Agriculture: rice paddies in China, soaking the rice in an irrigation ditch. Engraving by J. June after A. Heckel.

  • Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770.
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[1770?]
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496601i
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Agriculture: rice paddies in China, soaking the rice in an irrigation ditch. Engraving by J. June after A. Heckel. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : [Carington Bowles, [and] John Bowles, & Robt. Sayer], [1770?]

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1 print : engraving ; image 19.3 x 25 cm, platemark 21.2 x 25.9 cm

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The method of soaking the rice to make it ponderous, that it may sink to the bottom of the water when sowed. AH delin. Bears number: 2

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Wellcome Collection 496601i

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