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  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning, and examples of turned work. Engraving by Louvet after Gallet.
  • Pottery: a large kiln, shown in elevations and sections. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Architecture: tools, derricks, and windlasses. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, three-quarter view with spectators. Engraving.
  • Carpentry: an assortment of tools. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau after Gallet.
  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools and a snake (above). Engraving after L.J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a furnace (top), fuel wood on a barrow or handcart (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost [after G. d'Heuland].
  • Hydraulics: diagrams showing water pressure. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.
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  • view Engineering: an assortment of tools. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after H. Cocking.
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    Engineering: an assortment of tools. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after H. Cocking.

    Cocking, H. | Reference: 45480i
  • view Hydraulics: diagrams showing water pressure. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.
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    Hydraulics: diagrams showing water pressure. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.

    Farey, John, 1791-1851 | Date: 1 April 1813 | Reference: 45315i
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    Pottery: a potter's wheel, elevation (top), plan (below). Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 42773i
  • view Engineering: an assortment of taps. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after J. Varley.
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    Engineering: an assortment of taps. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after J. Varley.

    Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873 | Date: 1 April 1813 | Reference: 45477i
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    Carpentry: an assortment of tools. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.

    Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804. | Reference: 41131i
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