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Guinea pig scientists : bold self-experimenters in science and medicine / Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring ; with illustrations by C.B. Mordan.
Dendy, Leslie A., 1946-Date: 2005- Pictures
An alchemist hunched over his crucible; an assistant reads him a recipe, watched by an onlooker; the alchemist's wife weeps in the dim background, a baby clasped to her breast. Engraving by J. Boydell, c. 1760, after J. Steen.
Steen, Jan, 1626-1679.Reference: 35481i- Pictures
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An alchemist at his furnace, hunched over bellows. Coloured mezzotint by H. Dawe after D. Teniers the younger.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Date: Aug.t 1834Reference: 36056i- Pictures
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A hooded alchemist at a furnace; above him hang dead animals: caricature. Watercolour painting.
Reference: 37907i- Pictures
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An alchemist with an assistant in his laboratory. Lithograph after D. Teniers the younger, 1650.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 36262i- Pictures
An alchemist peering into a glass vessel. Mezzotint by F.R. Say, 1819, after J. Northcote.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831.Date: 1819Reference: 37567i- Books
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The school of arts; or, an introduction to useful knowledge: being a compilation of real experiments and improvements, in several pleasing branches of science, ... The fourth edition, with very considerable additions. By John Imison.
Imison, John, -1788.Date: 1796- Pictures
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A chemical laboratory and a table of chemical relations. Engraving by Prévost after L.J. Goussier, 1763.
Goussier, Louis-Jacques, 1722-1799.Date: [1763]Reference: 37106i- 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
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A man seated in a barrel with his head under a glass canopy; he breathes and his pulse is taken; Lavoisier dictates to his wife who is writing a report. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
Lavoisier, Marie-Anne-Pierrette, 1758-1836.Date: [1790?]Reference: 37197i