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Canaletto painting of gondolas on the Grand Canal in Venice with the domed church of Santa Maria della Salute
Canaletto, The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
Author: Canaletto
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Handwritten page of the 1474 Venetian Patent Statute, the first codified patent law
The Venetian Patent Statute of 1474
Author: Senate of Venice
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Patent drawing of Thomas Edison's incandescent electric lamp, January 27, 1880
Edison's 1880 incandescent lamp patent drawing
Author: The U.S. National Archives
License: No restrictions
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Drawing from Alexander Graham Bell's 1876 US telephone patent No. 174,465
Bell's 1876 telephone patent, No. 174,465
Author: U.S.P.T.O.
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Patent drawing of the Wright brothers' flying machine showing wings and control surfaces
Wright brothers' flying-machine patent drawing
Author: W. B. Robinson (and possible unknown authors)
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Wooden patent model of Abraham Lincoln's 1849 device for buoying vessels over shoals
Patent model of Abraham Lincoln's 1849 invention
Author: David and Jessie
License: CC BY 2.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
The United States Patent and Trademark Office main building in Alexandria, Virginia
USPTO main building, Alexandria, Virginia
Author: RadioFan
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Historic 1846 view of the neoclassical Patent Office Building in Washington, D.C.
The Patent Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1846
Author: John Plumbe
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Black-and-white portrait photograph of Nikola Tesla around 1890
Nikola Tesla, circa 1890
Author: Napoleon Sarony
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Thomas Edison's laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey
Edison's Menlo Park laboratory
Author: Credit Line: Public domain, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
License: CC0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A 1913 Detroit Electric car, an early battery-electric automobile
1913 Detroit Electric car
Author: Corvair Owner
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Shipyard workers beneath the hull of the USS Bonhomme Richard in a dry dock
Ship hull in dry dock at NASSCO, San Diego
Author: U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joe Kane
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A hydrofoil passenger vessel lifted above the water at speed
Hydrofoil passenger boat
Author: Ilya Plekhanov
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Two business partners shaking hands to seal an agreement
Business handshake
Author: rawpixel.com
License: CC0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
People seated around a conference table in a business meeting
Group discussion at a meeting table
Author: Harless Todd, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A glowing incandescent light bulb with visible filament
Illuminated incandescent light bulb
Author: J. M. Pearson
License: CC0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Workbench with electronic tools and components for building prototypes
Electronics workbench
Author: James Bastow
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Scientists working with equipment in a research laboratory
Scientists at work in a research laboratory
Author: U.S. Army CCDC
License: CC BY 2.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Traders crowded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange trading floor, 1963
Author: Thomas J. O'Halloran
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
An IBM 029 keypunch machine used to punch data cards
IBM 029 card punch
Author: waelder
License: CC BY 2.5
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Close-up of a printed circuit board with chips, traces and components
Printed circuit board close-up
Author: Dennis van Zuijlekom from Ermelo, The Netherlands
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A hand signing a contract document with a pen
Signing a contract
Author: Neurosurgeon23
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Close-up of meshing metal helical gears
Helical gears
Author: Arthur Clarke at English Wikipedia
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Satellite composite map of the whole world showing continents and oceans
Whole world: land and oceans
Author: NASA Earth Observatory (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Painting of Venice's Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal with boats and merchants
Giovanni Migliara, Venice, the Rialto Bridge
Author: Giovanni Migliara
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Statue of Lady Justice holding scales and sword atop the Justice Fountain in Bern
Justice fountain statue, Bern
Author: Wikimedia Commons user TheBernFiles.
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Reading room of the University of Michigan law library with shelves of books
Law library, University of Michigan
Author: Cadop
License: CC0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A team brainstorming ideas together
Team brainstorming session
Author: Marco Arment from New York, NY, USA
License: CC BY 2.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons
An old brass and black light microscope
Old light microscope
Author: NIH/DeWitt Stetten Jr., Museum of Medical Research
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Painted portrait of Galileo Galilei by Justus Sustermans, 1636
Justus Sustermans, Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636
Author: Justus Sustermans
License: Public domain
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A large container ship loaded with containers transiting the Suez Canal
Evergreen container ship in the Suez Canal
Author: Aah-Yeah
License: CC BY 2.0
Source: Wikimedia Commons

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