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Chemical apparatus

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  • A woman performing chemical experiments with a furnace: representing chemistry. Etching by E-J-N. de Ghendt after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.
  • A chemist creates a new form of gunpowder - incombustible; representing a futile new invention. Coloure lithograph by J.-B.-D. Bourdel, 1835.
  • A chemist's laboratory, with the apparatus numbered for a key. Engraving, 1748.
  • Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.
  • An alchemist in a short orange gown blowing bellows into a still with an alembic. Pastel drawing.
  • A philosopher in his study, reading a book containing a print of a skeleton. Etching by J.A. von Prenner, 1728, after C. Paudiss.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.
  • Johannes Daniel Mylius. Line engraving, 1620.
  • A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Louis Pasteur, standing, holding eyeglasses, with chemical apparatus and books. Chromolithograph.
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    An alchemist wearing a tall hat, sitting at a table containing his chemical instruments. Lithograph by H. Wood after F. Howard.

    Howard, Frank, 1805-1866. | Reference: 36278i
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    An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

    | Date: 1698 | Reference: 36157i
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    The chemical laboratory of Ambrose Godfrey: : the distilling room. Etching attributed to W.H. Toms after H. Gravelot.

    Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773. | Date: [between 1730 and 1739?] | Reference: 37025i
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    A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

    Ibbs, Edith A. | Date: 1900-1909 | Reference: 38826i
    Part of: Splendor solis
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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.

    Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. | Reference: 45101i
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