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Images about Experiments

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  • 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.

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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.

    Frank Howard | Reference: 36278i
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    An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

    | Date: 1698 | Reference: 36157i
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    Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

    James Gillray | Date: 29 March 1796 | Reference: 12078i
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    Thrifty science : making the most of materials in the history of experiment / Simon Werrett.

    Werrett, Simon | Date: 2019
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    Let's try it ... and see what happens! : Science experiments for public settings / by Jane Snell Copes.

    Copes, Jane Snell. | Date: 1997
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