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1. 1787.d.7, 2(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 2(15)
Title:
Chain pumps [on the bank of the Han River above Swatow.] Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the riverbank, with men working irrigation chain pumps in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

2. X.1067, 2(432a)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 2(432a)
Title:
Vacuum apparatus; Pontifex and Wood. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of the vacuum apparatus used in the production of sugar: 'The English machine of Messrs. Pontifex and Wood (602) is of great manufacturing power; and its enormous dome, formed from a single piece of copper, is a very wonderful specimen of the coppersmith...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

3. X.1067, 2(432b)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 2(432b)
Title:
Vacuum sugar apparatus; Heckmann. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View of the large copper vacuum apparatus: 'The machine of Mr. Heckmann (Prussia, 52), although not equal in magnitude, nor perhaps in workmanship to the two already mentioned, must be regarded as a contribution of first-rate merit.' (p. 432).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

4. X.1067, 2(567)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 2(567)
Title:
Philosophical instruments; Deleuil. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
View of a collection of instruments exhibited by the French manufacturer Deleuil, including a double-glass barrelled air-pump.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item