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Print (Engraving, Etching) The Fire Engine, Common Pump, and Glass Cartesian Devils, London, 1765

Inventory Number 14089


Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
The Fire Engine, Common Pump, &c. The Pump and Fire Engine Described. Jan. 1765.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Engraving
Etching
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 218mm Width: 126mm
Inventory No
14089

Description

Plate and leaf from journal with description of plate figures 1-3. Includes example of Cartesian devil glass figures filled with air, travelling up and down cylinder by chaging the pressure.