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Tools - History

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Images from the collections

Images about Tools - History

2 images from works
  • Évolution du commerce et de l'industrie : Ustensiles en silex des habitants préhistoriques de l'ile de Rugen / Compagnie Liebig.
  • Évolution du commerce et de l'industrie : Ustensiles en silex des habitants préhistoriques de l'ile de Rugen / Compagnie Liebig.

Works from the collections

7 works

    • Books

    Man the tool-maker / [Kenneth Page Oakley].

    Oakley, Kenneth Page, 1911-1981. | Date: 1950
    • Books

    Bookbinders' finishing toolmakers, 1780-1965 / Tom Conroy.

    Conroy, Tom, 1952- | Date: 2002
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    The story of tools / by Professor V. Gordon Childe.

    Childe, V. Gordon (Vere Gordon), 1892-1957. | Date: [1944]
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    Simple working models of historic machines (easily made by the reader) / [Aubrey F Burstall].

    Burstall, Aubrey F., 1902-1984. | Date: 1970
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    Man the tool-maker / [Kenneth Page Oakley].

    Oakley, Kenneth Page, 1911-1981. | Date: 1949

Related topics

Implements, utensils, etc.

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