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  • Coinage: elevation of a coin press. Engraving by J. W. Lowry after E. S. Gibson.
  • Electricity: seventeen figures showing apparatus related to galvanism, electro-magnetism, magneto-electricity and thermo-electricity. Engraving by J.W. Lowry, 1825/1840?.
  • Textiles: a version of Crompton's mule. Engraving by J. W. Lowry, 1834, after T. Allom.
  • Ten insects, including the earwig, cockroach, grasshopper, praying mantis, cricket and mole cricket. Coloured engraving by J. W. Lowry after C. Bone.
  • Machinery: a double-action steam hammer. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.
  • Machinery: a pile driver, a fire engine, and a steam engine. Engraving by J. W. Lowry after P. Barlow.
  • Meteorology: types of cloud formations, and a waterspout (bottom). Engraving by J.W. Lowry.
  • A tiger hunt in a tropical forest with the hunting party riding animals. Etching by J. W. Lowry after W. Daniell.
  • Clocks: various types of clock mechanism. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.
  • The edible frog with tadpole, tree frog with tadpole and horned frog. Coloured engraving by J. W. Lowry after C. Bone.
  • Textiles: a belt-driven loom. Engraving by J. W. Lowry, 1834, after T. Allom.
  • Textiles: a belt-driven version of Crompton's mule inside an iron-framed spinning shed, workers setting machines and clearing cotton waste, etc. Engraving by J. W. Lowry, 1834, after T. Allom.
  • Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.