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Lead

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  • Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A rolling-mill used in the production of lead sheet. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Machinery used in the production of lead sheet: vertical and horizontal elevations. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Components of a rolling mill for lead. Etching by R. Bénard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Process of producing lead sheet, and the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
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    Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

    Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 32080i
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    Observations on the external use of preparations of lead, with some general remarks on topical medicines / [John Aikin].

    Aikin, John, 1747-1822. | Date: 1771
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    A mine: cross-section of a machine for extracting water from the pit and three optical diagrams. Etching by T. Jefferys.

    | Date: [1754] | Reference: 29267i
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    Tentamen chemicum et medicum inaugurale quaedam de plumbo complectens / Eruditorum examini subjicit Andreas Nicoll, Scoto-Britannus.

    Nicoll, Andrew, -1823. | Date: 1810
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    Low level lead exposure : the clinical implications of current research / editor, Herbert L. Needleman.

    | Date: [1980], ©1980
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