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  • A boy is accused of breaking a shop window while the real culprits hide behind a water pump. Engraving by H. Lemon after W.H.Knight.
  • Sion College, London Wall, London: the gatehouse, with a man about to operate a pump. Engraving.
  • Sir Hugh Myddelton, in an oval surround underneath which are surveying and mining tools, with a plan of the course of the New River. Line engraving by A. Walker, 1751, after C. Johnson, 1632.
  • Examples of hydrostatics: Aldersea's engine for raising water, London Bridge water works, a syringe, Tantalus's cup, and a cross-section of a wave. Engraving by W. Lowry.
  • Smyrna, Turkey: remains of the Roman aqueduct. Process print by E.N.A.
  • Water tank in St. Giles in the Fields, London. Wood engraving, 1858.
  • The Croton aqueduct, Harlem River Bridge, New York. Wood engraving.
  • Water tank, Srīperumbūdur, India. Coloured aquatint by C. Gold, 1799, after himself.
  • Island of Chios (Scio, Khio): a well in a garden. Etching by J. Dambrun after J.B. Hilair.
  • The Grassmarket with Heriot's Hospital in the background, Edinburgh, Scotland. Etching by G. Aikman, 1841, after Storer.
  • The large waterwheel at the waterworks on London Bridge. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
  • A model of an underground water supply system in Munich, shown in cross-section. Photograph, ca. 1936.
  • Sir Hugh Myddelton, portrayed holding a rolled plan of the New River. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1862, after J. Thomas.
  • St Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Line engraving by S. Sparrow, 1788.
  • New River waterworks, Stoke Newington. Wood engraving, 1856.
  • The stairs at York Buildings, the Strand; in the background are the tower of the waterworks and Westminster Bridge. Engraving by I. Taylor, c.1780.
  • Cana of Galilee, Israel: an ancient water fountain in use. Engraving by V. Pillement, J.L.C. Pauquet and F.N.B. Dequevauviller after L.F. Cassas.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Line engraving by G. Hawkins, 1795(?).
  • The water pump in Cornhill designed by Nathaniel Wright. Engraving by S. Rawle, 1800.
  • Conduit pipes and a machine for boring pipes. Etching by T. Jefferys.
  • A Dragor water pump for raising water from a well, and uses of abundant clean water; advertising Dragor water pumps. Colour lithograph by P. Igert, 1935.
  • India: a water bastion and breach. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
  • Water-wheel at London Bridge for supplying water from the Thames to the City of London. Engraving, 1749.
  • Water-tower and engine-house, Worthing, Sussex. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after Rawlinson.
  • Moses smiting the rock to supply water to his followers. Colour lithograph by L. Gruner after N. Consoni after Raphael.
  • Tobacco Bay, Bermuda: ships in the bay, and a source of fresh water for them on land. Aquatint by J. Wells after Porgay, 1803.
  • Allegory of the waters of Rome. Engraving by C. Fantetti, c. 1675.
  • A boy taking a glass of water from a tap fitted with a device to purify water with ozone; advertising the Otto procedure of water purification by electricity. Colour lithograph by Goldstein, 1930.
  • Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal: panoramic view over the Valley of Alcantra. Coloured line engraving by T. Bowles after R. Black.
  • Well of the Virgin, Jerusalem. Line engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.