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Bleaching: racks and cauldrons for drying bleached cloth. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.

Pottery: a kiln, horizontal and vertical sections. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1814, after Sylvester.

Bleaching: vats and cauldrons for bleaching cloth. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804.

Cross-sections and elevations of rollers for making bar iron. Engraving by Wilson Lowry after J. Farey the younger.

A hydraulic system for a Rowntree's fire engine. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1812, after J. Farey.

Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).

Electricity: four figures illustrating electrical apparatus and experiments. Engraving by W. Lowry, after J. Farey, 1818.

Printing: a three-quarter view of a press made by Bacon & Donkins, with a detail of the eccentric gearing. Engraving by W. Lowry after J. Farey, 1819.

Examples of hydrostatics: Aldersea's engine for raising water, London Bridge water works, a syringe, Tantalus's cup, and a cross-section of a wave. Engraving by W. Lowry.

Textiles: silk-spinning equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry after Farey.

Machinery: plan and elevation of the Smeaton oil mill. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1814, after J. Farey.

Surgery. Instruments for lithotomy, including Mr. Cline's cutting gorget. Engraving by Wilson Lowry after John Farey.

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Machinery: plan and elevation of the Smeaton oil mill. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1814, after J. Farey.

Surgery. Instruments for lithotomy, including Mr. Cline's cutting gorget. Engraving by Wilson Lowry after John Farey.

Electricity: four figures illustrating electrical apparatus and experiments. Engraving by W. Lowry, after J. Farey, 1818.

Textiles: silk-spinning equipment. Engraving by W. Lowry after Farey.

Examples of hydrostatics: Aldersea's engine for raising water, London Bridge water works, a syringe, Tantalus's cup, and a cross-section of a wave. Engraving by W. Lowry.