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  • A paddle-driven beam-engine suction pump for raising water, used at London Bridge. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1820, after J. Farey.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a roving machine for cotton manufacture. Engraving, c. 1858.
  • Engineering: three-quarter views of two drilling machines, one with multiple heads. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Mechanics: various machines. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
  • A lapidary, sitting at his foot-operated grinding wheel (above), an elevation and plan of his worktable (below). Engraving by B. L. Prevost after J. N. F. Boucher.
  • Textiles: types of mechanical carpet loom. Engraving by J. Moffat after J. Duncan.
  • Pigments: mills for grinding colours, and a man grinding at a muller, with a ventilator hood above. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1824.
  • Clocks: plan of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].
  • A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-naked woman in front of other doctors and a nurse, other female patients are waiting in the background. Process print of a wood engraving by G.D.I. after D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.
  • Papeterie Darblay, Essonne, Ile de France: mechanized, shaft-driven paper-making machines attended by workmen. Wood engraving by H. Linton, 1859, after E. Bourdelin.
  • Items of farm equipment and machinery, including presses, churns and mills. Engraving by J. Hulett.
  • Clocks: fusee-engine, or taper-cutting lathe. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland?].
  • Clocks: details of clock mechanisms. Engraving c.1861.
  • Textiles: a belt-driven version of Crompton's mule. Engraving, c.1858.
  • Civil engineering: a moveable crane at Ramsgate Harbour, Kent, seen in side elevation. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • Electricity: various belt-driven electro-static generators. Engraving, 1812 [by W. Lowry ?].
  • Textiles: an automatic twisting machine for yarn. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Machinery: a kind of crank-driven hammer, with a man working at a forge. Engraving after J. Besson.
  • Machinery designed by Smeaton for extracting coal from the pits. Etching by W. Lowry after J. Farey.
  • Five labelled sections through parts of a porter brewery. Engraving by W. Lowry, c. 1816, after J. Farey.
  • Many types of printing press, with details of their mechanisms. Engraving by W. H. Lizars after himself, 1830.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in elevation (top), and in plan (below), with part of a tapestry. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Taps and dies for cutting screw threads, and a water-tight window: cross-sections, and details. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.
  • Engineering: three-quarter views of two milling machines. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Technology: a door-closing mechanism: long section, cross-section, and details. Engraving by G. Gladwin after himself.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, a loom in an interior (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Textiles: an automatic scutching machine for cotton. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, two men tensioning a loom (top), one man tensioning a loom (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.