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Beyond the water towers : the unfinished revolution in mental health services 1985-2005 / edited by Andy Bell, Peter Lindley.
Date: 2005- Books
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Historical remarks and observations upon the ancient and present state of London and Westminster; Shewing The Foundation, Walls, Gates, Towers, Bridges, Churches, Rivers, Wards, Palaces, Halls, Companies, Inns of Court and Chancery, Hospitals, Schools, Government, Charters, Courts and Privileges thereof. With an Account of the most Remarkable Accidents, as to Wars, Fires, Plagues, and other Occurrences which have happened therein for above Nine Hundred Years past, till this Time. illustrated with pictures of the most considerable Passages, and the Arms of the Companies of London, with the time of their Incorporating. By R.B.
R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725.Date: 1703- Pictures
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A dilapidated building with an apse, a gable and a bell-tower. Etching, 1819.
Date: 1819Reference: 20064i- Pictures
Beams supporting a great bell. Lithograph by G.M. Stevens.
Stevens, Gustave-Max, 1871-1946.Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 31164i- Pictures
Beams and machinery supporting a great bell. Lithograph by G.M. Stevens.
Stevens, Gustave-Max, 1871-1946.Date: [between 1900 and 1999?]Reference: 31165i- Books
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Funeral reflections: or, Conscience the loudest Knell. A satyr. Occasioned by several complaints (in the public papers) from margate in the isle of thanet, of the too long and frequent tolling of the bells at deaths and burials.
Date: [1773]- Books
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La cloche de l'ame: or, conscience the loudest knell. A satyr. Occasioned by several late complaints from places of public resort, of the too long and frequent tolling of the bells at deaths and funerals. To which is added, vigiliana novissima: or, the reformed watchman.
Date: 1774- Pictures
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Metallurgy: casting a bell for the clock of the New Palace of Westminster. Wood engraving, 1856.
Date: [1856]Reference: 45407i- Pictures
A giraffe in the wild towering above an African man. Wood engraving by A Bell.
Reference: 39851i- Pictures
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Queens' College, Cambridge the gateway in 1837. Line engraving by J. Le Keux after J.A. Bell.
Bell, Jonathan Anderson, 1809-1865.Reference: 20680i- Pictures
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Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norfolk. Line engraving by E. Harding, 1801, after C. Tomkins.
Tomkins, Charles, 1750-1810.Date: 1 January 1801Reference: 18562i- Pictures
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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after B. Sly after C. Lanyon.
Sly, Benjamin, active 1841-1883.Reference: 16943i- Books
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An Historical catechism: containing ingenious answers to many notable questions of several wonderful matters in ancient history. As what is the opinion of all our historians about the apple old mother Eve tempted Adam with; why the devil should take the shape of a serpent; of the building of the tower of Babel 9 miles round by 5,00,000 men, who left off, confounded in their language; also, serious questions about Sodom and Gomorrah, Noah's ark, and Solomon's temple, informing us from scripture, what day that was that the like was never before nor never shall be; likewise, giveing an account of the destruction of Jerusalem, and the slaughter of 3 millions of Jews, and how the remainder were dispersed and scattered over the face of the whole earth; also, Josephus' and the Roman account of Our Saviour and the miracles wrought at his birth, particularly about the great Mogul and a divining ape.
Date: 1796- Pictures
A grey church bell-tower in a brown leafless tree. Gouache by J. Lawrence, 1973.
Lawrence, Joan, active approximately 1973.Date: [1973]Reference: 2989813iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
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Delft, the Netherlands: left, the city on fire in 1536; right, St Lazarus's House with a resident receiving news of the fire. Engraving, 15--.
Date: 1500-1599Reference: 16825i- Archives and manuscripts
Booklet re production of gas masks at John Bell, Hills & Lucas's Oxford Works, Tower Bridge Road, London
Date: 1919Reference: RAMC/761/1/1Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- 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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The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria to the Christ child; Saint Joseph looks at angels who bear attributes of Saint Barbara and Saint Margaret. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after A. Tiarini.
Tiarini, Alessandro, 1577-1668.Reference: 11797iPart of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna- Pictures
Pisa: the Campanile (leaning tower). Etching by F. Fambrini, 1782, after G.G. Nascio.
Nascio, Giovanni Giosuè, active 1782.Date: 14 Gennaio 1782Reference: 2935510i- Books
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Mystagogus Lillianus: or, a practical comment upon Lilly's Accidence According to the Most Celebrated Grammarians and Criticks, both Ancient and Modern. Whereby The Obscurities of that System are effectually clear'd, its Errors rectified, and its Defects supplied. To which is added, by way of appendix, a resolution of the conjugations into the most easy and commodius method, even according to Lilly's Scheme; together with the Rules of forming the Tenses at large, in the most plain and certain Manner: for the use of schools. By William Hamilton, Schoolmaster in Burre-Street below the Tower.
Hamilton, William (Teacher)Date: MDCCXII. [1712]- Pictures
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Collegium Romanum, Rome: with the extended piazza a key to the surrounding buildings. Line engraving.
Reference: 22560i- Pictures
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Astronomy: Galileo, after using the telescope on the bell-tower of St Mark's Square, Venice, demonstrates his findings to the Doge, 1609. Engraving by J. P. Le Bas after himself, 1739.
Date: [1739]Reference: 46321i- Pictures
A fanciful view of a great European cathedral with dome and bell tower in the gothic style, and central area of neo-classical appearance, the foreground is peopled by figures wearing early nineteenth century costumes. Gouache painting.
Reference: 580705iPart of: Chinese costumes and designs and views of Western towns, buildings and ports- Books
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The maritime dicæologie; or, sea-jurisdiction of England. In three books. I. Setting forth the antiquity of the Admiralty in England, proving the same to have been settled before Edward the Third's time, shewing the beginning of the sea laws. The laws of Oleron. The King of England's dominion over the British seas. The sea laws of the Grecians, Romans, &c. and the power of the Admiral of Scotland. II. Proving the ports, havens, and creeks of the sea to be within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, from the Rhodian laws, the laws of Oleron, and several antient records and adjudications as well in England as in other nations. III. Shewing that all contracts concerning maritime affairs are within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty, and there cognizable, from the antient statutes of the Admiralty, the laws of Oleron, several antient records in the Tower, Chancery, &c. And arguments to the contrary drawn from several statutes, &c. answered. By John Exton, Doctor of Laws, and Judge of his Majesty's High Court of Admiralty.
Exton, John, 1600?-1668.Date: MDCCLV. [1755]- Pictures
Ancient Greeks sacrificing a bull to Zeus, with buildings and statues representing different religions. Steel engraving by R. Young after W.B. Scott.
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890.Date: [185-?]Reference: 2897366i