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Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.
R., T., active 1878.Date: 10 February 1883Reference: 17940i- Pictures
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Benjamin Howard assisted by Sir E. Sieveking demonstrating artificial respiration on a supine figure at the Royal Humane Society. Wood engraving by T. Robinson, 1878, after C. Robinson.
Robinson, Charles, active 1878.Date: [6 April 1878]Reference: 17922i- Books
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The ship-builders assistant: or, some essays towards compleating the art of marine architecture: viz. I. A general introduction, wherein is consider'd the solid of least resistance, so far as relates to the formation of a ship's body, &c. II. Observations for regulating the price of timber, taken from the proportion of its different dimensions; with estimates of the value of oak timber, and several other materials relating to naval stores. III. Rules for building the hull of any sort of ships. To which is added the scantling or measuring of ship-timbers, and some directions about moulding them. IV. A new method for finding the tunnage of any ship. V. Rules for proportioning the rigging. To which is annexed, an explication of the principal terms used in this art. The whole illustrated with many schemes proper to each part, most of them from copper plates. By William Sutherland, shipwright and mariner.
Sutherland, William, active 1878.Date: 1711- Pictures
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A young bride in Naples accompanied by her family and children with flowers. Engraving by Frederick A. Heath after T. Uwins.
Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857.Date: 1847Reference: 28393i- Pictures
An Italian bandit offering a French gentleman the piebald one of three 'hottentot' (steatopygous) women; representing Louis Sambon and Raphael Blanchard at an international medical congress. Halftone after M.S. Orr, 1913.
Orr, Monro S.Date: 1913Reference: 15801i