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  • A factory for earthenware, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of clay products. Lithograph by P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont.
  • W. & R. Jacob & Co. Limited : biscuit & cake manufacturers.
  • A man and woman, semi-nude but bedecked with jewellery, accompanied by Death, are kneeling on a representation of the poor: in the background are factories with smoking chimneys. Lithograph after H. Schwaiger, ca. 1900.
  • A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • A silk dyeing factory with smoking chimneys; advertising John Pullar & Son, silk dyer and scourer at Perth, Scotland. Engraving by W.H. Lizars.
  • A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • Glass: three views inside a plate glass factory. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • The physical and moral condition of the children and young persons employed in mines and manufactures / Illustrated by extracts from the Reports of the Commissioners. For inquiring into the employment of children and young persons in mines and collieries, and in the trades and manufactures.
  • Pottery: a large workshop with drying racks for porcelain articles. Engraving by Deferht after Lucotte.
  • Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, London: the factory buildings seen from above. Lithograph by G. Clausen, 1917.
  • Crimean War, England: women manufacturing lint for the army. Wood engraving by W. Sheeres, 1855.
  • Glass: three views inside a plate glass factory. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Pottery: various shallow pits outside a factory, with workmen standing by. Engraving by Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • Glass: the British plate glass factory, St Helens, Lancashire. Coloured lithograph.
  • A factory for earthenware, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of clay products. Lithograph by P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont.
  • A busy stacking room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • A busy examining hall in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • The original genuine Horlick's Malted Milk : the original "food drink" : Racine, Wis., U.S.A. : the largest plant of its kind in the world.
  • Glass: men at work inside a plate glass factory. Engraving, possibly by C. Grignion [?], 1747.
  • Six scenes from a Tamil village and neigbouring tea plantation. Coloured pen and ink drawing by J.P. Gulich, c. 1889.
  • H.J. Heinz Comapny : main plant and general offices: Pittsburgh, U.S.A. / Heinz.
  • Textiles: a belt-driven cutting machine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811.
  • The original genuine Horlick's Malted Milk : the original "food drink" : Racine, Wis., U.S.A. : the largest plant of its kind in the world.
  • Mirrors: a tinted mirror-factory (above), and a work table for silvering glass (below). Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.
  • Fry's great name competition / J.S. Fry & Sons Ltd.
  • Engineering: the Amalgamated Makers' Friendly Society. Engraving by H. Wilkinson after J. Northwood.
  • A busy drying room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • Glass: the interior of a glass factory, with people at work. Coloured lithograph by P. Bineteau, 1848.
  • Textiles: a roving machine for cotton manufacture. Engraving, c. 1858.
  • H.J. Heinz Comapny : main plant and general offices: Pittsburgh, U.S.A. / Heinz.