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Collection I • U.S. & European Patent Office Plates • Cutaways & Fig. Callouts

Patent Drawings & Mechanical Inventions

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1894 Brunton Pocket Transit Patent Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
1894 Brunton Pocket Transit Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 526,021 • Plan & Section Fig. 1 & 2Source ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
1903 Bezzera Espresso Machine Patent Tee — Roasted Espresso
1903 Bezzera Espresso Machine Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 726,793 • Steam Boiler & Portafilter Fig. 1 & 4Source ↗
Roasted Espresso
1906 Wright Flying Machine Patent Tee — Warm Sandstone
1906 Wright Flying Machine Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 821,393 • May 22, 1906Source ↗
Warm Sandstone
1888 Safety Bicycle & Chain Drive Patent Tee — Graphite Charcoal
1888 Safety Bicycle & Chain Drive Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 378,253 • Velocipede Chain DriveSource ↗
Graphite Charcoal
1915 Folmer Photographic Camera Patent Tee — Field Olive
1915 Folmer Photographic Camera Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 1,139,022 • Optical & Shutter SectionSource ↗
Field Olive
1895 LeCoultre Chronograph Calibre Patent Tee — Weathered Slate
1895 LeCoultre Chronograph Calibre Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 550,182 • Vallée de Joux Horological PlateSource ↗
Weathered Slate
1893 Tubular Storm Lantern Patent Tee — Warm Sandstone
1893 Tubular Storm Lantern Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 498,420 • Cold-Blast SectionSource ↗
Warm Sandstone
1930 Drip Coffee Brewer Patent Tee — Roasted Espresso
1930 Drip Coffee Brewer Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 1,743,925 • Pour-Over Extraction SectionSource ↗
Roasted Espresso
1884 Waterman Capillary Fountain Pen Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
1884 Waterman Capillary Fountain Pen Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 293,545 • Nib & Feed CutawaySource ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
1902 Bailey No. 4 Bench Plane Tee — Weathered Slate
1902 Bailey No. 4 Bench Plane Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 710,542 • 45° Iron SectionSource ↗
Weathered Slate
1874 Orvis Click-and-Pawl Fly Reel Tee — Graphite Charcoal
1874 Orvis Click-and-Pawl Fly Reel Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 150,883 • Perforated Spool & Click RatchetSource ↗
Graphite Charcoal
1904 Larson X-Braced Guitar Patent Tee — Field Olive
1904 Larson X-Braced Guitar Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 765,019 • Laminated X-Brace Fig. 4Source ↗
Field Olive
1879 Carpenter's Try-Square & Plumb Level Patent Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
1879 Carpenter's Try-Square & Plumb Level Patent Tee$28
U.S. Patent No. 215,024 • 90° Corner, 45° Miter & Spirit LevelSource ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Anchora Animae — 1768 Forged Ship's Anchor Tee — Warm Sandstone
Anchora Animae — 1768 Forged Ship's Anchor Tee$28
Hebrews 6:19 & Acts 27:29 • 1768 Diderot Marine Anchor ElevationsSource ↗
Warm Sandstone
Lucerna Pedibus — 1883 Dioptric Lighthouse Lantern Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Lucerna Pedibus — 1883 Dioptric Lighthouse Lantern Tee$28
Psalm 119:105 & Matthew 5:14–16 • 1883 First-Order Fresnel Lantern SectionSource ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Pondus et Statera — 1897 Assay Balance Tee — Field Olive
Pondus et Statera — 1897 Assay Balance Tee$28
Proverbs 16:11 & Malachi 3:3 • 1897 Gold & Silver Assay BalanceSource ↗
Field Olive
Collection II • Hachure Relief Surveys • Nautical Soundings & Rhumb Lines

Hand-Drawn Maps & Antiquarian Charts

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Mount Rainier Glacier System Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
Mount Rainier Glacier System Tee$28
1896 Glacier Survey • 46°51′N 121°45′WSource ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Cape Hatteras & The Outer Banks 1873 Chart Tee — Warm Sandstone
Cape Hatteras & The Outer Banks 1873 Chart Tee$28
U.S. Coast Survey • Pamlico Sound & Diamond Shoals TriangulationSource ↗
Warm Sandstone
Grand Canyon of the Colorado 1882 Survey Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Grand Canyon of the Colorado 1882 Survey Tee$28
Clarence E. Dutton USGS Plate IV • Kaibab to Marble Cañon • 1882Source ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Yosemite Valley 1865 Survey Map Tee — Field Olive
Yosemite Valley 1865 Survey Map Tee$28
El Capitan • Half Dome • Merced River • 1865 SurveySource ↗
Field Olive
The Great Lakes 1764 Hydrographic Chart Tee — Weathered Slate
The Great Lakes 1764 Hydrographic Chart Tee$28
Superior • Michigan • Huron • Erie • Ontario • 1764Source ↗
Weathered Slate
Puget Sound 1889 Coast Survey Chart Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Puget Sound 1889 Coast Survey Chart Tee$28
U.S.C.&G.S. Chart No. 662 • Admiralty Inlet to Hood Canal • 1889Source ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Appalachian Ridges 1873 Hotchkiss Survey Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Appalachian Ridges 1873 Hotchkiss Survey Tee$28
Jedediah Hotchkiss Topographical Survey • Blue Ridge & Alleghenies • 1873Source ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Yellowstone Caldera 1881 Expedition Map Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
Yellowstone Caldera 1881 Expedition Map Tee$28
Continental Divide & Geyser Basins • Official Interior Survey 1881Source ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Mount Desert Island 1893 Topographic Map Tee — Warm Sandstone
Mount Desert Island 1893 Topographic Map Tee$28
Acadia • Somes Sound & 20-Ft Coast Survey Contours • 1893Source ↗
Warm Sandstone
Florida Keys & Dry Tortugas 1864 Chart Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Florida Keys & Dry Tortugas 1864 Chart Tee$28
U.S. Coast Survey • Key West to Garden Key Reef Soundings • 1864Source ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Lake Tahoe 1874 Topographical Survey Tee — Field Olive
Lake Tahoe 1874 Topographical Survey Tee$28
F. von Leicht & J. D. Hoffmann • Elev. 6,216 ft • 1874Source ↗
Field Olive
1690 Hemisphaerium Boreale Star Map Tee — Weathered Slate
1690 Hemisphaerium Boreale Star Map Tee$28
Johannes Hevelius • Northern Celestial Hemisphere (1690)Source ↗
Weathered Slate
Peregrinatio Pauli — 1841 Voyages of St. Paul Map Tee — Warm Sandstone
Peregrinatio Pauli — 1841 Voyages of St. Paul Map Tee$28
Acts 13–28 • 1841 Meissas & Michelot Mediterranean ChartSource ↗
Warm Sandstone
Mare Galilaeae — 1850 Sea of Galilee Bathymetric Map Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Mare Galilaeae — 1850 Sea of Galilee Bathymetric Map Tee$28
Mark 4:39 & Matthew 4:18 • 1850 Augustus Petermann Sea of Galilee SurveySource ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Collection III • Naval Hull Lofting Plans • Timber Trusses & Structural Elevations

Architectural & Nautical Blueprints

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Two-Masted Gaff Schooner Blueprint Tee — Weathered Slate
Two-Masted Gaff Schooner Blueprint Tee$28
Boston Navy Yard Sail & Rigging Plan • 1820Source ↗
Weathered Slate
Rocky Mountain Timber Cabin Blueprint Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Rocky Mountain Timber Cabin Blueprint Tee$28
Elevations, Plans & Section A-A • HABS CO-83-C Architectural SheetSource ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cutaway Tee — Field Olive
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cutaway Tee$28
First-Order Fresnel Tower • Vertical Section A-A & Elevation (HABS NC-357)Source ↗
Field Olive
San Francisco Suspension Span Blueprint Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
San Francisco Suspension Span Blueprint Tee$28
Main Span & Tower Section A-A • HAER CA-32 Engineering SheetSource ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
16-Ft Wooden Canoe Hull Lofting Tee — Warm Sandstone
16-Ft Wooden Canoe Hull Lofting Tee$28
Sheer Plan, Waterlines & Table of Offsets • HAER WA-188 Maritime SheetSource ↗
Warm Sandstone
Alpine Fire Lookout Tower Blueprint Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Alpine Fire Lookout Tower Blueprint Tee$28
82-Ft Timber Tower, Catwalk Framing & Guy Details • HAER OR-60 SheetSource ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Brown Bridge — Town Lattice Truss Cutaway Tee — Field Olive
Brown Bridge — Town Lattice Truss Cutaway Tee$28
1880 Ithiel Town Lattice Truss Cutaway • HAER VT-28 Engineering SheetSource ↗
Field Olive
Victorian Botanical Conservatory Tee — Weathered Slate
Victorian Botanical Conservatory Tee$28
Glass Clerestory Cupola Elevations & Floor Plan • HABS SD-2-H SheetSource ↗
Weathered Slate
4-4-0 American Steam Locomotive Tee — Graphite Charcoal
4-4-0 American Steam Locomotive Tee$28
Grant Locomotive Works Longitudinal Cutaway • Plate II (1874)Source ↗
Graphite Charcoal
1793 Cape Cod Timber Windmill Cutaway Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
1793 Cape Cod Timber Windmill Cutaway Tee$28
Wind-Shaft, Brake Wheel & Millstone Section • HABS MA-500 (1934)Source ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
1922 Curtiss Overland Camper Blueprint Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
1922 Curtiss Overland Camper Blueprint Tee$28
Glenn H. Curtiss • U.S. Patent No. 1,437,172 • Fig. 1 & 2 (1922)Source ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Gojū-no-tō — Five-Story Pagoda Tee — Warm Sandstone
Gojū-no-tō — Five-Story Pagoda Tee$28
Hōryū-ji Timber Pagoda (607 A.D.) • Measured Architectural Plate (1907)Source ↗
Warm Sandstone
Eldean Bridge — Long Truss Cutaway Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Eldean Bridge — Long Truss Cutaway Tee$28
1860 Colonel Stephen H. Long Truss Cutaway • HAER No. OH-122Source ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Pine Bluff Bridge — Howe Truss Cutaway Tee — Field Olive
Pine Bluff Bridge — Howe Truss Cutaway Tee$28
1886 William Howe Timber & Iron Truss Cutaway • HAER No. IN-103Source ↗
Field Olive
Pine Grove Bridge — Burr Arch Truss Cutaway Tee — Weathered Slate
Pine Grove Bridge — Burr Arch Truss Cutaway Tee$28
1884 Theodore Burr Arch Truss Cutaway • HAER No. PA-586Source ↗
Weathered Slate
Wilderness Tabernacle Blueprint Tee — Warm Sandstone
Wilderness Tabernacle Blueprint Tee$28
1720 Orthographic Court, Acacia Framing & Twin-Tenon Joinery (Exodus 26)Source ↗
Warm Sandstone
Visionary Temple Sections & Plan Blueprint Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Visionary Temple Sections & Plan Blueprint Tee$28
1720 Six-View Architectural Sheet • Floor Plan, Cutaways & ElevationsSource ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Villalpando Four-Square Sanctuary Blueprint Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
Villalpando Four-Square Sanctuary Blueprint Tee$28
1604 Cardinal Matrix • Twelve Portico Courts & Triple GatewaysSource ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Ezekiel Visionary Temple Isometric Blueprint Tee — Weathered Slate
Ezekiel Visionary Temple Isometric Blueprint Tee$28
1887 Architectural Restitution • Eastern Gate & Sanctuary PrecinctSource ↗
Weathered Slate
Mortise & Tenon Timber Joinery Blueprint Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Mortise & Tenon Timber Joinery Blueprint Tee$28
1769 Wireframe Joinery Study • Framed & Fitted Together (Ephesians 2:21)Source ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Lapis Angularis — 1762 Keystone Arch Stereotomy Blueprint Tee — Field Olive
Lapis Angularis — 1762 Keystone Arch Stereotomy Blueprint Tee$28
Psalm 118:22 & Isaiah 28:16 • 1762 Diderot Stereotomy StudySource ↗
Field Olive
Caeli Enarrant — 1755 Pleiades Star Alignment Chart Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
Caeli Enarrant — 1755 Pleiades Star Alignment Chart Tee$28
Job 38:31 & Psalm 19:1 • 1755 Paris Observatory Pleiades ChartSource ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Arca Noë — 1728 Three-Deck Ark Section Blueprint Tee — Warm Sandstone
Arca Noë — 1728 Three-Deck Ark Section Blueprint Tee$28
Genesis 6:14–16 • 1728 Three-Story Naval Framing SectionSource ↗
Warm Sandstone
Collection IV • Sketchbook Graphite Studies • Da Vinci Folios & Golden Proportions

Naturalist Field Sketches & Geometric Studies

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Hirundo Rustica — Barn Swallow Tee — Warm Sandstone
Hirundo Rustica — Barn Swallow Tee$28
Yarrell, Fussell & Thompson • Ornithological Wood-Engraving (1871)Source ↗
Warm Sandstone
Nautilus Pompilius — Chambered Shell Study Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Nautilus Pompilius — Chambered Shell Study Tee$28
Parker & Haswell Fig. 950 • Logarithmic Septa & Siphuncle (1897)Source ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Sphaera Mundi — Armillary Sphere Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
Sphaera Mundi — Armillary Sphere Tee$28
Sacrobosco & Erhard Ratdolt • Venice Woodcut Frontispiece (1485)Source ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Sequoia Sempervirens — Coast Redwood Tee — Weathered Slate
Sequoia Sempervirens — Coast Redwood Tee$28
Faxon & Sargent Tab. DXXXV • Silva of North America (1896)Source ↗
Weathered Slate
Leonardo da Vinci — Wing Biomechanics Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Leonardo da Vinci — Wing Biomechanics Tee$28
Windsor Folio RCIN 912656 • Avian Wing Articulation & Tendons (c. 1512)Source ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Apis Mellifera — Honeybee Anatomy Tee — Field Olive
Apis Mellifera — Honeybee Anatomy Tee$28
Robert E. Snodgrass • USDA Technical Series No. 18, Fig. 1 (1910)Source ↗
Field Olive
Salvelinus Fontinalis — Brook Trout Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
Salvelinus Fontinalis — Brook Trout Tee$28
H. L. Todd & G. B. Goode • U.S. Fish Commission Engraving (1884)Source ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Quercus Alba — White Oak Tee — Warm Sandstone
Quercus Alba — White Oak Tee$28
Faxon & Sargent Tab. CCCLVIII • Silva of North America (1895)Source ↗
Warm Sandstone
Bubo Virginianus — Great Horned Owl Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Bubo Virginianus — Great Horned Owl Tee$28
Audubon & Robert Havell Jr. • Birds of America, Plate LXI (1829)Source ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
De Divina Proportione — Icosahedron Tee — Field Olive
De Divina Proportione — Icosahedron Tee$28
Leonardo da Vinci & Luca Pacioli • Icosaedron Planum Vacuum (1509)Source ↗
Field Olive
Danaus Plexippus — Monarch Tee — Weathered Slate
Danaus Plexippus — Monarch Tee$28
Anna Botsford Comstock • Boxwood Engraving, Fig. 469 (1897)Source ↗
Weathered Slate
Selenographia — 1647 Lunar Map Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Selenographia — 1647 Lunar Map Tee$28
Johannes Hevelius • Tabula Selenographica, Fig. Q (Danzig, 1647)Source ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Ars Tectonica — Joiner's Workbench & Planes Tee — Drafting Paper Ivory
Ars Tectonica — Joiner's Workbench & Planes Tee$28
1769 Master Joiner • Planes, Mortise Chisels & Timber Bench (Mark 6:3)Source ↗
Drafting Paper Ivory
Carpenter's Frame Saw & Timber Bench Tee — Prussian Blueprint Navy
Carpenter's Frame Saw & Timber Bench Tee$28
1769 Timber Workshop • Frame Saws, Holdfasts & Rip-Sawing (Mark 6:3)Source ↗
Prussian Blueprint Navy
Vitis Vera — The True Vine Botanical Sketch Tee — Warm Sandstone
Vitis Vera — The True Vine Botanical Sketch Tee$28
John 15:1–5 • 1885 Vitis Vinifera Botanical DissectionSource ↗
Warm Sandstone
Granum Sinapis — Parable of the Mustard Seed Sketch Tee — Graphite Charcoal
Granum Sinapis — Parable of the Mustard Seed Sketch Tee$28
Matthew 13:31–32 • 1887 Sinapis Nigra Botanical StudySource ↗
Graphite Charcoal
Lilia Agri — Consider the Lilies 1737 Botanical Tee — Field Olive
Lilia Agri — Consider the Lilies 1737 Botanical Tee$28
Matthew 6:28–29 • 1737 Elizabeth Blackwell CopperplateSource ↗
Field Olive
Cedrus Libani — 1757 Cedar of Lebanon Sketch Tee — Weathered Slate
Cedrus Libani — 1757 Cedar of Lebanon Sketch Tee$28
Psalm 92:12 & Psalm 1:3 • 1757 Ehret & Trew CopperplateSource ↗
Weathered Slate