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  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Six different trades: gold-beating, weaving, carpentry, umbrella-making, pharmacy and locksmithing. Coloured etching.
  • Carpentry: inside a joiner's workshop, with men at work (top), various types of joint (below). Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, short section and plan of the water-wheel mechanism. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • The youthful Christ helps Joseph with his carpentry; Mary and Anne look on. Lithograph by A. Dircks, 1849, after C. Müller.
  • Saint Joseph practises carpentry assisted by the Christ Child, while Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) sews. Engraving by J. Couché, 1786, after Annibale Carracci.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an Argentinian exhibit relating to manual skills education, showing classroom seating, carpentry tools and student work. Photograph, 1904.
  • Luxor, Egypt; blacksmith selling his wares. Shows men, one with a goat, examining metal implements. Trades such as smithing are often performed by landless villagers who are often amongst the poorest groups. In 1990, as much as 40% of the rural population was landless. These people often provide village services including carpentry, machinery maintenance, and livestock herding or cultivate land for absentee landlords as tenants and sharecroppers. Photographed in January 1990.
  • Instruments of education (woodwork etc.); and eight episodes related to Rousseau's Emile in vignettes on the wall. Engraving by Giraud le Jeune after C.P. Marillier, 1788/1793.
  • Cabinet-making: a sideboard and cellaret. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
  • Cabinet-making: a book case, in the Flemish mannerist style. Engraving after Arrowsmith, 1849.
  • Cabinet-making: two chairs. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
  • Engineering: a treadle-operated lathe, and an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1818.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Turning: a turner's workshop, a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Civil engineering: three views of the bridge at Schausshausen, Switzerland. Engraving by J. Moffat after W. A. Provis.
  • Architecture: various details of staircase design. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Cabinet-making: decorative borders. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
  • Architecture: a dog-leg staircase and details. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Cabinet-making: a table for card games. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
  • A turner's workshop, a man working the crank of a large lathe, tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Architecture: an ionic volute and various types of moulding. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Architecture: the geometry of a curved staircase. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Bridges: a double drawbridge for ships to pass through. Engraving.