Terrot Circular Knitting Machine
TERROT Strickmaschinen GMBH Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt, Germany Type S3P-172 Zoll 30 The Terrot mini-jacquard model S3P-172 are among the most successful…
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Stibbe Circular Knitting Machine
STIBBE Monk Leicester England Model RSM 22 inch, 32 feeds gaupe 15 npt 36 r.p.m. (revolutions per minute) A circular knitting machine…
Camber Circular Knitting Machine
A circular knitting machine has a machine cylinder (where the needles are bedded) witch rotates around feeding the yarn to the needles…
Fireworks
New year’s Fireworks in Norrköping, Sweden. The earliest documentation of fireworks dates back to 7th century China, where they were invented. Fireworks…
Steam winding engine – connecting rod
The sound of connecting rod in the steam winding engine in operation, recorded in the Queen Louise Adit, department of the Coal…
Steam winding engine – piston
The sound of piston in the steam winding engine in operation, recorded in the Queen Louise Adit, department of the Coal Mining…
Steam winding engine – soundscape
The sound of steam winding engine in operation, recorded in the Queen Louise Adit, department of the Coal Mining Museum in Zabrze…
Lacemaking – Bobbins
Lace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. Lace is often made…
Tiegel semi-automatic stop cylinder press
This press is part of the Slovenia Printing Shop, which was the largest and best equipped Partisan printing shop in the western…
Electric printing press
This printing press is part of the Slovenia Printing Shop, which was the largest and best equipped Partisan printing shop in the…
Paper-cutting scissors (Slovenia Partisan Printing Shop)
These paper scissors are part of the Slovenia Printing Shop, which was the largest and best equipped Partisan printing shop in the…
Hydropower Station
The hydropower station within the Slovenia Partisan Printing Shop was set up to generate energy for the printing press. It is fitted…
ORMIG-V spirit duplicator
This spirit duplicator is part of the Slovenia Printing Shop, which was the largest and best equipped Partisan printing shop in the…
Tank Cleaner
This tank cleaner is used to remove impurities and corrosion from the inside of storage tanks/reservoirs, eg a motorbike petrol tank. In…
Traction Engine – Whistle
A traction engine is a steam engine used mainly in agriculture for driving farm machines, and in particular threshing machines. Traction engines…
Threshing with hand flails – two men threshing
A hand flail is a simple tool for threshing cereal grain. Sheaves of grain are laid on a wooden floor in two…