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Engineering: diagrams of loading for simple and composite wooden beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.

Surrey Institution, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London: the interior of the rotunda, F. Accum lecturing. Coloured aquatint by J. C. Stadler, 1809, after T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin.

The British Museum: the reading room under construction. Wood engraving by J. Brown after C. W. Sheeres, 1855.

Building: floor joists, simple and composite wooden beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.

The Palace of Art and Industry, exhibition of 1862: the interior, at the crossing, looking west. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.

South Kensington Museum: the interior of the north court, with exhibits and visitors. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.

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Engineering: diagrams of loading for simple and composite wooden beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.

Building: floor joists, simple and composite wooden beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.

South Kensington Museum: the interior of the north court, with exhibits and visitors. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.

The British Museum: the reading room under construction. Wood engraving by J. Brown after C. W. Sheeres, 1855.

The Palace of Art and Industry, exhibition of 1862: the interior, at the crossing, looking west. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin, 1862.