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  • C19 Chinese ink drawing: Boils - Snake-Coil boil
  • Faraday's magnetic sparking coil
  • A moving coil galvanometer.
  • Radiograph by W.K. Roentgen: wire coil; 1895
  • Demonstration of the Great Electric Induction Coil at the Polytechnic Institution in London in 1869 by Professor Pepper.
  • Demonstration of the Great Electric Induction Coil at the Polytechnic Institution in London in 1869 by Professor Pepper.
  • A woman tending corn in a field recommends using the coil: the Acquire Project for family planning in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A man wearing a loin cloth holding a stick with a piece of cloth draped around it and a coil of string. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A man entwined in the coils of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
  • A man entwined in the coils of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
  • The family of Laocoön entwined in coils of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
  • The family of Laocoön entwined in coils of DNA. Scraperboard drawing by Bill Sanderson, 1990.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: a Brazilian agricultural exhibit: coils of rope and brooms. Photograph, 1904.
  • Lord Vishnu lying on the coils of the serpent, Anantha with his consort, lakshmi. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Krishna lying on the coils of a five headed snake, supported by some cushions. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A serpent/woman coils around the tree of life which stands between Adam and Eve. Engraving by J.T. Richomme, 1814, after Raphaël.
  • A length of coiled intestine. Watercolour, 18--.
  • A length of coiled intestine. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a tree. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a branch. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a tree. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a branch. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a tree. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • Green tree snake (Chondropython viridis), coiled around a branch with head pointing downwards. Photograph, 1900/1920.
  • A man being strangled by a snake coiled around his neck. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • A man being strangled by a snake coiled around his neck. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • Clocks: jigs for spring-coiling (top), and cog-placing (below). Engraving by Lachaussé after L.J. Goussier.
  • Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with coiled Cobra disc ear-pieces and Cobra headress representing beaked gurulu rassa from Kolam play, Sinhalese
  • Painted wooden mask, polychrome, with coiled Cobra disc ear-pieces and Cobra headress representing beaked gurulu rassa from Kolam play, Sinhalese
  • A half-naked youth offers food to a snake coiled round a tree trunk. Engraving by C.-C. Bervic after J.-F.-L. Mérimée, 1798.