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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), 1842-1911.
    Date
    [1904], [©1904]
    • Books
    • Online
  • Microscopy: fresh water floscularia ornata. Coloured lithograph by L. Aldous.

    • Aldous, Lens.
    Reference
    46479i
    • Pictures
  • Hydraulics: diagrams showing water pressure. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.

    • Farey, John, 1791-1851.
    Date
    1 April 1813
    Reference
    45315i
    • Pictures
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  • Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

    Date
    1890
    Reference
    46931i
    • Pictures
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  • Hydraulics: two views of the effects of breakwaters on waves. Aquatint by Neeles.

    • Neeles.
    Date
    1817
    Reference
    46890i
    • Pictures
  • A waterwheel in a river, in rocky terrain. Engraving, 16--, after J. Besson.

    • Besson, Jacques.
    Reference
    37527i
    • Pictures
  • Page 62: a man quenching his thirst from a water carrier. Watercolour drawing.

    Reference
    27224i
    • Pictures
  • Schuylkill Water Works, Philadelphia: panoramic view with the river. Coloured engraving by J.C. Armytage after W.H. Bartlett.

    • Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.
    Reference
    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
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  • 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
  • Bagnigge Wells: the exterior, after a print made in 1780. Wood engraving by [W.H.P.].

    Date
    1780-1877
    Reference
    38740i
    • Pictures
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  • Engineering: a portable pumping engine, used in Egypt. Coloured lithograph, [post 1875].

    Reference
    45367i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Hydraulics: a waterpump. Engraving.

    • Bénard, Robert, 1734-
    Reference
    45276i
    • Pictures
  • Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.

    Date
    1889
    Reference
    46928i
    • Pictures
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  • Engineering: hydrostatics, diagrams of pressure gradients. Engraving.

    • Bénard, Robert, 1734-
    Reference
    45254i
    • Pictures
  • Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

    • Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872.
    Date
    1840
    Reference
    496607i
    • Pictures
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  • 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, J.
    Date
    1830
    • Books
  • Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

    Reference
    38743i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • I find water relaxing / Stefan Alexander.

    • Alexander, Stefan
    Date
    [2018]
    • Books
  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Aquarius. Coloured engraving.

    • Bloxam, Richard Rouse, 1765-1840.
    Reference
    46456i
    • Pictures
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh smoking a pipe and being doused by a servant who thinks he's on fire. Wood-engraving, mid-19th century.

    Reference
    25007i
    • Pictures
  • A Basque woman posing with an earthenware jug on her head.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    530758i
    Part of
    Photographic portraits: Basque.
    • Pictures
  • Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.

    Date
    1890
    Reference
    46929i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Hydraulics: two devices, a pump (top), and a wheeled vehicle (below). Woodcut 1659.

    • Caus, Isaac de, 1590-1648.
    Reference
    45348i
    • Pictures
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