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  • A water-mill, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of mill machinery. Colour lithograph by C. Bethmont.
  • Methods of irrigation practised in India: use of bullocks to raise water from a well. Wood engraving by A.H., 1874.
  • Kayo, an artist stating that only water-based lubricants are safe to use to prevent AIDS; an advertisement by Folkhälsoinstitutet. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A boy washing his face beneath a leaky tin hanging from a tree: saving and use of water in Kenya. Colour lithograph by AMREF, ca. 2000.
  • Cana of Galilee, Israel: an ancient water fountain in use. Engraving by V. Pillement, J.L.C. Pauquet and F.N.B. Dequevauviller after L.F. Cassas.
  • A regiment of clyster-wielding apothecaries orchestrated by General George Mouton de Lobau; representing his use of water-cannons in quelling riots. Lithograph by J.C., 1831.
  • General Georges Mouton sits perched on an enormous clyster; representing his use of a prototype water-cannon in quelling an uprising. Lithograph after A. Desperret after Charles Philipon, c. 1831.
  • Chloroplasts are found in the cells of plants that conduct photosynthesis. They absorb sunlight and use it along with water and carbon dioxide gas (CO2) to produce food for the plant.
  • A dissertation on the use of sea-water in the diseases of the glands. Particularly the scurvy, jaudice, king's-evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption / Translated from the Latin ... by an eminent physician.
  • A hybrid of a cannon and a clyster is attended by General Georges Mouton and Gabriel Delessert, the chief of police; representing their use of the water-cannon to dispel an uprising. Coloured lithograph.
  • Rosmarinus officinalis L. Lamiaceae Rosemary. Woody perennial. Distribution: Mediterranean. Quincy (1718) commended the flowers for epilepsy, apoplexy, palsies, uterine obstruction, jaundice, gout, and syringed into the ear with warm water for dislodging wax. It is licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Leaflet advertising Bromo paper toilet tissue manufactured by Diamond Mills Paper Company of 44 Murray Street, New York, probably about 1878 or early 1880s. The paper contained the "disinfectants and curatives" Bromo chloralum and carbolic acid "as to render its use not only a positive preventive of that most distressing and almost universal complaint, the Piles, but also a thorough deodorizer and disinfectant of the water closet." The paper had a watermark "Bromo" in every sheet.
  • A Dragor water pump for raising water from a well, and uses of abundant clean water; advertising Dragor water pumps. Colour lithograph by P. Igert, 1935.
  • Warm water used as defrosting agent.
  • Apothecary bottle used for scury-grass water.
  • Apothecary bottle used for scurvy-grass water.
  • We all look for it, we'd all like to have it : in life and in the lab, we could all use an edge / Waters Corporation.
  • We all look for it, we'd all like to have it : in life and in the lab, we could all use an edge / Waters Corporation.
  • We all look for it, we'd all like to have it : in life and in the lab, we could all use an edge / Waters Corporation.
  • We all look for it, we'd all like to have it : in life and in the lab, we could all use an edge / Waters Corporation.
  • We all look for it, we'd all like to have it : in life and in the lab, we could all use an edge / Waters Corporation.
  • We all look for it, we'd all like to have it : in life and in the lab, we could all use an edge / Waters Corporation.
  • Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.
  • Engineering: a Cornish steam engine used for pumping water in London.
  • A Persian water-wheel used in raising water from the Nile. Lithograph by L. Haghe, 1847, after D. Roberts.
  • Mechanics: mills using water-power in various ways. Coloured engraving, 1816, by J. Pass.
  • Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a rocky overhang with a water fall looks out over the water towards a a mountainous area. Lithograph.
  • [Card certifying proficiency in life saving and water safety (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1939 - used in 1942)].
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk spinning. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • [Card certifying proficiency in life saving and water safety (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1939 - used in 1942)].