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  • Textiles: a spinning wheel (top), making the design (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Fishing: structures designed to trap fish brought in by the tides. Etching, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • The ear and the temple after Duverney, Valsalva and Ruysch. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver passing different threads through the weave. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Printing. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A blacksmith's forge: interior view and utensils used. Etching by R. Bénard after Harguinier.
  • Different degrees of ossification of the parietal bone of the skull. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
  • A printing press, for copper plates, with many details. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Instruments used in the processing of copper in Saxony. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Typesetters at work, putting type into composing-sticks (above), type, spaces, a composing-stick, and a forme (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his left forearm on a spade handle, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Sections of a furnace used in the processing of copper. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: lace making, men weaving (top), and the loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a small loom for child apprentice weavers to learn on. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Patterns for wigs. Engraving by R. Bénard after J.R. Lucotte, 1762.
  • Textiles: lace making, details of equipment. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Paris: a floating bath-house on the Seine, established by Poitevin in 1761; lettered key floor and design plans. Engraving by R. Bénard, 1771, after J.R. Lucotte.
  • Textiles: lace making, winding threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver sewing different coloured threads at the back of the work. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: silk weaving (top), and the equipment used (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: ribbon making, pressing and working at a frame (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • Printing engravings from copper plates: two men inking the plates, another operating the press (top), equipment (below). Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • An iron forge in which metal linings are being applied to the rims of wheels. Engraving by R. Bénard after Harguinier.
  • A slate quarry: processing of slate and the instruments used. Etching by Bénard after De la Croix.
  • Coinage: showing (a) furnace (b) components of the furnace with tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: an extremely large detail of the weft and warp threads in silk satin. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A printing press: elevation, with details of the platen, etc. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Machinery used in the cooling and processing of copper. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.