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Concept

Oxygen

Images

  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A man in the foreground conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic; in the background a female figure representing the world looks at a chemist, who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle; representing the historical transition from alchemy to chemistry. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1805, after R. Corbould.
  • A man being weighed on a set of scales, and a man with his head in a glass container; showing Lavoisier's experiments with respiration. Drawing attributed to M.A.P. Lavoisier, ca. 1790.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Oxygen : the molecule that made the world / Nick Lane.

    Lane, Nick, 1967- | Date: 2002
    • Books
    • Online

    An essay on respiration. Pts I-II / By John Bostock, M.D.

    Bostock, John, 1773-1846. | Date: 1804
    • Film

    Breathing.

    | Date: 1934
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Pneumatics: experiments to do with oxygen [?]. Engraving, 1795.

    | Date: 1 August 1795 | Reference: 47579i
    • Ephemera

    Elements : arsenic, iodine, oxygen and mercury ; Friday, 8 April, 19.00-23.00 : free event / Wellcome Collection.

    Wellcome Collection. | Date: 2011
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