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  • Stone knife, Australian Aboriginal.
  • A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Engineering: an assortment of inventions. Engraving by W. Lowry.
  • Engineering: a steam engine, and drying chambers. Wood engraving by E. Jewitt, 1856.
  • Carpentry: lathe tools with architectural profiles. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after L.J. Goussier.
  • Turning: a turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Engineering: an assortment of inventions. Engraving by W. Lowry.
  • A selection of boring and carving tools. Etching by Bénard after Bourgeois.
  • Textiles: two types of hand loom, and details of the shuttle. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Engineering: an assortment of inventions. Engraving by W. Lowry.
  • Cabinet-making: a collection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Joinery: a furniture maker's establishment, with men at work (top), stages in making a chair (below). Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.
  • Textiles: types of mechanical carpet loom. Engraving by J. Moffat after J. Duncan.
  • Clocks: plan of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].
  • Clocks: fusee-engine, or taper-cutting lathe. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland?].
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Mirrors: a work table and other equipment for making tinted looking-glasses. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.
  • A poppy capsule oozing drops of crude opium and tools for its extraction. Lithograph, ca. 1850.
  • Taps and dies for cutting screw threads, and a water-tight window: cross-sections, and details. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.
  • Engineering: an axle and some tools. Engraving by E. Kennion after C. Varley.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Engineering: an assortment of tools. Engraving by J. B. Taylor after H. Cocking.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, and assortment of tools. Wood engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?].
  • Glass: weighing equipment (above), inside a plate glass factory (below). Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Engineering: a chuck for a lathe, and a stopcock. Engraving by G. Gladwin after J. Clements.
  • A selection of vices and pliers. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Wound man showing all the weapons and points of injury. Woodcut.
  • A nine-bladed reciprocating mechanical saw, lateral and end elevations. Engraving by Hare.
  • Turning: a turner's workshop, a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.