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  • A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
  • A coachman with a whip and a woman with a kettle: the man mistrusts anything using steam (implying steam trains). Pencil and ink wash by S. Jenner, ca. 1830.
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    A veterinary surgeon and a blacksmith attacking dandies on velocipedes, in an attempt to preserve the use of horses as a means of transport, and therefore securing their own trades. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.

    Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830. | Date: 1819 | Reference: 11811i
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    Breaking things at work : the Luddites are right about why you hate your job / Gavin Mueller.

    Mueller, Gavin | Date: 2021
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    A coachman with a whip and a woman with a kettle: the man mistrusts anything using steam (implying steam trains). Pencil and ink wash by S. Jenner, ca. 1830.

    Jenner, Stephen, 1796- | Date: [1830?] | Reference: 560838i
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    Against the machine : the hidden Luddite tradition in literature, art, and individual lives / Nicols Fox.

    Fox, Nicols. | Date: 2002
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