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Rope-making: view of a rope-walk with boys winding ropes (top), details of various weights and a carriage (below). Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 44026i
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Specification of George Harman Barth : apparatus for administering gases for curative purposes.
Barth, George Harman.Date: 1854
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Textiles: carpet weaving, a loom in an interior (top), tools (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
Radel, active 1751-1767.Reference: 43819i
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Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, front and rear elevations. Engraving by Pegard after L. Guiguet.
Guiguet, L.Reference: 43562i
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Machinery used in the making of buttons and details of its components. Engraving by E. Turrell after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Reference: 36748i
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Clocks: various examples of gears, bevel, crown, epicycloid, and "peg and paddle", also a universal joint. Engraving [by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier].
Reference: 40814i
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Glass: a wire-drawing machine for making lead cames. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.
Bourgeois.Reference: 43387i
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Machinery: metal plating presses. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Date: 1818Reference: 45486i
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Textiles: items of apparatus in horizontal and vertical section. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Date: 1830Reference: 43548i
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Clocks: the mechanism of a chronometer, plan (top), and elevation (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40744i
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Six types of press: cheese, wine (two), printing, clothes, and rolling. Engraving.
Reference: 40631i
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Clocks: fusee-engine, or taper-cutting lathe. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Reference: 40813i
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An old man rests his head on his hand; cherubs play in a room filled with mechanical instruments; representing mechanical philosophy (or 18th century physics). Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1816.
Date: 13 April 1816Reference: 25677i
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Machines: a crane used at a harbour. Engraving by A. Wilson after A. Slight.
Slight, G. H.Reference: 45458i
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Items of equipment and machinery, including presses, churns and mills. Engraving by J. Hulett.
Reference: 45494i
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Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.
Reference: 43477i
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Rope-making: details of various parts of a rope-making machine. Engraving by G. Daws.
Reference: 44027i
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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: 43688i
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Textiles: a roving machine for cotton manufacture. Engraving, c. 1858.
Date: 1819Reference: 45502i
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Textiles: items of apparatus in horizontal and vertical section. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Date: 1830Reference: 43545i
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Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
Reference: 40827i
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Hydraulics: a water-wheel (top) pipes and pistons (below). Engraving.
Reference: 45266i
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Clocks: a Smeaton-Franklin clock face (left), and mechanism (right). Engraving by A. Bell, ca. 1798.
Date: [1798?]Reference: 40898i
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Clocks: fusee-engine, or taper-cutting lathe. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland?].
Reference: 40812i
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Clocks: side elevation of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].
Reference: 40821i

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Rope-making: view of a rope-walk with boys winding ropes (top), details of various weights and a carriage (below). Engraving by A. Bell.

Specification of George Harman Barth : apparatus for administering gases for curative purposes.

Textiles: carpet weaving, a loom in an interior (top), tools (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, front and rear elevations. Engraving by Pegard after L. Guiguet.

Machinery used in the making of buttons and details of its components. Engraving by E. Turrell after J. Farey.

Clocks: various examples of gears, bevel, crown, epicycloid, and "peg and paddle", also a universal joint. Engraving [by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier].

Glass: a wire-drawing machine for making lead cames. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.

Machinery: metal plating presses. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. Farey.

Textiles: items of apparatus in horizontal and vertical section. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

Clocks: the mechanism of a chronometer, plan (top), and elevation (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Six types of press: cheese, wine (two), printing, clothes, and rolling. Engraving.

Clocks: fusee-engine, or taper-cutting lathe. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

An old man rests his head on his hand; cherubs play in a room filled with mechanical instruments; representing mechanical philosophy (or 18th century physics). Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1816.

Machines: a crane used at a harbour. Engraving by A. Wilson after A. Slight.

Items of equipment and machinery, including presses, churns and mills. Engraving by J. Hulett.

Textiles: four vignettes of stages in preparation of linen from flax. Wood engravings.

Rope-making: details of various parts of a rope-making machine. Engraving by G. Daws.

Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Textiles: a roving machine for cotton manufacture. Engraving, c. 1858.

Textiles: items of apparatus in horizontal and vertical section. Engraving by J. Moffat, c. 1830, after J. Farey.

Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.

Hydraulics: a water-wheel (top) pipes and pistons (below). Engraving.

Clocks: a Smeaton-Franklin clock face (left), and mechanism (right). Engraving by A. Bell, ca. 1798.

Clocks: fusee-engine, or taper-cutting lathe. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland?].

Clocks: side elevation of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].