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Paper making machine: a schematic side elevation (top), and a bird's-eye view (below), both lettered for a key. Engraving.
Reference: 40499i
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Clocks: a pocket watch mechanism (top), and details (below). Engraving [by Defehrt?] after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40779i
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Textiles: a loom for [stair?] carpet weaving, elevations (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43821i
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Clocks: horizontal clock mechanism for striking the quarter hours. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40696i
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Textiles: a spinning machine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. D. Herbert.
Herbert, J. D.Date: 1811Reference: 43785i
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Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 43689i
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Clocks: a chronometer mechanism. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40773i
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Dyeing: vats and cauldrons for extracting indigo. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
Pass, John, active 1797-1815.Reference: 44042i
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Agriculture: (above) a haymaking machine driven by a horse (five figures); (below) a hand-operated threshing machine. Coloured engraving, 1816.
Date: 1816Reference: 493744i
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Textiles: a spinning jenny. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811.
Date: 1811Reference: 43786i
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Clocks: the chiming mechanism (top), and the main mechanism (below) of a clock proposed for the Royal Exchange. Wood engraving.
Reference: 40959i
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Clocks: clock escapement mechanisms. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40733i
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Textiles: a beating machine for flax and hemp. Engraving.
Reference: 43500i
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Specification of Alexander Robert Terry : manufacture of firewood.
Terry, Alexander Robert.Date: 1857
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A woman covered in an oiled silk cloak with a vapour machine which is linked to fireplace in front of her. Engraving.
Date: [1828]Reference: 20232i
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Textiles: detail of a loom for tapestry weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43871i
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Clocks: a chronometer, face (top) and mechanism (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40763i
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Machinery used in the comparative testing of gold. Engraving by Mutlow.
Reference: 36496i
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A woman is turning a wheel which is tightening the string around a girl's waist in order to make it smaller. Coloured etching by W. Heath, ca. 1830.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Reference: 35499i
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Engineering: a pipe-boring machine and details. Engraving, 1754.
Date: 1754Reference: 45484i
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Clocks: the plan of a horizontal clock mechanism. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40694i
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Textiles: the use of the bobbin in tapestry weaving. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43872i
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Textiles: a type of Jacquard card for silk weaving. Engraving by G. Gladwin after C. Varley.
Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873.Date: 1753Reference: 43591i
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Textiles: a stretching machine [?]. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. D. Herbert.
Herbert, J. D.Date: 1815Reference: 43789i
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George Adams demonstrates his electrotherapy machine to a woman and her daughter. Line engraving by J. Lodge, 1799, after T. Milne.
Milne, T., active 1799.Date: 1 May 1799Reference: 17899i