Artificial application of water to cultivated land

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Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: irrigation on the Han River. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

A tea plantation in China: workers water the young plants. Coloured lithograph.

A Chinese tea plantation with workers watering, picking and firing the tea. Lithograph by E. Gilks, c. 1850, after B. Clayton after Piqua.

The Indian Punjabi Mir Munshi Sultan Mohammad standing, legs astraddled, over a water channel. Next to him is a European Lady, possibly the nurse Mrs. Kate Daly. Kabul

Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation with workers sowing the rice, and operating a treadmill chain-bucket for water. Engraving by W. Weatherhead, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

Water-wheel, Melon Islands. Engraving by H. Adlard after T. Allom.

A man and woman carrying barrels of water on their heads: Conference on water sanitation for the urban poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, 2006.

Section and elevation of a wheel used by the Chinese for raising water. Engraving by W. Skelton, 1796.

Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel

Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel. As N0022540C but position of water wheel is slightly better. Photographed January 1990.

Lectures on the ancient system of irrigation in Bengal and its application to modern problems / by William Willcocks.

De l'emploi de l'eau en chirurgie : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine, présentée et soutenue le 31 décembre 1850 / par Alphonse-Auguste Amussat.

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Agricultural Irrigation

Images from the collections

Images about Agricultural Irrigation

Works from the collections

Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: irrigation on the Han River. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Lectures on the ancient system of irrigation in Bengal and its application to modern problems / by William Willcocks.

The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

De l'emploi de l'eau en chirurgie : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine, présentée et soutenue le 31 décembre 1850 / par Alphonse-Auguste Amussat.

Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel. As N0022540C but position of water wheel is slightly better. Photographed January 1990.

Agricultural Irrigation

Images from the collections

Images about Agricultural Irrigation

Works from the collections

Shantou (Swatow), Guangdong (Kwangtung) province, China: irrigation on the Han River. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Lectures on the ancient system of irrigation in Bengal and its application to modern problems / by William Willcocks.

The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.

De l'emploi de l'eau en chirurgie : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine, présentée et soutenue le 31 décembre 1850 / par Alphonse-Auguste Amussat.

Helwan, Egypt; traditional Egyptian waterwheel. As N0022540C but position of water wheel is slightly better. Photographed January 1990.

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