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An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Date: 1698Reference: 36157i
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A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
Maerten de VosReference: 45101i
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Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.
Sébastien LeclercReference: 26183i
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Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
Cornelis SchutReference: 25770i
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Jesuit science and the end of nature's secrets / Mark A. Waddell.
Mark WaddellDate: [2015]
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Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.
StradanusDate: 1594Reference: 26106i
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A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.
Cornelis SchutReference: 25795i
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Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrating chemical experiments to a party of ladies and gentlemen. Engraving, ca. 1750.
Reference: 37126i
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Virtuoso by nature : the scientific worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672) / edited by Tim Birkhead.
Date: [2016]
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The scientific revolution : the essential readings / edited by Marcus Hellyer.
Date: 2003
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The invention of science : a new history of the scientific revolution / David Wootton.
David WoottonDate: 2015
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Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.
Reference: 35429i
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Chemists and workers operating distilling apparatus in a laboratory. Engraving by P. Galle (?) after J. van der Straet.
StradanusReference: 26686i
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A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.
Sébastien LeclercReference: 26182i
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The era of experiments and the age of wonder : scientific expansion from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries : proceedings of the symposium in honor of the reopening of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, and the Smithsonian Libraries' Resident Scholar Program / edited by Lilla Vekerdy.
Date: 2015
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Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.
Cornelis SchutReference: 25792i
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What Galileo saw : imagining the scientific revolution / Lawrence Lipking.
Lawrence I. LipkingDate: 2014
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A noblewoman and two noblemen examining some gold produced by an alchemist. Engraving by G. Greatbach after A.H. Tourrier.
Tourrier, Alfred Holst, 1836-1892.Reference: 35394i
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A man and a woman demonstrating the process of fermentation and distillation in alchemy. Etching, ca. 17th century.
Reference: 36178i
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Representing space in the scientific revolution / David Marshall Miller.
David Marshall MillerDate: 2014
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A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.
Maerten de VosReference: 35332i

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An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.

Demonstrations of the arts and sciences in a classical courtyard. Etching by J. Sturt after S. Le Clerc.

Two merchants and a woman at a table; representing arithmetic. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

Jesuit science and the end of nature's secrets / Mark A. Waddell.

Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.

A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.

Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet demonstrating chemical experiments to a party of ladies and gentlemen. Engraving, ca. 1750.

Virtuoso by nature : the scientific worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672) / edited by Tim Birkhead.

The scientific revolution : the essential readings / edited by Marcus Hellyer.

The invention of science : a new history of the scientific revolution / David Wootton.

Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.

Chemists and workers operating distilling apparatus in a laboratory. Engraving by P. Galle (?) after J. van der Straet.

A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.

Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

What Galileo saw : imagining the scientific revolution / Lawrence Lipking.

A noblewoman and two noblemen examining some gold produced by an alchemist. Engraving by G. Greatbach after A.H. Tourrier.

A man and a woman demonstrating the process of fermentation and distillation in alchemy. Etching, ca. 17th century.

Representing space in the scientific revolution / David Marshall Miller.

A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos, 16th century.