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  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning, and examples of turned work. Engraving by Louvet after Gallet.
  • Architecture: the geometry of a curved staircase. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • A turner's workshop, the crank of a large lathe, the tools ranged around the walls. Engraving by R. Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Architecture: various types of roof truss. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Carpentry: an assortment of tools. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau after Gallet.
  • Carpentry: a lathe, with an assortment of tools and a snake (above). Engraving after L.J. Goussier.
  • Bridges: a double drawbridge for ships to pass through. Engraving.
  • Cabinet-making: decorative borders. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
  • Carpentry: an oblique pile-driving machine, floating by a river bank. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: a water-mill, used for pulling boats through a lock [?]. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Carpentry: the pontoon bridge at Rouen, plan. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • A nearly naked man chops wood and hammers nails into it. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Architecture: a dog-leg staircase and details. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Civil engineering: three types of wooden bridge. Engraving by R. Roffe, 1848.
  • Carpentry: a water-driven saw-mill, short section and plan of the water-wheel mechanism. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • Activities for November: a man cuts up wood with an axe, wedges and a mallet, while women gather and process flax. Engraving by W. Kilian after J.M. Kager.
  • Carpentry: a treadle-operated lathe, with an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by N. L. Rousseau [?] after Gallet [?].
  • Carpentry: a military bridge on pontoons, plan, section, and elevation. Engraving after Lucotte [?].
  • Carpentry: details of a military pontoon bridge. Engraving after Lucotte [?].
  • Implements used in woodwork. Etching by Defehrt.
  • Carpentry: an assortment of tools for turning. Wood engraving by Marichal.
  • Carpentry: the foundations for a bridge, laid on piles inside a caisson. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Cabinet-making: two chairs. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
  • Carpentry: various types of centring for arches. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • Cabinet-making: library bookcases surrounding a door. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.
  • Carpentry: a caisson for driving piles. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.
  • Engineering: a treadle-operated lathe, and an assortment of tools for turning. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1818.
  • Carpentry: a dredger. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.
  • A timber bending machine (below), various pincers, vices, and bits [?] (above). Engraving by J. Rapkin.
  • Cabinet-making: a table for card games. Engraving by E. Turrell after H. Whitaker, 1848.