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  • A clockwork (?) machine for engraving metal plates devised by Alexis-Marie Rochon. Engraving by D. Lizars.
  • A selection of boring and carving tools. Etching by Bénard after Bourgeois.
  • An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.
  • Clocks: casting a bell for the clock of the New Palace of Westminster. Wood engraving.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • Metallurgy: a furnace used in the processing of metals. Engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey.
  • Processing of mercury. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Moulds used in pewter manufacture. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Machinery: a kind of crank-driven hammer, with a man working at a forge. Engraving after J. Besson.
  • Processing of zinc. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • Coinage: machinery used in the Royal Mint. Engraving after J. Farey.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • Engineering: loading of iron beams. Engraving by J. Davis after R. Tredgold, 1820.
  • Engineering: rolling mill used to produce gun barrels, with different stages in producing the shape shown below. Engraving c.1861.
  • The process of gold and silver refining. Engraving, 1747.
  • An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.
  • Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford: the gates of the maternity home. Process print, 1929.
  • Rolling-mills used to produce lead sheet: cross-section. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).
  • Metals: a furnace and various implements used in smithing. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].