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  • Hydraulic mechanical toy, 1657.
  • Hydraulic mechanical toy, 1657.
  • Model of hydraulic machinery with a water-wheel, Deutsches Museum, Munich. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • Lydenberg Gold Fields, South Africa: hydraulic mining. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • A hydraulic system for a Rowntree's fire engine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1812, after J. Farey.
  • Three types of paper press: rachet, screw, and hydraulic, with details of components. Engraving by S. Porter, 1806, after J. Farey.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: hydraulic machinery produced by the Stillwell-Beirce and Smith-Vaile Company of Dayton, Ohio. Photograph, 1904.
  • Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1800.
  • Hydrostatics: scientific equipment. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
  • Civil engineering: a canal passing through hilly terrain (above), and diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms (below). Engraving.
  • Civil engineering: diagrams of canal locks and pressure-regulating mechanisms. Engraving by G. Daws.
  • Eton College from Romney Lock, Berkshire. Wood engraving by P. Roberts after P.H. Delamotte.
  • Clocks: diagrams of water-clocks. Engraving, c. 1861.
  • Grand philosophical, optical, & mechanical exhibition / by M. de Philipsthal.
  • Examples of hydrostatics: Aldersea's engine for raising water, London Bridge water works, a syringe, Tantalus's cup, and a cross-section of a wave. Engraving by W. Lowry.
  • Gold mining: a man using a hose to wash away soil. Wood engraving.
  • Spider (Unknown sp.)
  • A vignette of a woman inhaling from a small lamp - advertising the 'asthmatic lamp'. Woodcut and letterpress, 1843.
  • A vignette of a woman inhaling from a small lamp - advertising the 'asthmatic lamp'. Woodcut and letterpress, 1843.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • An obliging barmaid drawing beer. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1833.
  • Mineral extraction: using water to expose gold-bearing rock at the Transvaal gold fields. Wood engraving, 1889.
  • A water meter introduced by William Siemens and Joseph Adamson, 1851-1867. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • An ancient cistern near Lentini, Val di Noto, Sicily. Coloured aquatint after L. Mayer, 1812.
  • An ancient cistern near Lentini, Val di Noto, Sicily. Coloured aquatint after L. Mayer, 1812.