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  • Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.
  • 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.
  • Machinery: a lever-operated forge hammer and anvil, in plan and three-quarter view. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • Processing of mercury. Etching.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • 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.
  • Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
  • Manufacture of silver products. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Machines: a steel processing furnace at Paris. Engraving, c.1861.