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  • Enamelling: female enamellers making artificial pearls (top), equipment (below). Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • The techniques used for wood engraving, and a finished wood engraving. Engraving by Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • Diamond cutters: elevations of cutting machines with various components. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fan makers: interior view and sections of a fan. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Pottery: various shallow pits outside a factory, with workmen standing by. Engraving by Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • Surgery: instruments to perform a mastectomy. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: lateral section of the hypogastrum. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments, including a tourniquet. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: the examination of the perineum. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Carpentry: the pump on Notre Dame bridge, plan. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Carpentry: the pump on Notre Dame bridge, section. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: burning glasses, and various vessels for distillation. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Cork cutters: interior view and various cutting tools used in the manufacture of corks. Etching by Defehrt.
  • Clocks: plan of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].
  • Clocks: details of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • An abattoir: animals are being killed and the carcasses hung up from beams. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt.
  • Manufacture of bits for horses with various tools of the trade. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Manufacture of bits for horses with various tools of the trade. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fan makers: a woman painting fan leaves, and various painting materials. Etching by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Nervous system after Vieussens (fig. 1); brain and spinal cord after Eustachius (fig. 2) Engraving by Defehrt, 1762.
  • Clocks: side elevation of a dividing engine for setting out gearwheels. Engraving by Defehrt [after G. d'Heuland].
  • A seated male nude figure with right arm outstretched, seen from behind. Engraving by Defehrt after J.H. Fragonard.
  • Engraving tools, punches, files, an anvil etc., for cutting seals. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after J.N. Boucher.
  • Joinery: a joiner's yard, with men at work (top), various types of joint (below). Engraving by Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • A kneeling figure in a monk's habit, with hands clasped in prayer. Engraving by Defehrt after J.H. Fragonard.
  • The anatomy of the abdomen, showing the kidneys, the intestines, etc., after Haller. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt, 1762.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments including a catheter and lithotomy forceps. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments for the correction of dislocated limbs. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: surgical instruments, including a bandage for the tongue. Engraving with etching by A.J. Defehrt after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Type punches, tweezers etc. (top), with specimens of roman and italic fonts (below). Engraving by Aubin after himself, Defehrt dirext.