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  • The British Museum: the interior of the reading room, in use. Wood engraving by G. F. Sargent.
  • The British Museum: the reading room, with many readers. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd.
  • The British Museum: the reading room under construction. Wood engraving by J. Brown after C. W. Sheeres, 1855.
  • The British Museum: the Additional Library, in the north wing of the museum, looking from west to east towards the reading rooms. Engraving by Radclyffe after L. Jewitt.
  • The British Museum: the interior of the reading room, in use. Wood engraving by [I.C.] after C. Gregory, 1874.
  • Model of hydraulic machinery with a water-wheel, Deutsches Museum, Munich. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • Stone wellhead, possibly Italian, with a bucket, winch and metal framework attached, dating from the fourteenth or fifteenth century (?), shown on display in the Deutsches Museum, Munich. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • Roman aqueducts in Via Latina, to the southeast of Rome: view of the crossing of two aqueducts during ancient Roman times, with the city of Rome seen in the distance. Photograph, ca. 1936, of a painting by M. Zeno Diemer, ca. 1910/1935.
  • Demonstration model of equipment used for boring into the earth to extract water (?): the groundwater level is indicated with small labels. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • Model of the pump room at the Kissingen Baths, Germany: men and women are shown drinking the waters, while beneath them the mechanics of the water supply is shown in cross-section. Photograph, 1936.
  • A water meter introduced by William Siemens and Joseph Adamson, 1851-1867. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • Waterpumping machine, manufactured by Kleff & Co., Nuremburg. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War medicine wagon produced by T. Morris Perot and Company. Photograph, 1876.
  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War medicine wagon produced by T. Morris Perot and Company: side view. Photograph, 1876.
  • A model of an underground water supply system in Munich, shown in cross-section. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • A balneotherapy establishment of the 1930s: cross-section of the complex, including baths, treatment and therapy rooms and showing the mechanics of the water system. Photograph, 1936.
  • Model of the steam baths of the Roman emperor Diocletian, 295 A.D.: men are shown relaxing and receiving massages. Photograph, 1936.
  • Patrick Manson experimenting with filaria sanguinis-hominis in Amoy (Xiamen), China. Oil painting by E. Board, ca. 1912.
  • The healing baths at Wiesbaden: views of the baths, drinking areas and various therapeutic treatments, including saunas, massages and inhalation therapies. Photograph, 1936, of a painting, 1932.
  • Model of the baths and galleries of the Roman emperor Diocletian, 295 A.D.. Photograph, 1936.
  • M0006965: An alchemist reading in a laboratory
  • M0006965: An alchemist reading in a laboratory
  • M0006965: An alchemist reading in a laboratory
  • M0006965: An alchemist reading in a laboratory
  • A man absurdly well-prepared for the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the overabundance of questionable remedies and protections against cholera. Etching, c. 1832.
  • A family tree of the provinces and colleges of the Jesuit order, with horological markings to show the time in each location relative to noon in Rome. Engraving after A. Kircher, 1646.
  • Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, celebrating the anniversary of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1836.
  • A surgical operation. Oil painting by Reginald Brill, 1934-1935.
  • A surgical operation. Oil painting by Reginald Brill, 1934-1935.
  • A surgical operation. Oil painting by Reginald Brill, 1934-1935.