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Tools

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  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning, and examples of turned work. Engraving by Louvet after Gallet.
  • Pottery: a large kiln, shown in elevations and sections. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Architecture: tools, derricks, and windlasses. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, three-quarter view with spectators. Engraving.
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    Engineering: an assortment of tools. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after H. Cocking.

    Cocking, H. | Reference: 45480i
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    Hydraulics: diagrams showing water pressure. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.

    Farey, John, 1791-1851. | Date: 1 April 1813 | Reference: 45315i
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    A man mowing grass with a lawn-mower, and another man in profile, recumbent, in lower left

    Chandler, Robert, active approximately 1968 | Date: 6 August 1968 | Reference: 2921404i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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    Pottery: a potter's wheel, elevation (top), plan (below). Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 42773i
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    Engineering: an assortment of taps. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after J. Varley.

    Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873. | Date: 1 April 1813 | Reference: 45477i
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