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  • A scientist using a steam machine with pulley to extract a tooth from a man. Pen drawing by C.E.H., 1894.
  • The boiling and testing of opium by Chinese men watched by a European man. Wood-engraving by F. Dadd, c. 1880.
  • Machines: a steam-driven crane at Woolwich Arsenal. Engraving, c.1858.
  • Engineering: a steam traction engine, and a stationary steam engine. Engraving c.1861.
  • Machinery: a pile driver, a fire engine, and a steam engine. Engraving by J. W. Lowry after P. Barlow.
  • Engineering: six steam engines. Engraving c.1861.
  • A man ill with a cold, wrapped in blankets as his servant attempts to give him a steam bath. Wood engraving.
  • A flying contraption with large wings travels over the water. Wood engraving, 1843.
  • Ship-building: long and short sections (top), and plan and side elevation (below) of a paddle-steamer. Engraving by J. Pass, 1827.
  • A steam valve for an engine. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Ship-building: side elevation of a salvage boat, showing the river-bed beneath. Engraving by S. Allen, 1846, after W. Raymond.
  • Machines: a steam-driven crane, side and rear elevation. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Engineering: a large double-chamber steam engine, with a flywheel. Coloured drawing.
  • Ship-building: plan and side elevation of a paddle-steamer (top), and the steam engine (below). Engraving.
  • Ship-building: plan and side elevation of a steam-driven water turbine, installed in a ship. Engraving.
  • Three people sitting around a water-vapour machine which is emitting dry steam, attempting to cure their illnesses. Engraving.
  • A camp scene at dusk with ambulance carriages and three men round a small fire. Colour halftone, c. 1903.
  • Farming: a patented steam-driven threshing machine. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).
  • A man pours tea for a resting Chinese warrior as a kettle steams on the stove beside them. Coloured etching with ornamentation after F. Boucher, early 18th century.
  • A man being given a steam bath that is going drastically wrong. Wood engraving.
  • Engineering: a steam-engine, showing the water-supply and condensing chamber. Coloured lithograph by Day and son, 1851.