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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.
  • A selection of tools and work-benches used in silver manufacture. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Upholstery: two stages in padding an armchair. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Australian aboriginal stone knife mounted in handle.
  • A mathematician draws a semi-circle while Minerva watches over him. Engraving by R. Sadeler, 1591, after M. de Vos.
  • The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • Dyeing: dyers' and fullers' mills for extracting plant dyes. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Engineering: an assortment of taps. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after J. Varley.
  • A selection of boring and cutting tools. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Implements used in woodwork. Etching by Defehrt.
  • Textiles: a mechanical Jacquard loom, front and rear elevations. Engraving by Pegard after L. Guiguet.
  • Hydraulics: a lever-operated pump. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.
  • Carpentry: an assortment of tools for turning. Wood engraving by Marichal.
  • Two Indian bookbinders: one trimming page edges in a press, the other decorating a binding. Watercolour.
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.
  • Engineering: a treadle-operated lathe, and an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1818.
  • Textiles: a mechanical carding device. Engraving.
  • Clocks: side elevation of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].