The interior of a room with steam and cold water pipes at a military hospital in St. Petersburg. Lithograph.

An old man smokes a long-stemmed pipe, others water-pipes, in a Turkish coffee house. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, 1824.

Sadler's Wells and other places of resort beside the New River: two workmen digging a trench for water-pipes in the foreground. Etching by J. Swaine after himself, 1795.

Nepal; Sherpa children at a water pipe, 1986

Men attempt to quell the flames of the House of Commons with water piped from fire engines and a rocket attached to a man's back inscribed 'war'. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

Shui Kow, River Min, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

Two workmen unearthing large wooden pipes dating from 1676, excavated at Marylebone Road, London. Photograph, 1937.

A tap running water; representing the benefits of mains water supply in France. Colour lithograph after A. Brunyer, 193- (?).

A factory for earthenware, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of clay products. Lithograph by P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont.

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Patent artificial slate manufactory, Woodford Bridge, Essex, for covering roofs, fronts of houses, and ricks; also water pipes and gutters.

Researches into the properties of spring water with medical cautions (illustrated by cases) against the use of lead in the construction of pumps, water-pipes, cisterns, etc / [William Lambe].

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The interior of a room with steam and cold water pipes at a military hospital in St. Petersburg. Lithograph.

An old man smokes a long-stemmed pipe, others water-pipes, in a Turkish coffee house. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, 1824.

Patent artificial slate manufactory, Woodford Bridge, Essex, for covering roofs, fronts of houses, and ricks; also water pipes and gutters.

Sadler's Wells and other places of resort beside the New River: two workmen digging a trench for water-pipes in the foreground. Etching by J. Swaine after himself, 1795.

Researches into the properties of spring water with medical cautions (illustrated by cases) against the use of lead in the construction of pumps, water-pipes, cisterns, etc / [William Lambe].

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Stories

Finding out where my lithium comes from

A dispatch from the frontiers of man and machine

What Black women do when the NHS fails them

Images

Catalogue

The interior of a room with steam and cold water pipes at a military hospital in St. Petersburg. Lithograph.

An old man smokes a long-stemmed pipe, others water-pipes, in a Turkish coffee house. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, 1824.

Patent artificial slate manufactory, Woodford Bridge, Essex, for covering roofs, fronts of houses, and ricks; also water pipes and gutters.

Sadler's Wells and other places of resort beside the New River: two workmen digging a trench for water-pipes in the foreground. Etching by J. Swaine after himself, 1795.

Researches into the properties of spring water with medical cautions (illustrated by cases) against the use of lead in the construction of pumps, water-pipes, cisterns, etc / [William Lambe].