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  • A puff ball (Lycoperdon species). Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.
  • A fungus (Coprinus micaceus): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.
  • A fungus (Agaricus laevis): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • Shaggy parasol mushrooms (Lepiota rhacodes): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • A fungus (Coprinus atramentarius): five fruiting bodies in grass. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • Plums and custard fungus (Tricholomopsis rutilans): five fruiting bodies. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • A fungus (Russula queletii?): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1893.
  • Wheeler Dental Engine. Fig. 88, page 220, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • An unidentified fungus: one fruiting body on wood, both life sized and enlarged. Watercolour by E. Wheeler, 1888.
  • Edison Wheel Appliance. Fig. 183, page 466,'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Four wolves in a gorge in the forest with a pit-trap: one wolf is about to fall into the pit while the other three are watching the bait, a sheep, deposited on a wheel above the trap. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
  • Mercurial Air-holder and Breathing Machine. Plate at the begining of Research 1: Concerning the Analysis of Nitric Acid and Nitrous Gas and the Profuction if Nitrous Oxide. Fig 1 Represent a section of the machine, which consists of a strong glass cylinder (A), cemented to one of the same kind (B), fitted to the solid block (C), into which the glass tube (D) is cemented for conveying air into the moveable receiver (E). The brass axis (Fig 2, F) having a double bearing at (a, a) is terminated at one end by the wheel (G), the circumference of which equal to the depth of the receiver, so that it mat be drawn to the surface of the mercury by the cord (b) in one revolution; to the other end is fitted the wheel (H) front view seen in Fig 3...
  • An orchid hybrid (Brassavola x Cattleya "Edwin Wheeler"): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1908.
  • Engineering: an axle and some tools. Engraving by E. Kennion after C. Varley.
  • A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.
  • A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the Ferris wheel and the lagoon. Photograph, 1904.
  • A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Woodcut by A. Andreani after G. Fortuna, ca. 1588.
  • A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
  • A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
  • A shaving machine powered by steam. Coloured etching by R. Seymour.
  • James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.