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Windlass
Using a windlass to raise and lower scenery during
CHAIN WHEEL being used to work the windlass on a well head
Windlass for raising weights
Roller Bridge or inclined plane for transferring
A Cornish winze shaft, used for exploration, 1869
Sectional view of a mine showing shafts and galleries
Sectional view of German mine showing method of
Roller Bridge or inclined plane for transferring
Investigating atmospheric electricity in normal
Crossbowman. Engraving by Serra (after a 14th century codex)
Fowler's patent steam engine 1862
TURNING A WINDLASS
Cambodia - Philippines - Vietnam
mail / post, telegraphy, transatlantic telegraph
FRENCH STONE QUARRY
The Raising of Cleopatra's Needle in London 1878
The Old Hen and the Cock
The entrance of a street defended by a chain
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