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  • Architecture: the geometry of a curved staircase. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Architecture: various types of roof truss. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Horses' hooves: four dissections showing the anatomy of the ankle and foot of a horse. Line engraving with etching by A. Bell, 1770/1800?.
  • Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Chemistry: various alchemical symbols. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Chemistry: blowpipes and associated tools. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Surgical instruments for midwifery. Engraving by Andrew Bell.
  • Nine diagrams illustrating breech and natural births and the obstetrical instruments used to assist them. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Textiles: a weaving loom (above), with two shuttles and the upper frame (below). Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Seven diagrams of differently shaped pelvises and their measurements. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Pyrotechny: designs for fireworks. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • A water-wheel, cistern and detail of water-wheel for raising water at Blair Drummond, Perthshire. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Bones of the hand, foot and knee etc: fifteen figures. Line engraving by A. Bell, 1788/1797.
  • Clocks: a Ferguson clock, face (right), and diagrams of the mechanism (left). Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Four cross-sections of figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Architecture: a dog-leg staircase and details. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Rope-making: view of a rope-walk with boys winding ropes (top), details of various weights and a carriage (below). Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Cross-sections of seven different figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Agriculture: a machine for sowing seed. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Surgical instruments. Engraving by Andrew Bell.
  • Five diagrams illustrating the birth of a child with the use of forceps. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Four diagrams illustrating difficult births. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Clocks: diagrams for setting-out a sundial. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Bleaching: vats and cauldrons for bleaching cloth. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Two écorché horses: left and right side views. Line engraving with etching by A. Bell, 1770/1800?.
  • Mechanics: forces, gears, axles and dynamics, pulleys. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • An écorché figure seen from behind, with details of the muscles of the hand and foot, and the male genitalia: five figures. Line engraving by A. Bell, 1788/1797.
  • Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Diagrams illustrating mining implements. Etching by A. Bell.
  • Machinery: a pipe-boring drill, and a pile-driving hammer. Engraving by A. Bell.