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Drilling and boring machinery

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  • Engineering: three-quarter view of a large stand drill. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Engineering: three-quarter views of two milling machines. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Engineering: three-quarter views of two drilling machines, one with multiple heads. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Engineering: three-quarter views of two milling machines. Engraving, c.1861.
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Catalogue

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    A worker operating a pneumatic drill, with all but the drill bit out of focus, representing invisible detrimental effects of noise on health. Colour lithograph, ca. 1993.

    | Date: [1993?] | Reference: 814492i
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    Engineering: three-quarter view of a large stand drill. Engraving, c.1861.

    | Date: 1858 | Reference: 45508i
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    A drill cooled by a stream of cooling lubricant, and two doctors examining the hands of a worker operating it (looking for frost bite?). Colour lithograph for the Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften, 2002.

    Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften. | Date: [2002] | Reference: 771814i
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    Engineering: three-quarter views of two milling machines. Engraving, c.1861.

    | Date: 1861 | Reference: 46059i
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    Engineering: three-quarter views of two drilling machines, one with multiple heads. Engraving, c.1861.

    | Date: 1861 | Reference: 45509i
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