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  • Process of cooling lead, tables and section of the furnace used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.
  • A tannery: interior view, a horse drawn wheel and a furnace with various tools of the trade. Engraving.
  • Coinage: (a) elevation (b) section of a furnace with tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Chemical engineering: detailed section of a blast furnace designed by William Strickland. Engraving by B. Tanner after W. Strickland.
  • Chemical engineering: detailed plan of a blast furnace designed by William Strickland. Engraving by B. Tanner after W. Strickland.
  • An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Colour etching by W. Baillie, 1792, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Colour etching by W. Baillie, 1792, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A young alchemist works a bellows at his furnace. Etching by T. Major, 1755, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A young alchemist works a bellows at his furnace. Etching by T. Major, 1755, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • A young alchemist works a bellows at his furnace. Etching by T. Major, 1755, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist seated at a furnace, turning away in thought. Oil painting by or after David Teniers II (?).
  • An alchemist seated at a furnace, turning away in thought. Oil painting by or after David Teniers II (?).
  • Elevations of a furnace used in silver manufacture with various implements of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • An alchemist seated at a furnace, turning away in thought. Oil painting by or after David Teniers II (?).
  • Elevations of a furnace used in silver manufacture with various tools of the trade. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • An alchemist seated at a furnace, turning away in thought. Oil painting by or after David Teniers II (?).
  • An alchemist using bellows at a furnace in his laboratory. Etching by T. Major, 1750, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • An alchemist using bellows at a furnace in his laboratory. Etching by T. Major, 1750, after D. Teniers the younger.
  • Textiles: tapestry dyeing, a furnace (top), fuel wood on a barrow or handcart (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.
  • Cross-sections of a finery and furnace used in the processing of iron. Engraving by Wilson Lowry after J. Farey.
  • Starch manufacture: (a) process of washing and drying (b) plan and elevation of a furnace used. Etching by Antonio Baratti.
  • Glass: vertical and horizontal sections of a furnace used in the manufacture of glass. Engraving by Mutlow, 1810, after J. Farey.
  • Section, elevation and plan of a furnace with various components of a mould used in coinage. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • A gunsmith's shop: a customer talks to the gunsmith, while an assistant works metal in a furnace. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Form of bath or furnace for the treatment of insanity. From a page preserved in the Medizinische Institut, Zurich. Origin unknown.
  • A man making waterpipes: working at a table with a small furnace and various tools. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • A First World War military camp (?): straw enclosures to one side; a furnace or oven in the centre. Photograph, 1914/1918 (?).
  • Above, a temple with a furnace; below, emaciated bodies lying at the top of two towers with vultures feeding on the carrion. Engraving.
  • Glass: a mediaeval glass-maker at work beside his furnace. Coloured pencil drawing, [n.d., twentieth century], after a thirteenth century French manuscript illustration.
  • An alchemist stoking a furnace in a dimly lit room, as daylight shines through a window. Engraving by P-F. Basan after T. Wyck.