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  • A man represented as a mop; a woman as a broom. Coloured etching after J. Gearing, 1801.
  • Printing: a three-quarter view of a Bacon & Donkins press, with a detail of the eccentric gearing. Coloured engraving by W. Lowry after J. Farey, 1819.
  • Printing: a three-quarter view of a press made by Bacon & Donkins, with a detail of the eccentric gearing. Engraving by W. Lowry after J. Farey, 1819.
  • Saltare from the North East of England. Built for the manufacture of Alpaca and Mohair. Opened by Titus Salt in 1853. Planned with admirable arrangement for ensuring the health and comfort of the workpeople, and preventing accidents from the shafting and gearing.
  • Engineering: two intermeshed crown gears. Coloured drawing, 1845.
  • Mechanics: forces, gears, axles and dynamics, pulleys. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Mechanics: diagrams of levers, forces, gears, and weights. Engraving by Fletcher.
  • Engineering: lifting gear with block and tackle. Engraving by T. Bradley.
  • A dead victim of cholera at Sunderland in 1832. Coloured lithograph attributed to J.W. Gear.
  • A dead victim of cholera at Sunderland in 1832. Coloured lithograph attributed to J.W. Gear.