Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.

A monkey, dressed in human clothing and holding up a medicinal remedy: representing quacks or itinerant medicine vendors. Lithograph by W. Nichol after J. Watteau.

An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.

A portable oven, and a machine for making the tips of hats. Engraving by J. Taylor after C. Varley.

Samuel More. Engraving by W. Sharp, 1798, after Benjamin West.

Microscope drawings of plant anatomy with cells and tissues of stonewort (Chara and Nitella species). Lithograph after C. Varley, c.1834.

A village ale-house, in which the landlord is offering a watch as the prize in a raffle. Engraving by G. Greatbach after E. Bird.

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Letter to Lord Meadowbank, and the committee of the ... Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Arts and Manufactures, on the best means of ameliorating the arts and manufactures of Scotland in point of taste / [William Dyce].

An introductory lecture on pictorial anatomy, delivered to the students of the School of Design of the Honourable the Commissioners of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Scottish Manufactures, and published at the request of the Honourable Board / by James Miller.

A general view of the history of Switzerland; with a particular account of the origin and accomplishment of the late Swiss revolution. By John Wood, Master of the Academy established at Edinburgh by the honourable the Board of Trustees for the improvement of Arts in Scotland.

An essay on the comparative advantages of vertical and horizontal wind-mills: containing A description of an horizontal Wind-Mill and Water-Mill, upon a new construction; and explaining the manner of applying the same principle to pumps, sluices, methods for moving boats or vessels, &c. &c. With Plates. By Robert Beatson, Esq. F.R.S.E. Honorary Member of the Board of Agriculture, Member of the Society of London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and of the Royal Highland Society of Scotland, and late of his Majesty's Corps of Royal Engineers.

A tour through most of the trading towns and villages of Scotland; containing notes and observations concerning the trade, manufactures, improvements, &c. of these towns and villages. By David Loch. By order of the Honourable Board of Trustees for fisheries, manufactures and improvements in Scotland.

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Letter to Lord Meadowbank, and the committee of the ... Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Arts and Manufactures, on the best means of ameliorating the arts and manufactures of Scotland in point of taste / [William Dyce].

An introductory lecture on pictorial anatomy, delivered to the students of the School of Design of the Honourable the Commissioners of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Scottish Manufactures, and published at the request of the Honourable Board / by James Miller.

A general view of the history of Switzerland; with a particular account of the origin and accomplishment of the late Swiss revolution. By John Wood, Master of the Academy established at Edinburgh by the honourable the Board of Trustees for the improvement of Arts in Scotland.

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Letter to Lord Meadowbank, and the committee of the ... Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Arts and Manufactures, on the best means of ameliorating the arts and manufactures of Scotland in point of taste / [William Dyce].

An introductory lecture on pictorial anatomy, delivered to the students of the School of Design of the Honourable the Commissioners of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Scottish Manufactures, and published at the request of the Honourable Board / by James Miller.

A general view of the history of Switzerland; with a particular account of the origin and accomplishment of the late Swiss revolution. By John Wood, Master of the Academy established at Edinburgh by the honourable the Board of Trustees for the improvement of Arts in Scotland.