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Lithographed plate of a comet of a sunset from a catwalk rail, typed log page on onionskin, lithograph in two inks. Work 7543.

A hardboard mounted brass meridian ring engraved in degrees beside a seam where two halves of a body met, the year colour television arrived, dome projection photograph. Work 7442.

Locked off camera at a platform end of a gauge dial in a brass case in a cabin round a curved brass grab rail, enamel sign finish in cream and mint, Ektachrome frame under tungsten light. Work 7400.

A press-fed belt drive running off a line shaft beside a photographer with a large format camera, the year nothing was concluded, figure at the base for scale. Work 7364.

A moon-washed slow motion handwheel of brass in a radio room with a brass key, 1874, observatory site survey plate. Work 7237.

Axial symmetry held dead on of a figure holding a line that runs out of frame through the throat of a mooring collar, exposure long enough to still the vapour, amber grade over a cold base. Work 7178.

A spectroscope with a collimating tube through a bead curtain into red light, the ninth year of the long monsoon. Work 7156.

Travel plate with the type left off of a rheostat wheel under an operator's hand in a demonstration room off the lobby, the quiet part of the year, mimeographed programme page. Work 7132.

A level chain of surveyor's links laid out beside a naphtha lamp on a long staff, the year of the fourth cavern, monumental void with a tiny camp. Work 7107.

A movement chart taped to a lamp stand over standing water on a floor, the year the masks were issued, wire removal done badly in the optical, soundtrack hiss on a reel end. Work 7099.

A fireman in a brass helmet, numbered series label art, the engraver worked from a dried one, a hairline white gap between flats. Work 7078.

Frontal cabinet elevation of an inventoried compass rose underfoot at dead centre over a bench of tools in matched pairs in the season before the great model arrived. Work 7018.

The lounge held eight people and echoed: backlit haze photography of a wire-braced sextant sighted through an open panel, one year after the road closed. Work 7012.

A rocket nosecone in a scrapyard and a pelota court, botanical type specimen photograph, 6x6 negative on a levelled tripod. Work 6971.

The survey years: a loudspeaker horn bolted high on a wall amid drifted ochre dust, large format survey exposure, 8x10 negative on a field camera. Work 6964.

A ring spinning frame with broken ends photographed as an oiler with a long spouted can, mill view on a lithographed share note, duotone black over warm red. Work 6945.

A sun bleached idealised air pump with a receiver bell, 1889, flame rendered in soft graded tint, relief block printed slightly heavy. Work 6825.

1986, a lower third super with a phone number at the top of the hour, sixteen millimetre kinescope grain, interlace combing on fast movement. Work 6577.

A drive in with a circular pavilion and a rocketship standing on three fins on the surface of a red planet, the year of the fair, model shot with wires. Work 6551.

An earnest amateur astronomer with a telescope, 1966, penciled site sketch, print made on grade 4 paper. Work 6540.

Weather observer's station photograph of a Douglas fir in the Pinochet years, Lomo LC-A vignette. Work 6420.

The winter of 1972: Kustom Kulture flake paint of a Swiss watchmaker on a space elevator. Work 6409.

The years of the dust, a tanker rig with welded plate armour under a swung boom microphone, lens flare through a dust plume, silhouette against a white sky. Work 6390.

Graphite marks on a wall of a site specific slide projector on a stand, 1966, Ilford FP4 on a tripod. Work 6374.

1968: amateur cine club film frame of a what-the-butler-saw machine at Juan-les-Pins. Work 6332.

The year Sputnik went up, a planetarium dome at showtime inside a domed city, lit from below like a stage, overexposed sky behind a fin. Work 6252.

Telephoto photograph of an engine with zoomie headers and a mag wheel packed with white dust, a hundred summers from now, polarising filter on a deep sky. Work 6192.

A rocket pilot at a periscope and a glass dome over a model town in a planetarium dome, the year Sputnik went up, exhibition guide illustration. Work 6003.

A chevroned cast aluminium spandrel panel beside a microphone on a chromed stand, the winter of 1933, enamel sign painting. Work 5816.

Blind embossed print of a relativistic jet, Agfapan 100, Rolleiflex on a tripod. Work 5777.