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Benjamin Martin

English lexicographer and scientific instrument maker

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Images by Benjamin Martin

12 images from works
  • A condenser, an air-gun and a ventilator. Etching by A. Walker after B. Martin.
  • Pneumatics: a large kind of air pump. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • The young gentleman and lady's philosophy, in a continued survey of the works of nature and art ; by way of dialogue / [Benjamin Martin].
  • The description and use of a new, portable, table air-pump and condensing engine. With a select variety of capital experiments. Which, together with the different parts of the apparatus and glasses are illustrated by upwards of forty copper-plate figures / by Benjamin Martin.
  • The young gentleman and lady's philosophy, in a continued survey of the works of nature and art ; by way of dialogue / [Benjamin Martin].
  • A domestic weather-station: combined thermometer, hygrometer, and barometer. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Pneumatics: two kinds of air pump. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Astronomy: a young astronomer in his study, talking with his sister, who holds a book in her lap. Engraving by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during winter [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Meteorology: a view of the Earth and the sun during summer [in the Northern hemisphere]. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Astronomy: a large orrery, mounted on a dodecahedral base, decorated with signs of the zodiac. Engraving after B. Martin.
  • Astronomy: a mechanism for a model of the motion of a comet. Engraving after B. Martin.

Images featuring Benjamin Martin

3 images from works
  • Benjamin Martin. Line engraving, 1785.
  • Benjamin Martin. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1815.
  • Benjamin Martin. Line engraving.

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