Steel yard balance swing customers his hat and wig removed

his hat and wig removed

View of Stephenson and Giles Starch Works at Old Ford

with a few notable exceptions

Seaside resort of Minehead

to invade Canada

Steel yard balance swing customers his hat and wig removedFront view of a medical instrument intended to correct deformities or irregularities in human bones and muscles. The device used gravity by suspending a patient (most likely a child) from the balance arms. The drawing includes details of weights and suspension tethers. Figure from the paper 'The description and uses of the steel yard balance swing', by Timothy Sheldrake, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 42 1742 1743, pp. 20 25.