Scientific procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis

A woman performing chemical experiments with a furnace: representing chemistry. Etching by E-J-N. de Ghendt after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.

The interior of a chemical laboratory with six people working in it (above), a table of symbols (below). Coloured line engraving after L.-J. Goussier.

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas, 1747, after D. Teniers.

An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured mezzotint by H. Dawe after D. Teniers the younger.

A female figure with a vacuum pump; representing physics or 'natural philosophy'. Stipple engraving, 1795, after C-N. Cochin the younger, c. 1773.

A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.

A chemical laboratory and a table of chemical relations. Engraving by Prévost after L.J. Goussier, 1763.

An alchemist wearing a tall hat, sitting at a table containing his chemical instruments. Lithograph by H. Wood after F. Howard.

A seated man in a monk's habit, blowing bellows, with an alembic. Pencil drawing.

A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.

Figures representing the investigation of nature; in the background, Pliny the elder being killed while investigating Vesuvius during its eruption. Engraving by J. Wangner after G. Eichler the younger, ca. 1759.

1 print : lithograph ; image 14.9 x 18.8 cm

1 print : line engraving ; image 8.5 x 7.9 cm

An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; border 22.7 x 17.3 cm

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

Let's try it ... and see what happens! : Science experiments for public settings / by Jane Snell Copes.

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured lithograph by J. Cullum, ca. 1840, after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

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Experiments

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An alchemist wearing a tall hat, sitting at a table containing his chemical instruments. Lithograph by H. Wood after F. Howard.

An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

Let's try it ... and see what happens! : Science experiments for public settings / by Jane Snell Copes.

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured lithograph by J. Cullum, ca. 1840, after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

Experiments

Images from the collections

Images about Experiments

Works from the collections

An alchemist wearing a tall hat, sitting at a table containing his chemical instruments. Lithograph by H. Wood after F. Howard.

An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

Let's try it ... and see what happens! : Science experiments for public settings / by Jane Snell Copes.

An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured lithograph by J. Cullum, ca. 1840, after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.

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