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  • Steam powered machinery in Po-wu hsin-pien: Part 1: ch'u-chi (textbook on natural sciences)
  • Machinery: a steam-driven sugar mill. Engraving, 1861.
  • Steam cooking : cooking a complete meal on one gas ring or electric hotplate / Stork Margarine Cookery Service.
  • Steam cooking : cooking a complete meal on one gas ring or electric hotplate / Stork Margarine Cookery Service.
  • Engineering: a multi-cylinder steam engine. Engraving c.1861.
  • A steam valve for an engine. Engraving by Mutlow.
  • A portable steam engine. Engraving by C. Livesey, 1805.
  • Machinery: a steam-driven water mill. Coloured drawing, 1854.
  • Engineering: a large double-chamber steam engine. Coloured drawing.
  • Balneology: Roman bath house; hot and cold steam baths
  • Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.
  • Milling: three industrial, steam-driven, milling machines. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Farming: a patented steam-driven threshing machine. Wood engraving, 1862.
  • Engineering: a steam engine, on board a ship. Engraving c.1861.
  • Machines: a steam-driven crane at Woolwich Arsenal. Engraving, c.1858.
  • Machinery: a double-action steam hammer. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.
  • Engineering: a Cornish steam engine used for pumping water in London.
  • A shaving machine powered by steam. Coloured etching by R. Seymour.
  • Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).
  • Machinery: a steam-driven sugar mill. Coloured drawing, 1823 or 1855.
  • Hydraulics: a geyser, underground springs, and a steam-engine. Engraving, 1747.
  • A coachman with a whip and a woman with a kettle: the man mistrusts anything using steam (implying steam trains). Pencil and ink wash by S. Jenner, ca. 1830.
  • Machines: a steam-driven crane, side and rear elevation. Engraving, c.1861.
  • Machinery: a steam-driven sugar mill. Engraving by J. S. Virtue, 1862.
  • Engineering: a large double-chamber steam engine, with a flywheel. Coloured drawing.
  • Engineering: a large double-chamber steam engine, with a flywheel. Coloured drawing.
  • Engineering: a large double-chamber steam engine, with a flywheel. Coloured drawing.
  • Ship-building: plan and side elevation of a paddle-steamer (top), and the steam engine (below). Engraving.
  • Ship-building: elevations and long section of a ship-board steam engine. Engraving.
  • David Livingstone's steam boat on which he explored the River Zambezi. Wood engraving.