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A factory for earthenware, surrounded by vignettes showing the use of clay products. Lithograph by P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont.

W. & R. Jacob & Co. Limited : biscuit & cake manufacturers.

A man and woman, semi-nude but bedecked with jewellery, accompanied by Death, are kneeling on a representation of the poor: in the background are factories with smoking chimneys. Lithograph after H. Schwaiger, ca. 1900.

A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Pattern shop, Davy & United Engineering Co. Ltd., Park Iron Works, Sheffield. Reproduction, 1957, of a pre. 1914 photograph.

Heavy erecting work for rolling mill engraving, Davy & United Engineering Co. Ltd., Park Iron Works, Sheffield: men are shown operating heavy machinery. Photograph, 1957.

A silk dyeing factory with smoking chimneys; advertising John Pullar & Son, silk dyer and scourer at Perth, Scotland. Engraving by W.H. Lizars.

A busy mixing room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

Glass: three views inside a plate glass factory. Engraving by A. Bell.

The physical and moral condition of the children and young persons employed in mines and manufactures / Illustrated by extracts from the Reports of the Commissioners. For inquiring into the employment of children and young persons in mines and collieries, and in the trades and manufactures.

A visit to the home of good health : at King's Langley, Hertfordshire / [A. Wander Ltd.].

Glass: the British flint glass factory, St Helens, Lancashire. Lithograph.

Glass: the British plate glass factory, St Helens, Lancashire. Coloured lithograph.

Engineering works pattern machine shop, Davy & United Engineering Co. Ltd., Park Iron Works, Sheffield: men are shown working at large machines. Photograph, 1957.

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Pattern shop, Davy & United Engineering Co. Ltd., Park Iron Works, Sheffield. Reproduction, 1957, of a pre. 1914 photograph.

A visit to the home of good health : at King's Langley, Hertfordshire / [A. Wander Ltd.].

Glass: the British flint glass factory, St Helens, Lancashire. Lithograph.

Glass: the British plate glass factory, St Helens, Lancashire. Coloured lithograph.

Engineering works pattern machine shop, Davy & United Engineering Co. Ltd., Park Iron Works, Sheffield: men are shown working at large machines. Photograph, 1957.