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  • An underground tunnel with a truck on the track. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • Building: plan and elevations showing a way of supporting rotten joists. Etching by Mutlow.
  • Bridges: a double drawbridge for ships to pass through. Engraving.
  • Workmen installing prefabricated steel sections of a canal. Process print.
  • Carpentry: a dredger. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • A plan of the Thames Embankment, from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge, with sections at three points. Lithograph by J. R. Jobbins after Sir J. Bazalgette.
  • Building: a way of raising rotten floors. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after S. Staples.
  • Carpentry: the foundations for a bridge, laid on piles without a caisson. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: the foundations for a bridge, laid on piles inside a caisson. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: a caisson for driving piles. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Workmen fitting the metal casings for an underground tunnel. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • Bridges: a drawbridge, details of the winding mechanism. Engraving.
  • Carpentry: a machine, devised by Pierre Patte, for sawing piles to the correct length underwater. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: the pump on Notre Dame bridge, section. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Carpentry: a heavy barge (top), and a lighter, plans and sections. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • The controlled explosion of an underwater mine to clear rocks in the East River between Harlem and the Bronx, New York. Wood engraving.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Specification of William Edward Newton : artificial legs.
  • Specification of William Edward Newton : artificial legs.
  • The Thames river, London: a cross-section of the first tunnel under the river, shipping in the river, and Rotherhithe beyond. Engraving by Silvester & Co., ca. 1830.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • A boy in Granada rides on a donkey loaded with panniers as he leads his flock of goats. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Ansdell.