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  • Various types of furnaces
  • Various types of furnaces, 15th century
  • Chemistry: various furnaces. Engraving by Prevost after L.J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: various furnaces. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • A mine: cross-section and diagrams of furnaces. Etching by Bénard after Prevost.
  • Alchemy: three furnaces with glass vessels on two of them. Watercolour, 1933, by V. Kaliba.
  • Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushet.
  • Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushett.
  • Three different furnaces used in the processing of copper. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • Chemistry: stages in the production of ether, showing varous retorts in use on furnaces. Engraving, 17--.
  • Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Coloured engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushett.
  • Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Coloured engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushett.
  • Chemistry: plan and section of two blast furnaces. Coloured engraving by W. Lowry, 1804, after D. Mushett.
  • Iron: rolling machine (top), and elevation and cross-section of two blast furnaces (below). Engraving c.1861.
  • Power plant and refuse destructor manufactured by the Nottingham based engineers Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd.: view of furnaces and boilers. Photograph, ca. 1921.
  • Chemistry: vessels for heating with furnaces, including apparatus for bathing, making beer, making vinegar, etc. Engraving by A.J. Defehrt after L.J. Goussier.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Alchemy: a workshop with furnaces and apparatus, the alchemist in the foreground tying up a leather bag. Watercolour, 1934, by V. Kaliba after K. Stapfer after a 17th century MS.
  • Vessel and furnace.
  • Vessel and furnace.
  • Chinese woodcut: Alchemical refining furnace
  • Gasoline furnace used in dentistry, 1903.
  • Furnace used in processing arsenic. Etching.
  • Coinage: showing (a) furnace (b) components of the furnace with tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Alchemy: a furnace with nested vessels inside, and a sketch of another similar furnace. Watercolour, 1933, by V. Kaliba.
  • Chemistry: various types of furnace. Engraving by J. Taylor.
  • Chemistry: various types of furnace. Engraving by J. Taylor.
  • Two monks in a laboratory, one at the furnace.
  • A furnace used in the processing of iron. Engraving.