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Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.

Sections of a furnace used in the processing of brass. Engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey.

Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Iron: rolling machine (top), and elevation and cross-section of two blast furnaces (below). Engraving c.1861.

A rolling-mill used in the production of lead sheet. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

A selection of tools and work-benches used in silver manufacture. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Machinery used in the production of lead sheet: vertical and horizontal elevations. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Machinery: a lever-operated forge hammer and anvil, in plan and three-quarter view. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.

Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].

Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

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

Rasendrapurāṇa : bhāshāṭīkāsahita / Rāmaprasāda Vaidyopādhyāya praṇīta.

Rolling-mills used to produce lead sheet: cross-section. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

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Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

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

Rasendrapurāṇa : bhāshāṭīkāsahita / Rāmaprasāda Vaidyopādhyāya praṇīta.

Rolling-mills used to produce lead sheet: cross-section. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.