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Scenes from the Life of Pope Gregory the Great. Upper register:Gregory visits the construction site of an abbey.Lower register:Gregory exorcising a demon. From Vincent de Beauvais:Miroir Historial,French,15th Ms 722/1196 fol.8 verso.
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Scenes from the Life of Pope Gregory the Great. Upper register:Gregory v...

The mosaic floor in the center nave of the cathedral of Otranto. Construction workers building the cathedral, mosaic by the monk Pantaleone, 1166.
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The mosaic floor in the center nave of the cathedral of Otranto. Construction...

Noah building the Ark, a workman with a rafter. Detail of the Noah-Window. Stained glass
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Noah building the Ark, a workman with a rafter....

The gold mines of California.People mining,digging, washing for gold,smelting and weighing.
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The gold mines of California.People mining,digging, washing for gold,smeltin...

Portrait of James Watt by von Breda, painted 1792. Watt was the inventor of the improved steam engine.
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Portrait of James Watt by von Breda, painted 1792. Watt was the inventor of the...

Drawing of Stephenson's "Rocket". The locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson and George Stephenson. It won the Rainhill Trials of 1829, a competition set up to establish the most efficient locomotive for haulage on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
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Drawing of Stephenson's "Rocket". The locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson...

Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new and larger buildings were put up in Senans, built in an innovative neo-classical style. Workshops and exemplary workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble.
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Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new...

Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new and larger buildings were put up in Senans, built in an innovative neo-classical style. Workshops and exemplary workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble.
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Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new...

Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, new and larger buildings were put up in Senans, built in an innovative neo-classical style. Workshops and exemplary workers' housing form a fan-like ensemble. Claude-Nicolas Ledoux was a Freemason and built the facade in the style of a masonic temple.
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Salt mining in the French Comte was of great economic importance. In 1773, ne...

Blast furnaces of Krupp Steel-Works near Essen, Germany, are reflected in the Rhine River.
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Blast furnaces of Krupp Steel-Works near Essen, Germany, are reflected i...

Headquarters of Thyssen-Steel on the Rhine River Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Headquarters of Thyssen-Steel on the Rhine River Duesseldorf, Germany.

Straw-thatched farmhouse near Husum in Holstein, Germany. Mother and daughter in local costume, mother spinning.
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Straw-thatched farmhouse near Husum in Holstein, Germany. Mother and daughter...