Hydraulics: a lever-operated pump. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.

Building: a way of raising rotten floors. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after S. Staples.

Surgical instruments: Mr. Amesbury's apparatus for fractures of the lower limbs. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after J. Clement.

Surgical instruments, including lithotomy forceps and Mr. Brockedon's apparatus for weak knee joints. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.

Taps and dies for cutting screw threads, and a water-tight window: cross-sections, and details. Engraving by J. Cleghorn after C. Varley.

Memoirs of John Fothergill / [John Coakley Lettsom].

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