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Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1800.

Yokohama, Japan: panoramic view of the native and European residences in Yokohama town, looking towards the harbour. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Civil engineering: canals (below), and a photometer (above). Engraving by Mutlow.

Civil engineering: a canal passing through hilly terrain (above), and diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms (below). Engraving.

SEM cochlea, showing organ of Corti

Civil engineering: diagrams of canal slides and dragging mechanisms. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1800.

Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.

Victoria Hospital, Suez, Egypt: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by Pearson, 1868, after Colonel Collyer.

The canal and Gothic tower in the garden of the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, Middlesex. Etching, 18th century.

Civil engineering: three diagrams of canal slides and dragging mechanisms. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1800.

Civil engineering: work on the Suez canal. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, c.1864.

Psychiatric hospital (Het dol huys), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Etching, 17th century.

A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.

Bridgewater, the canal Duke, 1736-1803 / Hugh Malet.

Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms. Engraving by G. Daws.

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Canals

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Images about Canals

Works from the collections

Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.

A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.

Bridgewater, the canal Duke, 1736-1803 / Hugh Malet.

Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms. Engraving by G. Daws.

The canal and Gothic tower in the garden of the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, Middlesex. Etching, 18th century.

Canals

Images from the collections

Images about Canals

Works from the collections

Civil engineering: a Royal visit to the Suez canal, arrival (top), and the meeting of the waters (below). Wood engraving, c.1865.

A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. Engraving, 1651.

Bridgewater, the canal Duke, 1736-1803 / Hugh Malet.

Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms. Engraving by G. Daws.

The canal and Gothic tower in the garden of the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, Middlesex. Etching, 18th century.

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