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Carpentry: an assortment of tools. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau after Gallet.

Machinery: a lever-operated forge hammer and anvil, in plan and three-quarter view. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.

Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.

Machinery: a pipe-boring drill, and a pile-driving hammer. Engraving by A. Bell.

The danger of leaving a hammer on top of a step-ladder. Colour lithograph.

Machinery: a double-action steam hammer. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

A hammer and a flower with the words 'SIDA' representing the battle against AIDS; an advertisement by the Gipukoako Hies Kontrako Elkarte Hiritarra/Asociación Ciudadana Anti-SIDA de Gipuzkoa. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

Machinery: a pile-driving hammer, mounted on existing piles, with two men operating it. Engraving after J. Besson.

Machinery: a pile driver, a fire engine, and a steam engine. Engraving by J. W. Lowry after P. Barlow.

Machinery: a kind of crank-driven hammer, with a man working at a forge. Engraving after J. Besson.

Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).

The Virgin and Saint Mary Magdalene lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by L. Kilian after H. von Aachen.

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Machinery: a pipe-boring drill, and a pile-driving hammer. Engraving by A. Bell.

The danger of leaving a hammer on top of a step-ladder. Colour lithograph.

Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).

A hammer and a flower with the words 'SIDA' representing the battle against AIDS; an advertisement by the Gipukoako Hies Kontrako Elkarte Hiritarra/Asociación Ciudadana Anti-SIDA de Gipuzkoa. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.

The Virgin and Saint Mary Magdalene lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by L. Kilian after H. von Aachen.