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

A French chemist in his laboratory. Photograph, 1880/1890.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

Caspar Neumann. Line engraving by J.G. Wolffgang, 1734, after A. Pesne.

A young man conducting an experiment in a chemical laboratory. Photograph.

Marcellin Pierre Eugène Berthelot in his laboratory. Charcoal drawing.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Stipple engraving by C.F.G. Levachez and etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux, 1798.

Chemistry: various types of furnace. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Chemistry: a chemical laboratory with many workers (above), symbols of elements arranged in a proto-periodic table (?) (below). Engraving by R. Bénard.

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1812, after J. L. David.

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

World War I: the Kaiser as a chemist trying to dissolve the Allies but finding that his solvents do not work. Ink drawing by J. Walker, 1916.

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Chemical laboratories

Images from the collections

Images about Chemical laboratories

Works from the collections

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

Marcellin Pierre Eugène Berthelot in his laboratory. Charcoal drawing.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

World War I: the Kaiser as a chemist trying to dissolve the Allies but finding that his solvents do not work. Ink drawing by J. Walker, 1916.

Chemical laboratories

Images from the collections

Images about Chemical laboratories

Works from the collections

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

Marcellin Pierre Eugène Berthelot in his laboratory. Charcoal drawing.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

World War I: the Kaiser as a chemist trying to dissolve the Allies but finding that his solvents do not work. Ink drawing by J. Walker, 1916.

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