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Power Looms in a Textile Mill
Image by J. Tingle

Power Looms in a Textile Mill

An 1835 engraving by J. Tingle (from an illustration by T. Allom) of power looms in a textile mill during the Industrial Revolution. The power loom weaving machine was invented by Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823) in 1785. The machine doubled...
Luddites Smashing Textile Machines
Image by Unknown Artist

Luddites Smashing Textile Machines

An illustration of Luddites smashing textile machines. The Luddite movement (from 1812) included skilled textile workers who had lost their jobs in the increasingly mechanized textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
Howe's Sewing Machine
Image by Unknown Artist

Howe's Sewing Machine

An illustration of the lockstitch sewing machine, invented in 1844 by Elias Howe (1819-1867) in Cambridge, USA. The machine made much stronger fabrics than previously as the stitches did not unravel if the thread broke. The secret was the...
Diagram of a Roberts Loom
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Diagram of a Roberts Loom

A diagram showing a cross-section of a cast-iron loom powered by steam as invented by Richard Roberts (1789-1864) in 1822. The diagram illustrates the importance of clock-working engineering in textile mechanization. From R. Marsden's 1892...
David Anointed by Samuel
Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

David Anointed by Samuel

Samuel anointing David, Byzantine silver plate, made in Constantinople, 629-630. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House
Image by John Singleton Copley

Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House

Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House, oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1780. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.
Suleiman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Empire, c. 1566
Image by Simeon Netchev

Suleiman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Empire, c. 1566

Suleiman the Magnificent (also given as Süleyman, Suleyman I, or Suleiman the Lawgiver) was the Ottoman Empire's tenth sultan and the longest-reigning one (he was on the throne for 45 years - from 1520 until his death in 1566), overseeing...
Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Algeria
Image by Carole Raddato

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Algeria

The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania near Tipasa in Algeria is a funerary monument built in 3 BCE by Juba II of Numidia (c. 50 BCE- c. 25 CE) and his wife Cleopatra Selene II (40 BCE-c. 5 BCE). This tomb may have been their final resting place...
Neptune in his Chariot Mosaic from Timgad
Image by Carole Raddato

Neptune in his Chariot Mosaic from Timgad

Roman mosaic depicting Neptune in his chariot. The god brandishes his trident as he stands in his chariot, which is drawn by four sea horses. From the East Baths of Thamugadi (Timgad), dated to the 3rd century CE. Timgad Museum, Algeria.
Timgad, Algeria
Image by Carole Raddato

Timgad, Algeria

Timgad (Roman Thamugadi) lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès Mountains in present-day Algeria. Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE) founded the city as a military colony in 100 CE. With its square enclosure, orthogonal design, and two main...
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