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Machinery: metal plating presses. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1791-1851.Date: 1818Reference: 45486i
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An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.
Maggiotto, Domenico, 1713-1794.Reference: 36438i
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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
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David Beuthers, gewesenen Churfürstl. Sachsischen Probation-Meisters zu Dresden, und Philosophi Adepti. Zwey rare chymische Tractate, darinnen nicht nur alle Geheimnisse der Probier-Kunst, derer Ertze und Schmeltzung derselben, sondern auch die Möglichkeit der Verwandelung der geringen Metallen in bessere, gar deutlich gezeiget werden. Aus dem einem alten, raren, von Anno 1514 biss 1582 geschreibenen Buche zum ersten Mahl in Druck gegeben. Deme beygefüget dieses Autoris Universal oder vollkommener Bericht von der wahrn Alchymie / [David Beuther].
Beuther, David.Date: 1717
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A bronze foundry for equestrian statues with a furnace being worked by assistants; fragments of cannon lying in the foreground. Engraving by R. Bénard.
Reference: 34006i
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Sylva sylvarum, or, A natural history, in ten centuries : whereunto is newly added The history natural and experimental of life and death, or of The prolongation of life / published after the authors death, by William Rawley ... ; whereunto is added Articles of inquiry, touching metals and minerals, and the New Atlantis with an alphabetical table of the p.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626Date: 1685
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New planets / origins of life / Forsyte Programme / body armour / artists' brains.
Date: 1999
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Metals: a furnace and various implements used in smithing. Engraving by T. Jefferys.
Reference: 34534i
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Elements : gold, silver and bronze (aka copper and tin) Friday 22 June, 19.00-23.00 / Wellcome Collection.
Wellcome Collection.Date: 2012
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Darcet, Jean Pierre Joseph (1777-1844)
Darcet, Jean Pierre Joseph, 1777-1844.Date: 1814, 1825Reference: MS.2037
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Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.
Pyne & Nattes (fl. 1802-04)Reference: 30256i
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Metallurgy: three views of a Bessemer furnace. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 45378i
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Book of minerals / translated [from the Latin] by Dorothy Wyckoff.
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.Date: 1967
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Metallurgiae pyrotechnicae, et docimasiae metallicae fundamenta ... / Eruditis placide disquirenda exhibet Joh. Christianus Fritschius.
Fritsch, Johann Christian, -1735.Date: [1700]
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A treatise on chemistry / by H.E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer.
Roscoe, Henry E. (Henry Enfield), 1833-1915.Date: 1877-1892
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Machinery: a lever-operated forge hammer and anvil, in plan and three-quarter view. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.
Date: 7 May 1808Reference: 45462i
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Michaelis Mercati Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & muificentiâ Clementis undecimi pontificis maximi e tenebris in lucem eductum; opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii archiatri pontificii illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventis iconibus / [Michele Mercati].
Mercati, Michele, 1541-1593.Date: 1719
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Raymvndi Lvlli De secretis natvrae, sev de quinta essentia liber vnus ... Adiecta est eivsdem epistola ad regem Robertum de accurtatione lapidis philosophorum: cui adiunctus est tractatus de aquis ex scriptis Raymundi super accurtationis epistolam. Ab artis studioso collectus.
Date: 1567
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Vom Metallreize, einem neuentdeckten untrüglichen Prüfungsmittel des wahren Todes / Von Carl Caspar Crève. Mit einer Kupfertafel.
Creve, Carl Caspar, 1769-1853.Date: 1796
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Coinage: machinery used in the Royal Mint. Engraving after J. Farey.
Farey, John, 1766-1826.Reference: 35628i
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Chemistry observations (etc.)
Date: mid-18th centuryReference: MS.1584
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Manufacture of tin products with various tools of the trade. Etching by Defehrt after Prevost.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 33134i
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A goodly gallerye : William Fulke's book of meteors / edited with an introduction and notes by Theodore Hornberger.
Fulke, William, 1538-1589.Date: 1979
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Miscellanea Alchemica IX
Date: Early 18th centuryReference: MS.3559
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Lane, Kathleen (fl.1927-1934)
Lane, Kathleen, fl.1927-1934Date: 1927-1934Reference: MS.8144

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Machinery: metal plating presses. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. Farey.

An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.

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.

A bronze foundry for equestrian statues with a furnace being worked by assistants; fragments of cannon lying in the foreground. Engraving by R. Bénard.

New planets / origins of life / Forsyte Programme / body armour / artists' brains.

Metals: a furnace and various implements used in smithing. Engraving by T. Jefferys.

Elements : gold, silver and bronze (aka copper and tin) Friday 22 June, 19.00-23.00 / Wellcome Collection.

Darcet, Jean Pierre Joseph (1777-1844)

Metals: interior of a copper and brass works. Aquatint by J. Hill after Pyne & Nattes.

Metallurgy: three views of a Bessemer furnace. Engraving by A. Bell.

Book of minerals / translated [from the Latin] by Dorothy Wyckoff.

Metallurgiae pyrotechnicae, et docimasiae metallicae fundamenta ... / Eruditis placide disquirenda exhibet Joh. Christianus Fritschius.

A treatise on chemistry / by H.E. Roscoe and C. Schorlemmer.

Machinery: a lever-operated forge hammer and anvil, in plan and three-quarter view. Coloured engraving by J. Pass.

Raymvndi Lvlli De secretis natvrae, sev de quinta essentia liber vnus ... Adiecta est eivsdem epistola ad regem Robertum de accurtatione lapidis philosophorum: cui adiunctus est tractatus de aquis ex scriptis Raymundi super accurtationis epistolam. Ab artis studioso collectus.

Vom Metallreize, einem neuentdeckten untrüglichen Prüfungsmittel des wahren Todes / Von Carl Caspar Crève. Mit einer Kupfertafel.

Coinage: machinery used in the Royal Mint. Engraving after J. Farey.

Chemistry observations (etc.)

Manufacture of tin products with various tools of the trade. Etching by Defehrt after Prevost.

A goodly gallerye : William Fulke's book of meteors / edited with an introduction and notes by Theodore Hornberger.

Miscellanea Alchemica IX

Lane, Kathleen (fl.1927-1934)