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A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.

Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.

Two men sawing a baulk of timber in a woodyard, in Korea.

Mirrors: tools and equipment for silvering glass. Engraving by Benard after Bourgeois.

Carpentry: inside a joiner's workshop, with men at work (top), various types of joint (below). Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after Lucotte.

John Cargill, instrument maker, at ye Saw & Crown in Lombard Street, London : makes & sells all sorts of surgeons instruments, razors, scizers, penknives, caseknives, carving knives, cuttoes, &c. : at reasonable rates.

The youthful Christ helps Joseph with his carpentry; Mary and Anne look on. Lithograph by A. Dircks, 1849, after C. Müller.

Devils saw away at a colic sufferer's abdomen. Lithograph by C. Ramelet after H. Daumier, 1833.

The angel speaks to Joseph in a dream. Engraving by A.A. Morel after J.B. Wicar after A.R. Mengs.

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

Cabinet-making: a selection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.

Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].

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Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving by J. W. Lowry.

Cabinet-making: a selection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.

Men grinding saws in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.

Woodwork: a mechanical band-saw. Engraving after a photograph.

Architecture: sections of a windmill-driven sawing shed. Engraving by Bénard [after Lucotte?].