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A boy is accused of breaking a shop window while the real culprits hide behind a water pump. Engraving by H. Lemon after W.H.Knight.

Sion College, London Wall, London: the gatehouse, with a man about to operate a pump. Engraving.

Sir Hugh Myddelton, in an oval surround underneath which are surveying and mining tools, with a plan of the course of the New River. Line engraving by A. Walker, 1751, after C. Johnson, 1632.

Examples of hydrostatics: Aldersea's engine for raising water, London Bridge water works, a syringe, Tantalus's cup, and a cross-section of a wave. Engraving by W. Lowry.

Smyrna, Turkey: remains of the Roman aqueduct. Process print by E.N.A.

Water tank in St. Giles in the Fields, London. Wood engraving, 1858.

The Croton aqueduct, Harlem River Bridge, New York. Wood engraving.

Water tank, Srīperumbūdur, India. Coloured aquatint by C. Gold, 1799, after himself.

Island of Scio/Khio/Chios, Turkey: the well in the gardens. Etching by Dambrun after J.B. Hilair.

The Grassmarket with Heriot's Hospital in the background, Edinburgh, Scotland. Etching by G. Aikman, 1841, after Storer.

5 unnumbered pages, 20 pages, 1 unnumbered page (blank) leaves ; 4to (20 cm)

De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation / Georgio Wernhero autore.

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Hygiene of water and water supplies / by Patrick Hehir.

A letter to the Honourable the Lord Provost, magistrates, and councillors of Glasgow, on the public wells.

1 print : engraving ; image 16.4 x 26.9 cm

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

108 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of folded plates : plans ; 22 cm

Remarks on the water supply of London. / by Sir William Clay.

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De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation / Georgio Wernhero autore.

Hygiene of water and water supplies / by Patrick Hehir.

A letter to the Honourable the Lord Provost, magistrates, and councillors of Glasgow, on the public wells.

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

Remarks on the water supply of London. / by Sir William Clay.

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Water-supply

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Catalogue

De admirandis Hungariae aquis hypomnemation / Georgio Wernhero autore.

Hygiene of water and water supplies / by Patrick Hehir.

A letter to the Honourable the Lord Provost, magistrates, and councillors of Glasgow, on the public wells.

The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.

Remarks on the water supply of London. / by Sir William Clay.

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