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Concept

Furnaces

Images

  • Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.
  • William Allen, portrayed as an alchemist with several furnaces, the one which he stokes is labelled "Matter o'money". Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1827.
  • Textiles: six scenes of silk manufacture in China. Engraving, 1750.
  • Pottery: a large kiln, shown in elevations and sections. Engraving by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Various types of furnaces
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Catalogue

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    Specification of James Theodore Griffin : economising fuel and consuming smoke in furnaces.

    Griffin, James Theodore. | Date: 1873
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    Specification of William Wood : apparatus for condensing smoke from furnaces &c.

    Wood, William (Screenwriter) | Date: 1854
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    Specification of Ferdinand Jossa : furnaces and ovens.

    Jossa, Ferdinand. | Date: 1857
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    Specification of William Tipping : preventing or consuming smoke.

    Tipping, William. | Date: 1870
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    Specification of Edward Ettrick : furnaces.

    Ettrick, Edward. | Date: 1861
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