Group of chemical elements which tend to form a metallic material in their condensed state

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Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.

Pin Head, artwork of the brain

Sections of a furnace used in the processing of brass. Engraving by Mutlow after J. Farey.

Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Iron: rolling machine (top), and elevation and cross-section of two blast furnaces (below). Engraving c.1861.

A rolling-mill used in the production of lead sheet. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

A selection of tools and work-benches used in silver manufacture. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.

Machinery used in the production of lead sheet: vertical and horizontal elevations. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Gold nanoparticles, when coated with a cancer antibody, are effective at binding to tumour cells and can be used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. When bound to the gold, the cancer cells scatter light, making it very easy to identify the noncancerous cells from the malignant ones.

Machinery: a lever-operated forge hammer and anvil, in plan and three-quarter view. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.

Processing of mercury. Etching.

Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].

Traité de la dissolution des métaux / Par m. Monnet.

Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Śrīsureśvaraviracitaṃ Lohasarvasvam; 'Vidyotinī' Hindīvyākhyōtapem / Vyākhyākārah Śrīpāvanīprasāda Śarmā. Sampādakah Śrībrahmaśaṅkaramiśrah.

Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).

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Metals

Images from the collections

Images about Metals

Works from the collections

Traité de la dissolution des métaux / Par m. Monnet.

Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Śrīsureśvaraviracitaṃ Lohasarvasvam; 'Vidyotinī' Hindīvyākhyōtapem / Vyākhyākārah Śrīpāvanīprasāda Śarmā. Sampādakah Śrībrahmaśaṅkaramiśrah.

Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).

Metals

Images from the collections

Images about Metals

Works from the collections

Traité de la dissolution des métaux / Par m. Monnet.

Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Śrīsureśvaraviracitaṃ Lohasarvasvam; 'Vidyotinī' Hindīvyākhyōtapem / Vyākhyākārah Śrīpāvanīprasāda Śarmā. Sampādakah Śrībrahmaśaṅkaramiśrah.

Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

Machinery: a steam-hammer and operatives. Wood engraving, c.1870 (?).

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