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Wheels of fortune. The story of Lord Nuffield.
Date: [1963]- Videos
Wheels of fortune. The story of Lord Nuffield.
Date: [1963]- Books
Wheels of courage : how paralyzed veterans from World War II invented wheelchair sports, fought for disability rights, and inspired a nation / David Davis.
Davis, David, 1962-Date: 2020- Books
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Meals on Wheels for old people / by Amelia I. Harris.
Great Britain. Central Office of Information. Social Survey Division.Date: [1961]- Books
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A treatise on mills, in four parts. Part First, on Circular Motion. Part Second, on the Maximum of Moving Bodies, Machines, Engines, &c. Part Third, on the Velocity of Effluent Water. Part Fourth, Experiments on Circular Motion, Water-Wheels, &c. By John Banks, Lecturer in Experimental Philosophy.
Banks, John, active 1795-1803.Date: 1795- Books
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Duty on income, land tax, &c. Kearsley's annual ten-penny tax tables, for the year 1799; containing the duties on houses Windows Dogs Male Servants Bachelors Carriages with 4 or 2 Wheels Taxed Carts Horses for Pleasure or Draught, Mules. An accurate stamp table, Including the Regulations respecting Deeds, Bilis of Exchange, Notes, Receipts, Legacies, Hair-Powder Licences, Hats, Pawnbrokers, Perfumery, Quack Medicines; and Armorial Bearings; likewise the new duty upon income.
Kearsley, George, active 1791-1813.Date: [1799]- Film
Life on wheels.
Date: 197?- Books
I walk on wheels / [Elisabeth Sheppard-Jones].
Sheppard-Jones, Elisabeth.Date: 1958- Books
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Silk throwsters, &c. A catalogue of ten pair of double Dutch silk mills, with reels, spindles, and iron-work complete, in very good repair, Twelve Winding Engines, carrying 96 Swifts each, almost new, sundry Doubling Wheels, Runners, &c. a Fifteen Feet Horse Wheel and Mill Work, Counters, and Presses. A very large Quantity of Bobbins of various Sorts, Scales and Weights, Silk Baskets, Trays, Stretchers and Skeining Pins; a Cast Iron Drying Stove and Pipe, a Leaden Cistern, Two Eight-Day Dials, and various other Utensils, the property of Mr. Thomas Kilner, Silk Throwster, (retired from Business) which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Winstanley, on the premises, no. 33, Spital Square, on Tuesday, September 25, 1787, At Eleven O'Clock.
Winstanley, Richard.Date: 1787]- Books
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The carriers guide, and Companion: shewing them how to avoid the forfeitures and penalties inflicted on them by the several acts of Parliament relating to the highways of this Kingdom; of the Number of Horses to their Carriages, Breadth of Wheels, Weight allowed to carry, Tolls, &c. And other useful Observations. Likewise directions to carmen, Draymen and other Persons driving any Cart, Dray, Waggon, &c. in London, how to prevent the Punishment they are liable to by riding on their Carriages, or the Drivers otherwise misbehaving themselves: With proper Instructions concerning Seizures and Informations. To which is prefixed, An Introduction concerning Inns and Inn-Keepers. Necessary for all Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Turnpike Roads, Constables, Inn-Keepers, Carriers, &c.
Date: M.DCC.LX. [1760]- Pictures
Engineering: hydrostatics, water-wheels, and an Archimedean screw. Engraving.
Reference: 45253i- Pictures
Two men are making wheels for wagons. Coloured etching.
Reference: 30884i- Digital Images
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London Bridge. Diagram of the water-wheels and pumps.
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A horse on wheels. Drawing by D.W. Winnicott.
Winnicott, D. W. (Donald Woods), 1896-1971.Date: [1950?-1971?]Reference: 2535397iPart of: Squiggles. Drawings by D.W. Winnicott.- Pictures
Engineering: hydrostatics, water-wheels, and an Archimedean screw. Engraving.
Reference: 45256i- Pictures
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Men are working with mallets to fit the pieces together to make wheels. Engraving by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 36837i- Books
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Broad wheels. By an act passed last session of Parliament, after the 29th of September, 1761, no cart, car, dray, or waggon having the wheels of a less breadth when worn than three inches shall go or be used through or upon any of the high-ways of this kingdom, ...
Date: 1762]- Pictures
Engineering: hydrostatics, water-wheels, and a wind-driven pump. Engraving.
Reference: 45255i- Pictures
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Men are working with picks and axes to make wheels for carriages and carts. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 36836i- Pictures
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An iron forge in which metal linings are being applied to the rims of wheels. Engraving by R. Bénard after Harguinier.
Harguinier, active 1763-1768.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 36841i- Archives and manuscripts
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M0003408: Motor-driven emery wheels / M0003408EB: Arm showing symptoms of "Bakers' Itch"
Date: 14 March 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/27/94Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Pictures
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World War One: a stretcher with large wheels bearing a patient. Photograph, 1916.
Reference: 573600iPart of: World War One: military scenes in Belgium and France.- Books
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A scheme for the improvement of the broad wheels. By R. Whitworth, Esq;
Whitworth, Robert, active 1773-1797.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Pictures
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Hydraulics: pumps and water-wheels. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie after himself, 1850.
Emslie, John, 1813-1875.Date: 10 December 1850Reference: 45305iPart of: Popular diagrams :- Pictures
Two men push an extended ladder fitted with two large wheels. Wood engraving.
Reference: 29338i