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Air, water and food from a sanitary standpoint / by Ellen H. Richards and Alpheus G. Woodman.
Richards, Ellen H. (Ellen Henrietta), 1842-1911Date: [1904], [©1904]- Pictures
Microscopy: fresh water floscularia ornata. Coloured lithograph by L. Aldous.
Reference: 46479i- Pictures
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Hydraulics: diagrams showing water pressure. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851Date: 1 April 1813Reference: 45315i- Pictures
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Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.
Date: 1890Reference: 46931i- Pictures
Hydraulics: two views of the effects of breakwaters on waves. Aquatint by Neeles.
Date: 1817Reference: 46890i- Pictures
A waterwheel in a river, in rocky terrain. Engraving, 16--, after J. Besson.
Besson, JacquesReference: 37527i- Pictures
Page 62: a man quenching his thirst from a water carrier. Watercolour drawing.
Reference: 27224i- Pictures
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Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia: panoramic view with the river. Coloured engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854Reference: 22246i- Pictures
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Children hold a book up to a personified water droplet: sanitation campaign in Morocco. Colour lithograph by Moroccan Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
Date: [2000?]Reference: 771924i- Pictures
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Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 43692i- Pictures
The stairs at York buildings in the Strand; in the background are the tower of the water works and Westminster Bridge. Engraving, c.1779.
Reference: 37652i- Pictures
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Bagnigge Wells: the exterior, after a print made in 1780. Wood engraving by [W.H.P.].
Date: 1780-1877Reference: 38740i- Pictures
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Engineering: a portable pumping engine, used in Egypt. Coloured lithograph, [post 1875].
Reference: 45367i- Pictures
Hydraulics: a waterpump. Engraving.
Reference: 45276i- Pictures
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Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.
Date: 1889Reference: 46928i- Pictures
Engineering: hydrostatics, diagrams of pressure gradients. Engraving.
Reference: 45254i- Pictures
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Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.
Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872Date: 1840Reference: 496607i- Books
Advice medical, and economical, relative to the purchase and consumption of tea, coffee, and chocolate; wines, and malt liquors: including tests to detect adulteration. Also remarks on water. With directions to purify it for domestic use / by J. Stevenson.
Stevenson, JDate: 1830- Pictures
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Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.
Reference: 38743i- Books
I find water relaxing / Stefan Alexander.
Alexander, StefanDate: [2018]- Pictures
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Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Aquarius. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 46456i- Pictures
Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe and being doused by a servant who thinks he's on fire. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.
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A Basque woman posing with an earthenware jug on her head.
Reference: 530758iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
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Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.
Date: 1890Reference: 46929i- Pictures
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Hydraulics: two devices, a pump (top), and a wheeled vehicle (below). Woodcut 1659.
Caus, Isaac de, 1590-1648Reference: 45348i