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  • A woman sits spinning at a spinning wheel. Wood engraving.
  • Cotton spinning couple. Watercolour drawing.
  • Silk-spinning organs of a spider
  • Textiles: a silk-spinning frame. Engraving.
  • An optical spinning toy. Coloured lithograph.
  • Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.
  • Textiles: carding and spinning of cotton. Engraving.
  • Textiles: sorting and spinning of cotton. Engraving.
  • Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.
  • A lesson in spinning string, Central Australia.
  • Textiles: a cotton spinning wheel. Engraving by Eastgate.
  • Sarawak: a girl spinning cotton into thread. Photograph.
  • Textiles: a spinning jenny. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811.
  • Textiles: an automatic "mule" cotton spinning machine, plan. Engraving.
  • Textiles: silk manufacture in China, spinning the threads. Engraving.
  • Textiles: an automatic "mule" cotton spinning machine, side elevation. Engraving.
  • Textiles: silk-spinning equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry after Farey.
  • A Chinese man spinning plates on his index fingers. Watercolour.
  • The spinning mill where David Livingstone worked, Blantyre, Scotland. Coloured lithograph.
  • A man spinning string helped by a small boy. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).
  • Textiles: a spinning wheel and a stocking machine. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Two men spinning thread using a spindle. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • Textiles: spinning machines and parts of a cotton plant. Engraving by D.Lizars.
  • Textiles: equipment for spinning silk. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Textiles: a spinning machine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. D. Herbert.
  • Textiles: tapestry weaving, spinning machine and details. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • A steam-powered spinning disc known as the aeolipile, or Hero's engine. Gouache.
  • Textiles: an automatic spinning machine for cotton. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.
  • Textiles: a cotton spinning wheel, a stove, and two insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Textiles: equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.