A short but concise account of Elisa & Mary Chulkhurst, who were born joined together by the hips and shoulders, in the year of our Lord, 1100, at Biddenden, in the county of Kent : commonly called the Biddenden Maids.

Engineering: a portable steam engine (front elevation), and a hay-making machine (side elevation and plan). Lithograph by Martin and Hood, 1852, after W. J. Lindsey.

Engineering: a portable (wheeled) steam engine. Lithograph by Martin and Hood, 1852, after W. J. Lindsey.

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