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Saws

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  • A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.
  • Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.
  • A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.
  • Two men sawing a baulk of timber in a woodyard, in Korea.
  • Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • Carpentry: inside a joiner's workshop, with men at work (top), various types of joint (below). Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • John Cargill, instrument maker, at ye Saw & Crown in Lombard Street, London : makes & sells all sorts of surgeons instruments, razors, scizers, penknives, caseknives, carving knives, cuttoes, &c. : at reasonable rates.
  • The youthful Christ helps Joseph with his carpentry; Mary and Anne look on. Lithograph by A. Dircks, 1849, after C. Müller.
  • Devils saw away at a colic sufferer's abdomen. Lithograph by C. Ramelet after H. Daumier, c. 1833.
  • The angel speaks to Joseph in a dream. Engraving by A.A. Morel after J.B. Wicar after A.R. Mengs.
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  • view Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.
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    Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

    | Reference: 41145i
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    Cabinet-making: a selection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 41296i
  • view Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.
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    Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.

    Palmer, John, active 1856-1887. | Date: Jan. 6, 1866 | Reference: 33965i
  • view Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.
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    Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.

    | Reference: 41144i
  • view Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].
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    Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 44148i
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