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  • Couching instruments. Engraving by Thomas Jefferys.
  • Inventions: various items including fountains, a Greek-key fret, and a fourchee. Engraving by T. Jeffrys.
  • Above, surgical instruments used in lithotomy; below, logarythms. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.
  • The venous system: three figures, including an écorché figure and details of the veins. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • Above, surgical instruments and apparatus to cure a fractured humerus; below, Huso, the Isinglass fish. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Engineering: four kinds of crane. Engraving.
  • The large waterwheel at the waterworks on London Bridge. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • A surgeon and two assistants manipulating a dislocated shoulder joint back into the correct position. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Conduit pipes and a machine for boring pipes. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • A Vernier-like device for measuring the relative expansion of different metals when heat is applied. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Above, a speculum; below, spheres. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Ventilators. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Inventions: cross-sections and elevations of various pumps. Engraving by T. Jeffrys.
  • An écorché figure, front view, with right arm raised, and three figures showing details of muscles. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • Above, the shell of a purpura; below, three sea shells and three diagrams of pyramids. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Inventions: various types of pistons and plasters. Engraving by T. Jeffrys.
  • Nine diagrams of babies in the womb and two illustrations of obstetrical instruments. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Textiles: two types of hand loom, and details of the shuttle. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • An écorché figure, back view, with left arm extended, and three figures showing details of the muscles. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • The liver of a foetus: two figures, showing a dissected liver, its blood-vessels, and the gall-bladder. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • Textiles: a spinning wheel and a stocking machine. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Clocks: sundials and other helio-observational equipment. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • The nervous system: two figures showing the brain, spine and nerves, and and an écorché figure with the nervous system indicated. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • Inventions: various items including a fountain-pen, a pendulum, and a pantograph. Engraving by T. Jeffrys.
  • Inventions: various items including a fountain-pen, a pendulum, and a pantograph. Engraving by T. Jeffrys.
  • Surgical instruments: tourniquets. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Textiles: a loom for ribbon-weaving, with a weaver working. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • The heart: four figures. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • Surgical instruments: trusses. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.
  • Surgical instruments: syringes. Engraving with etching by T. Jefferys.