Rees Collection (#3)

John Isaac Hawkins patent polygraph machine or autopen. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Plate coinage equipment and copying machines. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

George Smarts chimney cleansing machine
Miscellany: equipment for button-making, glazing cloth, gun flints, George Smarts chimney cleansing machine, and crystallography

Beehive, icehouse and mortar mill
Bee hive and ice house, mortar mill, and artists guide to drapery and horse. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Horse glanders and Wollastons goniometer
Apparatus for treating horse glanders and William Hyde Wollastons reflective goniometer, to measure the angles of minute crystals with precision. Copperplate engraving after a drawing by J

Gem and cameo engraving tools and equipment. Copperplate engraving by William Blake and Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Gas lights by Samuel Clegg, John Stancliffe and Benjamin Cooke. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr

Respiration bellows and foundry mould
Apparatus for restoring those drowning to life with respiration bellows, and foundry moulds for bells, letters, types, etc. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

John Isaac Hawkins upright piano
John Isaac Hawkins claviole or finger-keyed viol, an upright piano. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

Parasitic tapeworm of the genus Taenia. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown

Dial work and striking part of an eight-day clock. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Thirty-hour clock with a larum and count wheel striking work. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Ancient clock built by Henry de Wick for King
Ancient clock built by Henry de Wick and erected in the palace tower of King Charles V the Wise of France, 1370. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal

Music-box mechanism with cylinder and hammers to play chimes on a bell, and music score to Ignace Joseph Pleyels German Hymn

Chime engine in the clock room of St. Margaret s
Chime work with engine and hammers located in the clock room of St. Margarets Church, Westminster Abbey. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Various examples of the camera obscura. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature

Burning lens built in 1782 by William Parker, the London instrument maker. According to Parker, the optical glass melted platinum in 30 seconds

Laboratory chemical apparatus, early 19th century
Section and elevation of laboratory chemical apparatus, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by W

Plan, elevation and section of an air vault, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Plan of a blast furnace works, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Elevation and section of a blast furnace works with water regulator, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or

Plan, elevation and section of a blast furnace works, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Gas blowpipe or blowtorch, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees

Portable eight-day clock mechanism, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey Jr

Cross-sections and plans of blast furnaces, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman

Woulfes apparatus for washing gases or saturating liquids. Peter Woulfe (1727-1803) was an Irish chemist, mineralogist and alchemist

Woulfes alchemical apparatus for distilling the elixir. Peter Woulfe (1727-1803) was an Irish chemist, mineralogist and alchemist

Sections through furnaces for the reduction of antimony. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst

Various types of chemical stills
Alembic still with cucurbit flask and stil-head, alcohol still, and subliming aludel or Hermetic vase. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Elevations and sections through an iron-smelting furnace, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by David Mushet from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal

Elevations and sections through an industrial still. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees

Various boats including pahie, lifeboat, caracore, etc
Tahitian pahie canoe with outrigger, South American balza sailing raft, English lifeboat rowboat, and Indonesian caracore with sails and outrigger

Fossils of extinct fish
Ichthyological fossils of extinct fish. Impression of fishes on black schistose slate found at Isleben in Germany. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

Fossils of an extinct stone lily, Encrinus species, with sections through head. Copperplate engraving by Milton after a drawing by Donovan from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Block machinery or lathe at Portsmouth naval docks, including shaping engine, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or

Block machinery or lathe at Portsmouth naval docks, early 19th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of

Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary Service: Mrs G. Patterson, Miss Rosemary Rees and Mrs Marion Wilberforce. Date: 1940

Children of Nations - Children of the British nations in national costume and brandishing flags. From Cassells Childrens Annual. Artist: E Dorothy Rees Date: 1913

Anatomy of human musculature.. Anatomy of human musculature from the back showing inner muscles. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts

FALL / ENGLISH SETTER / PUPS
A group of four English Setter puppies owned by Rees. Date: 1947

Frontispieces to Tristram Shandy, 1808, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Frontispieces to Tristram Shandy, 1808, (1827). Men smoking clay pipes, sleeping and reading; and a vicar baptising a baby

Mr. Pine, 1808, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Mr. Pine, 1808, (1827). Portrait of English designer, engraver, and cartographer John Pine (1690-1756), depicted in the manner of Rembrandt, with a turban and fur collar

The Bathos, 1807, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
The Bathos, 1807, (1827). The figure of Time expiring, collapsed against a broken column, with the blade of his scythe snapped and his hour glass smashed, blowing out smoke from his broken pipe

A Night Scene, 1809, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
A Night Scene, 1809, (1827). A man, looking dishevelled and the worse for wear, is brought home by constables as a dog barks at his feet

Trade card for Mary and Ann Hogarths shop, 1807, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Trade card for Mary and Ann Hogarths shop, 1807, (1827). Advertisement for Mary and Ann Hogarths drapers shop near Little Britain in the City of London

Characters and Caricaturas, 1807, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Characters and Caricaturas, 1807, (1827). Hogarths response to the criticism that his characters were caricatures: above are characters with exaggerated features

The Happy Ascetic, 1724, and Leveridges Songs, 1727, (1809), (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Frontispiece to the Happy Ascetic, 1724, and Frontispiece to Leveridges Songs, 1727, (1809), (1827). Illustrations published in " The Happy Ascetick

Frontispiece to the Terrae Filius, 1808, (1827). Creator: Thomas Cook
Frontispiece to the Terrae Filius, 1808, (1827). The terrae filius, (son of the soil), was a satirical orator who spoke at public ceremonies at the University of Oxford

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