86 results filtered with: Chemical apparatus
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Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.
Blaikley, Alexander, 1816-1903.Date: 16 February 1856Reference: 40199i
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An alchemist using bellows at a furnace in his laboratory. Etching by T. Major, 1750, after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: 7 May 1750 :Reference: 35503i
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An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
Wyck, Thomas, approximately 1616-1677.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 36100i
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Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.
Reference: 35429i
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An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker. Mezzotint by J. Wilson, c. 1770, after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 35474i
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An explanatory dictionary of the apparatus and instruments employed in the various operations of philosophical and experimental chemistry. With seventeen quarto copper-plates / By a practical chemist.
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769-1838.Date: 1824
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Michael Sendivogius (Sędziwój), the alchemist, demonstrating the art in the court of Rudolf II. Drawing after V. Brožik.
Brožik, Václav, 1851-1901.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 35347i- Archives and manuscripts
M0012702: Illustration of apparatus to make mineral water
Date: September1952
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A coal porter, an alchemist and a rich man who hopes vainly to profit from alchemy. Etching, 18th century.
Reference: 36431iPart of: Il Callotto resuscitato
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A cherubic Aesculapius fends off death with medicine. Engraving by Le Roy after C-P. Marillier.
Marillier, Clément Pierre, 1740-1808.Reference: 26062i
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An alchemist of the 'puffer' (uninitiated) type, surrounded by equipment. Engraving by W. French after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 36010i
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Chemists and workers operating distilling apparatus in a laboratory. Engraving by P. Galle (?) after J. van der Straet.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605.Reference: 26686iPart of: Nova reperta
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Workers using apparatus in a chemical laboratory. Etching, ca. 1769.
Date: 1769Reference: 37149i
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A man conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic, in the foreground, in the background a female figure representing the world observes a man of the new school of chemistry who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle: a representation of the historical transition between alchemy and chemistry. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.
Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831.Date: 27 July 1805Reference: 25676i
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Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
Combe, William, 1742-1823.Reference: 22092i
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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.
Bourdel, Jean-Baptiste-Désiré, 1826-1859.Date: [1835]Reference: 16608iPart of: Les bigarrures de l'esprit humain
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An old physician is taking a young woman's pulse and pointing to her heart, implying that she is suffering from lovesickness, the physicians' assistant is grinning and mixing a concoction. Engraving by I.S. Helman, 1775, after J.B. Leprince, 1773.
Le Prince, Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781.Date: 1775Reference: 21768i
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A large chemical laboratory filled with distilling apparatus and many types of glass vessel. Engraving, 177-.
Date: 1778Reference: 485319i
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A man in the foreground conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic; in the background a female figure representing the world looks at a chemist, who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle; representing the historical transition from alchemy to chemistry. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.
Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831.Date: 27 July 1805Reference: 37371i
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Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Date: 1698Reference: 37221i
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A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38823iPart of: Splendor solis
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A dwarf alchemist and his assistant standing by a crucible. Etching, 18th century.
Reference: 36428iPart of: Il Callotto resuscitato
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Roger Bacon conducting an alchemical experiment in a vaulted cloister. Etching by J. Nasmyth, 1845.
Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890.Date: 1845Reference: 37839i
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A peacock in a crowned alchemical flask; representing the stage in the alchemical process when the substance breaks out into many colours. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38825iPart of: Splendor solis
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Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal college of physicians and John Fothergill (in particular). Engraving, 1771, after W. Combe.
Combe, William, 1742-1823.Date: 21 November 1771Reference: 22052i