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Machinery in the workplace

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  • A hand which has lost two fingers, owing to attempts to clean dangerous machines while they are running. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 1949.
  • A hand which has suffered a bad wound while in contact with machinery owing to a finger ring which has broken and torn the flesh. Colour lithograph by E. Lukács, 1950.
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    A hand which has suffered a bad wound while in contact with machinery owing to a finger ring which has broken and torn the flesh. Colour lithograph by E. Lukács, 1950.

    Lukács, Endre, 1906-2001. | Date: 1950 | Reference: 663458i
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    The machine and the worker / by A. Barratt Brown.

    Brown, A. Barratt (Alfred Barratt), 1887- | Date: 1934
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    A hand which has lost two fingers, owing to attempts to clean dangerous machines while they are running. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 1949.

    Jansma, Jacob. | Date: 1949 | Reference: 663447i
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    The laboring classes of England : especially those engaged in agriculture and manufactures; in a series of letters / by an Englishman ; also, A voice from the factories, a poem, in serious verse.

    Dodd, William, 1804- | Date: 1847
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    Thoughts on the use of machines, in the cotton manufacture. Addressed to the working people in that manufacture, and to the poor in general. By a friend of the poor.

    Rasbotham, Dorning, 1730?-1791. | Date: 1780
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