Wheelwright: wood chiseling
The sound of wood chiseling. The recording was realized in the National Museum of Agriculture and Agricultural-Food Industry in Szreniawa (Poland). A…
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Steam engine (and signal bell)
The steam engine, a product of the company Übigau in Dresden, is a three-cylinder compound engine with 55 horsepower. It is a…
Diffuser
When mining coal or other minerals took the miners ever deeper into the ground, it became necessary to ventilate the shaft, in…
Wheelwright: wood planing
The sound of wood planing. The recording was realized in the National Museum of Agriculture and Agricultural-Food Industry in Szreniawa (Poland). Planing…
Pneumatic lamp
The pneumatic lamp presumably was used in the Ruhr-area coal mining industry as an underground source of light in the 1940s. Today…
Hammer drill
The pneumatically driven hammer drill by the manufacturer Flottmann-Werke drills holes into soft or medium-hard rock (for detonations, for example). It was…
Pneumatic pick
The pneumatic pick (manufacturer unknown) is an air tool which was presumably used for breaking up coal in the Ruhr-area mining industry…
Loom
This mostly metal loom was built around 1930 and is a product of Jean Güsken GmbH, based in Dülken. The loom is…
Tractor Ursus C-45
The sound of two stroke engine in the Ursus C-45 tractor in operation. The recording was realized in the National Museum of…
Perkun combustion engine
The sound of Perkun combustion engine in operation. The recording was realized in the National Museum of Agriculture and Agricultural-Food Industry in…
Wire weaving loom
The wire weaving loom heard here was made in 1949. It was one of the first built by the company Emil Jäger…
Motor Polski combustion engine
The sound of Motor Polski engine in operation. The recording was realized in the National Museum of Agriculture and Agricultural-Food Industry in…
Loom
The rapier loom is a product of the company Günne, which is based in the Sauerland. Its construction dates back to 1970.…
Klima combustion engine
The sound of Klima engine in operation. The recording was realized in the National Museum of Agriculture and Agricultural-Food Industry in Szreniawa…
Slavia combustion engine
The sound of Slavia combustion engine in operation. The recording was realized in the National Museum of Agriculture and Agricultural-Food Industry in…
Needle loom
On this recording a needle loom can be heard in operation. The needle loom was built in the 1980s and is now…