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  • Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.
  • Pin Head, artwork of the brain
  • Sections of a furnace used in the processing of brass. Engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey.
  • Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Iron: rolling machine (top), and elevation and cross-section of two blast furnaces (below). Engraving c.1861.
  • A rolling-mill used in the production of lead sheet. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A selection of tools and work-benches used in silver manufacture. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Machinery used in the production of lead sheet: vertical and horizontal elevations. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Gold nanoparticles, when coated with a cancer antibody, are effective at binding to tumour cells and can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. When bound to the gold, the cancer cells scatter light, making it very easy to identify the noncancerous cells from the malignant ones.
  • Machinery: a lever-operated forge hammer and anvil, in plan and three-quarter view. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • Processing of mercury. Etching.
  • Equipment invented by Ramshaw for heating copper plates. Engraving by A.W. Warren after W. Newton.
  • A Vernier-like device for measuring the relative expansion of different metals when heat is applied. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • Manufacture of tin products with various tools of the trade. Etching by Defehrt after Prevost.
  • A bronze foundry for equestrian statues with a furnace being worked by assistants; fragments of cannon lying in the foreground. Engraving by R. Bénard.
  • Metals: interior view of a brass foundry, and manufacture of brass products. Etching.
  • Refining of ore and silversmithing. Engraving by B. Cole after S. Marini.
  • Components of a rolling mill for lead. Etching by R. Bénard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • Steel saws, scythes, and other edged implements in steel. Engraving by W.H. Lizars.
  • Side elevation (top) and plan (bottom) of a wire mill: both lettered for a key. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1820, after Farey the younger.
  • Metallurgy: casting a bell for the clock of the New Palace of Westminster. Wood engraving, 1856.
  • Process of producing lead sheet, and the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Implements invented by Ramshaw for heating copper plates. Engraving by A. W. Warren after W. Newton.
  • Toxicologische tafel : bevattende de vergiften welke van de metalen voortkomen, alsmede derzelver kenmerkende eigenschappen en herkenningsmiddelen : naauwkeurig door proefnemingen onderzocht, en vermeerderd /door J. Lastdrager, apotheker.
  • Processing of iron. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Machinery: metal plating presses. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. Farey.
  • Manufacture of silver products. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Machines: a steel processing furnace at Paris. Engraving, c.1861.
  • A clockwork (?) machine for engraving metal plates devised by Alexis-Marie Rochon. Engraving by D. Lizars.
  • CROKER: Dictionary of Arts and Sciences