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1. 1787.d.7, 3(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(22)
Title:
Interior of workshop, Nanking Arsenal. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Interior of a workshop, 'where guns are turned, drilled, and rifled. A native workman may be seen at his post guiding a great foreign turning-lathe.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 item

2. C.44.h.5, 2(424a)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.44.h.5, 2(424a)
Title:
Lathe for railway wheels. Sharp, Brothers and Co. [at the Great Exhibition, London]. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Close view of lathe on display at the Great Exhibition.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

3. X.1067, 2(424a)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 2(424a)
Title:
Lathe for railway wheels; Sharp, Brothers, and Co. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of the machine: 'A magnificent railway-wheel lathe, with two opposite headstocks and face-plates, and two compound slide-rests to correspond, capable of turning wheels above seven feet in diameter, is exhibited by Messrs. Sharp.' (p. 424).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item