EditorialNautical engineering: Captain William Bolton's machine for drawing bolts, Mr Phillips' tubes for driving bolts, bits, ring rope, application of the messenger and nippers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. F...
EditorialSugar Tongs, silver, Scissors-type nippers, the arm composed of interlocking scrolls, terminating in shell-shaped ends. Circular swing-joint at center; engraved. Scroll handles with shaped finger loops., London, England, ca. 1760, metalwork, Decorative...
EditorialNautical engineering: Captain William Bolton's machine for drawing bolts, Mr Phillips' tubes for driving bolts, bits, ring rope, application of the messenger and nippers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. F...
EditorialNautical engineering: Captain William Bolton's machine for drawing bolts, Mr Phillips' tubes for driving bolts, bits, ring rope, application of the messenger and nippers, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. F...
EditorialSurgical equipment including amputating and metacarpal saws, knives, catling, bistoury, scalpel, needle, tenaculum, bone nippers and forceps from the 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictio...
EditorialWinter frame 1, stage for auriculas 2, fern peg 3, notched stake 4, carnation pot 5, paper cap 6, brass wire 7, wire nippers 8, shade 9, carnation piping 10, and card protector for a Pink blossom 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from James Maddoc...