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  • A bearded old man and a young woman representing Philosophy and Art respectively: he points to a book about mechanics and science, while she points to a painting of the Nativity of Christ. Engraving by W. Ridgway after D. Huntington.
  • Age: 23, Occupation: barman ... Age: 25, Occupation: mechanic ... : So, now what are your assumptions? / GMFA.
  • Age: 23, Occupation: barman ... Age: 25, Occupation: mechanic ... : So, now what are your assumptions? / GMFA.
  • Mechanical heart
  • A man is handing out issues of the Mechanic's magazine to engineers, and Archimedes moving the Earth using a plank as a lever. Colour engraving, 1824.
  • Hydraulic mechanical toy, 1657.
  • Hydraulic mechanical toy, 1657.
  • A mechanical-break appliance.
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures.
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures
  • Mechanical treatment for fractures
  • Compound Microscope signed "Johannes de Guevave". Obtained in Naples. With mechanical stage and other interesting mechanical features.
  • Textiles: a mechanical carding device. Engraving.
  • Clocks: the chiming mechanism (top), and the main mechanism (below) of a clock proposed for the Royal Exchange. Wood engraving.
  • Appliances from 'Mechanical Substitute for The Arms',
  • Appliances from 'Mechanical Substitute for The Arms',
  • Appliances from 'Mechanical Substitute for The Arms',
  • Appliancesrom from 'Mechanical Substitute for The Arms',
  • Appliancesrom from 'Mechanical Substitute for The Arms',
  • Appliancesrom from 'Mechanical Substitute for The Arms',
  • J. Vaucanson "Account of mechanism...", 1742; title page
  • Clocks: details of clock mechanisms. Engraving c.1861.
  • Lampas: or, descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises. Together with some other physical and mechanical discoveries / Made by Robert Hooke.
  • The surgical, mechanical, and medical treatment of the teeth
  • Delore's method of mechanical traction with pullies and cords
  • Science: a trio of alarm mechanisms. Wood engraving, 1842.
  • New experiments physico-mechanical, touching the air / [Robert Boyle].
  • The mechanical factors of digestion / by Walter B. Cannon.
  • New experiments physico-mechanical, touching the air / [Robert Boyle].