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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.

A chemist creates a new form of gunpowder - incombustible; representing a futile new invention. Coloure lithograph by J.-B.-D. Bourdel, 1835.

A chemist's laboratory, with the apparatus numbered for a key. Engraving, 1748.

Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.

An alchemist in a short orange gown blowing bellows into a still with an alembic. Pastel drawing.

A philosopher in his study, reading a book containing a print of a skeleton. Etching by J.A. von Prenner, 1728, after C. Paudiss.

An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.

Johannes Daniel Mylius. Line engraving, 1620.

A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

Louis Pasteur, standing, holding eyeglasses, with chemical apparatus and books. Chromolithograph.

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

Workers using apparatus in a chemical laboratory. Etching, ca. 1769.

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.

The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.

A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.

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Chemical apparatus

Images from the collections

Images about Chemical apparatus

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.

The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.

A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.

Chemical apparatus

Images from the collections

Images about Chemical apparatus

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.

The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.

A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.

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