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Glass containers

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Images about Glass containers

5 images from works
  • An alchemist peering into a glass vessel. Mezzotint by F.R. Say, 1819, after J. Northcote.
  • An alchemist peering into a glass vessel. Mezzotint by F.R. Say, 1819, after J. Northcote.
  • A large chemical laboratory filled with apparatus and types of glass vessel. Engraving, 1778.
  • A large chemical laboratory filled with distilling apparatus and many types of glass vessel. Engraving, 177-.
  • A chemist holds up a flask to show his young assistant. Woodcut.

Works from the collections

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    A chemist holds up a flask to show his young assistant. Woodcut.

    | Reference: 37796i
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    From sand-core to automation : a history of glass containers / [Victor Wyatt].

    Wyatt, Victor. | Date: [1966]
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    A large chemical laboratory filled with distilling apparatus and many types of glass vessel. Engraving, 177-.

    | Date: 1778 | Reference: 485319i
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    A man in a white coat carrying heavy glass jars in a metal holder. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.

    Cusden, Leonard. | Reference: 32569i
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    A large chemical laboratory filled with apparatus and types of glass vessel. Engraving, 1778.

    | Date: 1778 | Reference: 37175i

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Chemical apparatus

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