Deutsches Museum, Munich - Scientific Concepts & Communications Machines Photos

The Deutsches Museum in Munich hosts a collection of science & communications displays.

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Deutsches Museum on Museumsinsel. Munich, Germany.Replica of Gutenberg letterpress in shop also containing systems for type design, type casting & typesetting at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Gutenberg letterpress in which many original wooden parts have been replaced by metal at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Columbia letterpress with American design & eagle decoration was first press able to print larger sheets of paper due to more sophisticated pressure control at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Deutsches Museum (1925) on Museumsinsel. Munich, Germany.Replica of Gutenberg letterpress in shop (c1800) also containing systems for type design, type casting & typesetting at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Gutenberg letterpress (1811-3) in which many original wooden parts have been replaced by metal at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Columbia letterpress (1826) with American design & eagle decoration was first press able to print larger sheets of paper due to more sophisticated pressure control at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Automatic cylinder printing press by Helbig & Müller of Vienna at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Litho printing star press by Johann Mannhardt of Munich used to print Bavarian survey maps drawn on 58x58cm stone slabs until 1960 using mechanism to keep paper absolutely straight at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Vomag rotary newspaper printing press by Voigtländische Maschinenfabrik with compact footprint used until 1987 to print & fold 8000 copies / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Heidelberg two-color cylinder press at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Automatic cylinder printing press (1842) by Helbig & Müller of Vienna at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Litho printing star press (1848) by Johann Mannhardt of Munich used to print Bavarian survey maps drawn on 58x58cm stone slabs until 1960 using mechanism to keep paper absolutely straight at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Vomag rotary newspaper printing press (1925) by Voigtländische Maschinenfabrik with compact footprint used until 1987 to print & fold 8000 copies / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Heidelberg two-color cylinder press (1965) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Heidelberg Platen printing press was first automatic machine to insert paper, print, then pile output with grippers at rate of 5500 sheets / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of printing shop machines at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of early cameras & projectors at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of slide & movie projectors at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Heidelberg Platen printing press (1970 first produced 1914) was first automatic machine to insert paper, print, then pile output with grippers at rate of 5500 sheets / hour at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of printing shop machines at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of early cameras & projectors at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of slide & movie projectors at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Collection of early programmable looms at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Power loom for cotton cloth by André Koechlin & Co. of Mulhouse at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Semiautomatic cotton yarn spinning frame where half of machine moved on track but worker had to push it back to starting position at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Block printing machine for cloth by Carl Hammel of Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Collection of early programmable looms at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Power loom for cotton cloth (1836) by André Koechlin & Co. of Mulhouse at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Semiautomatic cotton yarn spinning frame (c1840) where half of machine moved on track but worker had to push it back to starting position at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Block printing machine for cloth (1889) by Carl Hammel of Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Computer controlled flat knitting machine produces sweater parts every six minutes which then need to be sewn together at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Phonograph collection at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Phonograph Standard Model A1 by T.A. Edison & National Phonograph Co. of Orange, NJ at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Antique tape recorders at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Computer controlled flat knitting machine (1993) produces sweater parts every six minutes which then need to be sewn together at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Phonograph collection at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Phonograph Standard Model A1 (c1899) by T.A. Edison & National Phonograph Co. of Orange, NJ at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Antique tape recorders at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Early TV studio cameras at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Telegraph recording equipment at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Motor driven teletype machine using piano-style keys at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Desktop telephone with two earphones & hand generator crank at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Early TV studio cameras at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Telegraph recording equipment at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Motor driven teletype machine using piano-style keys (1898) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Desktop telephone with two earphones & hand generator crank (1899) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Desk telephone with local battery by E. Zwietusch & Co., Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Wall telephone with early dial by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken of Karlsruhe at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Relay computer with mechanical storage Z4 by Konrad Zuse of Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Zuse computer Z22 at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Desk telephone with local battery (c1905) by E. Zwietusch & Co., Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Wall telephone with early dial (1908) by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken of Karlsruhe at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Relay computer with mechanical storage Z4 (1942-5) by Konrad Zuse of Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Zuse computer Z22 (1958) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
IBM 26 punch card machine made in Germany at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.IBM 7501 console card reader at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.IBM 82 sorter for punch cards at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.IBM 7150 console control unit for IBM 7070 electronic computer at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
IBM 26 punch card machine (c1960) made in Germany at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.IBM 7501 console card reader (c1962) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.IBM 82 sorter for punch cards (c1962) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.IBM 7150 console control unit (c1962) for IBM 7070 electronic computer at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
CRAY-1 supercomputer at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Roger Penrose non-periodic tiling using two different rhombi with equal length edges but with two particular angles at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of microscopes at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of microscopes at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
CRAY-1 supercomputer (1976) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Roger Penrose non-periodic tiling (proved mathematically 1974) using two different rhombi with equal length edges but with two particular angles at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of microscopes at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Collection of microscopes at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Microscope carried by statue of Mercury at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Early electron microscopes at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Early electron microscope by Ernst Ruska of Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Early electron microscope by Siemens AG at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Microscope carried by statue of Mercury (c1750) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Early electron microscopes at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Early electron microscope (1933; replica 1980) by Ernst Ruska of Berlin at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Early electron microscope (1939) by Siemens AG at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Transmission electron microscope EM9 by Carl Zeiss at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.X-ray photo of hand of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's wife at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Hittorf-Crookes cathode ray tube in shape of a pear, as used to generate X-ray beams in 1895 at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Rotalix first X-ray tube with a rotating anode which decreased unwanted radiation enabling examination of fast-moving organs at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Transmission electron microscope EM9 (1964) by Carl Zeiss at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.X-ray photo of hand of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen's wife (Dec. 22, 1895) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Hittorf-Crookes cathode ray tube in shape of a pear, as used to generate X-ray beams in 1895 at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Rotalix (1929) first X-ray tube with a rotating anode which decreased unwanted radiation enabling examination of fast-moving organs at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Early commercial X-ray machine at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Play & educational building blocks at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Wooden architectural building blocks at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Pontoon bridge model toy at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Early commercial X-ray machine at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Play & educational building blocks (1885) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Wooden architectural building blocks (c1900) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Pontoon bridge model toy (c1900) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Wooden building blocks & printed designs at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Steam roller model built with Märklin metal construction set at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Ferris wheel, crane & other models built with metal Erector set-type construction sets at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Models built with plastic block sets at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.
Wooden building blocks & printed designs (early 20thC) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Steam roller model built with Märklin metal construction set (20thC) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Ferris wheel, crane & other models built with metal Erector set-type construction sets (20thC) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.Models built with plastic block sets (20thC) at Deutsches Museum. Munich, Germany.

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