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Elements of chemistry, and natural history. To which is prefixed the philosophy of chemistry. By A. F. Fourcroy. Translated from the fourth and last edition of the original French work, by R. Heron. In four volumes. ...
Fourcroy, Antoine-François de, comte, 1755-1809.Date: 1796- Books
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Elemental philosophy : earth, air, fire, and water as environmental ideas / David Macauley.
Macauley, DavidDate: [2010], ©2010- Pictures
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The four elements and the four qualities. Airbrush by Lois Hague, 1991.
Hague, Lois.Date: [1991]Reference: 112i- Pictures
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The four qualities, elements, humours and temperaments. Drawing, 19--.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 566786i- Books
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The theory of comets, illustrated, In Four Parts. I. An Essay on the Natural History and Philosophy of Comets; being the Substance of all that has been hitherto published on that Head. II. Tables, containing the Elements of the Theory of a Comet's Motion, (in a Parabola or an Ellipsis) with their Nature and Use explained. III. The Method of constructing the Orbit of any Comet, and computing its Place therein; its Latitude and Longitude, as seen from the Earth or Sun; its Distance, Velocity, Magnitude, Length of Tail, and other Particulars relative thereto. IV. The Method of delineating the visible Path of a Comet in the Heavens, on the Surface of Celestial Globe; and for drawing the Trajectory by Protraction with Scale and Compasses. The whole adapted to, and exemplified in the Orbit of the Comet of the Year 1682, whose Return is now near at Hand. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1757- Pictures
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Men digging minerals; a phoenix being reborn; a pelican feeding its chicks with its blood; symbols of the four elements; an apothecary's shop. Engraving by J. Drapentier, 1677.
Tachenius, Otto, -approximately 1670.Date: 1677Reference: 567815i- Pictures
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Four phases of the Earth's rotation around the sun showing the seasons, with allegories of the four elements. Engraving, 1750.
Date: [1750]Reference: 46592i- Books
Ein kurtzer Tractat von der Natur der Elementen : vnd wie sie den Wind, Regen, Blitz vnnd Donner vervrsachen, &c. / Durch Cornelium Drebbel in nider teutsch geschrieben, ; vnd allen der Natur Liebhabern zu Nutz ins hoch teutsch getrewlich vbergesetzt, durch Johann Ernst Burggreffen.
Drebbel, Cornelis, 1572?-1633.Date: M DC XXVIII. [1628]- Pictures
Man and the four elements.
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536Date: [1531]Reference: 3334587i- Books
Feuer, Wasser, Erde, Luft : eine Kulturgeschichte der Elemente / Gernot Böhme, Hartmut Böhme.
Böhme, Gernot.Date: [1996], ©1996- Pictures
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A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.
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Cybele wearing a turreted crown and holding a sceptre; in the background men work on the land; representing Earth, one of the four elements. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
Barendsz, Dirck, 1534-1592.Date: 1587Reference: 26866i- Pictures
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An alchemical adept carrying the vase of Hermes, which is inscribed "Let us go to seek the nature of the four elements". Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38701iPart of: Splendor solis- Books
Louis Finson, The four elements / [editor] Paul Smeets ; contents by Barbara Ferriani [and others].
Date: 2007- Pictures
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Juno with her peacock in the clouds; representing the element of air. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
Barendsz, Dirck, 1534-1592.Date: 1587Reference: 26868i- Pictures
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Female figures representing the elements of air, earth and water. Etching by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi the elder after bas-relief in Florence.
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The Hermetic androgyne; representing the stages of the alchemical Work in One. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
Ibbs, Edith A.Date: 1900-1909Reference: 38739iPart of: Splendor solis- Pictures
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Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti: symbolising the element air. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23639i- Pictures
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Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23640i- Pictures
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Vulcan in his forge with Jupiter throwing bolts of lightning, Venus in the sky above: symbolising the element fire. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23618i- Pictures
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.
Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.Reference: 35332i- Pictures
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- Pictures
Cybele, accompanied by Bacchus and Ceres, is carried on a chariot drawn by lions, surrounded by ancillary deities and followers; representing the element earth. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1721, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.Date: [1721]Reference: 3069786i- Pictures
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Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660.Date: 1695Reference: 23641i- Pictures
Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
Date: 1616Reference: 35413i