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Brick-making: a young woman is pulling a large wheelbarrow full of clay while a boy tips a barrow load into a pug-mill, to which a horse is attached by a yoke. Coloured aquatint with etching after W.H. Pyne, 1805.

Clayton's patent tile, brick and pipe machine.

Human head sculpted in clay, forming the cheekbones

Human head sculpted in clay, forming the eye sockets

Human head sculpted in clay, facial muscles of expression

Human head sculpted in clay, facial muscles

Human head sculpted in clay, early stage in process

Human head sculpted in clay, completing the eye

Human head sculpted in clay, applying the skin

Specification of William Parry and John Frearson : treating sewage.

Human head sculpted in clay, refinement of facial features

A new method of improving cold, wet, and barren lands: Particularly Clayey-Grounds. With The Manner of burning Clay, Turf, and Mole-Hills; as practised in North-Britain. To which is added, The Method of cultivating and raising Fruit Trees in such Soils.

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Specification of William Parry and John Frearson : treating sewage.

Human head sculpted in clay, refinement of facial features

Human head sculpted in clay, facial muscles

A new method of improving cold, wet, and barren lands: Particularly Clayey-Grounds. With The Manner of burning Clay, Turf, and Mole-Hills; as practised in North-Britain. To which is added, The Method of cultivating and raising Fruit Trees in such Soils.

Human head sculpted in clay, applying the skin