63 results filtered with: Gold
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Through the gold-fields of Alaska to Bering Straits / by Harry De Windt.
De Windt, Harry, 1856-1933.Date: 1899- Books
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A correspondence relating to the discovery of gold in Australia.
Earl, George Windsor.Date: 1853- Pictures
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- Books
The white death : silicosis on the Witwatersrand gold mines 1886-1910 / Elaine Katz.
Katz, Elaine N.Date: 1994- Pictures
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Indian goldsmiths at work. Gouache drawing.
Reference: 28925i- Pictures
The sense of touch: below, a bespectacled man examines coins and valuables, above, St Thomas puts his finger into the resurrected Christ's side. Engraving after G. Collaert, 1630, after N. van der Horst.
Horst, Nikolaus van der, 1598-1646.Date: 1630Reference: 27067i- Pictures
An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.
Maggiotto, Domenico, 1713-1794.Reference: 36438i- Pictures
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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- Books
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Tables, ready cast up with great exactness, for the use of bankers, merchants, tradesmen, and others; Who may immediately, upon inspection, find the true value of any quantity of gold, from 3l. 10s. to 4l. 6s. per ounce; and silver, from 4s. to 8s, per ounce, from one grain to ten pounds weight. To which is prefixed, a table, which, at one view, will shew the value of any quantity of gold agreeable to the mint or coinage price of 3l. 17s. 10d. 29. per cz. with the specific weight of the English money which is allowed to pass current by the lords of the treasury, and practised by the Bank of England: also an account of gold and silver bultion; with tables for reducing of silver and gold of any fineness to standard weight, from one hundred thousand ounces to one grain. A work very necessary at all times for persons who are concerned in money transactions. The second edition, with additions. Inscribed to the bank directors, with a recommendatory preface, By Samuel Etheridge, of the Bullion Office, Bank of England.
Etheridge, Samuel.Date: 1791- Books
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An account of some experiments on mercury, silver and gold : made at Guildford in May, 1782, in the laboratory of James Price. To which is prefixed an abridgement of Boyle's account of a degradation of gold.
Price, James, 1752-1783.Date: 1782- Books
An account of the measure of the thickness of gold upon gilt wire; together with demonstration of the exceeding minuteness of the atoms or constituent parts of gold : as it was read before the Royal Society / by E. Halley.
Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742.Date: 1708- Books
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Tables, ready cast up with great exactness, for the use of bankers, merchants, tradesmen, and others; who may immediately, upon inspection, find the true value of any quantity of gold, from 3 l. 15 s. to 4 l. 2 s. per Ounce; and Silver, from 4 s. 6 d. to 6 s. per Ounce, from One Grain to Ten Pounds Weight. To which is Added, a Table, which, at One View, will shew the Value of any Quantity of Gold agreeable to the present Price of 3l. 17s. 10d. 2q. per 6z. with the specific Weight of all the English Money which is allowed to pass Current by the Lords of the Treasury, and practised by the Bank of England: Also an Account of Gold and Silver Bullion; with Tables for reducing of Silver and Gold of any Fineness to Standard Weight, from One hundred thousand Ounces to One Grain. A Work very necessary at this Time for all Persons who are concerned in Money Transactions. Inscribed to the Bank Directors, with a recommendatory preface, by Samuel Etheridge, of the Bullion Office, Bank of England.
Etheridge, Samuel.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]- Books
Le Mercure indien, ou le tresor des Indes. Première partie. D ans laquelle est traitté de l'or, de l'argent et du vif-argent ... Avec une explication sommaire des titres de l'or et de l'argent, et de leur affinage ... / par Pierre de Rosnel, orfévre ordinaire du Roy.
Rosnel, Pierre de.Date: 1668- Pictures
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Various gold trinkets, pieces of gold jewelry, gold amulets, stools, gold nuggets and scales for measuring gold. Engraving.
Reference: 18416i- Books
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The gold-seeker's manual / By David T. Ansted.
Ansted, D. T. (David Thomas), 1814-1880.Date: 1849- Pictures
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A selection of vices and pliers. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond, approximately 1733-1804.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 34592i- Books
Io. Francisci Pici Mirandvlae et concordiae domini, De avro libri tres. Opvs sane avrevm in qvo de auro tùm æstimando, tùm conficiendo, túm vtendo ingeniosè et doctè disseritur. Cvm explicatione pervtili & periocunda complurium, tam philosophie quàm facultatis medicæ arcanorum / [Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola].
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1469 or 1470-1533.Date: 1586- Pictures
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The pregnant Virgin Mary, with a dragon at her feet; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Colour painting after etching, 1772/3.
Date: 1772Reference: 38503i- Archives and manuscripts
Arthropathia psoriatica and possibly allied cases.
Date: 1910-1950Reference: PP/FPW/B.35Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Books
Explorations of the highlands of the Brazil : with a full account of the gold and diamond mines ; also, canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river São Francisco, from Sabará to the sea / by Captain Richard F. Burton.
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890.Date: 1869- Books
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Specification of Charles Hippolyte Touaillon : stopping teeth.
Touaillon, Charles Hippolyte.Date: 1874- Books
Diary of a physician in California : being the results of actual experience including notes of the journey by land and water, and observations on the climate, soil, resources of the country, etc / by James L. Tyson, M.D.
Tyson, James L. (James Lawrence)Date: 1850- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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The infant Jesus grabs at the gold offered to him by the Magi. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 22186i- Pictures
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The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by J. Sadeler after G. van Groeningen.
Groeningen, Gerard van, active 1561-1575.Reference: 22189i