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  • Manufacture of iron netting and implements used. Etching after L.J. Goussier.
  • A printer's workshop: on the left a printing press, on the right and centre workmen engaged in various tasks, the scene numbered for a key. Engraving after L.J. Goussier.
  • Clocks: jigs for spring-coiling (top), and cog-placing (below). Engraving by Lachaussé after L.J. Goussier.
  • The manufacture and use of carton-pierre and papier-mache: floral and heraldic decorative panels, the whole lettered and numbered for a key. Engraving by Le Canu after L.J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: a balance (top), distillation (centre), and casting (below). Engraving by le Canu [after L.J. Goussier ?].
  • Fishing: rod and line fishing in runnng waters. Etching, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A device for drying gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Power-driven metallic crushing devices used in the processing of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A rolling-mill used in the production of lead sheet. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools and a snake (above). Engraving after L.J. Goussier.
  • Instruments used in the processing of gunpowder. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Surgery: instruments for the amputation of limbs, including chisels and needles. Engraving with etching by B.L. Prevost after Louis-Jacques Goussier.
  • Clocks: a chronometer, face (top) and mechanism (below). Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: a trap for fish in the Seine, below the Pont Notre Dame in Paris; three-quarter view (top), and elevation (below) Engraving, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Furnace used in the processing of arsenic. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Machinery used in the production of lead sheet: vertical and horizontal elevations. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Mining equipment. Etching by R. Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A printing press: seen from the side. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: people smoking herrings and sardines; pots and nets for trapping them. Etching, ca.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Fisher-folk and their methods of working close to the shore. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: silk weaving, layout of the loom chains. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Printing. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Elevation and cross-section of Normandie salt works and used instruments. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: details of the equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Fishing: structures designed to trap fish brought in by the tides. Etching, c.1762, by R. Benard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Printing. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A printing press, for copper plates, with many details. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.