1-158-754 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Iron foundry, 1802. At top are two views of a furnace, on the right showing the operation of the bellows which supplied the draught and, on the left, smelted metal being poured into moulds. At the bottom are two views of a forge. The figure in blue trousers is working the bellows. On the right an iron bar is being heated before being beaten on the anvil. From Microcosm; or a Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture and Manufactures of Great Britain by William Henry Pyne, (London, 1803-1808).