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Veneer cut by machinery invented by Sir Samuel Bentam

Veneer cut by machinery invented by Sir Samuel Bentam

1791-1793
Toy bricks

Toy bricks

1791-3
Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine

Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine

1791-3
Winding handle for spindle moulder

Winding handle for spindle moulder

1791-3
Machine for sawing wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms.

Spindle moulder, for cutting wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms

1791-3
Machine for sawing wood into curved, bevelled, and winding forms.

Spindle moulder, for cutting wood into different forms, with handle, plus three mahogany samples

1791-1793
[Broadsheet] Sir William Petty's Plan for a system of instruction relative to the business of the Marine Department, in the same words as the original; but with the articles transposed, and marginal titles, supplemental titles, and remarks added / [Arranged and with amendments, by] Samuel Bentham. 1779 June. [A syllabus of naval knowledge relating to the construction, equipment, navigation and use of ships. It was 'exhibited to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty' in 1795. [Petty was appointed a Commissioner of the Navy in 1681. His 'Treatise of Naval Philosophy', published in 1691 bound in another work, comprised three parts: A Phisico-Mathematical Discourse of Ships and Sailing; Of Naval Policy; Of Naval Oeconomy or Husbandry]

Broadsheet Sir William Petty's Plan for a system of instruction relative to the business of the Marine Department

1779