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Merlin's mechanical chair for the elderly or infirm: the design incorporates hand-cranks, wheels, gears and an adjustable back and footrest. Coloured etching with aquatint, 1811.

John Joseph Merlin : the ingenious mechanick / designed and produced by the Greater London Council Public Relations Branch ; foreword by John Jacob.

Morning and evening amusements, at Merlin's Mechanical Museum, No. 11, Princes Street, Hannover Square.

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Morning and evening amusements, at Merlin's Mechanical Museum, No. 11, Princes Street, Hannover Square.