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A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians (?), her mother or chaperone is seated at the front. Coloured pencil drawing by D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.
Vierge, Daniel, 1851-1904.Reference: 20222i
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Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.
Reference: 45499i
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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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Clocks: a chronometer mechanism for striking the hours. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40772i
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Mechanics: a type of clamp. Engraving by G. Gladwin after C. Varley.
Varley, Cornelius, 1781-1873.Date: 1753Reference: 45243i
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Clocks: spring driven clock mechanism. Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.
Reference: 40730i
Books
The various and ingenious machines of Agostino Ramelli / translated from the Italian and French with a biographical study of the author by Martha Teach Gnudi ; technical annotations and a pictorial glossary by Eugene S. Ferguson.
Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600.Date: 1976
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Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.
Date: 1824Reference: 45420i
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Textiles: an automatic spinning machine for cotton. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.
Ross, W.Reference: 43494i
Archives and manuscripts
Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS
Date: 1771-1876Reference: MS.1726
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Machinery: a pipe-boring drill, and a pile-driving hammer. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 45469i
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Clocks: a device for balancing cogs. Engraving by Prevost after Bourgeois.
Bourgeois.Reference: 40868i
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Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).
Reference: 45463i
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Specification of Thomas Snowdon : machinery for moulding and pressing artificial fuel and bricks.
Snowdon, Thomas.Date: 1857
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Technology: a door-closing mechanism: long section, cross-section, and details. Engraving by G. Gladwin after himself.
Gladwin, George.Reference: 44399i
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The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.
Date: [1663]Reference: 18171i
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Clocks: a chronometer mechanism. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40762i
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Textiles: a loom for braid manufacture. Engraving by R. Benard after J.-R. Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Reference: 43735i
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Civil engineering: a moveable crane at Ramsgate Harbour, Kent, seen in side elevation. Engraving by Mutlow.
Reference: 45441i
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Water-wheel at London Bridge for supplying water from the Thames to the City of London. Engraving, 1749.
Date: 1749Reference: 37626i
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A man winding a large cider press. Engraving, late 18th century (?).
Reference: 25756i
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Farming: six threshing machines, in side elevation. Engraving.
Reference: 493859i
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Many types of printing press, with details of their mechanisms. Engraving by W. H. Lizars after himself, 1830.
Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859.Date: 1830Reference: 40633i
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Machines: a steel processing furnace at Paris. Engraving, c.1861.
Date: 1858Reference: 45514i
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Clocks: an alarm clock mechanism, lateral section and details. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Reference: 40682i

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A doctor demonstrating electrotherapy on a young semi-nude woman in front of an audience of physicians (?), her mother or chaperone is seated at the front. Coloured pencil drawing by D. Urrabieta Ortiz y Vierge.

Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

Clocks: a chronometer mechanism for striking the hours. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Mechanics: a type of clamp. Engraving by G. Gladwin after C. Varley.

Clocks: spring driven clock mechanism. Engraving by Prevost after G. d'Heuland.

The various and ingenious machines of Agostino Ramelli / translated from the Italian and French with a biographical study of the author by Martha Teach Gnudi ; technical annotations and a pictorial glossary by Eugene S. Ferguson.

Pigments: a mill for grinding colours, and an indigo grinding mill. Engraving by H. Mutlow.

Textiles: an automatic spinning machine for cotton. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.

Collectanea: Science I. Eleven short works. Mostly Authors' holograph MSS

Machinery: a pipe-boring drill, and a pile-driving hammer. Engraving by A. Bell.

Clocks: a device for balancing cogs. Engraving by Prevost after Bourgeois.

Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).

Specification of Thomas Snowdon : machinery for moulding and pressing artificial fuel and bricks.

Technology: a door-closing mechanism: long section, cross-section, and details. Engraving by G. Gladwin after himself.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

Clocks: a chronometer mechanism. Engraving by Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.

Textiles: a loom for braid manufacture. Engraving by R. Benard after J.-R. Lucotte.

Civil engineering: a moveable crane at Ramsgate Harbour, Kent, seen in side elevation. Engraving by Mutlow.

Water-wheel at London Bridge for supplying water from the Thames to the City of London. Engraving, 1749.

A man winding a large cider press. Engraving, late 18th century (?).

Farming: six threshing machines, in side elevation. Engraving.

Many types of printing press, with details of their mechanisms. Engraving by W. H. Lizars after himself, 1830.

Machines: a steel processing furnace at Paris. Engraving, c.1861.

Clocks: an alarm clock mechanism, lateral section and details. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.