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Summary
Print shows a man manipulating a large floating device with pulleys and a scoop attached, driven by horse-power, for dredging around docks and in rivers.
Title from related article in The Pennsylvania Magazine.
Engraved for the Pennsylv'a Magazine.
Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Magazine: or American Monthly Museum. Philadelphia : Printed and sold by R. Aitken, 1775 (May), p. 206.
Reference copy in LOT 7007.
Tags
dredges
dredging
etchings
periodical illustrations
machine
docks
rivers
1775
robert aitken
rare books
engraving
etching
book illustrations
prints
Date
01/01/1775
Contributors
Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802.
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.