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Victorian Occupations

A collection of the occupations or job descriptions of the people living in London in the 1890's.  Most of the descriptions are fairly self explanatory, I'll elaborate on the ones that aren't in due course.

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Zincographer designer who etched in relief a pattern on zinc plates used for printing
Zinc Worker Someone who worked with zinc.
Zitherist A player of a simple, flat many-stringed instrument.
Zoetrope Maker A craftsman who made zoetropes, an optical toy in the form of a cylinder with a series of pictures painted on the inner surface which gave the impression of continuous motion when viewed through slits in the rotating cylinder.
Zoographer one who classifies species of animals

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