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Ancient Inventor Stock Photos

Browse 175 ancient inventor photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

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Thomas Edison, Electricity, Fame

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GUTENBERG'S INVENTION -XXXL with lots of details-

Printing Press, Ancient, Retro Style

Ancient Greek muses of music and dance. Left to right: Euterpe, inventor of the double flute, associated with Dionysiac music and pleasure; Erato,...

Ancient Greek muses of music and dance.

Lyre, Ancient Greece, Ancient

allegory, alchemy, alchemist trying to create gold in a forge, medieval history, german woodcut, renaissance art, 15th century from the book of fortune by hans burgkmair. - ancient inventor stock illustrations

Allegory, Alchemy, Alchemist trying to create gold in a forge, Medieval history, German woodcut, Renaissance art, 15th Century From the Book of Fortune by Hans Burgkmair.

Etching, Alchemy, Archival

Archimedes of Syracuse, c.287 - c. 212 BC, was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer in the ancient, the last moment...

Archimedes of Syracuse

Archimedes , Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, in his bath. Born in Syracuse on the island of Sicily, Archimedes is one of the most...

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, in his bath.

Hygiene, Invention, Archimedes

The late Mr. James Nasmyth, engineer, inventor of the Steam-Hammer, 1890. Portrait from a photograph by Elliott and Fry. 'This eminent mechanical...

The Late Mr. James Nasmyth

johannes gutenberg, johann fust, and peter schöffer working with the new printing press - 15th century - ancient inventor stock illustrations

Johannes Gutenberg, Johann Fust, and Peter Schöffer Working with the New Printing Press - 15th Century

Johannes Gutenberg, Renaissance, Printer - Occupation

cartoon caveman with wheel - ancient inventor stock illustrations

Cartoon Caveman With Wheel

Caveman, Club - Weapon, Cartoon

Greek illustration depicting the four elements, earth, air, water and fire, surrounded by the dome of the fixed stars. Also pictured is Thale's...

Greek the four elements, earth, air, water and fire, surrounded by the dome of the fixed stars

History by Polybius. Volume I. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and...

History by Polybius.

Archimedes, Siege, War

Woodblock engraving depicting Archimedes in his bath. Archimedes a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Dated 16th...

Archimedes in his bath.

Bathtub, Greece

wheel - ancient inventor stock illustrations

Innovation, Caveman

Archimedes of Syracuse, 287 BC - 212 BC, Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, killed by a roman soldier, the...

Archimedes of Syracuse

Sergio who is a theater actor for 14 years, works as a Human Statue in bOgoto, Colombia on March 11, 2018. His character as a Human Statue is...

Street artists of Bogota

Sergio who is a theater actor for 14 years, works as a Human Statue in bOgoto, Colombia on March 11, 2018. His character as a Human Statue is...

Street artists of Bogota

Engraving depicting Archimedes, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, sitting in his bath. Dated 16th...

Archimedes sitting in his bath.

Greek illustration depicting the four elements, earth, air, water and fire, surrounded by the dome of the fixed stars. Also pictured is Thale's...

Greek illustration depicting the four elements.

Polybius, c.?200 – c.?118 BC. Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period and inventor of the Polybius Square aka Polybius checkerboard. From Les...

Polybius, circa ?200 – circa ?118 BC

Invention, Classical Greek, Alphabet

This model has been constructed from a sketch for a helicopter design by Leonardo da Vinci . The ancient Chinese made hand-spun toys that rose upward...

Leonardo da Vincis proposed helicopter, late 15th century.

Leonardo Da Vinci, Invention, Machinery

Archimedes' claw. Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor is said to have invented the device for use during the defence of Syracuse...

Archimedes' claw used during the siege of Syracuse

Archimedes, Claw, Roman

the last hour of archimedes - ancient inventor stock illustrations

The Last Hour of Archimedes

the last hour of archimedes - ancient inventor stock illustrations

The Last Hour of Archimedes

Archimedes, Greece, Mathematician

The first royal mummy hall, with the mummy of Ramses II in the middle, in April 2006, at Cairo Museum, Egypt. Built in 1997 in only two months, the...

Egypt's Mummies

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans Engraving of late 19th century...

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes' Crow, device said to have been used in defence of Syracuse against...

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans. Engraving of late 19th century...

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes drawing back curtain to reveal various mechanical devices such as waterwheels and...

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes' screw for raising water from one level to another. 1815, Hand-coloured engraving,...

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes' Crow, device said to have been used in defence of Syracuse against...

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor in his bath. Discovered formulae for calculating areas and volumes of plane and solid figures....

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor standing on earth._Four Greek elements, earth, air, fire, water and dome of fixed stars. Thales's...

Archimedes Ancient Greece mathematician and inventor. Artist's impression of him surrounded by his discoveries and inventions, 1866. Engraving, Paris.

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor reputed to have said "Give me a lever and I will move the Earth", 1824. Woodcut_of Archimedes...

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes measuring the purity of gold in the crown of Hieron II of Syracuse. Woodcut based on...

Pastimes : Lawn Tennis. An illustration of a group of people playing lawn tennis. The following account of Major Wingfield's game was sent to the...

Illustration of How to Play Lawn Tennis, 1874

Archimedes Archimedes ca 287 B.C. - 212 B.C. Ancient Greek inventor, mathematician, astronomer and physicist portrait, ancient medallion

Archimedes Archimedes ca 287 B.C. - 212 B.C. ancient Greek inventor, mathematician, astronomer and physicist portrait, ancient medallion

June 22, 2016 -- Actors dressed in ancient costumes perform during a sacrifice ceremony at the Temple of Fu Xi in Tianshui, northwest China's Gansu...

CHINA-GANSU-TIANSHUI-FU XI-SACRIFICE CEREMONY (CN)

Archimedes , Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. He is measuring the purity of gold in the crown of Hieron II of Syracuse. Born in Syracuse on...

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866.

Ancient Greece, Mathematics, Archimedes

Engraving depicting Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer Archimedes of Syracuse , circa 220 BC.

Archimedes Of Syracuse

the death of archimedes - ancient inventor stock illustrations

The Death Of Archimedes

Archimedes, Philosopher, Ancient Rome

Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the self-starter for automobiles, is shown at the wheel of an ancient auto that was build back in the day when...

Alfred Sloan Talking to Kettering in Automobile

The 1st means man had of telling the time of day was by the shadow cast by the sun. In ancient times vertically mounted wooden, stone or metal sticks...

Sundial Made Of Stone

Painting depicting part of the Minotaur myth, which appears in the Metamorphoses; Deadalus, the inventor, presents Pasiphaë with a bronze cow, a...

The Minotaur Myth.

Nov. 24, 2015-- A memorial ceremony is held by people of Dong ethnic group for extraordinary ancient Chinese carpenter, engineer and inventor Lu Ban,...

#CHINA-GUIZHOU-DONG ETHNIC GROUP-FOLK CULTURE (CN)

Nov. 24, 2015 -- A memorial ceremony is held by people of Dong ethnic group for extraordinary ancient Chinese carpenter, engineer and inventor Lu...

#CHINA-GUIZHOU-DONG ETHNIC GROUP-FOLK CULTURE (CN)

Gionitus. Inventor of Astronomy, . From the workshop of Andrea Pisano. The exagonal panels of the campanille of Florence Cathedral. Italy.

Gionitus. Inventor of Astronomy, (1334-1336). The exagonal panels of the campanille of Florence Cathedral. Italy.

Astronomer, History

Anaximander . Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus. He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales....

Anaximander (610 546 BC) with a sundial. Roman mosaic. 3rd century.

Sundial, Philosopher, Roman

Vintage illustration featuring Archimedes of Syracuse, the ancient Greek mathematician, inventor and astronomer, published circa 1900.

Archimedes Of Syracuse

Portrait, Archimedes

Funerary papyrus, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1293 BC. Weighing the heart of the deceased in a balance. The baboon is one form of Thoth,...

Funerary papyrus, Ancient Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1293 BC.

Egypt, Weight Scale, Ancient Egyptian Culture

The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans, 212 BC . Born in Syracuse on the island of Sicily, Archimedes is one of the most...

The death of Archimedes at the capture of Syracuse by the Romans, 212 BC (late 19th century).

Roman, Greece, Mathematics

Archimedes' Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC . A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and...

Archimedes' Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (1642).

Archimedes, Siege, Greece

Archimedes' Crow, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC . A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor...

Archimedes' Crow, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (18th century).

Technology, Siege, Classical Greek

Archimedes , Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1824. Born in Syracuse on the island of Sicily, Archimedes is one of the most celebrated...

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1824.

Archimedes, Lever, Classical Greek

Archimedes Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor standing on earth. Four Greek elements, earth, air, fire, water and dome of fixed stars. Thales's...

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866.

Ancient Greece, Mathematics

Archimedes , Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. He is measuring the purity of gold in the crown of Hieron II of Syracuse. Born in Syracuse on...

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866.

Archimedes , Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor. Archimedes drawing back a curtain to reveal various mechanical devices such as waterwheels and...

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor.

Classical Greek

Archimedes , Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866. Artist's impression of him surrounded by his discoveries and inventions. Born in...

Archimedes (c287-212 BC), Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, 1866.

Classical Greek, Archimedes

Reconstruction of a clepsydra , invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria, c270 BC . Ctesibius was an inventor and mathematician who initiated a tradition...

Reconstruction of a clepsydra (water clock), invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria, c270 BC (1857).

Ancient Greece, Classical Greek, Technology

influential figures in british engineering and railway development during the industrial era - ancient inventor stock illustrations

Influential figures in British engineering and railway development during the industrial era