PPRT2A-00003

PPRT2A-00003
Page of Gutenbergs 42-line Bible, printed in the 1450s, probably the first use of movable type. Color lithograph reproduction

Background imageInvention Collection: EVCW2A-00062

EVCW2A-00062
Union Army Signal Corps setting up telegraph wire during a Civil War battle, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration



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