Process Collection (page 8)

Winding machine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby
Woman operating a winding machine at the Old Silk Mill, Derby. Date: 1843

Four hanks of silk, Old Silk Mill, Derby
Four hanks of silk, as seen at the Old Silk Mill, Derby -- Bengal, Italian, Persian and Broussa. Date: 1843

Tessellated tiles, Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester
Tessellated tiles made at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester. Date: 1843

Moulds and casts, Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester
Moulds and casts used at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester. Date: 1843

Scene at Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester
Scene at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester -- a potters wheel, with a thrower, ball maker and wheel turner at work. 1843

Process at British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire
Process at the British Needle Mills, Redditch, Worcestershire -- three images showing how the threading hole is stamped into the needles. Date: 1843

Enlarging lantern advertisement 1905
Advertisement from W.Butcher and Sons camera house based in London, England. The advert promotes 3 different enlargers for creating photographic prints. 1905

Portable darkroom - Instructions
Written instruction for creating a portable darkroom to develop photographic prints. Date: 1905

Portable darkroom
A man uses a self contained, portable darkroom to develop photographic prints. Date: 19th century

Processing photographs
A man processing photographic images within a small workshop/workroom. He is surrounded by all the equipment he requires to create prints. Date: 1880

Laboratory / photography prints
A laboratory/workshop for making photographic prints. The engraving shows the range of equipment required to turn negatives into positive photos. Date: 1864

Preparing a glass plate
A young man prepares a glass plate for photographic exposure within a workshop. Date: 1863

Retouching photographic negatives
A man uses a magnifying glass to look at the details on photographic negatives in preparation of retouching them in a specially designed workroom. Date: 1863

A mirror makers workshop and tools, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et
STC243953 A mirror makers workshop and tools, from the Encyclopedie des Sciences et Metiers by Denis Diderot (1713-84) published c.1770 (engraving) by French School

Stages and methods of floor laying, from Della Architettura
STC255917 Stages and methods of floor laying, from Della Architettura, published 1590 (engraving) by Rusconi, Giovanni Antonio (c.1520-87); Private Collection; (add.info)

Leather tanning, from the Encyclopedia by Denis Diderot (1713-84), published c
STC172396 Leather tanning, from the Encyclopedia by Denis Diderot (1713-84), published c.1770 (engraving) by Patte (fl.1762); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Manufacture of Porcelain, China, c, 1820 (gouache on paper)
PEM216819 Manufacture of Porcelain, China, c, 1820 (gouache on paper) by Chinese School (19th century); Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; ePeabody Essex Museum; Chinese

Birds Eye Maple, plate XIII from Imitation of Wood, 1827 (colour litho)
STC255102 Birds Eye Maple, plate XIII from Imitation of Wood, 1827 (colour litho) by Whittock, Nathaniel (1791-1860); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Woad and a Harvest in Thuringia in Germany (chromolitho)
735664 Woad and a Harvest in Thuringia in Germany (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woad and a Harvest in Thuringia in Germany)

Safflower And Its Transportation From Persia (chromolitho)
735660 Safflower And Its Transportation From Persia (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Safflower And Its Transportation From Persia)

An early X-ray photo of frogs by Joseph Maria Eder. 1896 (photogravure)
746718 An early X-ray photo of frogs by Joseph Maria Eder. 1896 (photogravure) by Austrian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chinese paper making, QIng Dynasty
Chinese paper making: young bamboo shoots are stripped of their bark, beaten and soaked in river water for a fortnight. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Sir Henry Bessemer (engraving)
812353 Sir Henry Bessemer (engraving) by Lehmann, Henri (Karl Ernest Rudolf) (1814-82) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Henry Bessemer. From a painting by Rudolf Lehmann)

Man checking pipes at a distillery, south-west London
Man checking pipes (the specific gravity of the contents to ascertain the strength or proof) at the worm end, at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Wash still at a distillery, south-west London
Wash still at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Mash tun at a distillery, south-west London
Men stirring the contents of the mash tun (mashing machine) at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Cooling floor at a distillery, south-west London
Cooling floor for ground meal at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Grain mill and meal sacks at a distillery, south-west London
Grain mill and meal sacks being filled at the Octavius Smith and Co distillery, Thames Bank, south-west London. Date: 1842

Oil leather fulling stocks at leather factory, south London
Oil leather fulling stocks (with heavy wooden hammers, used for producing wash leather or chamois leather) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

Sumach tan tub at a leather factory, south London
Sumach tan tub (part of the goatskin tanning process) at the Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842

Printing (colour litho)
2795460 Printing (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Printing. Double page illustration contained in one of the series of Les Recreations Instructives)

The Bakery Exhibition at Islington, London: the making of a biscuit (litho)
3627041 The Bakery Exhibition at Islington, London: the making of a biscuit (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bakery Exhibition at Islington)

The story of a safety pin (colour litho)
3099316 The story of a safety pin (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The story of a safety pin)

The story of iron (colour litho)
3099308 The story of iron (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The story of iron)

The story of paper (colour litho)
3099300 The story of paper (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The story of paper)

The story of gas (colour litho)
3099317 The story of gas (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The story of gas)

The story of a 20 Franc coin (colour litho)
3099307 The story of a 20 Franc coin (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The story of a 20 Franc coin)

The Trial Against The Brigand Musolino At The Assizes Of Lucca, The Examination Of Witnesses (colour litho)
2798546 The Trial Against The Brigand Musolino At The Assizes Of Lucca, The Examination Of Witnesses (colour litho) by Beltrame

Beyond the closed doors of the Conclave (colour litho)
2809076 Beyond the closed doors of the Conclave (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Beyond the closed doors of the Conclave)

Ensign Print Wallet for Photographs and negatives - processed by T W Salmon & Son, Photographic Chemists, Norton and Stockton-on-Tees. circa 1920s

Crowd outside the Law Courts, London - Casement Trial
Crowd outside The Royal Courts of Justice (the Law Courts), The Strand, London, May 1916, for the trial for treason of Sir Roger David Casement (1864-1916), diplomat, humanitarian activist, poet

A Portable Photographic Dark Room Tent. 1857

Draining off camphor oil, Formosa (Taiwan)
The islands main industry, draining off camphor oil, Formosa (now Taiwan), which was at this time a Japanese province. After the camphor has crystallised

Tank room for boiling nitrate, Chile, South America -- the end product is pure nitrate of soda, known as saltpetre. Date: 1922

Operatives crushing nitrate, Chile, South America -- the end product is pure nitrate of soda, known as saltpetre. Date: 1922

Jamaican industry was struggling against fierce rivalry of production volumes from the great European Nations manufactures

Accepting the challenge 1387
King Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason. This process was used three times during Richards reign, the first one being in November 1387, when the Duke of Gloucester

Porcelain manufacturers 1843
Workers carefully place seggars or saggars for firing in the biscuit kiln at the Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester. 1843

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