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49-59. Test tubes. 52. View of Hohentwiel castle at Singen, Germany.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Chemistry, Germany, Hohentwiel, Science, Scientific instruments, Singen, Social sphere and everyday life

40, 41. Water-powered hoist. 42. Hot bath (sauna) which the author studied in Essen, Germany. 44. The Town Hall of Hilldesheim, Germany. 45. House in Hanover, Germany. 46. Headwear typically worn by the women of Hanover.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Costume - Hats and headwear, Germany, Hanover, Hesse, Hildesheim, Houses, Human types, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Physics, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life, Town Halll of Hildesheim (Germany), Women

35. Linden tree outside the main entrance to the castle of the Hague. 36. The owner of the inn the author stayed at during his visit to the Hague. 37. Channel at the Rhine Delta, the Hague. 38. Plan of palace on the Rhine, at Hammerstein (today Neuwied), Germany

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cooks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Germany, Hammerstein / Neuwied, Human types, Inns, Netherlands, Plants, Professions, Rhine river, Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life, The Hague, Travel

29. Fire-extinguishing vehicle in Antwerp, Belgium. 30. View of the Doric columns of the Antwerp City Hall. 31. Outline of the fortifications of the city walls. 32. Sarcophagus of a cardinal at Liége.

Tags: Antwerp, Architecture and built environment, Belgium, Fires, Funerary monuments, Liège, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Priests, Sarcophagi, Social sphere and everyday life, Town Hall of Antwerp, Walls

24. Buildings at Bruges, Belgium. 25. Plan of Bruges Town Hall. 26. View of the port of Bruges. 27. The building in which Charles V was born in Ghent, Belgium.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Belgium, Bruges, Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor), Ghent, Houses, Ports, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Town Hall of Bruges

Instrument used in experiments on vacuum.

Tags: Chemistry, Great Britain, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

18. Astronomical instrument. 19, 20. Condensation vessels (to turn gas into solid matter)21. Instrument for making detailed drawings, used in architecture and astronomy. 22. Drawing of coal mine, showing the ventilation system.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Astronomy, Chemistry, Great Britain, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Mines, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

Instrument with magnifying lens to aid the detailed drawing of objects.

Tags: Great Britain, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

Wooden floor at Oxford University, which impressed the author by its style and workmanship.

Tags: Great Britain, Oxford, Oxford University, Social sphere and everyday life

Devices and other objects used in scientific experiments.

Tags: Chemistry, Great Britain, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Science, Scientific instruments, Social sphere and everyday life

Irrigation machine. The author was given a tour of the installations of this irrigation system during his journey to Britain.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Great Britain, Irrigation systems, Machines and devices, Mechanisms, Physics, Science, Social sphere and everyday life

Title page of the second volume of the edition.

Tags: Title page

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