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A balance, seen inside and outside its case (?): radiograph. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, ca. 1896.
Glyn, Gervas Powell, 1862-1921.Date: [1896?]Reference: 44788iPart of: Glyn, Gervas Powell, 1862-1921- Pictures
A merchant (?) holding a balance. Drawing.
Reference: 47360i- Pictures
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A young Inca man kicking a balance in which the Spanish conquistadors are weighing gold. Etching by A.C.F. Villerey after N. Vallain.
Vallain, Nanine, active 1787-1810.Date: [between 1790 and 1799?]Reference: 677843i- Pictures
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A woman with a sword and a balance; representing justice. Etching, 16--.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 26636iPart of: The foure cardinall vertues- Pictures
Jansenism is weighed in a balance against Roman Catholicism. Etching attributed to Carel Allard, 1705.
Date: [1705]Reference: 2141442iPart of: Lust-hof van Momus.- Pictures
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Chemistry: a balance (top), distillation (centre), and casting (below). Engraving by le Canu [after L.J. Goussier ?].
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 47849i- Pictures
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Men in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a device for removing rubbish, which they balance on their heads. Photograph, c. 1911.
Date: [s.n.]Reference: 29633i- Pictures
A gymnasium in which one boy walks along a balance beam while another boy stands on his hands. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1957.
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: 31st May '57 [31 May 1957]Reference: 2969757iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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One man dressed in soldier's uniform hangs on one side of the balance while a greater number in common dress hang on the other side. Coloured etching.
Date: March 3d. 1802Reference: 31610i- Pictures
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A man checks the weight of a crate of tea, which has been placed on a large balance. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 572209iPart of: Tea (Camellia sinensis) cultivation and production.- Pictures
A girl's face in the form of a balance of sleep and health; representing the requirement for children to have eight hours sleep. Colour lithograph by Fred Giesbert after A. Huet.
Huet, A.Date: [1953?]Reference: 537100i- Pictures
A yellow ground on which are shown four people in different postures; a balance; a green snake; a blindfolded head; and a woman on a shore. Watercolour by N. Goullet, 1954.
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957.Date: 28th Dec. '54 [28 December 1954]Reference: 2969254iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Admiral Byng and a group of men in discussion around a table with Henry Fox as a fox who holds a balance with numerous names in one paw and a weight in the other. Engraving, 1756.
Date: [26 July 1756]Reference: 579974i- Pictures
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Above, portrait of Daniel Sennert in a roundel; centre, a man representing Experience holds the staff of Aesculapius and a lily, while a woman representing Reason holds a balance and a torch; below, Hippocrates and Hermes shake hands, representing the union of herbal and chemical medicine. Engraving by M. Merian, ca. 1631.
Date: [1631]Reference: 567448i- Pictures
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Clocks: various springs, escapements, and correction mechanisms. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1809.
Date: 20 November 1809Reference: 40889i- Pictures
Clocks: a device for balancing cogs. Engraving by Prevost after Bourgeois.
Bourgeois.Reference: 40869i- Pictures
Clocks: a device for balancing cogs. Engraving by Prevost after Bourgeois.
Bourgeois.Reference: 40871i- Pictures
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A man in Turkish dress weighing rhubarb for sale. Gouache.
Reference: 47307i- Pictures
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An itinerant salesman selling pickled cucumbers from a large plate he balances on his head. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 31 December 1815Reference: 43988i- Pictures
An adult elephant with human limbs balances a similar baby elephant on its foot and holds it by the hand. Photolithograph (?).
Blake, William, 1757-1827.Reference: 3010817i- Pictures
Clocks: spring driven clock mechanism. Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.
Reference: 40730i- Pictures
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Clocks: a repeater clock mechanism, exploded view. Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.
Reference: 40736i- Pictures
A father and a son fishing at the end of the pier, representing a healthy construction worker able to spend quality time with his family through avoidance of accidents. Colour lithograph by the Berufsgenossenschaften der Bauwirtschaft, ca. 2000.
Berufsgenossenschaften der Bauwirtschaft.Date: [2000?]Reference: 755245i- Pictures
Clocks: a pocket chronometer, details of the mechanism. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40776i- Pictures
Clocks: spring driven [?] repeater clock mechanism (below), details of gears (above). Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.
Reference: 40734i